Flying Saucer From Mars+My Contact with- 2 books in 1

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Flying Saucer from Mars Crackpot and Loon Writes Book? No, it was a hoax. Search Site by Topic Cedric Allingham (born June 27, 1922) was a fictional British writer reputed in the 1954 book Flying Saucer from Mars to have encountered the pilot of a Martian spacecraft. It was speculated that Allingham's account was fabricated and that Allingham himself never existed. Three decades later the elaborate hoax was revealed to have been perpetrated by British astronomer Patrick Moore and his friend Peter Davies. HOAX REVEALED Thanks to further enquiries to Allingham's publisher, they were able to trace a friend of Moore's named Peter Davies who admitted that he had written the book with another individual whom he declined to name. Davies also claimed that the talk at the UFO club given by "Allingham" had in fact been given by himself while wearing a false moustache. Moore had admitted to being invited by Lord Dowding to be a guest at this meeting. These and other clues led Allan and Campbell to identify Patrick Moore as the main culprit in the hoax, which was intended to expose the gullibility and uncritical research methods of British ufologists. Specifically Flying Saucer from Mars seems to parody of Flying Saucers Have Landed, the 1953 book written by the aforementioned George Adamski in collaboration with Desmond Leslie. Further articles on Moore's involvement appeared in "The Star", July 28, 1986 and the 'Feedback' page of "New Scientist" Aug 14, 1986. Moore, however, immediately denied being responsible for Allingham's book, and threatened to take legal action against anyone suggesting otherwise, although he took no such action on any of the three articles mentioned above. Moore, who died in 2012, never confirmed his involvement in the affair, even though the telescope, background foliage and portion of shed shown in the book's portrait of Allingham bears a remarkable resemblance to the 12½-inch reflector telescope in Moore's own garden, as shown in a photograph in Moore's Observer Book of Astronomy, 1971 edition, and in film footage.. 0005.tif 0006.tif 0007.tif 0009.tif 0011.tif 0012.tif 0013.tif 0014.tif 0015.tif 0016.tif 0017.tif 0018.tif 0019.tif 0020.tif 0021.tif 0022.tif 0023.tif 0024.tif 0025.tif 0026.tif 0027.tif 0028.tif 0029.tif 0030.tif 0031.tif 0032.tif 0033.tif 0034.tif 0037.tif 0038.tif 0039.tif 0040.tif 0041.tif 0042.tif 0043.tif 0044.tif 0045.tif 0046.tif 0047.tif 0048.tif 0049.tif 0050.tif 0051.tif 0052.tif 0053.tif 0054.tif 0055.tif 0056.tif 0057.tif 0058.tif 0059.tif 0060.tif 0061.tif 0062.tif 0063.tif 0064.tif 0065.tif 0066.tif 0067.tif 0068.tif 0071.tif 0072.tif 0073.tif 0074.tif 0075.tif 0076.tif 0077.tif 0078.tif 0079.tif 0080.tif 0081.tif 0082.tif 0083.tif 0084.tif 0085.tif 0086.tif 0087.tif 0088.tif 0089.tif 0090.tif 0091.tif 0092.tif 0093.tif 0094.tif 0095.tif 0096.tif 0097.tif 0098.tif 0099.tif 0100.tif 0101.tif 0102.tif 0105.tif 0106.tif 0107.tif 0108.tif 0109.tif 0110.tif 0111.tif 0112.tif 0113.tif 0114.tif 0115.tif 0116.tif 0117.tif 0118.tif 0119.tif 0120.tif 0123.tif 0124.tif 0125.tif 0126.tif 0127.tif 0128.tif 0129.tif 0130.tif 0131.tif 0132.tif 0133.tif 0134.tif 0135.tif 0136.tif 0137.tif 0138.tif 0139.tif 0140.tif 0141.tif 0142.tif 0143.tif 0144.tif 0145.tif 0146.tif 0147.tif 0148.tif 0149.tif 0150.tif 0151.tif 0153.tif pic1.tif pic2.tif pic3.tif pic4.tif pic5.tif pic6.tif pic7.tif pic8.tif pic9.tif