Behind The Flying Saucers -- The Truth About The Aztec UFO Crash [Paperback]

Frank Scully (Author), Sean Casteel (Author), Material Supplied By Scott Ramsey (Author), Stanton Friedman (Author), Nick Redfern (Author), Art Campbell (Author), Photos Supplied by Scott Ramsey and Frank Warren (Editor)

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Publication Date: August 1, 2008

AN IMPORTANT RE-EXAMINATION OF AN HISTORICAL UFO CASE! - - - Were 16 alien bodies recovered from a dome-shaped device that crashed near the town of Aztec, New Mexico circa 1948? . . . Why does the FBI continue to withhold 200 pages of classified material on the case for alleged "national security reasons?" . . . Was the incident covered up with a camouflaged "front story" presided over by con men and scam artists, who were perhaps in the government's "back pocket?" . . . Did President Eisenhower make contact with aliens around the same time, thus adding weight to this and other UFO crash cases?

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"The CONSPIRACY JOURNAL is very proud to offer this expanded version of perhaps the most seminal book in the history of the unexplained . . . a case that now stands right beside the UFO crash at Roswell, MN for its credibility and veracity. For years the Aztec case was spurned by serious researchers who did not have access to all the information now available on the crash. . . In addition to reprinting the entire, unabridge, text to the rare 50s Scully book (reset in an easy to read, "large print," large format edition) journalist Sean Casteel has dug deep to provide the reader with an updated account of what really happened outside this isolated desert town near the Four Corners. His up to date research on Aztec includes material supplied by such outstanding researchers as NICK REDFERN -- STANTON FRIEDMAN -- ART CAMPBELL -- SCOTT and SUZANNE RAMSEY." --Tim Beckley Conspiracy Journal

Well, I had my copies of the book arrive in the mail yesterday, and I have to say that regardless of your personal thoughts on Aztec (hoax, real, disinfo op, the list goes on...), this new edition will be a valuable addition to your UFO library. Not only does it allow you to obtain a brand new edition of a much sought after title (and indeed the first alleged non-fiction book on crashed UFOs - it was published in 1950), but you also get several other things too; including an interview with me about the FBI s files on Aztec and their files on the key players in the strange saga: Silas Newton and Leo Gebauer. You also get an interview with Stan Friedman, who offers his opinions on the affair and on the so-called Farmington Armada ; black-budget ops; and the question of: Why New Mexico? Scott Ramsay is interviewed about his ongoing research (which includes a section on some of his interviewees) and his forthcoming book on Aztec; and Art Campbell speaks about both the case, other reported New Mexico events, and the Eisenhower met aliens story of 1954. So, all in all, if crashed UFOs are your gig, then you ll definitely want this. And if you re looking to learn more about the early years of UFOs in general, this is an essential purchase, in a handy, affordable package! --Nick Redfern - UFO Mystic

About the Author

WHEN VARIETY COLUMNIST FRANK SCULLY'S BEHIND THE FLYING SAUCERS burst upon the literary scene in 1950, it was an immediate bestseller, but also shrouded in a controversary that has lasted over half a century . . . It was the first hardback, nonfiction book on what were then the relatively new subjects of UFOs, crashed saucers and a conspiracy to cover up the truth that the government was clearly engaged in at the highest levels, especially in regard to crash retrievals . . . Scully was a respected journalist, the kind of trustworthy reporter that people could feel confident in revealing their secrets to, and was thus able to provide a lot of insider information on the apparent alien invasion that had people everywhere watching the sky.

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• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Conspiracy Journal (August 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1606110209
• ISBN-13: 978-1606110201
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Alien technology recovered in NM before 1950? Strong case made in Scully's classic book, June 17, 2010

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This review is from: Behind The Flying Saucers -- The Truth About The Aztec UFO Crash (Paperback)

This is a 2008 "Conspiracy Journal" reprint of Frank Scully's original book which caused something of a stir on its publication in 1950. Scully was a successful journalist with a national profile who claimed he had information that a dome-shaped craft of non-human origin had crashed in Aztec NM in 1948, been recovered by the military and the whole incident hushed-up by the Truman administration. He also claimed a number of dead bodies of small, humanoid aliens were recovered from the crash. In 1950, no details of the 1947 Roswell crash recovery had leaked into the public domain. With the exception of Donald Keyhoe mentioning widespread Air Force mess-hall rumors of a saucer crash-recovery event in NM in his second book, the idea did not enter the mainstream until the 1980s. So in 1950, Scully's public claims were revolutionary and led to sales of 62,000 copies in several printings, an enormous number at that time. As a consequence, Scully became a minor national celebrity.

Controversy surrounds Scully's main informants Leo GeBauer and Silas Newton. These guys were financial players, oil investors and speculators who had business dealings in all the Four Corners states. Following the publication of Scully's book in 1950, the FBI went after GeBauer and Newton and started a campaign to discredit them ending with their conviction in a court in Denver when they were ordered to pay back US$18,000 to an "investor", Herman Flader. However, no other investors dealing with GeBauer or Newton ever had any complaints and all refused to testify against them, and the tenacious defamation campaign mounted by the FBI failed to make anything else stick. The Flader conviction did its job, however, and mud had stuck on Scully's expose of the Aztec crash: the book went out of print and the story slowly faded from memory.

The long introductory section to this CJ edition includes a piece by Sean Casteel summarising the evidence unearthed by UK researcher Nick Redfern, who spent a great deal of time investigating the story in the 1980s and 90s and uncovered a substantial paper trail including FBI files on GeBauer, Newton and Scully. 200 pages of documentation on the case remain classified, even after 60 years. Stan Friedman is also interviewed at length and gives his opinions on the episode and its likely authenticity, and Casteel also profiles the extensive work of respected researcher Scott Ramsey into the affair. The overall assessment is that Something Happened out there in the desert which cannot be dismissed as a hoax, and the story at core is probably true.

The text of the book itself is prefaced by an introduction by the original author whose description of the encroaching "National Security" apparatus into the lives of ordinary citizens in 1950 is highly prescient and absolutely relevant to the 21st century. The text of the original book takes up 133 pages, due to the large page format adopted by CJ enabling a greater number of characters per page and some compression.

The book is short but good, and worth reading. Without going into too much detail, Scully describes an intriguing incident involving a mysterious "scientist" reported as giving a lecture to students at the University of Colorado talking about UFOs, advanced physics and crash recoveries. He then details contemporary sightings and encounters and speculates about interplanetary travel, describes and illustrates the current aerospace industry's attempts to design disk-shaped craft which would fly (a project designed to discredit encounters with non-human-origin UFOs by alleging confusion with more prosaic aircraft), discusses Einstein and the Unified Field Theory and lists 20 questions about the management of the UFO phenomenon which he put to "Pentagon desk generals" - not one of which was answered. The episode describing the NM crash recovery is actually quite short and scant on detail, but as it was reported to Scully second-hand he simply gives the facts as he heard them and does not enter into extensive speculation about the case.

Despite - or perhaps because of - the controversy surrounding Scully's book and the FBI's persistent and ruthless campaign to discredit him and his informants, this is an important book historically. It was one of the first ever to address the UFO issue in print, pre-dating Donald Keyhoe's "The Flying Saucers are Real!" by several months, and the first ever book to discuss or even refer to credible reports of crashed and recovered alien technology.

You can still find the original 1950 hardcover book, as so many were printed and are still in circulation. However the updated 2008 CJ version containing the interviews with Redfern, Friedman et al is more informative about the history behind it all and this is the one I would recommend.