Saucerian
Better not touch the hull pal, it's still hot.
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I've done a search on "Operation Lure," in the forums, and have not found anything that looks like it would be discussing what I am interested in, although I cannot read every single post and / or thread in this very vast message board.
I am specifically referring to a project proposed by Major Donald E. Keyhoe, a much respected UFOlogist who was considered very level-headed in rejecting the more far-out aspects of UFOlogy such as Contactee stories.
I do agree with what was and may still be the majority opinion that Major Keyhoe in his writings could well be considered a Founding Father of Modern Day UFOlogy, along with Kenneth Arnold, Ray Palmer, and even Charles Fort Himself, and that his organization NICAP was one of the more sensible UFO groups, which didn't go off the deep end.
However, in reading Major Keyhoe's final book, Aliens From Space, my eyebrows were raised by the Major's proposal for the project Operation Lure to try to lure the UFO pilots, who might have feared hostility from Earth people, to safe places on Earth, where the Saucer People could learn about us Earthlings.
It has been many years since I read Aliens from Space, and I don't have a copy of the book, so I can't accurately quote the chapter concerned with Operation Lure, but when reading the book, I got a feeling that Operation Lure might have been going a bit off of the Deep End.
I have read some up to date reviews of Aliens From Space, but Operation Lure was not given a whole lot of attention, and I did not get the feeling that the reviewers felt that this proposed project was a bit too far out for a mostly cautious UFO writer.
I would welcome any opinions any other board members might have about Operation Lure.
I am specifically referring to a project proposed by Major Donald E. Keyhoe, a much respected UFOlogist who was considered very level-headed in rejecting the more far-out aspects of UFOlogy such as Contactee stories.
I do agree with what was and may still be the majority opinion that Major Keyhoe in his writings could well be considered a Founding Father of Modern Day UFOlogy, along with Kenneth Arnold, Ray Palmer, and even Charles Fort Himself, and that his organization NICAP was one of the more sensible UFO groups, which didn't go off the deep end.
However, in reading Major Keyhoe's final book, Aliens From Space, my eyebrows were raised by the Major's proposal for the project Operation Lure to try to lure the UFO pilots, who might have feared hostility from Earth people, to safe places on Earth, where the Saucer People could learn about us Earthlings.
It has been many years since I read Aliens from Space, and I don't have a copy of the book, so I can't accurately quote the chapter concerned with Operation Lure, but when reading the book, I got a feeling that Operation Lure might have been going a bit off of the Deep End.
I have read some up to date reviews of Aliens From Space, but Operation Lure was not given a whole lot of attention, and I did not get the feeling that the reviewers felt that this proposed project was a bit too far out for a mostly cautious UFO writer.
I would welcome any opinions any other board members might have about Operation Lure.