http://columbuscameragroup.com//wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/php/ This is the last letter I’ll post from John’s correspondence with Lynn Catoe. Their relationship was not easy, complicated by their differences: she went to the Sorbonne, he was a high school dropout; she grew up with servants, he came from a farm; she was black, he was white (all of these run through their letters). This last letter is not about their relationship, and mostly not about ufology. Ms. Catoe reports on the riots in Washington, D. C. following the assassination of Martin Luther King, on April 4. She also mentions some racial issues in NICAP, and a visit from J. Thomas Ratchford (of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research) and someone from the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Information; Ratchford tells her Keyhoe claimed contact with space brothers. Finally, she enclosed two clippings: one a report of an early appearance by Stanton Friedman, later an active ufologist; the other a column by Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson, about dead sheep and rumors of germ warfare and mutated viruses. Riots, racism, and viruses, all from 1968.
I hate to see that this is the end of the Catoe/Keel letters. There has been quite a lot of good stuff here. You get bits and snippets of what was happening in the world of UFOs and high weirdness in their correspondence. As always thanks for sharing John’s papers. Stay safe.
Comment by Clarence Carlson — September 13, 2020 @ 4:22 pm
Thanks, Clarence! You too!
Comment by Doug — September 17, 2020 @ 4:16 pm