Against the Odds
Major Donald E. Keyhoe and His Battle to End UFO Secrecy: A Biography
by Linda Powell
Trade Paperback, 486 Pages, 7 Illustrations
$24.95, ISBN: 978-1-949501-32-2
Genre(s):
UFOs
One man is largely responsible for the twin pillars of current UFO belief: that UFOs represent extraterrestrial technology and that the government is hiding this truth from us.
His name is Donald E. Keyhoe. He was a 51-year-old retired Marine Major when his own investigation of a famous 1948 flying saucer case led him to believe that the US Air Force and the CIA knew the Earth was under surveillance by beings from other worlds and were keeping it secret from the public. For the next 21 years, he devoted himself, at great personal cost, to exposing the official cover-up of what he believed was an alien visitation.
Thanks to his highly-placed contacts in the military and secret informants in the Pentagon, Keyhoe became the first major figure to truly challenge the official view that UFO reports belonged in the domain of “kooks and fuzzy thinkers.” He eventually led what became the world's most powerful civilian UFO organization, the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). In this, the first biography of Donald Keyhoe, his public and private life before and during his time as the world’s best-known UFO advocate is revealed.
About the Author: LINDA POWELL is an English writer with a decades-long interest in mid-20th century America. Since 2015 she has been a news editor for The Anomalist. She lives near England's east coast and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology.
Introduction Prologue Chapter 1: Roots Chapter 2: Service Chapter 3: Changes Chapter 4: Home and Away Chapter 5: Flying with Lindbergh Chapter 6: Moving On Chapter 7: From Pulp to Propaganda Chapter 8: The Shape of Things to Come Chapter 9: Lift-off Chapter 10: Friends, Flaps, and Flimflam Chapter 11: Lifting the Lid Chapter 12: Elation and Deflation Chapter 13: A Friend Among Foes Chapter 14: A is for Adamski Chapter 15: APRO Accord Chapter 16: Biters Bit Chapter 17: The Merry Widows Chapter 18: Ruppelt’s Ruminations Chapter 19: Strange Bedfellows Chapter 20: The Grandiose Plan Chapter 21: The Iceberg Chapter 22: NICAP Chapter 23: The “Real” NICAP Chapter 24: A Motley Crew Chapter 25: Strong-Armed by Armstrong Chapter 26: Annus Horribilis Chapter 27: Cleaning House Chapter 28: Ruppelt’s Reversal Chapter 29: The Feud Chapter 30: Et Tu, Ruppelt? Chapter 31: Tacker’s Tack Chapter 32: Forwards and Backwards Chapter 33: Staggering On Chapter 34: A Gas Explosion Chapter 35: Keel and Jacks Chapter 36: Condon’s Low Trick Chapter 37: Fiasco Fallout Chapter 38: The Bitter End Chapter 39: After the Fall Chapter 40: Aftermath Epilogue Acknowledgments Endnotes Sources Index |