Wendelstein And here’s the second part of John’s article on the 1965 Virginia flap, picking up from the bottom of page 4. As usual, we get UFO sightings, creature reports, hoaxes, questionable confessions, and general confusion.
I’d like to note the death of Timothy Green Beckley, who died on May 31 in Manhattan at the age of 73. He was. of course, a noted polymath: not only an indefatigable publisher of forteana, but the producer of such cinematic gems as Barely Legal Lesbian Vampires. I only met him a couple of times, but he struck me as a hard-working entrepreneur who enjoyed life. John was astonished at his ability to go out partying every night. Here’s a picture of John giving him the prestigious Falling Frog Award, and here’s a letter from him about a number of investigations from 1967.
[…] John Keel siteminder Doug Skinner offers the first half of a Keel story about a relatively-ill known UFO “flap.” The strange experience of the anonymous witness here reminds us of the 1961 Joe Simonton Eagle River, Wisconsin, CEIII. For instance, compare Simonton’s claim of the short ufonauts he met–their gaze “seemed to do something to you”–with the short creatures in this account which “seemed to look through you.” Virginia, 1965: […]
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[…] the short creatures in this account which “seemed to look through you.” Virginia, 1965: Hoax or Horror? (2) is full of, as Doug says, “UFO sightings, creature reports, hoaxes, questionable confessions, […]
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