From Borderland Sciences Research
| Meade Layne | |
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 N. Meade Layne |
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| Born | September 8, 1882 Wisconsin, United States |
| Died | May 12, 1961 (78) San Diego, California |
| Occupation(s) | Researcher, Writer |
| Notable work(s) | The Ether Ship Mystery, The Coming of the Guardians, The Art of Geomancy, The Ether of Space |
| Spouse(s) | Gladys Hosler Layne (1915-) |
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Newton Hathaway Meade Layne, Sr. (September 8, 1882 - May 12, 1961) was an early pioneer in the field of UFOlogy (notable for his Etherian theory of flying saucers), a member of Society of the Inner Light, and the founder of Borderland Sciences Research Associates. His earliest writings on the UFO phenomenon predate the Kenneth Arnold sighting.
Background
Newton Meade Layne was born on September 8, 1882, to Peres Jasper Layne and his second wife, Alvira Meade.[1] He began his adult life immersed in academia, earning his Bachelors and Masters degrees in the Arts, before serving as a professor at the University of Southern California and several other universities, and as English department head at Illinois Wesleyan University and Florida Southern College.
Layne's public work as a borderland researcher began in 1945 with the publication of a mimeograph journal, the "Round Robin", and shortly thereafter the foundation of the Borderland Sciences Research Associates. His goal was to liberally study, review and report on the discarded or uncommon strands of science and occultism, from psychic research to radionics, forteana to flying saucers.