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Against the Odds: Major Donald E. Keyhoe and His Battle to End UFO Secrecy Paperback – November 17, 2023

by Linda Powell (Author)
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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.
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"As a journalist, I have spent twenty-three years advocating for government transparency on UFOs. Donald Keyhoe, the first to hold the Air Force accountable some seventy years ago, devoted decades of his life to pursuing that effort. Against the Odds is a fascinating, in-depth biography about an extraordinary human being and courageous pioneer who could not be deterred. An inspiring work." - Leslie Kean, author of UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record

"It's a landmark bio of Donald Keyhoe...He was the first person to be questioning the government and UFOs...a great read...He began the serious narrative about ufos... A really fascinating story about the early days of ufology...The research is meticulous. Linda Powell is a top-notch researcher... " - Christine Scott, UFO Talker

About the Author

LINDA C. 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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Anomalist Books (November 17, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 485 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1949501329
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1949501322
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.42 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars An exceptional biography
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2024
This is required reading for anyone with even a passing interest in UFOs and an even more essential read for the diehard Ufologist. I’d even argue it’s a great pick for someone disinterested in UFOs, but inclined toward biographies of fascinating people. Major Keyhoe’s life spanned so many different incarnations and he would have been a notable figure in any one of them. From his time soaring the skies alongside Charles Lindbergh, to his years as a thriving pulp writer, to at long last his decades as the forefather and veritable inventor of the UFO mythos and leader of NICAP. This book, without question the definitive biography of Major Keyhoe, covers all of it and more and is the only available resource for Keyhoe's life story in a single volume. While it contains a multitude of meticulous research, it flows like fiction with a story stranger than that. Even more so, it is an expertly crafted biography in its own right written by a masterful wordsmith; yes, you will increase your vocabulary by reading this book. Buy this book for yourself. Buy this book as a gift for that person in your life obsessed with UFOs. Buy this book for your class if you’re covering the subject in an academic setting. Believers, skeptics, debunkers, and casual readers alike will undoubtedly find this book highly enjoyable. Or, as Keyhoe might say, you can put me back on active duty for a court-martial if that is not the case!
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Mr Quelch
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and accessible biography of Donald Keyhoe
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2023
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Just finished this book - an epic and masterful work, eminently readable yet intensively researched with the huge amount of sources fully detailed. This first (I believe) biography of Major Donald Keyhoe gives a balanced account of a determined, indefatigable character whose motto - in the face of adversity in agitating for openness about UFO sightings held by the US Air Force and from his own shortcomings - might have been semper sperandum.

We learn about his early life as student and marine aviator who became aide to Charles Lindbergh in 1927, supporting him on his 48 stage tour of America, pulp fiction writer and staffer before being compelled to write an article for True magazine into the "saucer" phenomenon, thrusting him into the destiny that he both shaped and was shaped by.

We encounter Keyhoe's allies, rivals, double-crossers and other antagonists in his odyssey, as well the tensions and fault lines already within NICAP that pre-doomed Keyhoe's ambitions for it, the internecine strife of the UFO investigator's "camp" and the siren distraction of the contactee "nutters". As well as providing source material for the events and characters, The book gives (or implies) fair psychological appraisal of the motivation of these individuals.

Despite there being so much detail and erudition, this book is laced with wry, sometimes, sly, British humour, which made this reader laugh out loud more than once and smile many more times. I thoroughly recommend you take the same journey.
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