John F. Kennedy inspired the US to reach for the moon (ahead of the Soviets). But he wasn't the only 1960 presidential candidate who was interested in space. Gabriel Green threw his hat into the ring that year because aliens from outer space told him that he should. He described the aliens as human-shaped, but standing seven to nine feet tall. They were from the Alpha Centauri system and had already set up civilizations on Mars, Saturn, and Venus. Green said they could have conquered Earth in a few minutes, but were too ethical to do so. Instead, they would advise Green when he became president.
Now, we know that Green did not win the 1960 presidential race. In fact, he dropped out before election day, after which he claimed that aliens were advising President Kennedy. Green ran for senate in 1962, and for president again in 1972, when he got onto the Universal Party ticket. Read about Gabriel Green and his quest to bring peace and harmony to the world with the help of space aliens at Mental Floss.
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