Phil Muirhead
Phil Muirhead
Phil Muirhead was born in Atherton, Far North Queensland in June 1950. He attended Atherton State School where telling stories became essential to the non-conformity that caused his regular visits to the headmaster.
After leaving school at fourteen he started a carpentry apprenticeship. He then went on to work for himself in the building industry until retirement.
While watching television at the end of the Vietnam War, Phil remembers seeing perfectly good helicopters thrown from ships into the ocean. This was when he first thought, I wonder what another highly intelligent civilisation would think if they were watching us? If other beings were taking a peek, we must surely be a source of superb entertainment. Then came the still inner voice that whispered, ‘You could write a book about it.’
Phil knew a cattle station owner who was adamant he had witnessed a UFO event at his property’s homestead. To this day, after listening to his account, Phil firmly believes him.
Looking back over his life if he had to sum up his past, Phil would describe it as a life of ‘colourful turbulence’. Turbulence out of which the compelling Univian series arose.
The Believer: A Univiah Novel - Book 1
A compelling chronicle of what a highly evolved extra-terrestrial race reveals about Planet Earth.
On the 6th April 1966, students and a teacher from Westall High School in Melbourne, Australia, report seeing a flying object in the sky.
On the 29th July, 1969, on his thirteenth birthday, Alan Holmes has his own unique encounter with an extra-terrestrial spacecraft in outback New South Wales.
Even though his encounter is dismissed by almost everyone around him as routine air force testing exercise, young Alan believes otherwise.
This well-liked, good natured and adventurous youngster grows up to be a keenly intelligent and charming astrophysicist, specialising in the study of celestial bodies.
Forty years after his never-forgotten alien encounter and while working for an astrospace facility, Alan develops a digitally enhanced Morse code (DEMC).
DEMC is a simple set of highly audible dots and dashes that Alan broadcasts into the universe on a whole range of different frequencies.
He believes these signals could be intercepted and deciphered by civilisations beyond Earth.
He is right.
So begins an extraordinary dialogue and encounter with a race of beings from Planet Univiah, a civilisation 1,695 light years from Earth, which rocks the very foundations of all human belief systems.
'A very thought-provoking story of humanity’s first contact with intelligent life from another planet and one man's quest to bring the two together.
While being a work of fiction, it is littered with truths and makes one question where we are going as a species. Seen through the eyes of an advanced civilisation, it's obvious we do many things that are not in our or the planet’s best interests. And very relevant today with yet another corrupt and greedy minority creating misery with war and environmental destruction.
This book SHOULD BE ON EVERY SCHOOL'S READING LIST!'
B Bell
'It has been my pleasure to read Phil's book for several reasons.
Firstly, it highlights an incident that I experienced where I did see almost exactly what is described: A very bright dome-shaped light moving instantly to the left and right several times before disappearing.
I sat down and read the whole book in one sitting, finding it an easy-going, enjoyable read.
Secondly, it showcases our world in appalling conditions if looked on from afar. Although I am not a religious person, I can see how the novel would appeal to this section of our community, and as an older human, how simple the conditions could be to remedy.
So I think this book is a sign of our times. I would highly recommend it to be used in schools as it may have an effect on our beautiful young souls beginning their journey in life. It will also give others something to ponder on.'
Lyn Gore
‘I found The Believer to be an insightful and straightforward novel to read. The book is a clever blend of religion, politics, aliens and humans. Using the ‘Ten Golden Rules’ as a hook has made the story a captivating work of fiction – fiction that may not remain fiction indefinitely.
The Believer is unwittingly timely. If another peaceful super-intelligent species such as the Univians are watching Earth at present, they'd be totally disgusted with humanity.
I give it a rating of ten out of ten.’
Barry Gamlin
