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What was the Trip to Saturn about?
His trip to Saturn allegedly occurred a full decade before flying saucers entered public consciousness with the 1947.
What happened in 1947?
flying saucers entered public consciousness with the 1947 encounter of Kenneth Arnold.
What were the flying saucers?
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Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Sun Ra soon left college because, he claimed, he had a visionary experience as a college student that had a major, long-term influence on him.
What did he learn from his college experience?
in the midst of deep religious concentration, Sun Ra claimed that a bright light appeared around him, and, as he later said.
What did he say?
I wasn't in human form...
I landed on a planet that I identified as Saturn...
they teleported me and I was down on [a] stage.
What happened at the stage?
They wanted to talk with me.
They had one little antenna on each ear.
A little antenna over each eye.
They talked to me.
What did they say to him?
They told me to stop [attending college] because there was going to be great trouble in schools...
the world was going into complete chaos...
Anything else that was interesting?
Sun Ra discussed the vision, with no substantive variation, to the end of his life.
Did he win any awards?
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Question: Did he have any influences?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Sun Ra have any influences while on the trip to saturn?