[This bibliography is a continuing work in progress; suggestions, additions, and corrections are welcome.]
everywhen BOOKS
[I’ve included here JAK’s introductions to others’ books and his contributions to anthologies. Some of his books were reprinted under different titles; I’ve listed those separately. I’ve also listed translations separately, since the titles to those sometimes vary considerably from the original. If the foreign title is the same (like the French edition of Jadoo), or if I can’t read it (like the Japanese editions), I’ve listed it under the original. Good luck!]
Jadoo
Julian Messner, N.Y., NY, 1957.
“The Astounding Story of One Man’s Search into the Mysteries of Black Magic in the Orient.”
Reprint by Pyramid Books, 1972. UK edition by W.H. Allen, 1958. French edition by Buchet-Chastel-Correa, 1958; translation by Jean Rosenthal. Japanese edition by Kobunsha Ltd., 1958; translation by Masao Shirai. Anomalist Books, 2013.
Funk & Wagnall’s Book of the Year: 1960
Funk & Wagnall’s, N.Y., NY, 1960
JAK listed as “Assistant Editor.”
Three Women
Midwood Enterprises, N.Y., NY, 1965.
As “Harry Gibbs.”
Bizarre Mysteries of the Orient
Ben’s Books, UK, 1966.
A reprint of Jadoo.
The Fickle Finger of Fate
Fawcett Publications, Greenwich, CN, 1966.
“A Camp Classic — For Adults Only!” Illustrations by Al Jaffee.
UK edition by Coronet Books, 1966. Reprint by New Saucerian Books, Point Pleasant, WV, 2015.
Town Tease
Midwood Enterprises, N.Y., NY, 1966.
As “Harry Gibbs.” Credited on the cover to “Greg Hamilton.”
What We Really Know About Flying Saucers
Fawcett Publications, Greenwich, CN, 1967.
By Otto Binder. Introduction by JAK.
Congress of Scientific Ufologists 1967 Conference Proceedings, June 23-25, 1967, New York.
Edited by Bessie J. Gibbs and Opal Smith.
Congress of Scientific Ufologists, Winchester, VA, 1967.
Includes “Speech to the Congress of Scientific Ufologists.”
Love That Spy!
Lancer Books, NY, NY, 1968.
As “T. A. Waters.” According to John’s sister Cheryl, John wrote this. T. A. Waters was a real person, and a known magician; could this have been a collaboration?
Strange Creatures From Time and Space
Fawcett Publications, Greenwich, CN, 1970.
UK edition by Neville Spearman, 1975; Sphere Books, 1976.
UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse
Putnam’s, N.Y., NY, 1970.
UK edition by Souvenir Press, 1971; by Abacus, 1973. Reprints by IllumiNet Press, Lilburn, GA, 1996; Anomalist Books, 2013.
Mysteries of the Orient: Jadoo
Tower Books, 1970.
An abridged reprint of Jadoo.
Our Haunted Planet
Fawcett Publications, Greenwich, CN, 1971.
UK edition by Neville Spearman, 1971. Reprint by Galde Press, Lakeville, Minn., 1999.
The Screw Reader
Lyle Stuart, N.Y., NY, 1971.
A collection of material from Screw; it reprints JAK’s “Feminine Fuckability Test” and “Male Fuckability Test,” under the pseudonym “Thaddeus L. Farnboggle.”
Visitors From Lanulos
Vantage Press, N.Y., NY, 1971.
By Harold W. Hubbard and Woodrow W. Derenberger. Foreword by JAK.
UFO’s: Operatie Paard van Troje
J. H. Gottmer, Haarlem, 1971.
Dutch edition of UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse. No translator credited.
Jadú: Los Misterios de Oriente
Novaro, Ciudad de México, 1972.
Mexican edition of Jadoo. Translator unknown.
Onze belaagde planeet
J. H. Gottmer, Haarlem, 1973.
Dutch edition of Our Haunted Planet. No translator credited.
How to Build an Atom Bomb in Your Basement and Become the First Kid on Your Block to Take Over the World
Lancer Books, N.Y., NY, 1973.
I haven’t been able to trace this title. JAK mentioned it in a Fate column and in his correspondence, so I’ll include it here. If it’s a Keelian joke, so be it: what better place for one?
The New UFO Sightings
Glenn McWane and David Graham.
Warner, 1974.
“The Great UFO Wave: October, 1973. Interview with John Keel.”
The Mothman Prophecies
Saturday Review Press, N.Y., NY, 1975. Reprints by: Signet, NYC, 1976; IllumiNet Press, Avondale Estates, GA, 1991; Tor, N.Y., NY, 2002. Japanese edition by Kokusho-Kankohkai, 1984; translation by Yasuo Uematsu. Later Japanese edition by villagebooks, 2002; translation by Hiroshi Minamiyama.
The Eighth Tower
Saturday Review Press, N.Y., NY, 1975. Anomalist Books, San Antonio, TX, 2013.
OVNI: Operacion Caballo de Troya
V Siglos, Ciudad de México, 1975.
Mexican edition of UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse. Translation by Emma Galvan.
UFO: Operazione Cavallo di Troia
Casa Editrice MEB, Torino, 1975.
Italian edition of UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse. Translation by Franco Ossola.
The Best of Saucer Scoop
The New Atlantean Research Society, 1975.
Reprints three articles from Saucer Scoop: “Mystery Men Flash Government Credentials,” “Open Letter to All UFO Researchers,” “Is Outer Space Calling?”
Visitors From Space
Panther Books, Herts, UK, 1976.
UK edition of The Mothman Prophecies.
Why UFOs
Manor Books, N.Y., NY, 1976.
A pirated reprint of UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse.
The Cosmic Question
Panther Books, Herts, UK, 1978.
UK edition of The Eighth Tower.
Super Heroes
Sphere, UK, 1978.
An anthology of stories about super heroes, edited by Michel Parry. JAK contributed “Satyr-Man.”
Creature dall’Ignoto
Fanucci, Rome, 1978.
Italian edition of Strange Creatures from Time and Space. Translated by Alfredo Pollini.
El Enigma De Las Extrañas Criaturas
ATE, Barcelona 1981.
Spanish edition of Strange Creatures from Time and Space. Translator unknown.
The World’s Strangest Stories
Clark Publishing Company, Highland Park, IL, 1983.
A collection of stories from Fate magazine, including JAK’s “The Sinister Men in Black.”
Strange Mutants
Global Communications, N.Y., NY, 1984.
A reprint of Strange Creatures From Time and Space.
El Enigma De Las Extrañas Criaturas
Mitre, Barcelona, 1987.
Spanish edition of Strange Creatures from Time and Space. Translation by Lidia Porta.
Life Force: The Secret of Empowerment
Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul, MN, 1987.
By Leo F. Ludzia. Preface by JAK.
UFOs 1947-1987: The 40-Year Search for an Explanation
Fortean Tomes, London, 1987.
An anthology edited by Hilary Evans and John Spencer. JAK contributed “The Maury Island Caper.”
Phenomenon: From Flying Saucers to UFOs, Forty years of Facts and Research
Futura, London, 1988.
An anthology edited by Hilary Evans and John Spencer. JAK contributed “The People Problem.”
Disneyland of the Gods
Amok Press, N.Y., NY, 1988. Reprint by New Saucerian Press, 2015.
My Visit to Venus
Inner Light Productions, New Brunswick, NJ, 1988.
By T. Lobsang Rampa. Commentary by JAK.
The UFO Silencers
Inner Light Publications, New Brunswick, NJ, 1990.
By Timothy Green Beckley. Introduction by JAK.
Visionaries, Mystics and Contactees
IllumiNet Press, Avondale Estates, GA, 1992.
By Salvador Freixedo, translated by Scott Corrales. Introduction by JAK.
The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings
Illuminet Press, Lilburn, GA, 1994. Reprint by Tor Books, N.Y., NY, 2002.
A reprint of Strange Creatures From Time and Space.
Ghosts of the Air: True Stories of Aerial Hauntings
Galde Press, St. Paul, MN, 1995.
By Martin Caidin. Introduction by JAK.
Guia Completa De Los Seres Misteriosos
Edivisión, Ciudad de México, 1997.
Mexican edition of The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings. Translator unknown.
Free Energy Pioneer: John Worrell Keely
IlluminNet Press, Lilburn, GA, 1998; reprint by Adventures Unlimited Press, Kempton, IL, 2004.
By Theo Paijmans. Foreword by JAK.
Voci dall’ombra
Sonzogno, Milano, 2002.
Italian edition of The Mothman Prophecies. Translation by Andrea Carlo Cappi. Reprinted as Il Caso Mothman, Sonzogno, 2003.
La Prophétie des Ombres
Presses du Châtelet, Paris, 2002.
French edition of The Mothman Prophecies. Translation by Benjamin Legrand. Preface and notes by Pierre Lagrange. Bibliography by George M. Eberhart and Pierre Lagrange.
The Mothman Prophecies: Tödliche Visionen
German edition of The Mothman Prophecies. Translator unknown (to me). Heyne, Munich, 2002.
Mothman: la última profecía.
Punto de lectura, Madrid, 2002.
Spanish edition of The Mothman Prophecies. Translator unknown.
UFO a iné zjavenia
Motyl, Slovakia, 2002.
Slovakian edition of The Mothman Prophecies. Translator unknown.
Politics of the Imagination: The Life, Work, and Ideas of Charles Fort
Headpress, Manchester, UK, 2002
By Colin Bennett. Introduction by JAK.
Profetiile Omuli-Molie
Litera International, Bucharest, 2004.
Romanian edition of The Mothman Prophecies. Translation by Violeta Dinca.
The Best of John Keel, Volume 1
Galde Press, Lakeville, MN, 2006.
Edited by Andrew Honigman. Introduction by Doug Skinner. A collection of “Beyond the Known!” columns from Fate, June, 1989 to June, 1992.
L’Ottava Torre
Venexia, Rome, 2017.
Italian edition of The Eighth Tower. Translator unknown.
Operacion Caballo de Troya
Reediciones Anómalas, Alicante, Valencia, 2017.
Spanish edition of UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse. Translation by María Vega.
Misteriose Presenze sul Pianeta Terra
Venexia, Rome, 2019.
Italian edition of Our Haunted Planet. Translator unknown.
Las Profecías del Mothman
Reediciones Anómalas, Alicante, Valencia, 2019.
Spanish edition of The Mothman Prophecies. Translation by Pablo Vergel.
Simi Valley POSTHUMOUS BOOKS
Flying Saucer to the Center of Your Mind
Metadisc Books, Seattle, WA, 2013.
Edited by Andrew Colvin. Introductions by Colvin, Gray Barker, and Tessa B. Dick. A collection of magazine articles and lectures.
The Outer Limits of the Twilight Zone
Metadisc Books, Seattle, WA, 2013.
Edited by Andrew Colvin. Introductions by Colvin, Dr. Leon Davidson, and Doug Skinner. A collection of magazine articles and lectures.
The Passionate Percipient: Illusions I Have Known and Loved
New Saucerian Press, Point Pleasant, WV, 2015
Edited by Andrew Colvin.
The Perspicacious Percipient: How to Investigate UFOs and Other Insane Urges
New Saucerian Press, Point Pleasant, WV, 2015
Edited by Andrew Colvin.
MAGAZINE PIECES
[JAK also wrote regular columns for the North American Newspaper Alliance, Saga (“Ancient Astronauts, Modern Mysteries”), and Fate (“Beyond the Known”); I haven’t itemized those separately. I’ve added a few descriptions, if it seemed helpful. JAK’s own comments on his ’50s articles are taken from “Bosoms, Blood, and Baloney” (Writer’s Digest, Apr. 1958); those on his ’60s pieces are from his newsletter Anomaly.]
“A Moron Speaks”
Perry Herald, Sept. 5, 1945.
Marginal note by JAK on clipping: “My first really published article.”
(Letter)
Perry Herald, Sept. 5, 1945.
“Keel Komments”
The Jester, Nov. 26, 1945.
“Say It With a Song”
Hobo News, Vol. 6, #17. April 23, 1946.
Humorous article about song-writing.
“Dusty Feet”
Bowery News, Vol. 1, #10, 1947.
Poem.
“Washington Square on a Rainy Night”
Bowery News, #23, Dec. 15, 1948.
Poem.
“Evening”
Chief, March 1948.
Poem.
“Constructive and Destructive Criticisms”
American Leader, Apr. 1948.
“Anton Romatka”
Caricature, Apr. 1948.
“The Key”
Peon, Vol. 2, No. 2, May 1949
Short story.
“The Crisis”
Bowery News, #31, June 15, 1949.
Short story.
“Love in Greenwich Village”
Cinderella Love, 1950.
Script for a 5-page comic strip.
“Love’s Confession”
Cinderella Love, 1950.
Short story.
(Profile)
The Stars and Stripes, Jan. 11, 1953.
“He Eats Snakes Alive!”
Man to Man, Mar. 1955.
“The Cobra Had Me Cornered”
Cavalier, May 1955.
“By John Gorman as told to John A. Keel.”
“Killer Camel of Farafra”
Man’s Conquest, Aug. 1955.
According to JAK: “I was told about a camel that had gone amok a few days before… a somewhat similar incident had happened to me… [I] beat out a story combining my own experience with what I had heard.”
“Appointment With Ali Baba”
Man’s Magazine, Aug. 1955.
“The Ancients Marked Me for Death”
Sir!, Sept. 1955.
“End of the Hunt”
Sport Life, Sept. 1955.
“The Last Stand of the Belly Dancers”
Sir!, Oct. 1955.
“The Mummy Maker”
Man’s Magazine, Oct. 1955.
“Honeymoon with Death”
Escapade, Nov. 1955.
“The Secret of the Rope Trick”
Argosy, Jan. 1956.
“Punishment Day”
Escapade, Mar. 1956.
According to JAK: “I turned out a 5,000-word story about a man and woman stranded in a little village in Arabia… My agent mailed out the first eight pages, throwing the rest away, and that segment sold to ESCAPADE. It had no ending but it did have plenty of vivid color, drama and sex.”
“The Man Who Climbed Everest Alone”
Argosy, Mar. 1956.
According to JAK: “During one of my chats with Tenzing Norgay he happened to mention being with an expedition in 1935 that found the body of a man who attempted to climb Everest alone and nearly made it… I was able to collect a lot of hitherto unknown details… and I came up with a corking story which was later featured on the cover of ARGOSY. The sizeable check helped me get out of a tight spot in Singapore…”
“World Without Sex”
Sir!, May 1956.
“The Tragedy of Tenzing”
Challenge, May 1956.
“Men with the X-Ray Eyes”
Man’s Magazine, July 1956.
“I Saw the Cobra Strike”
Adventure, Aug. 1956.
According to JAK: “It was the first time my name had appeared on a cover. Quite a thrill for a writer who two years before had been broke and unknown in a Greenwich Village garret.”
“German Sex Traps”
Caper, Nov. 1956.
“Naked Innocence”
Men’s Digest, Vol. 1, #1, 1957.
“Sojourn in Shangri-La”
Men’s Digest, Vol. 1, #2, 1957.
“Riot on Rashid Street!”
Men’s Digest, Vol. 1, #4, 1957.
According to JAK: “Once I had lived through a major riot in Baghdad and I eventually used that for a sex story about a man and woman, strangers to each other, stranded in a hotel during a violent ‘anti-Western’ riot.”
“Ride the Tigress”
Gent, June 1957.
According to JAK: “It was shot through with authentic background and the maharajah was patterned after a sad little prince I’d met in Hyderabad.”
“I Fed My Arm to a Tiger”
Escape to Adventure, July 1957.
As “Randolph Halsey-Quince.”
According to JAK: “Back in 1955 I was traveling on an Indian ship through the Persian Gulf and the ship’s doctor told me a fascinating story about a man he’d once treated in India who had saved his life by thrusting his arm down the throat of an attacking tiger… But editors found my ending implausible… I was forced to add a final paragraph where ‘I’ manages to unsheath a knife with his free hand and kill the tiger with it.”
“Jadoo”
Book Guide, October 1957.
An excerpt from the book.
“The Night I Went to Hell”
Gusto, Dec. 1957
Echo Magazine
Editor and co-publisher; nationally distributed magazine containing paper phonograph records, 1958-59.
“Jadoo”
Real Adventure, Jan. 1958.
An excerpt from the book.
“Bosoms, Blood, and Baloney”
Writer’s Digest, Apr. 1958.
“I Was Buried Alive!”
Parade, Jan. 20, 1958.
An excerpt from Jadoo.
“Do It Again, Darling”
Bachelor, Nov. 1958.
On using magic tricks to pick up women.
“Writer Gone Dry”
Writer’s Digest, Aug. 1959.
(Letter)
Writer’s Digest, Oct. 1959.
(Letter)
Writer’s Digest, Dec. 1959.
“Jadoo: 30-page Book Condensation”
Tomorrow, Spring 1960.
“I Found the Abominable Snowman!”
Glance, June 1960.
(Letter)
Writer’s Digest, July 1960.
“Music Lovers Revenge”
Genii, Vol. 25 #11, July 1961.
A magic trick using record albums.
“Riot on Rashid!”
The Men’s Digest, #37, June 1962.
A reprint of “Riot on Rashid Street!”
“Naked Desire”
The Men’s Digest, #37, June 1962.
A reprint of “Naked Innocence.”
“The Day the Women Arrived on Mars”
The Men’s Digest, #38, July 1962.
“The Strange Death of Harry Houdini”
Man’s Magazine, Sept. 1962.
“Stop, Look, Listen… and Sweat”
Better Home Movie Making, Mar./Apr. 1963.
On adding sound to 8mm movies.
“Adding Sound to Slides and Movies”
U.S. Camera, Oct. 1963.
(Letter)
Playboy, Dec. 1964.
On Maxwell Bodenheim.
“New Landing and Creature Reports. Sightings in Erie, Pennsylvania”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 12, #6, Nov.-Dec. 1966.
“Fake or Fact?”
Flying Saucers, UFO Reports, #2, 1967.
“UFOs In Outer Space”
Flying Saucers, UFO Reports, #4, 1967.
“Are UFOs Using the Earth for a Garbage Dump?”
Flying Saucers, UFO Reports, #4, 1967.
“Who Was That 6-Inch High Animated Tin Can I Saw You With Last Night?”
The TRUE Report on Flying Saucers, #1, 1967.
“Flap Dates, Kidnapings and Secret Bases”
The New Report on Flying Saucers, #2, 1967.
“Are the UFO ‘People’ Really Superior?”
Alternate Horizons Newsletter, Vol. 1, #6, 1967.
“Brazilian Expert”
Understanding, Vol. 12, #1, Jan. 1967.
Reprints JAK’s interview with Dr. Olavo T. Fontes, from the Maywood, NY Record, Nov. 16, 1966.
“Never Mind the Saucer! Did You See the Guys Who Were Driving?”
True, Feb. 1967.
“UFO Kidnappers!”
Saga, Feb. 1967.
“Mystery Men Flash Government Credentials”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 1, #12, Mar. 1967.
(Reviews of Interrupted Journey, by John Fuller, and Flying Saucers, by Carol Lorenzen)
Saucer News, Vol. 14, No. 1, Spring 1967.
“North America 1966: Development of a Great Wave”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 13, #2, Mar.-Apr. 1967.
(Letter)
Saga, May 1967.
“From My Ohio Valley Notebook”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 13, #3, May-June 1967.
“Moon Craters: Or Secret UFO Bases?”
Saga, June 1967.
“Thousands See ‘Visitors,’ But Won’t Tell Air Force”
Columbus Dispatch, June 18, 1967.
Introduced as “the first of seven articles.”
“The Beginning of the Saucer Era”
Saucer News, Vol. 14, #2, Summer 1967.
“More From My Ohio Valley Notebook”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 13, #4, July-Aug. 1967.
“The UFO Secret: Answers Are On the Way,” “Mystery Man Nabbed on Long Island,” “Another Man in Black Case”
Saucer News, Vol. 14, #3, Fall 1967.
Also: pictures of JAK at UFO convention.
“The Night the Sky Turned On”
Fate, #210, Sept. 1967.
(Letter)
Saga, Oct. 1967.
“UFO ‘Agents of Terror'”
Saga, Oct. 1967.
“Open Letter to All UFO Researchers”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 2, #8, Nov. 1967.
“Mail Bag: Induced Amnesia?”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 13, #6, Nov.-Dec. 1967.
“Mystery ‘AF’ Officers Seek to Silence UFO Spotters”
Flying Saucers, #55, Dec. 1967.
“Many Convinced UFOs Now Busy ‘Rustling’ Animals”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 2, #9, Dec. 1967.
Described as reprinted from the Orlando Sentinel.
“Strange Messages from Flying Saucers”
Saga, Jan. 1968.
“An Unusual Contact Claim from Ohio”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 14, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1968.
Two brief clips: “Point Pleasant, Nov. 23, 1967” and “Additional Telephone Data”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 2, #11, Feb. 1968.
“The Little Man of Gaffney”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, Mar.-Apr. 1968.
(Letter)
Saucer News, Vol. 15, #1, Spring 1968.
An objection to “circulating rumors and half-baked speculations” about him.
“UFO Report — The Sinister Men in Black”
Fate, #217, Apr. 1968.
“Secret UFO Bases across the US”
Saga, Apr. 1968.
Two clippings: “Press News from Universal” and “UFO Firings Called No Threat to Probe”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 3, #1, Apr. 1968.
“A New Approach to UFO Witnesses”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 14, #3, May-June 1968.
(Letter)
Caricatour, June 1968.
“Does NICAP Really Exist?”
Saucer News, Vol. 15, #2, Summer 1968.
This carries the by-line “Winston F. Gardlebacher.” I suspect this may be by JAK: the name is similar to others he used; and the criticism of NICAP is characteristic. I’ll include it here, just in case.
“Mysterious Gas Attacks”
Saga, July 1968.
“West Virginia’s Enigmatic Bird”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 14, #4, July-Aug. 1968.
“UFOs — The Statistical Problem”
Flying Saucers, #59, Aug. 1968.
“Warning: The Reliability of National Tabloids”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 3, #5, Aug. 1968.
“Taxpayers Pick Up $500 Million Tax for 20 Years of UFO Probing”
The Muncie Star (Muncie, Indiana), Aug. 16, 1968.
(Letter)
Fate, #222, Sept. 1968.
“The Secret UFO-Astronaut War”
Men, Sept. 1968.
“Behind the FBI’s Undercover Flying Saucer Investigations”
Men, Oct. 1968.
“Warning: The Reliability of National Tabloids”
Flying Saucers, #60, Oct. 1968.
“Mothman Monster”
Saga, Oct. 1968.
“Mysterious Voices from Space”
Saga, Nov. 1968.
“Some Little Known Facts for UFO Researchers”
“Will the Real John Keel Stand Up!”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 3, No. 8, Nov. 1968.
“Is the EM Effect a Myth?”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 14, #6, Nov.-Dec. 1968.
“Mail Bag: Keel Replies”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 14, #6, Nov.-Dec. 1968.
“Guest Editorial”
Flying Saucers, #61, Dec. 1968.
“New Flying Saucer Crime Wave They Can’t Cover Up”
Male, Dec. 1968.
According to JAK: “Heavily edited and sensationalized version of original mss. dealing with UFO injuries, animal mutilations, kidnappings, etc. Not recommended.”
“Savage Little Men From Outer Space”
Saga, Jan. 1969.
“The ‘Little Man’ of North Carolina”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 15, #1, Jan.-Feb. 1969.
“Open Letter to All UFO Researchers”
Journal of Borderland Research, Vol. 25, #1, Jan.-Feb. 1969.
“Summary of Criticism of the Condon Report — 1969”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 3, #11, Feb. 1969.
“Our Skies Are Filled with Junk”
Fate, #228, Mar. 1969.
“Deadly Fireballs in the Sky”
Male, Mar. 1969.
According to JAK: “The map published with this article is erroneous and not a faithful reproduction of the original. This is a very important article for all serious researchers.”
“That ‘Little Man’ Photo”
“January 1969 — A Summary”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 3, #12, Mar. 1969.
“Review of the Final Report of Dr. Edward U. Condon”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 15, #2, Mar.-Apr. 1969.
“The Secret is Out”
Journal of Borderland Research, Vol. 25, #2, Mar.-Apr. 1969.
“The Secret Is Out — But There’s a Credibility Gap”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 4, #1, Apr. 1969.
Credited as a reprint from Alternate Horizons Newsletter. This article seems to have been reprinted often.
“The Myth of UFO Censorship”
Flying Saucers, #63, Apr. 1969.
“MIB: 1967-1968”
Saucer News, Vol. 16, #4, Spring-Summer 1969.
(Letter)
Saucer News, Vol. 16, #4, Spring-Summer 1969.
A long letter commenting on the article by “Winston F. Gardlebacher” in an earlier issue.
“What the CIA Is Covering Up About Flying Saucers”
Male, Apr. 1969.
According to JAK: “Heavily edited version of original text.”
“The Public Relations Problem”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 4, #2, May 1969.
“Feminine Fuckability Test”
Screw, #14, May 23, 1969.
As Dr. Thaddeus L. Farnboggle, Ph.D.
“The Time Cycle Factor: Problems of Distortion and Distension”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 15, #3, May-June, 1969.
“Review of the Final Report of Dr. Edward U. Condon”
Flying Saucers, #64, June 1969.
“The Air Force Statistics: A Problem of Accuracy”
Flying Saucers, #64, June 1969.
“The Bedroom Invaders”
Male, June 1969.
“UFOs in 1952”
“Announcement: Another Research Project”
“The ‘Flap’ Phenomenon in the United States”
“The Cape May Incident”
“The Glendale, California, Contact Claim”
Flying Saucer Review, Special Issue 2, “Beyond Condon,” June 1969.
“Techniques of Subversion, Confusion and Conquest”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 4, #3, June 1969.
“Feminine Fuckability Test, Part II”
Screw, #16, June 6, 1969.
As “Thorton M. Vaseltarp, Ph.D.”
“Male Fuckability Test”
Screw, #17, June 20, 1969.
As “Thorton M. Vaseltarp, Ph.D., D.D.”
“Frightened UFO Man Gives Up — And Warns” (clipping)
“The Key West Incident — Jan. 1, 1969. ‘Further Remarks'”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 4, #4, July 1969.
“The Principle of Transmogrification”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 15, #4, July-Aug. 1969.
“Injured, Burned and Blinded by UFOs”
Male, Aug. 1969.
“Flying Saucers May Be Psychic Phenomena, British Air Marshall Suggests”
Saucer Scoop, Vol. 4, # 5/6, Aug. 1969.
“Are You a Pervert?”
Screw, #25, Aug. 25, 1969.
As “Thorton M. Vaseltarp, Ph.D., D.D., O.B.E.”
“Is There a Bellevue in Your Future?”
Screw, #28, Sept. 15, 1969.
As “Thorton M. Vaseltarp, Ph.D., D.D., O.B.E.”
“The Superior Technology: Some Generalities”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 15, #5, Sept.-Oct. 1969.
“UFO Skepticism — or Objectivity?”
Flying Saucers, #66, Oct. 1969.
“UFOs and Abominable Snowmen — What’s Their Strange Connection?”
Male, Oct. 1969.
(Letter): “The Cherry Hill Affair”
Fate, #236, Nov. 1969.
“Masturbation in Media”
Screw, #36, Nov. 10, 1969
As “Thornton M. Vaseltarp, Ph. D.”
“New UFOs Buzz World’s Airports”
Male, Dec. 1969.
“Exclusive: This American Town Is UFO Magnet #1”
Male, Mar. 1970.
With Gene Duplantier.
(Letter)
Saucer News, #75, Spring 1970.
A long letter critiquing an article by Gary Leslie in the previous issue.
“America’s First Pornographer: Thomas Alva Edison”
Screw, #61, May 4, 1970
As “Thornton M. Vaseltarp, Ph.D.”
“Mystery Aeroplanes of the 1930s. Part 1.”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 16, #3, May-June 1970.
“Mystery Aeroplanes of the 1930s. Part 2.”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 16, #4, June-July 1970.
“Incredible Monster Men Sightings in the U.S.”
Male, Aug. 1970.
“Fables of the UFO Age”
Fate, #245, Aug. 1970.
(Letter)
Merseyside UFO Bulletin, Vol. 3, #4, Sept. 1970.
“Whitewashing Hogwash: What Are Government Reports Worth?”
The New York Column, Vol. 3 No. 429, Sept. 25, 1970.
Mocking a government study of pornography.
“Ocean Based UFOs Ring the U.S.”
Male, Nov. 1970.
“John Keel Writes”
INFO Journal 7, Fall-Winter 1970.
Two brief articles: “The ‘Silver Thread’ of Caldwell, N. J.” and “Dinosaurs on the Loose Again.”
“The Insane Urge to Do Mad and Wicked Things”
Journal of Borderland Research, Vol. 26, #6, Nov.-Dec. 1970.
“Hushed Up: 22 UFO Sightings in One Day”
Male, Dec. 1970.
“UFOs and the Mysterious Wave of Worldwide Kidnappings”
Saga, Dec. 1970.
“Mysterious Voices from Space”
Saga’s UFO Special Report, 1971.
(Letter)
The East Village Other, Vol. 6, #6, Jan. 5, 1971.
A long letter about the Kennedy assassination.
“Our Hushed-up War Against UFOs”
Male, Feb. 1971.
“Menace of the Mystery Fireballs”
True Action, Apr. 1971.
“The Perfect Apparition”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 17, #3, May-June 1971.
“A Question of Responsibility”
Flying Saucers, #73, June 1971.
“Measuring Your Meat”
Screw, #119, June 14, 1971.
As “Thornton M. Vaseltarp, Ph.D.”
“Screw You”
Screw, #125, July 26, 1971
As “Thornton M. Vaseltarp, Ph.D.”
“Mystery Aeroplanes of the 1930s. Part 3.”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 17, #4, July-Aug. 1971.
“A Few Appropriate Quotes on Polemics”
UFO Commentary, Summer 1971.
“The Strange Story of West Virginia’s Mothman”
The West Virginia Hillbilly, Aug. 14, 1971.
An excerpt from Strange Creatures.
“UFOs and the Strange Death of Our Astronauts: Or Was It Murder?”
Saga, 1971.
“Mystery Aeroplanes of the 1930s. Part 4.”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 17, #5, Sept.-Oct. 1971.
“Ufology in Retrospect”
Caveat Emptor, #2, Winter 1971-72.
“Ufological Deaths: Are They Unique”
Ray Palmer’s FORUM, Vol. 7, #90, March, 1972.
(Letter)
Caveat Emptor, #7, Spring 1973.
This issue also contains “Naked Came the Fortean,” a parody of JAK, as “John A. Keeler,” by “Richard E. Wiplash” (Floyd Murray).
“America’s Unrecognized UFO Experts”
Saga, Apr. 1973.
“Stendek: He certainly gets around”
Woodstock Times, Apr. 12, 1973.
“Stendek: UFOs over Woodstock”
Woodstock Times, May 3, 1973.
“Ancient Astronauts, Modern Mysteries”
Saga, June 1973-1976.
A regular monthly column, mostly on UFOs.
“The UFO Evidence Everyone Ignores”
Saga, June 1973.
“Ivan T. Sanderson: An Appreciation”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 19, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1973.
“The Ufological Population”
Caveat Emptor, #9, Sept.-Oct. 1973.
“Mystery of the Alien Submarines.”
Saga, Nov. 1973.
(Letter)
Caveat Emptor, #12, Mar.-Apr. 1974.
“Strange Riddle of the ‘Men In Black'”
Saga’s UFO Report, Spring 1974.
“The Flying Saucer Evidence Everyone Ignores”
Saga’s UFO Report, Summer 1974.
“Mystery of the Invisible Flying Saucers.”
Saga’s UFO Report, Winter 1974.
“The Flying Saucer Subculture”
Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 8, #4, Spring 1975.
“The UFO Silencers.”
Saga, May 1975.
(Letter)
Fate, Jan. 1976.
“The UFO Name Game”
Beyond Reality, #18, Jan. 1976.
(Letter)
Gray Barker’s Newsletter, #5, March 1976.
Includes a chart of the ufological spectrum of opinion.
“Update on Forteana” and “Book Review: The Edge of Reality by Jacques Vallee and J. Allen Hynek.”
Pursuit, Vol. 9, #2, Apr. 1976.
JAK also edited this issue.
(Letter)
Gray Barker’s Newsletter, #6, Apr./May/June 1976.
“Man-Made UFOs?”
Pursuit, Vol. 9, Summer 1976.
“Of psychic phenomena, flying saucers, and men in black: part 1”
Woodstock Times, Aug. 19, 1976.
An interview by Peter Blum.
“Of psychic phenomena, flying saucers, and men in black: part 2”
Woodstock Times, Aug. 26, 1976.
An interview by Peter Blum.
“Were Flying Saucers Here Before Man?”
Argosy UFO, 1977.
An interview with Bryce Bond.
“A Devil’s Triangle… In Idaho?”
Saga’s UFO Annual, 1977.
“Close Encounters of the Religious Kind”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 23, #4, Jan. 1977.
“Are Extraterrestrials Blackmailing Earth?”
Saga UFO Report, May 1977.
“UFO Intelligence Digest: Unsung UFO Pioneer.”
UFO Report, June 1977.
“UFO Intelligence Digest: The Contactee Key”
UFO Report, Aug. 1977.
“Investigating UFOs: Probing a Phenomenon Wrapped in Mystery”
UFO Report, Vol. 4, #4, Aug. 1977.
“UFO Intelligence Digest: VLF: Marconi’s Space Age Weapon.”
UFO Report, Sept. 1977.
“Can Science and Scientists Help?”
Pursuit, Vol. 10, #4, Fall 1977.
“UFO Intelligence Digest: UFO ‘Sleeper’ Agents.”
UFO Report, Oct. 1977.
“The Aliens Among Us”
UFO Report, Nov. 1977.
“Exclusive Interview with John A. Keel”
UFO Report, Nov. 1977.
By Peter Blum.
“The Sentinels”
UFO Report, Dec. 1977.
“Gen. Douglas Macarthur, Ufologist”
UFO Report, Jan. 1978.
“‘Skyquakes’ and UFOs”
UFO Report, Jan. 1978.
“UFOs — The Medical Evidence”
UFO Report, Mar. 1978.
“Mystery Explosions and UFOs”
UFO Report, May 1978.
“The UFO Physical Evidence That Cannot Be Ignored”
UFO Report, Jan. 1979.
(Comments)
Zetetic Scholar, #7, 1980.
JAK is among many commenting on an article by J. Richard Greenwell.
“UFOs, Mothman and Me”
High Times, #57, May 1980.
Illustration by Frank Frazetta.
“Charles Fort: Chicken Little Was Right”
High Times, #61, Sept. 1980.
“Snakes I Have Known and Loved”
High Times, #62, Oct. 1980.
Last Words: They Danced Their Little Hearts Out in 1237 AD”
High Times, #63, Nov. 1980.
“Hypnotism: Learn Animal Magnetism in Your Spare Time”
High Times, #68, Apr. 1981.
“A Letter From John Keel”
Common Ground, #3, Nov. 1981.
“Stand Back! Here Comes the Force!”
High Times, #82, June 1982.
“The Endless Procession.”
Pursuit, Vol. 14, #3, Third Quarter, 1982.
“Doom”
High Times, #92, Apr. 1983.
(Letter)
Fortean Times, #40, Summer 1983.
A response to Nigel Watson’s article on Operation Trojan Horse in the preceding issue.
“The Man Who Invented Flying Saucers”
Fortean Times, #41, Winter 1983.
“Mail Bag: The ‘E.T.’ Film”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 29, #2, Dec. 1983.
“The Infrared Factor”
Pursuit, Vol. 17, 1984.
“Interview: John Keel, Part I”
By Jim Cusimano and Larry Sloman.
High Times, #102, Feb. 1984.
“Interview: John Keel, Part II”
By Jim Cusimano and Larry Sloman.
High Times, #103, Mar. 1984.
“Death Notice: Kenneth Arnold”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 30, #1, Oct. 1984.
“Mail Bag: Mantell Case, Invisible UFOs, etc.”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 30, #1, Oct. 1984.
“Book Review: Mute Evidence, by Daniel Kagan and Ian Summers”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 30, #2, Dec. 1984.
“The SHAVERTRON Interview: John A. Keel”
Shavertron, Mar. 1985.
An interview with Richard Toronto.
“Mail Bag: Losses in the Mail”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 30, #6, Aug. 1985.
“The Contactee Key”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 31, #1, Oct. 1985.
“Mail Bag: A Letter From John Keel”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 31, #1, Oct. 1985.
“Public Toilets”
National Lampoon, Nov. 1985.
For the “Mad as Hell Issue”: “105 famous Americans tell you, in their own words, what’s making them angry.”
“The Man Who Invented Flying Saucers”
Whole Earth Review, Autumn 1986.
“Position Statement”
INFO Journal, Oct. 1986.
Also contains “Focus on: John A. Keel” by Phyllis Benjamin.
“Origins: Creation, Evolution and the Extraterrestrial”
Critique: A Journal of Conspiracies & Metaphysics, Vol. 5, #3/4 [#19/20], Winter 1986.
An excerpt from Our Haunted Planet.
“Was PKD a Flake?”
New Frontiers, 1987.
“Mail Bag: From John Keel”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 32, #2, Feb. 1987.
“Beyond Shirley Maclaine: Cosmic Consciousness and Philip K. Dick”
Astrology Guide, Summer 1987.
“Kenneth Arnold and the FBI”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 32, #5, Aug. 1987.
“Mail Bag: The Rediscovery of the Wheel”
Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 32, #6, Nov. 1987.
(Letter)
Strange #2, 1988.
“An Understated Endorsement from John A. Keel”
“The Perfect UFO Case”
Strange #2, 1988.
JAK’s contribution to “The Strongest UFO Cases,” which also included contributions from seven other writers. His choice was the 1917 “miracle” at Fatima.
“Seeing Things”
Strange #3, 1988.
Selections from JAK’s newsletter Anomaly.
“The Wondrous — Long Since Forgotten — Days of Ufology”
UFO Universe, July 1988.
“The Birth of Ufology” (“The Hidden History of the Flying Saucer Mystery, Part 2”).
UFO Universe, Vol.1, #2, Sep. 1988.
“Beyond the Known”
Fate, 1989-1994.
A regular monthly column.
“Q & A: John Keel”
UFO, Vol. 4, #4, 1989.
“The Keel Files: Pseudo-Epilepsy”
Strange #4, 1989.
Reprinted from Anomaly #6; plus a sidebar with a brief interview by editor Mark Chorvinsky.
(Letter)
Caveat Emptor, Spring 1989.
A jocular response to the reappearance of the magazine, after a 14 year hiatus.
“Cryptozoo Conversation with John A. Keel”
Strange #5, 1990.
An interview by Mark Chorvinsky.
“Investigating UFOs”
Strange #6, 1990.
Selections from Anomaly #1-5.
“The Keel Files: Waves of Confusion”
Strange #6, 1990.
Reprinted from Anomaly #7; plus a sidebar with a brief interview by editor Mark Chorvinsky.
“The Sorry State of UFO Research”
Caveat Emptor, #22, Summer 1990.
“The Roswell Furor”
Fate, Jan. 1991.
With Stanton Friedman.
“Roswell Finale: Roswell’s Last Gasp”
Fate, Sept. 1991.
With Stanton Friedman.
“The Occupants”
Strange #10, 1992.
“The John Keel Interview”
UFO Brigantia, #53/54, 1992.
An interview with Andy Roberts and David Clarke.
“The FT Interview: John Keel”
Fortean Times #65, Oct.-Nov. 1992
An interview with Bob Rickard.
“John Keel Discusses Winged Cats, Mothmen, and Unidentified Flying Objects”
Steamshovel Press, #7, 1993.
“The Search for the Thunderbird Photo”
Strange #13, 1994.
A letter from JAK is included in this article.
“Here Comes the Cosmic Clap”
Slant, #4, 1995.
“Entrevista con John Keel”
Año/Cero, #5, May 1995.
An interview with Manuel Figueroa.
“The Hidden History of the Flying Saucer Mystery”
Unsolved UFO Sightings, Vol. 4, #1, Spring 1996.
“Lunch with Keel”
Fortean Times, #156, Apr. 2002.
An interview with Doug Skinner, Mamie Caton, and George Kuchar. This is the “Mothman Prophecies Special” issue of FT; it also includes articles on Keel and on Mothman by Bob Rickard, Rick Moran, Doug Skinner, Colin Bennett, Jerome Clark, Tony “Doc” Shiels, and Loren Coleman.
“The Mothman Prophecies: A Big Job.”
Sci-Fi Online, Feb. 28, 2003
NEWSLETTERS, BOOKLETS, AND OTHER PRIVATE PUBLICATIONS
The Lunarite
1946 (?)
A sci-fi fanzine: #1 is a “cardzine” (printed as a postcard); #2 is one page on thin pink paper.
Project “B” 1966: Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Flying Objects
1967.
A reprint of “North America 1966,” from Flying Saucer Review, Mar.-Apr., 1967; plus other material.
The Telephone Problem in the United States
1968.
Anomaly
1969-1974; 11 issues. A 12th issue was pasted up, but not printed.
The Reeves Papers: A Modern Rosetta Stone?
1970 (?)
Bleeding Gums?
1983 (as J. A. Keel).
A one-page sheet on making your own toothpaste.
How to Start a Club
1984 (as Jakeel).
Madison Avenue Confidential
1984-1985; 10 issues (as Jakeel).
Big Apple News
1984-1986; 9 issues (as Jakeel).
Bamboozle
1984-1985; 4 issues (as Jakeel).
The Unicorn Review
n.d. (1985?) (as Jakeel).
How to Rob the Mail
1985 (as Jakeel).
Be Buried in Mail
1985 (as Jakeel).
Filthy Rich Digest
April, 1986 (as Jakeel).
The New York Fortean Society Newsletter
1987-1989; 10 issues.
The “Flap” Phenomenon in the United States: An Examination and Analysis
N.Y. Fortean Society, 1989.
A reprint from Flying Saucer Review, Special Issue #2, June 1969.
An Investigation into the Mysterious American Visits of the Mothman
N.Y. Fortean Society, 1991.
A reprint of “UFOs, Mothman, and Me,” from High Times, #57, May, 1980.
The Flying Saucer Subculture
New York Fortean Society, 1994.
Reprinted from The Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 8, #4, Spring 1975. Cover by Doug Skinner.
SCRIPTS FOR AMERICAN FORCES NETWORK
[JAK wrote a variety of material for the AFN. Many of his scripts were for continuing series. “Command Conference” and “Command Theater” dramatized material from “Troop Topics”: instructive pamphlets on military issues. JAK often turned them into science fiction or comedy, often with the continuing character Private Mulvaney. “Take Ten” was a series of brief fillers. “Around the Town” gave information on film screenings and other events in Frankfurt, presented as dialogue between soldiers. Many of his scripts were also holiday specials. I’ve added a few descriptions, where that seems useful.]
“March of Dimes Spot”
1/52
“Old Soldiers of Baker Street”
1/52
[A broadcast of a meeting of Sherlock Holmes buffs; JAK wrote extra material for it]
“Music From Our Forgotten Files” #1
“Take Ten” 5/29/52
[On Al Jolson]
“The Soldier and the Community”
“Command Conference” 6/16/52
“Where’s Mulvaney?”
“Command Conference” 7/14/52
“You Can’t Win but You Can Learn”
“Command Conference” 8/25/52
“Halls of Heidelberg”
“Command Conference” 10/6/52
“The Other End of the Telescope”
“Command Conference”
[Slated for 11/17/52, but rejected: on atomic energy]
“Things in the Sky”
?/52
[The title reads in full: “The Makers of Dresden China Present: ‘Things in the Sky’ (the Flying Saucer Story — or, ‘Mabel, quit heavin’ the crockery… I didn’t mean what I said.’ A special fifteen minute stinker written and produced by a pfc named Keel.”]
“Let’s Go!”
“Command Conference” 1/19/53
“Your Safety”
“Command Conference” 2/16/53
“A Pause for Identification”
5/8/53
[“A Special Program Commemorating V-E Day”]
“Power For Peace”
5/16/53
[For Armed Forces Day]
“Missing in Action”
“Command Theater” 5/18/53
“D-Day Prayer”
6/6/53
“The Berlin Story”
“Command Theater” 6/15/53
“Around the Town”
6/27/53
“Come Back, Little Sherman”
“Command Theater” 6/29/53
“Tenth Anniversary Show”
7/4/53
“BFN Anniversary”
8/2/53
[A humorous salute to the British Forces Network]
“The Man of Yesterday”
9/2/53
[For V-J Day]
“The Promise of America”
“Command Theater” 9/21/53
“No Prize for Second Place”
“Command Theater” 9/28/53
“Around the Town”
10/10/53
“The Snake With the Diamond Eyes”
10/31/53
[A Halloween special, set in Cairo]
“The Greatest Punishment”
“Command Theater” 11/16/53
“Gettysburg Address Special”
11/19/53
“The Long Way Home”
“Command Theater” 12/21/53
[“A Christmas Epic”]
“The Year Ahead”
1/1/54
“While Rome Did a Slow Burn”
“Command Theater” 1/25/54
“George Washington Special”
2/22/54
“Who Said That?” #2
3/27/54
“One Way Street”
“Command Theater” 3/29/54
[for National Safety Week]
“The Super Salesman”
“Command Theater” 4/5/54
“Solace in Wonderland”
“Command Theater” 4/19/54
“An Epilogue to Memorial Day”
5/31/54
“Swan Song”
“Command Theater” 7/12/54
[“An exciting science fiction adventure”]
I found a fictional story by JAK, not listed here, in a magazine I acquired from eBay:
HONEYMOON WITH DEATH, Escapade, Nov. 1955
http://www.scribd.com/doc/97382529/HONEYMOON-WITH-DEATH-by-John-A-Keel
Comment by Jerry Hamm — June 17, 2012 @ 9:19 pm
[Let’s try this again. I had to upload story again, pages did not upload completely]
I found a fictional story by JAK, not listed here, in a magazine I acquired from eBay:
HONEYMOON WITH DEATH, Escapade, Nov. 1955
http://www.scribd.com/doc/97383898/HONEYMOON-WITH-DEATH-by-John-A-Keel
Comment by Jerry Hamm — June 17, 2012 @ 9:38 pm
I don’t know what’s wrong with scribd.com. Article is appearing incomplete on the site. But if you download it, it’s all there!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/97383898/HONEYMOON-WITH-DEATH-by-John-A-Keel
Comment by Jerry Hamm — June 17, 2012 @ 9:47 pm
Thanks, Jerry! I’ve added it to the bibliography.
Comment by Doug — June 17, 2012 @ 10:01 pm
Hello,
I’ve search after a contact address in this blog, but couldn’t find one. So I have to ask hear: Who has the rights at the graphics in “The Cosmic Question”, particulary the graphic of The superspectrum on p. 87. I wanna used it for an own publication.
Greetings from Germany
Roland M. Horn
Comment by Roland M. Horn — July 9, 2012 @ 2:46 pm
Oh, I see, I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my posting above. Unfortunately I cannot correct them. Sorry!
Comment by Roland M. Horn — July 9, 2012 @ 3:09 pm
I’m not sure who has the rights to that one now. It should revert to John’s half-sister, but a publisher may have some claim on it. There are efforts in progress to put out another edition; I hope the rights get straightened out soon…
Comment by Doug — July 10, 2012 @ 9:33 pm
Thank you for answering. In the book is written “Copyright John Keel 1975”. So I think that he had the rights. Do you have an address of his half-sister?
Comment by Roland M. Horn — July 11, 2012 @ 6:19 am
Where can I read more about John Keel’s theory of belief he discussed in the Mothman Prophecies?
Comment by Jordan Rich — November 10, 2012 @ 9:46 pm
Well, “The Eighth Tower” is sort of a companion volume, developing material cut from “Mothman.” It was published in England as “The Cosmic Question,” which may be easier to find.
Comment by Doug — November 11, 2012 @ 9:45 am
I just uploaded DEADLY FIREBALLS IN THE SKY:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/161669904/DEADLY-FIREBALLS-IN-THE-SKY-By-John-A-Keel
Comment by Jerry Hamm — August 20, 2013 @ 12:33 pm
Hi, I have the book “Mysteries Of The Orient – Jadoo”, it has a painted cover of a caveman type character. Would you happen to know who the cover artist was? I enjoyed the book by the way. Thank you…
Comment by Mike — September 12, 2013 @ 6:11 pm
I’ve seen that cover, but I don’t know who painted it.
Comment by Doug — September 13, 2013 @ 1:43 pm
Ok, thanks for your reply Doug!
Comment by Mike — September 13, 2013 @ 5:41 pm
Hello, Doug.
Thanks for your great work.
I just want to add a book to your bibliography.
CREATURE DALL’IGNOTO (italian edition of Strange Creatures from Time and Space).
Published in Italy in 1978 by Fanucci.
(you can se here the cover: http://stuff.debaser.it/resize.aspx?path=/files/2008%2f25914.jpg&width=250)
Comment by Gianfranco — January 5, 2014 @ 2:59 pm
Thanks! I’ve added it to the list. Do you know who translated it?
Comment by Doug — January 5, 2014 @ 9:01 pm
The name of the translator is Alfredo Pollini.
Comment by Gianfranco — January 6, 2014 @ 5:49 am
And thanks again; I’ve added that too.
Comment by Doug — January 6, 2014 @ 7:46 am
Hi Doug!
Glad to have given new information.
A bunch of Keel’s articles have been translated and published in Italy but I think John has never been paid for them.
Maybe they come from Fate or other magazines.
If you want infos about them, just let me know.
Comment by Gianfranco — January 6, 2014 @ 9:44 am
Sure, Gianfranco! Any info you have is welcome.
Comment by Doug — January 7, 2014 @ 10:39 pm
I uploaded Keel’s 1956 article HE CLIMBED ALONE: http://www.scribd.com/doc/227325425/HE-CLIMBED-EVEREST-ALONE-By-John-Keel
Comment by Jerry Hamm — May 31, 2014 @ 10:56 pm
Very cool site. I was drawn here by the reference to Anton Romatka. I hold a letter he wrote to my Great Aunt, Gertrude F. Boyle Kanno inviting her to one of his poetry readings along with Edwin Markham [and his bust she had just completed]. This was in 1930 just before she ran off to do the bust of Einstein in Pasadena. In the process of looking at your site I then discovered that John Keel knew my wife’s Uncle and Aunt who were authorities on UFOs, the Lorenzens.
Comment by Robert Boyle — May 26, 2015 @ 7:16 pm
John saved many of Romatka’s books and pamphlets. He was quite a poetry buff in his early years. And yes, he had quite a correspondence with the Lorenzens. Your Great Aunt sounds like a fascinating woman!
Comment by Doug — May 26, 2015 @ 11:07 pm
Hi Doug.
Just to tell you that The Eighth Tower has been published in Italy this month. The italian title is: L’Ottava Torre (you can read the details here: http://www.venexia.it/libri/collane/i-ponti/lottava-torre/).
You can add it to the bibliography, if you want.
Comment by Gianfranco — March 19, 2017 @ 5:22 pm
Thanks, Gianfranco! I’ll add it.
Comment by Doug — March 22, 2017 @ 12:12 am
Hi Doug,
You probably already know this, but Andrew Colvin’s New Saucerian Books has added a number of additional posthumous collections of Keel’s work to their catalog in addition to the four you list. They include: Searching for the String (2014), The Great Phonograph in the Sky (2015), The Book of Mothman: Everything You Wanted to Know About Reality Distortion But Were Afraid to Ask (2015 – a pared-down collection of selected writings from Flying Saucers to the Center of Your Mind, The Outer Limits of the Twilight Zone, Searching for the String, and The Great Phonograph in the Sky), Pursuing the Addenda: Supernatural Reports From the Natural World (2016), I Never Would Have Slept With You If I Had Known You Were a Giant Birdman From Outer Space: Ancient Aliens and Other Mysteries of the Modern Mind (2016), and The Big Breakthrough: Confronting UFOs, Men in Black, Mothman, and Mysterious Humanoids – Trojan Horses of a Breakaway Civilization? (2017)… I can’t imagine that Colvin could milk this any further, but I, for one, am just glad to have John’s articles and other writing back in print after all this time… Also, thanks for your dedication and hard work on the site! – You’re keeping the memory of a great author (and your friend) alive, and that’s saying a lot these days. 🙂
Comment by Paul — September 4, 2017 @ 3:14 pm
Thanks! I’ve sent Colvin material in the past, and he’s sent me books, but I haven’t kept up with all his reprints.
Comment by Doug — September 4, 2017 @ 9:57 pm
Hi Doug,
Here’s yet another posthumous anthology of JAK’s writings that’s currently available: Anomaly – The Irregular Newletter (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/136524833X/)… Once again, I’m glad to see these writings back in print once more. It’s great to see the renewed interest in Keel’s work reflected in all the posthumous collections in print at this time, although it’s too bad that he didn’t live long enough to reap the benefits from the additional sales. Thanks again for your dedication and hard work on the site!
Comment by Paul — September 13, 2017 @ 12:40 pm
…Sorry – got the title of the book mixed up: It’s actually “Anomaly – The Irregular Newsletter Edited by John Keel”. My bad! Take care…
Comment by Paul — September 13, 2017 @ 12:43 pm
Hi Doug,
Was just reading The Best of John Keel Volume 1 and noticed that in his Fate column for January 1992 (“This is Where I Came In”) John mentioned that he wrote some articles on space exploration in the early 1960’s. Have you ever seen any of these articles and/or did John and you ever discuss them?… Also, I know it’s been a while, but is there any possibility that further compilations of John’s Fate columns will be published? I think a few of them saw the light of day again in some of Andrew Colvin’s New Saucerian imprints, but a “The Best of John Keel Volume 2” (and so on) would certainly be nice to see! Thanks again for the dedication, hard work, and just a great website in general.
Comment by Paul — October 1, 2017 @ 4:24 pm
Paul — I don’t know of any articles John wrote about space exploration. However, he wrote regularly for the North American News Alliance, and he may have written something for them. Phyllis Galde, the editor of Fate, has talked about putting out a second volume; I hope she does. She’s busy with the magazine; this is not a boom time for magazines.
Comment by Doug — October 1, 2017 @ 11:18 pm
In the forward to Operation Trojan Horse, JAK mentions that the original manuscript was 2000 pages long. Does this manuscript still exist? Has it been published? Can it be published?
Also Mothman Prophecies was edited down, does the original longer version still exist and could it be published? It incorporates The Eighth Tower but maybe there are some parts that didn’t make it into either book?
Director’s Cut versions of both books, I’d like to read them sometime.
Comment by Steve B — October 18, 2017 @ 8:58 pm
are you a relative of john keel, and if the mothman visits someone is their a meaning behind it
Comment by deborah — November 4, 2018 @ 11:26 pm
i know you prob hear this all the time but in my case its truth, the mothman visited me at my home in miami, my question is why me. it only happened once so far, and why did it stop why only one time. i figure it would be a serious of interactions yet just one .
Comment by deborah — November 4, 2018 @ 11:29 pm
No, I’m not a relative; I was a friend of John’s, and one of the people who tried to take care of him in his last days. A Mothman visit probably means something, but I’m afraid I don’t know what it is.
Comment by Doug — November 5, 2018 @ 8:50 am
Hi Doug,
we were both in the INFO Journal all these years ago. I find no mention on the German edition of Keel’s mothman book, which is The Mothman Prophecies – Tödliche Visionen. Munich: Heyne 2002 (paperback edition), 300 pp., ISBN: 978-3453215115. It was done because of the movie, no other Keel titles were translated to German.
Keep on the good work, Ulrich
Comment by Ulrich Magin — July 4, 2019 @ 11:06 am
Thanks, Ulrich! I’ll add it to the bibliography.
Comment by Doug — July 4, 2019 @ 12:52 pm
Hi Doug.
Our Haunted Planet has been translated in italian. You’ll find more info here:
http://www.venexia.it/libri/collane/i-ponti/misteriose-presenze-sul-pianeta-terra/
You can add it to the bibliography 🙂
And thanks for your efforts and for keeping John’s memory alive.
Comment by Gianfranco — September 3, 2019 @ 11:05 am
Thanks, Gianfranco! Do you know who did the translation?
Comment by Doug — September 3, 2019 @ 6:16 pm
More additions and corrections:
Jadú: Los Misterios de Oriente
Novaro, Mexico, 1972.
Mexican edition of Jadoo. Translation by ?
OVNI: Operacion Caballo de Troya
V Siglos, Mexico, 1975.
Mexican edition of UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse. Translation by Emma Galvan.
El Enigma De Las Extrañas Criaturas
Mitre, Mexico, 1981.
Mexican edition of Strange Creatures from Time and Space. Translation by ?
El Enigma De Las Extrañas Criaturas
Libroexprés, Spain, 1987.
Spanish edition of Strange Creatures from Time and Space. Translation by Lidia Porta
Guia Completa De Los Seres Misteriosos
Edivisión, México, 1997.
A mexican reprint of The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings. Translation by ?
Mothman: la última profecía.
Punto de lectura, Madrid, 2002.
Spanish edition of The Mothman Prophecies. Translation by ?
UFO a iné zjavenia
Motyl, Slovakia, 2002.
Slovakian edition of The Mothman Prophecies. Translation by ?
Las profecías del Mothman
Reediciones Anómalas, Spain, 2017.
A spanish reprint of The Mothman Prophecies. Translation by Pablo Vergel.
Operacion Caballo de Troya
Reediciones Anómalas, Spain, 2017.
Spanish edition of UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse. Translation by María Vega.
Comment by Edgar D — September 7, 2019 @ 5:03 pm
More additions:
Jadú: Los Misterios de Oriente
Novaro, Mexico, 1972.
Mexican edition of Jadoo. Translation by ?
OVNI: Operacion Caballo de Troya
V Siglos, Mexico, 1975.
Mexican edition of UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse. Translation by Emma Galvan.
El Enigma De Las Extrañas Criaturas
Mitre, Mexico, 1981.
Mexican edition of Strange Creatures from Time and Space. Translation by ?
El Enigma De Las Extrañas Criaturas
Libroexprés, Spain, 1987.
Spanish edition of Strange Creatures from Time and Space. Translation by Lidia Porta
Guia Completa De Los Seres Misteriosos
Edivisión, México, 1997.
A mexican reprint of The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings. Translation by ?
Mothman: la última profecía.
Punto de lectura, Madrid, 2002.
Spanish edition of The Mothman Prophecies. Translation by ?
UFO a iné zjavenia
Motyl, Slovakia, 2002.
Slovakian edition of The Mothman Prophecies. Translation by ?
More adittions
Las profecías del Mothman
Reediciones Anómalas, Spain, 2017.
A spanish reprint of The Mothman Prophecies. Translation by Pablo Vergel.
Operacion Caballo de Troya
Reediciones Anómalas, Spain, 2019.
Spanish edition of UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse. Translation by María Vega.
Comment by Edgar D. — September 7, 2019 @ 5:07 pm
Here is the correct years of two books:
(Sorry: my mistake)
Operacion Caballo de Troya
Reediciones Anómalas, Spain, 2017.
Spanish edition of UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse. Translation by María Vega.
Las profecías del Mothman
Reediciones Anómalas, Spain, 2019.
A spanish reprint of The Mothman Prophecies. Translation by Pablo Vergel.
Comment by Edgar E. — September 7, 2019 @ 5:12 pm
Thanks, Edgar! I’ll add these to the bibliography.
Comment by Doug — September 8, 2019 @ 10:08 am
>> Thanks, Gianfranco! Do you know who did the translation?
Hi Doug.
My copy is now a few hundreds kilometers away.
I’ll tell you who did translations as soon as I come back home 🙂
Comment by Gianfranco — September 9, 2019 @ 3:07 pm
Some missing entries (culled from Colvin’s volumes and/or found online):
“Speech to the Congress of Scientific Ufologists.” New York City, June 24, 1967. In: Congress of Scientific Ufologists 1967 Conference Proceedings, June 23-25, 1967, New York. Edited by Bessie J. Gibbs and Opal Smith. Winchester, VA: Congress of Scientific Ufologists, 1967. https://archive.org/details/1967_Congress_of_Scientific_UFOlogists
“Mystery of the Alien Submarines.” Saga, Nov. 1973.
“The Great UFO Wave: October, 1973. Interview with John Keel.” In: Glenn McWane and David Graham. The New UFO Sightings. Warner, 1974.
“Mystery of the Invisible Flying Saucers.” Saga’s UFO Report, Winter 1974.
“The UFO Silencers.” Saga, May 1975.
“Book Review: The Edge of Reality by Jacques Vallee and J. Allen Hynek.” Pursuit, Vol. 9, #2, Apr. 1976.
“Were Flying Saucers Here Before Man?” Argosy UFO, 1977. An interview with Bryce Bond.
“UFO Intelligence Digest: Unsung UFO Pioneer.” UFO Report, June 1977.
“UFO Intelligence Digest: VLF: Marconi’s Space Age Weapon.” UFO Report, Sept. 1977.
“UFO Intelligence Digest: UFO ‘Sleeper’ Agents.” UFO Report, Oct. 1977.
“The Endless Procession.” Pursuit, Vol. 14, #3, Third Quarter 1982.
“The Birth of Ufology” (“The Hidden History of the Flying Saucer Mystery, Part 2”). UFO Universe, Vol.1, #2, Sep. 1988.
“The Mothman Prophecies: A Big Job.” Sci-Fi Online, Feb. 28, 2003. http://www.sci-fi-online.com/Interview/02-28_JohnKeel.htm
Comment by Harrison Koehli — October 5, 2023 @ 12:38 am
Thanks, Harrison! I’ll add them to the list!
Comment by Doug — October 5, 2023 @ 1:07 pm
Doug (or anyone else), do you happen to know if Saga published Keel’s “Ancient Astronauts, Modern Mysteries” column in the following issues? Nov. 1973, Feb. 1974, Mar. 1974, Apr. 1974, Sep. 1974.
Comment by Harrison Koehli — October 16, 2023 @ 5:58 pm
Harrison — I have on my list that John’s article “Mystery of the Alien Submarines” appeared in Saga in Nov. ’73. I don’t know about the others.
Comment by Doug — October 17, 2023 @ 12:57 pm
Thanks, Doug.
A few more to add (these first two were not Beyond the Known columns):
“The Roswell Furor.” Fate, Jan. 1991. With Stanton Friedman. (Reprinted in The Best of Roswell: From the Files of Fate Magazine [Lakeville, MN: Galde Press, 2007].)
“Roswell Finale: Roswell’s Last Gasp.” Fate, Sep. 1991. With Stanton Friedman. (Reprinted in The Best of Roswell: From the Files of Fate Magazine [Lakeville, MN: Galde Press, 2007].)
“The John Keel Interview.” UFO Brigantia, #53/54, 1992. An interview with Andy Roberts and David Clarke. https://web.archive.org/web/20130403051427/http://www.forteantimes.com/features/interviews/2053/john_keel_rip.html
Comment by Harrison Koehli — October 21, 2023 @ 2:04 pm
Thanks, Harrison! I’ll add those.
Comment by Doug — October 23, 2023 @ 8:10 am