Riley Martin facts for kids

Riley Lee Martin (born May 9, 1946 – died December 22, 2015) was an American author and radio host. He was known for saying he had met aliens.

Riley Martin wrote a book called The Coming of Tan. In this book, he shared his life story and his experiences with what he said were alien visitors. He also had his own radio show, The Riley Martin Show, on Sirius XM Radio's Howard 101 channel. He was also a guest on The Howard Stern Show.

Early Life and Alien Claims

Riley Martin was born on May 9, 1946, in Mississippi. His family were sharecroppers, which means they farmed land owned by someone else and paid rent with a share of their crops. His family had both African American and Native American backgrounds.

He said that he first met aliens in November 1953. This happened near the St. Francis River when he was living in Arkansas. Martin described his meetings with these aliens as good experiences.

The Biaviian Alien Tan

One of the aliens he spoke about was named O-Qua Tangin Wann, also known as Tan. Riley Martin said that Tan was a Biaviian alien and even helped him write his book.

Martin claimed that these aliens quickly shared a lot of knowledge with him. He said they "uploaded" information into his brain in just a few minutes. This knowledge included 144,000 different alien "symbols."

The Mother Ship and Symbols

Riley Martin explained that these aliens traveled on a very large spacecraft they called 'The Great mother ship'. He said they gave him this special knowledge so he could draw these symbols by hand.

He believed that selling these drawings of symbols would allow people to travel on the Mother Ship. He claimed this would happen when Earth was going to be "transformed" in 2012.

Radio Career

Besides his show on Sirius XM, Riley Martin also hosted another radio program. This was a weekly show on the internet called The Official Riley Martin Radio Show.

His Passing

Riley Martin's official fan pages on Facebook and Twitter announced his death on January 5, 2016. However, he had actually passed away in December 2015. The producer of his radio show shared that Martin had died "a few days before Christmas."

See also

• Coast to Coast AM
• Extraterrestrial life in culture
• Grey alien
• UFO