Fry and Green, 1959
George Adamski and Fry
Daniel William Fry, July 19, 1908 (Verdon Twp., Minn.) - December 20, 1992 (Alamogordo, NM)
VP candidate for Universal Party (1972)
Running mate with nominee: Gabriel Green (1924-2001)
Popular vote: 220 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
Gabriel Green was back in national politics after a dozen years when he last ran for President from the Outer Space Party in 1960. This time his running mate was another well known fellow UFO contactee named Daniel Fry who was nominated April 9, 1972. Fry easily defeated Arthur Rosenblum, founder of the Aquarian Research Foundation, for the prize.
Fry's life journey had been dramatically altered on July 4, 1949 (sometimes it was given as July 4, 1950) when as an employee of the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico he said he encountered a benevolent alien named Alan who flew him around (to NYC in just minutes!) and started a continuing teaching relationship concerning metaphysics, Atlantis, and other topics outside the realm of normal scientific and historical understanding. By 1972 Fry was a well-known author and speaker in the world of UFOlogy.
At the time of his nomination Fry was a resident of Merlin, Oregon giving us another connection in Pacific Northwest third party VP candidate trivia!
On the campaign trial Fry was quoted, "People are elected to represent us, not to govern us ... There are several million heads in the U.S., and several million heads are better than one." Also, "Its been said that the silent majority isn't silent, but that the government is deaf."
There is some thought that Fry had indirectly formed the Universal Party when people associated with his organization called "Understanding" were later involved with creating the Party.
The Green/Fry ticket was only on the ballot in Iowa, where they finished with 199 votes (0.02% of the state total). They also had a smattering of write-ins from other states. The Quad-City Times in Davenport described the Universal Party platform as being based on "the spiritual concepts of the Golden Rule and the metaphysical theories of reincarnation and the migration of the soul through many lives seeking redemption."
In a quieter election year the Universal Party might have garnered more attention from the press, but in 1972 they were nearly lost in the shuffle. This would be their final national election.
Election history: none
Other occupations: author, lecturer, founder of the Understanding organization, explosives supervisor, rocket worker, poet
Buried: Monte Vista Cemetery (Alamogordo, NM)
Notes:
Orphaned at age 10
Self-educated at college level through using the Pasadena Public Library
Was a volunteer for Ronald Reagan in the 1968 Republican primaries.
Alan, the alien who Fry had contact with, pronounced his name as "A-Lawn," just like the same way
US President Chester Alan Arthur pronounced his middle name. Pretty cool, eh?
