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let's make it clear that I've fully understood why this ostensibly non-fiction book was categorized as science-fiction by the public library system here in Denmark: It's certainly more entertaining than most such books that *know* they're fiction!īasically, in this book John Keel tries to solve every mystery that plagued science and history at the novel's publication date by positing the existence of a pre-human highly technological civilization here on Earth that still survives in unexplored areas of the planet. On the other hand, if I measure it by its sheer entertainment value and not just that which the author intended. On one hand, if I measure a book's quality by how well it fulfils the purpose with which it was created, I have to declare "Our Haunted Planet" an absolute failure in my eyes at least. It's a long time ago I last were this conflicted as what to rate a book. He did not call himself a ufologist and preferred the term Fortean, which encompasses a wide range of paranormal subjects.

Keel coined the term "men in black" to describe the mysterious figures alleged to harass UFO witnesses and he also argued that there is a direct relationship between UFOs and psychic phenomena. It was Keel's second book, UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse (1970), that popularized the idea that many aspects of contemporary UFO reports, including humanoid encounters, often paralleled ancient folklore and religious encounters. Although his own thoughts about UFOs and associated anomalous phenomena gradually evolved since the mid 1960s, Keel remained one of ufology's most original and controversial researchers. Keel was arguably one of the most widely read and influential ufologists since the early 1970s. Keel wrote professionally from the age of 12, and was best known for his writings on unidentified flying objects, the "Mothman" of West Virginia, and other paranormal subjects. John Alva Keel (born Alva John Kiehle) was a Fortean author and professional journalist.