Yeah that was well before my time, but I don’t discount what you stated.
Seems to be a squirrel issue at best or a massive evil agenda at worst.
Space alien/flying saucer books, Pyramid Power, Astro-Projection, mind control to move objects, Soviet remote viewing and the CIA trying not to let them have the field to themselves, Carlos Castaneda, Nostradamus, and much more were popular topics.