cheap beer lyrics John kept a file on the “Reeves papers,” the two sheets of supposedly alien writing found by John Reeves after a 1965 UFO sighting in Florida. John (Keel, that is) made an attempt to decipher them, and to relate them to other reports of alien symbols. He was also intrigued by their similarities to the “Unified Symbolism” system developed by C. K. Bliss and Oliver R. Reiser in the 1950s.
We’ll start with the first two pages of a 10-page article. I don’t know if he ever published it, but he probably sent copies to other researchers. The red numbers seem to indicate footnotes; they don’t correspond to the six pages of drawings mentioned at the top, which are referred to later in the text. Following this are photocopies of the two Reeves sheets.
it was John’s birthday yesterday here in OZ. Happy birthday, John, and thank you so much for your writings.
Al
Comment by Al — March 25, 2019 @ 5:36 pm
This makes me think about the NSA “alien language” cryptography exercise.
Comment by Time Traveller — March 27, 2019 @ 4:53 pm
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