# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/truman-bethurum
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:45:56.629Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/truman-bethurum"
name: "Truman Bethurum"
slug: "truman-bethurum"
description: "Truman Bethurum was one of the well known UFO or alien contactees who gained notoriety during the 1950s. He was best known for his 1954 book Aboard a Flying Saucer, and founded the Sanctuary of Thought."
tagline: "Alledged alien abductee (1898–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Truman_Bethurum%2C_1959.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1898-08-21"
deathDate: "1969-05-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.628692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Bethurum"
    title: "Truman Bethurum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Bethurum"
    title: "Truman Bethurum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%2C_%D0%A2%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Бетурум, Трумен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%B9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%B1%D9%85"
    title: "ٹرومین بیتھرم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Bethurum"
    title: "Truman Bethurum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4086001"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump