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the ufo baptism of james mosley by

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charles lear

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among the early flying saucer

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investigators who stumbled their way

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through the mystery in the late 1940s

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and early 50s there were some

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fascinating characters

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imagine being able to meet and discuss

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flying saucers with the likes of donald

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with a trust fund who had just quit

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princeton university

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he had enough money that he didn't have

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to do anything productive

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but he quickly became bored with quote

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recreational drinking end quote

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and skirt chasing according to him in

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his 2002 autobiography

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shockingly close to the truth

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confessions of a grave-robbing ufologist

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he sought a more satisfying way to fill

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his days and decided on travel and

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exploration

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he got in contact with a well-known

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italian explorer antilleo gotti

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and paid to tag along with him to africa

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after his return he approached an

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american explorer ken krapine

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grappine was a regular contributor to

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argosy magazine

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and lectured on his travels as well

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mosley lived in fort lee new jersey and

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when krippen came to new york city in

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1953 mosley was able to meet with him

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kryptine quickly realized that he'd

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found a good thing in mosley

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and made use of him as a chauffeur and a

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source of funds

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after becoming aware that he was being

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used mosley made krippen sign an

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agreement

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it stated that when it came time to go

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on his expedition in this case peru

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mosley's way was paid in full while they

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were waiting the idea of collaborating

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on a book about flying saucers came up

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mostly recalled that the idea of a book

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had originally been crepines

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and the idea that it be about flying

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saucers was likely his

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he'd had an interest in the subject

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since 1948 after hearing about thomas

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mantels

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link available in the written version of

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this blog tragic experience from a boy

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across the street

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he quickly became fascinated and read

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the books being written about this new

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and evolving mystery as they came out

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he read books by donald kehoe frank

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scully and george adamski

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those three promoted the idea that

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flying saucers were from outer space

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an essay that he wrote during this

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period indicates that while he was open

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to the idea that we were being visited

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by creatures from other planets

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he was not a converted believer the

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agreement was that mosley would do the

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research and crippine would write the

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book

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mosley went through his library and

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wrote the information about the cases he

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found most interesting on index cards

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he then arranged them geographically and

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made plans to travel across the country

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and interview the witnesses

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then it occurred to him that he should

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find out more about the personalities

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that were becoming known in the field

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these included writers researchers and

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members of the many flying saucer clubs

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that were being newly organized all

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around the country

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mosley recalled an article it clipped

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out and stuck in a scrapbook which was a

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habit of his

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he remembered that it had concerned an

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event in 1952

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and founded in the book from that year

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in june of that year a man in jersey

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august c roberts had taken a picture of

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a saucer while on skywatch duty as a

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member of the ground observer corps

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mosley got in touch with roberts and

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roberts suggested they meet at the home

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of his friend

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dominic lucesi both men it turned out

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were members of the very first flying

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saucer organization

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the international flying saucer bureau

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started by bridgeport connecticut

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albert k bender mosley was off to a fine

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start

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he'd managed to stumble upon two key

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members just as bender was shutting down

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the bureau

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according to bender he'd been threatened

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by three mysterious men in black suits

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and told decease his investigations this

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would be the subject of the classic 1956

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book by gray barker

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they knew too much about flying saucers

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barker had been ifsb's chief

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investigator

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and would later become a good friend of

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moseley's robertson luchesi gave moseley

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contact information for some of the

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prominent saucers of the day

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and talked about some of the theories

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concerning the origin and purpose of the

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saucers

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they also recommended that he read the

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books of charles fort who wrote about

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unexplained phenomena in the early

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20th century mosley took notes and was

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becoming well prepared for his

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cross-country journey

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before he left however he decided to

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look into some local incidents

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and that he should meet with bender

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mosley contacted people in the area who

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had reported sightings and interviewed

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he was particularly impressed with

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associated press reporter paul pratt

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who'd reported seeing a fast-moving

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orange-red disk

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near his new jersey home after a week of

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this mosley moved beyond being a

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chronicler

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and participated in an actual

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investigation

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on october 20th in new haven connecticut

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a fiery object crashed through a

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20-gauge metal sign and continued on

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left behind was trace evidence in the

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form of a jagged hole and embedded metal

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fragments

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roberts had been up there previously and

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invited mosley to come along and help

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him continue his investigation

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they interviewed witnesses and talked to

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a local investigator joseph barbieri

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barbieri had taken the damage section of

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the sign removed some of the embedded

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and sent them to the newly formed aerial

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phenomena research organization to have

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them analyzed

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apro's founder coral lorenzen sent the

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fragments to a milwaukee lab and they

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were identified as copper

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robertson mosley acquired fragments from

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the signs would support

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the results of the analysis roberts

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arranged also identified the fragments

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as copper with the additional detail

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that it was high grade

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on their way to connecticut roberts had

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told mosley more about bender

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and mostly determined to drive to

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bridgeport later and talk to bender

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with his quote way prepared and quote by

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mosley met with bender a couple of days

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later he heard bender's story about the

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three men and bender informed him there

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would be an official announcement

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revealing the truth about flying saucers

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within the next six months mosley noted

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that bender claimed to have been quite

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frightened but that he himself found

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mosley speculated about bender's claim

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that he ceased his operations because of

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he felt it may have been a cover story

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and that bender had more personal

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reasons for wanting to disband his

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mosley began his cross-country journey

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by driving to washington dc

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the first person he called was retired

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marine corps officer

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major donald e keough kehoe had made a

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big impact with his article

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the flying saucers are real published in

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the january 1950 issue of true magazine

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his book with the same title put out

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that same year was the first to be

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they talked on the phone and kehoe

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promised they could meet later that year

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when he had more time

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kehoe was informative but mostly got a

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sense that he was holding back

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because he viewed him as a rival author

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when they met later mosley's feeling

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about kihil was confirmed and he saw him

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as a person who made much out of little

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in order to sell books

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mosley then traveled to california and

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talked with frank scully author of the

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1950 book

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written around an alleged flying saucer

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he reported that a saucer and alien

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bodies had been recovered from aztec new

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hoax perpetrated by two con men but

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scully stuck by his story

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the next meeting mosley wrote about was

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and edward j rupelt together

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the men discussed various cases and gave

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rupault asserted that there was no quote

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end quote and chop added that there was

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quote pure stupidity end quote chop

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while rupelt did not despite their

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difference the two remained friends

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before leaving california mosley looked

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into the scandal that had broken up

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civilian saucer investigators

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the first group to approach the mystery

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using rigorous scientific methods the

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group had been founded by three techs

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who worked in the aircraft industry

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after they saw between 30 and 40 saucers

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article in the october 1952 american

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mercury magazine

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saying the report had been a hoax black

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stuck to a story while the other two men

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ed j sullivan and werner eichler claimed

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that black had written the article for

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csi would fold shortly thereafter mosley

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east stopping at various locations such

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independence missouri after making an

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appointment with harry truman

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mosley got right to it and asked him

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what he thought about flying saucers

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his reply was quote i've never seen a

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purple cow i never hope to see one

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end quote finally he met with grey

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barker in clarksburg west virginia

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he found barker to be awkward and

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melodramatic when it came to the quote

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bender mystery end quote he also felt

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that barker was holding things back from

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him as a rival writer

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despite this the two ended up becoming

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lifelong friends

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mosley went on to find a special niche

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for himself in the ufo community

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he formed the saucer club he called

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saucers all initials

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with roberts and luchesi they

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brainstormed about what the initials

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could stand for and came up

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with quote saucer and unexplained

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celestial events

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research society they put out a magazine

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nexus

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which would become saucer news and

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finally saucer smear

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mosley was quote supreme commander and

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quote of the group

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and the editor of the magazine which he

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put out until his death in 2012.

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the magazine did contain news but the

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bulk of it was made up of humorous

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commentary and gossip about the ufo

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community

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it seems mosley found that the people

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looking into the mystery

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and the dynamics among them were often

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more interesting than the mystery itself

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given his introduction to the community