JOHN KEEL NOT AN AUTHORITY ON ANYTHING

September 1, 2019

Correspondence with Coral Lorenzen, May 9 & 11, 1966

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buy Clomiphene 100mg twins In this next exchange with Coral Lorenzen, John acknowledges receipt of her packages, and worries that his mail is being opened. He mentions upcoming UFO books by John Fuller and Mort Young (The Interrupted Journey and UFO: Top Secret), and says he hopes they can “make UFOs as popular as the Beatles.” He discusses some new photos, and dismisses the ones that James McDivitt took on Gemini 4.

Lorenzen replies by advising John not to be paranoid about his mail. She reports that she and Jim watched “the CBS Schmear last night and were laughing ourselves sick afterwards.” That must have been UFO: Friend, Foe, or Fantasy?, narrated by Walter Cronkite, which aired on May 10. She speculates about the aliens’ intentions, and recommends that UFO reporting concentrate on “the water-electricity reconnaissance,” also cautioning that “one sighting does not constitute evidence.”

9 Comments

  1. Coral’s reply letter was an interesting read.It’s nice to see that even she thought it was paranoid to assume open mail means conspiracy.Does any one know what became of the Lorenzens?

    Comment by Joseph — September 2, 2019 @ 10:12 am

  2. It’s fascinating to see how deep the APRO/NICAP ‘rivalry’ ran. Thanks for sharing, as always.

    Comment by J.P. Pelzman — September 2, 2019 @ 11:44 pm

  3. But both disapproved of Ray Palmer and Jim Moseley!

    Comment by Doug — September 3, 2019 @ 6:19 pm

  4. I think Coral wanted UFO research to be scientific, and was leery of conspiracy theories. She died in 1988; Jim died in 1986. It was a difficult year for her, since she had some health problems, and both her parents died.

    Comment by Doug — September 3, 2019 @ 6:23 pm

  5. Thank you for the reply Doug.It’s sad to hear what Coral went through during her last years.

    Comment by Joseph — September 4, 2019 @ 11:44 am

  6. Every time I read one of John’s letters with his confident references to his “upcoming major article” in Playboy I get a frisson of post hoc clairvoyance that it will all end in tears (and Trojan Horse of course). I suspect John, like Lucy, will have to do a lot of ‘splainin’ to his correspondents come late 1966.

    Comment by Ozinor — September 5, 2019 @ 10:20 am

  7. Unfortunately, it was John’s own fault. Playboy agreed to a short article, but he wanted them to turn the whole magazine over to him. I guess he got carried away.

    Comment by Doug — September 7, 2019 @ 9:00 am

  8. I would like to congratulate the administrators of this website for keeping John Keel’s legacy alive. I like his books….

    Comment by Edgar D. — September 7, 2019 @ 5:19 pm

  9. Thanks! There’s more coming…

    Comment by Doug — September 8, 2019 @ 10:09 am

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