every famous contactee appeared personally at these conventions over the years, and many more not-so-famous ones. references often state that the first and most famous contactee, george adamski, pointedly boycotted these conventions. in fact, however, adamski attended the third convention, held in 1955, where he gave a 35-minute lecture and was interviewed by edward j. ruppelt, once head of the air force "project blue book". it was the only such convention adamski attended.