http://icrapoport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/php John thanks Bowen for Lou Zinsstag’s address, and requests a bio of Flying Saucer Review contributor Bernard E. Finch and a copy of a photo of the San Miguel Object. The UFO in question was reported in Argentina in January 1965; Bowen wrote about it in the May 1965 article of his magazine. (Here’s a link to it.) Bowen responds with a detailed bio of Finch, the news that C. Maxwell Cade is joining the staff, and the photo. Cade is mostly remembered for his work in biofeedback, but he was apparently interested in UFOs as well.
It must have been embarrassing when John had to tell Bowen (and others) that Playboy wouldn’t be publishing his article after all. He seems so certain of it.
Comment by ozinor — February 17, 2019 @ 11:52 pm
John was certainly disappointed. He was even more upset that “Playboy” published an article by J. Allen Hynek instead. I posted more about the proposed article, including the outline, a while ago: http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=1695a
Comment by Doug — February 19, 2019 @ 9:50 pm
[…] numerous contactees and UFO figures included those with John Keel. Keel himself is the subject in Letters to and from Charles Bowen, May 9 and 12, 1966. These dwell largely upon the publication business, specifically Keel’s projected Playboy […]
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