http://mccallsnurseries.com/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin John had not been keeping a detailed record, so he had a lot to catch up on.
There was, first of all, the collapse of the Silver Bridge, which he notes briefly here (there’s more later), along with some of the other events in Point Pleasant, including babies born to Connie Carpenter and Linda Scarberry. Lia was one of the aliens Jaye Paro claimed contact with. The fact that John identifies Dan Drasin raises another question: who did he expect to read these notes?
Then “The Tale Continues” with more reports, taking us into early January. He gives a talk in Atlanta, stops in Point Pleasant, and meets Lynn Catoe in Washington. Ms. Catoe was then compiling a UFO bibliography for the Library of Congress; they started dating shortly after this, which I mention only because she returns in these files. He kept a picture of her, dated June 1968:
Helen Oglemyer made up with her husband, after Appell and Agar appeared to him; Louise doesn’t know how she got to Bermuda; and Jaye Paro has more stories, including the return of Lt. Davis and Col. Dalton. Despite earlier reports that Appell was retiring, he’s still apparently on duty.
At least Jaye is coming up with fresh material for the new year. Somewhat fresh, anyway.
Comment by J.P. — July 29, 2018 @ 11:29 pm
Thanks for keeping these coming Doug!
I have an unrelated question, currently re-reading Mothman, and John mentioned something about “Jen Stevens personal tragedy”. Do you know what this was, or if he mentions it in his notes? In the book he claimed it had something to do with the phenomina but never elaborated. For some reason Ive always wondered what happened there.
Comment by Graham — July 29, 2018 @ 11:48 pm
I looked in “Mothman”; he did elaborate! The personal tragedy is the death of her husband, two months after an MIB incident.
Comment by Doug — July 30, 2018 @ 7:23 am
I’m looking forward what Jaye has to say as well J.P.
Comment by Joseph — July 30, 2018 @ 9:15 am
Thanks again for sharing these little windows into JAK’s world. Fascinating reading, as always.
Comment by Marsh — July 30, 2018 @ 10:54 am
I did some quick Googling of Lynn Catoe, and it looks like she was a bibliographer at the Library of Congress. An annotated bibliography on the subject of UFOs which she prepared for the US Air Force is available in PDF form at https://www.governmentattic.org/13docs/UFOsRelatedSubjBiblio_Catoe_1969.pdf.
Comment by Edwin Horneij — July 30, 2018 @ 7:22 pm
HI again Doug!
Did he know the circumstances of the death? The way that I read it, I gathered that the circumstances of the death were highly unusual or strange. Could be I just read more into it than there was….
Thanks!
G
Comment by Graham — July 30, 2018 @ 8:32 pm
Maybe I wasn’t reading enough into it! I thought it was unusual enough that Stevens died young, after an MIB meeting. But John did say he didn’t know how he died, so there may be more to the story. I haven’t seen any more about him, but maybe he’ll turn up in these notes.
Comment by Doug — July 31, 2018 @ 2:42 pm
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Whenever I unexpectedly teleport I always make sure to include platitudes about the weather in postcards back home.
Instead of, you know, seeking help from local authorities.
Comment by 8th Street — August 8, 2018 @ 8:43 pm
8th Street, you got me on that one. I needed that laugh. Thanks.
BTW, it turns out two of the men ‘frozen’ by Appell were IDed as Dr. Bellows and Larry Tate.
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