Background
Keel was born in Hornell, New York, the son of a small-time bandleader.
(Someone, we know not who, once called Jadoo "the greatest...)
Someone, we know not who, once called Jadoo "the greatest book ever written on the black magic of the Orient." But we do know that there will never again be another book like it. Jadoo, a Hindi word meaning "Black Magic," captures a world that is now lost to us-the strange, dark, mysterious world that was once called the "Orient." This story of a real-life Indiana Jones of the 1950s named John Keel contains everything but a trip to Venus in a flying saucer--a subject our newsman/explorer would become famous for a decade later. In Egypt, the fearless Keel was cursed by a mummy and befriended members of a strange snake-charming cult. In Iraq, he played Russian roulette with a notorious desert bandit and lived among the Yezidi devil-worshippers. Later, in India, he was buried alive and discovered the secret of the Indian rope trick, which he then performed for incredulous reporters in New Delhi. And in a riveting finale, he chased the Abominable Snowman through the little known Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim before being unceremoniously booted out of Singapore for being "an undesirable alien." This new edition contains material never before published. "One of the most traveled and imaginative raconteurs since Baron Munchausen." -- San Francisco Examiner "Here is a fireside adventure with a chill in it." -- Buffalo Evening News "A fabulous tour of Egypt, the Middle East, India, and Tibet." -- Hartford Times "... a combination of cliff-hanging experiences with serious probing for the bizarre, the secretive, and the enigmatic." -- Kirkus
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(West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Poin...)
West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life nightmare that culminates in a strategy that makes headlines around the world. Strange occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that becomes known as the Mothman, trouble this ordinary American community. Mysterious lights are seen moving across the sky. Domestic animals are found slaughtered and mutilated. And journalist John Keel, arriving to investigate the freakish events, soon finds himself an integral part of an eerie and unfathomable mystery...
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( West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Po...)
West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life nightmare that culminates in a strategy that makes headlines around the world. Strange occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that becomes known as the Mothman, trouble this ordinary American community. Mysterious lights are seen moving across the sky. Domestic animals are found slaughtered and mutilated. And journalist John Keel, arriving to investigate the freakish events, soon finds himself an integral part of an eerie and unfathomable mystery...
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(New Saucerian is pleased to offer a reprint of John Keel'...)
New Saucerian is pleased to offer a reprint of John Keel's rare classic comedy book, "The Fickle Finger of Fate," featuring illustrations by renowned cartoonist Al Jaffee!
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(John Keel's "Strange Creatures From Time and Space," orig...)
John Keel's "Strange Creatures From Time and Space," originally published in 1970, is a comprehensive encyclopedia of monsters from around the world, including: -Fantastic flying saucer occupants; True psychic phenomena; Phantom killers of people and livestock; The full story of West Virginia's man-bird, "Mothman": The elusive "Bigfoot," Sasquatch, and Yeti; Giants of Minnesota and the Appalachians; Sea serpents and lake creatures; Vampires and werewolves, Angels and demons; The dangerous and enigmatic Men in Black (MIB) John A. Keel has been on the trail of weirdness for decades, investigating wild tales of alien abduction, hairy monsters, and mysterious entities that can terrify and even harm humans. He has become the top man in the field of the inexplicable. Keel actually has explanations for the unusual things he recounts - which have long left others baffled. In this mountain of way-out evidence, he sees a pattern and draws original, startling, and convincing conclusions. Keel was born in monster country - on a farm in Silver Lake, New York, home of one of America's native sea serpents. He began writing articles on UFOs in 1945, two years before the ufomania began. In 1952, he produced a Halloween broadcast from the Frankenstein Castle in Germany, and in 1954 he saw his first flying saucer while exploring the Upper Nile. For years, Keel wandered around Asia in search of the secrets of the occult. One of the few Americans to enter Tibet from the Indian side, Keel spent weeks tracking the Yeti. After having written many books and magazine articles, Keel remains an open-minded skeptic. There is no one better qualified to report on and interpret today's flood of "anti-rational" evidence than Keel. This, New Saucerian's special "Retro" reprint edition, features the original cover artwork from the 1976 paperback edition, which was well-liked by Keel.
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(Since the beginning of recorded time, mankind has been pl...)
Since the beginning of recorded time, mankind has been plagued by unknown forces and beings, baffled by archaeological phenomena, and haunted by the inexplicable accuracy - and inaccuracy - of prophecies and "visions." In the classic "Our Haunted Planet," John A. Keel brings into chilling focus strange truths about the earth and its mysterious inhabitants. Could an unseen, prehuman race have taken careful measures to remain hidden from surface dwellers? Are they still watching us from their secret hiding places, manipulating and misleading us, using us for their own entertainment, and controlling our actions? "Our Haunted Planet" is an entertaining survey of anomalous "Fortean" events such as UFOs, enigmatic stone monuments, Men in Black, missing ships and aircraft, phantom radio broadcasts, teleportation, missing time, black magick, tulpas, angels, demigods, tricksters, and much more. Unlike most ufologists, who settle on a literal interpretation of such phenomena, Keel is broad-minded and courageous enough to include all possibilities - including the impact of occultists and spies on the fields of ufology, conspiracy, and cryptozoology. Within these pages, modern "spooks" appear alongside the gods of the ancients, creating a mind-expanding pastiche that may either heal your soul, send you to the loony bin, or just keep you up all night as you ponder the meaning of its forbidden secrets.
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("There is no plot to cover up the truth, but asensible de...)
"There is no plot to cover up the truth, but asensible decision made by men whose mindshave been boggled by just a glimpse of the over-whelming reality they encountered in their search for evidence to prove or disprove the existence of UFOs."
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(No matter where you live, you may be under the close scru...)
No matter where you live, you may be under the close scrutiny of mysterious entities who appear in many guises and who create all of man's myths and beliefs. Charles Fort, a writer in the 1920s, concluded that the earth was "owned" by somebody or some thing. Ivan Sanderson, a famed biologist in the 1960s, said that this planet was a "farm" and that we were the crop! Millions of people around the world have had startling encounters with the "tricksters" such as the Men in Black (MIB), fairies and elves, snallygasters, Mothmen, aliens and "spacemen," and hairy, abominable creatures that all seem to vanish into thin air. With sharp wit and unique insight, John A. Keel has spent a lifetime investigating and studying these age-old mysterious and the peculiar forces behind them. Many of the reports in "Disneyland of the Gods" were written originally for Saga Magazine over 40 years ago, but are as fresh today as they were then. In these pages, you will find authentic reports on a wide variety of subject matter, and the conclusions Keel draws may shock and frighten you. Are we being invaded from outer space? Are secret government agencies tapping your phone, computer, and mail? Does someone really own the earth and use it as their own "Disneyland of the Gods?" You'd better find out before your phone goes berserk, your best friend becomes possessed by Bigfoot, and your loved ones vanish, screaming into the darkness.
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(A classic true story of modern horror... This is the e...)
A classic true story of modern horror... This is the extremely rare 4th revised Illuminet Press edition, from 1992, which adds an Afterword by Keel that did not appear in the original 1975 edition. For thirteen months, the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia is gripped by a dark terror that culminated in a tragedy that made headlines around the world. This is a story that contains all the elements of a modern science-fiction movie, except that every word is true, and fully documented by famed journalist John A. Keel. Homes throughout the little town were plagued with unearthly noises and ghostly manifestations, while mysterious aerial lights traveled silently overhead - seemingly on a regular schedule. Winged monsters and frightening apparitions terrified the population, as automobiles stalled and telephones and television sets ran amok. A Red Cross bloodmobile filled with fresh blood was pursued along a darkened highway by a weird flying machine. Domestic animals were found slaughtered and mutilated in pastoral farm fields. Innocent people live in surrealistic horror, haunted by the fearsome "Bird," and besieged by legions of strange beings (some of whom arrived in black suits and black automobiles). John A. Keel, world-traveler and noted Fortean investigator, spent over a year in Point Pleasant, where he saw and experienced many of the strange manifestations personally. The Mothman Prophecies has been translated and published in fourteen languages, and is regarded as a major classic in the annals of modern parapsychology. It is guaranteed to shake your beliefs and concepts about reality. It will open your mind to things you never dared think about before. And it will scare the hell out of you!
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(John Keel's disturbing follow-up to THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIE...)
John Keel's disturbing follow-up to THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES! Is there a single intelligent force behind all religious, occult, and UFO phenomena? Strange manifestations have haunted humans since prehistoric times. Beams of light, voices from the heavens, the "little people," gods and devils, ghosts and monsters, and UFOs, have all had a prominent place in our history and legends. In this dark work, John Keel explores these phenomena, and in doing so reveals the shocking truth about our present position and future destiny in the cosmic scheme of things. Are we pawns in a celestial game? In the Orient, there is a story told of the seven towers. These citadels, well hidden from mankind, are occupied by groups of Satanists who are chanting the world to ruin. Perhaps this is just a story; perhaps there is some truth behind it. But what if there is yet another tower, a tower not of good or evil but of infinite power? What if all our destinies are controlled by this cosmic force for its own mysterious purposes? And what if UFOs and other paranormal manifestations are merely tools being used to manipulate us and guide us toward the cosmic role we are fated to play? Perhaps, after all, we are not independent beings but are instead the creations and slaves of the eighth tower.
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(John A. Keel has been entertaining, amazing, and infuriat...)
John A. Keel has been entertaining, amazing, and infuriating readers since the 1940s. There’s nobody quite like him; he’s as much an anomaly as the puzzling creatures and events that he’s been reporting on all these years. This collection offers a lively sample of Keel’s “Beyond the Known,” the column he wrote for FATE for many years. Whether it was cryptozoology, WW II enigmas, fairies and wee folk, or things falling from the sky, Keel was always ready to hop into a car and track down weirdness where and when it was happening. His wide range of interests—magic, comedy, religion, technology, philosophy, biology—give him a broad outlook and keep him curious. Keel has been a consultant for the Army and the Air Force; science editor for Funk & Wagnall’s; and writer for television sitcoms. He has received honorary PhDs for his work in herpetology and archaeology. And his startling ideas, hard-won by primary research and fieldwork, have kept him controversial, with equally noisy admirers and detractors. Believers and non-believers alike will enjoy the playful banter Keel uses to encourage all his readers to question their beliefs in this riveting journey through FATE’s past Keel columns.
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( West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Po...)
West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life nightmare culminating in a tragedy that makes headlines around the world. Strange occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that becomes known as the Mothman, trouble this ordinary American community. Mysterious lights are seen moving across the sky. Domestic animals are found slaughtered and mutilated. And journalist John Keel, arriving to investigate the freakish events, soon finds himself an integral part of an eerie and unfathomable mystery. Translated into over thirteen languages, John Keel's The Mothman Prophecy is an unsettling true story of the paranormal that has long been regarded as a classic in the literature of the unexplained.
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(OUR SKIES ARE FILLED WITH TROJAN HORSES.... "The real ...)
OUR SKIES ARE FILLED WITH TROJAN HORSES.... "The real UFO story must encompass all of the many manifestations being observed. It is a story of ghosts and phantoms and strange mental aberrations; of an invisible world that surrounds us and occasionally engulfs us; of prophets and prophecies, and gods and demons. It is a world of illusion and hallucination where the unreal seems very real, and where reality itself is distorted by strange forces which can seemingly manipulate space, time, and physical matter-forces that are almost entirely beyond our powers of comprehension." John A. Keel (March 25, 1930 - July 3, 2009) was an American journalist and influential UFOlogist best known as the author of "The Mothman Prophecies." In the 1950s, he spent time in Egypt, India, and the Himalayas investigating snake charming cults, the Indian rope trick, and the legendary Yeti, an adventure that culminated in the publication of his first book, "Jadoo." In the mid-1960s, he took up investigating UFOs and assorted forteana and published his first knockout UFO book, "UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse," in 1970. The book shredded the then trendy nuts-and-bolts extraterrestrial hypothesis for UFOs in favor of one that linked UFOs to a variety of paranormal and supernatural phenomena that have taken place throughout history. Keel was one of the first to note that the UFO phenomenon appears in different disguises-and that one could not begin to decipher this great mystery without first taking into account its many and varied deliberate deceptions. Other than a few corrections, this Anomalist Books edition essentially follows the original 1970 edition of "UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse."
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("The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings" is a comprehens...)
"The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings" is a comprehensive encyclopedia of the unexplained, with incredible eyewitness accounts of strange creatures from around the globe, including: Angels and demons; Dinosaurs that still roam the earth; Bigfoot, Yeti, Sasquatch, and other hairy monsters; The Loch Ness Monster, the Silver Lake Sea Serpent, and other water creatures; Dragons; Flying phantoms, man-birds, and other winged humanoids; Flying snakes and other "animals"; Carnivorous plants from outer space; Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and submarine objects (USOs); Aliens, bedroom invaders, and cattle rustlers from the skies; Little green men, leprechauns, fairies, and other "little people": Vampires and werewolves. From the upper Nile to the lower Ganges, from the roof of the world in Tibet to remote hamlets in West Virginia, John A. Keel has long been on the trail of weird creatures and strange phenomena. He has lived in New York, Hollywood, New Orleans, Paris, Baghdad, Cairo, Calcutta, and a number of exotic places in between, and is an acknowledged expert on the world of the paranormal. No one alive is better qualified to report on and interpret the fantastic evidence gathered in this book. A syndicated columnist, John Keel's writings have appeared throughout the world for Playboy, FATE, SAGA, High Times, and other popular magazines, and he has appeared on televisions shows such as the Tonight Show, David Letterman, and What's My Line. The film based on his book, "The Mothman Prophecies," starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney, has become a cult classic.
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(OUR SKIES ARE FILLED WITH TROJAN HORSES... "The real U...)
OUR SKIES ARE FILLED WITH TROJAN HORSES... "The real UFO story must encompass all of the many manifestations being observed. It is a story of ghosts and phantoms and strange mental aberrations; of an invisible world that surrounds us and occasionally engulfs us; of prophets and prophecies, and gods and demons. It is a world of illusion and hallucination where the unreal seems very real, and where reality itself is distorted by strange forces which can seemingly manipulate space, time, and physical matter-forces that are almost entirely beyond our powers of comprehension." John A. Keel (March 25, 1930 - July 3, 2009) was an American journalist and influential UFOlogist best known as the author of The Mothman Prophecies. In the 1950s, he spent time in Egypt, India, and the Himalayas investigating snake charming cults, the Indian rope trick, and the legendary Yeti, an adventure that culminated in the publication of his first book, Jadoo. In the mid-1960s, he took up investigating UFOs and assorted forteana and published his first knockout UFO book, UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse.
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(A classic true story of modern horror... This is the e...)
A classic true story of modern horror... This is the extremely rare first edition of "The Mothman Prophecies," which was pulled from distribution and retitled at the last minute. The title "Year of the Garuda" was actually author John Keel's preferred title for the book. For thirteen months, the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia is gripped by a dark terror that culminated in a tragedy that made headlines around the world. This is a story that contains all the elements of a modern science-fiction movie, except that every word is true, and fully documented by famed journalist John A. Keel. Homes throughout the little town were plagued with unearthly noises and ghostly manifestations, while mysterious aerial lights traveled silently overhead - seemingly on a regular schedule. Winged monsters and frightening apparitions terrified the population, as automobiles stalled and telephones and television sets ran amok. A Red Cross bloodmobile filled with fresh blood was pursued along a darkened highway by a weird flying machine. Domestic animals were found slaughtered and mutilated in pastoral farm fields. Innocent people live in surrealistic horror, haunted by the fearsome "Bird," and besieged by legions of strange beings (some of whom arrived in black suits and black automobiles). John A. Keel, world-traveler and noted Fortean investigator, spent over a year in Point Pleasant, where he saw and experienced many of the strange manifestations personally. "The Mothman Prophecies" has been translated and published in fourteen languages, and is regarded as a major classic in the annals of modern parapsychology. It is guaranteed to shake your beliefs and concepts about reality. It will open your mind to things you never dared think about before. And it will scare the hell out of you!
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(The screenplay to the popular paranormal thriller, "The M...)
The screenplay to the popular paranormal thriller, "The Mothman Prophecies," written by Richard Hatem. Based on the classic book by UFO investigator John A. Keel.
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(Paperback, browned, tanned, coverwear, creasing, a scuff ...)
Paperback, browned, tanned, coverwear, creasing, a scuff in front cover, spine creased & slightly tipped, NO marks or writng, 1972 'Pyramid' ed of 1957 title. Scan on request.
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journalist screenwriter writer ufologist
Keel was born in Hornell, New York, the son of a small-time bandleader.
He was interested in magic (illusion) and had his first story published in a magicians" magazine at age 12. He left school at the age of 16 after taking all the science courses. He later worked as a freelance contributor to newspapers, scriptwriter for local radio and television outlets, and author of pulp articles such as "Are You A Repressed Sex Fiend?".
He served in the United States Army during the Korean War on the staff of the American Forces Network at Frankfurt, Germany.
He claimed that while in the Army he was trained in psychological warfare as a propaganda writer After leaving the military he worked as a foreign radio correspondent in Paris, Berlin, Rome and Egypt.
In 1957, he published Jadoo, a book describing his time in Egypt and India investigating the Indian rope trick and the legendary yeti. In 1966 he produced the "spy and superhero" spoof novel The Fickle Finger of Fate.
Influenced by writers such as Charles Fort, he began contributing articles to Flying Saucer Review and took up investigating UFOs and assorted Forteana as a full-time pursuit.
Keel analyzed what he called "windows" and "waves" (or flaps, as they are often called) of reported unidentified flying object events, concluding that a disproportionate number occurred on Wednesdays and Saturdays. In 1967, Keel popularized the term "Men In Black" in an article for the men"s adventure magazine Saga, entitled "unidentified flying object Agents of Terror". According to Keel, he initially sought to explain UFOs as extraterrestrial visitations, but later abandoned this hypothesis.
His third book, UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse, published in 1970, linked UFOs to supernatural concepts such as monsters, ghosts and demons.
Keel used the term "ultraterrestrials" to describe unidentified flying object occupants he believed to be non-human entities capable of taking on whatever form they want. His 1975 book, The Mothman Prophecies was Keel"s account of his investigation into alleged sightings in West Virginia of a huge, winged creature called the "Mothman." The book combines Keel"s account of receiving strange phone calls with reports of mutilated pets and culminates with the December 15, 1967, collapse of the Silver Bridge across the Ohio River.
The book was widely popularized as the basis of a 2002 film of the same name starring Richard Gere. Prolific and imaginative, Keel was considered a significant influence within the unidentified flying object and Fortean genre.
Keel lived for many years in the Upper West Side of New York City.
He was a bachelor. He died on July 3, 2009 in New York City, at the age of 79.
("The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings" is a comprehens...)
(John Keel's "Strange Creatures From Time and Space," orig...)
("There is no plot to cover up the truth, but asensible de...)
(Since the beginning of recorded time, mankind has been pl...)
(John Keel's disturbing follow-up to THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIE...)
(New Saucerian is pleased to offer a reprint of John Keel'...)
(Paperback, browned, tanned, coverwear, creasing, a scuff ...)
(No matter where you live, you may be under the close scru...)
(Someone, we know not who, once called Jadoo "the greatest...)
(The screenplay to the popular paranormal thriller, "The M...)
(OUR SKIES ARE FILLED WITH TROJAN HORSES.... "The real ...)
(OUR SKIES ARE FILLED WITH TROJAN HORSES... "The real U...)
(A classic true story of modern horror... This is the e...)
(A classic true story of modern horror... This is the e...)
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(West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Poin...)
( West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Po...)
( West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Po...)
(John A. Keel has been entertaining, amazing, and infuriat...)
A member of the Screenwriters Guild, Keel reportedly wrote scripts for Get Smart, The Monkees, Mack & Myer for Hire, and Lost in Space.