303:. In the book, Pflock outlines his journey from "hopeful agnostic" to a close examination of the photos, drawings, eyewitness reports, and declassified accounts of the incident which lead him to conclude that no evidence existed to support claims of a crashed flying saucer at Roswell. It was Project Mogul, with its high-altitude balloons designed to detect Soviet nuclear tests, not an alien space ship or bodies, that the government wanted kept secret in their, purportedly, botched press conferences. Research for the project was conducted by
166:, in 1943. He was the son of Ernst H. Pflock (pronounced "flock" without the 'p'), a book retailer, and Eleanor (née Bracey), an educator. His interest in UFOs started as a young boy when he overheard his friends' fathers discussing a flying saucer containing "little alien guys" that had, allegedly, crashed in the Southwest. "If something like this captures your imagination at that stage of life," he told a
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nuclear tests. The debris was not alien, but material used to make the balloons. While Pflock continued to believe in the existence of alien spacecraft, he ruled out
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Roswell is a classic example of the triumph of quantity over quality. The advocates of the crashed-saucer tale, wittingly or not, simply shovel everything that seems to support their views into the box labeled 'Evidence' and say, 'See? Look at all this stuff. We must be right. Never mind the
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on behalf of the U.S. Army Air Force. The materials found at the crash site in New Mexico, with its alleged "hieroglyphics", were made by a novelty company based in New York and consistent with reports made at the time by people who were at the crash site. The UFO community rejected Pflock's
342:, published by Prometheus. It is an autobiographical account of Moseley's serious and prankish experiences with ufology, including the hoaxing and UFO landing site in 1954 and using fake UFO footage during lectures. The book includes coverage of Andy "The Mystic Barber" Sinatra,
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263:, the 1947 incident in which material—metallic fabric glued to strange sticks—was recovered from an alleged alien crash site. For many believers, this physical evidence proved their case for the existence of flying saucers.
274:. At the time, Pflock determined that "no flying saucer or saucers crashed in the general vicinity of Roswell or on the Plains of San Agustin in 1947." Pflock also linked the debris found at the Roswell site to
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the "definitive book" on
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Shockingly Close to the Truth: Confessions of a Grave-Robbing Ufologist
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1071:"What's Really Behind the Flying Saucers"
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191:After graduation, Pflock was employed at
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386:Memberships and editorial positions
374:In 2005, Pflock was diagnosed with
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984:Rule, Rebecca (January 13, 2008).
397:Society for Scientific Exploration
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198:In 1972, Pflock was hired by the
148:. He was best known for his book
1152:San Jose State University alumni
1107:American science fiction writers
817:"More books plumb Roswell story"
1137:20th-century American novelists
1069:Pflock, Karl T. (Spring 2000).
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243:in 1985. He served under the
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675:Ecker, Don (July 14, 2009).
419:Ufologist of the Year (1998)
255:Roswell in Perspective (RiP)
738:"U.S. buying Soviet MiGs".
558:Contemporary Authors Online
378:. He died June 5, 2006, in
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971:Skeptics UFO Newsletter
884:"Would You Believe It?"
364:UFO Abduction Revisited
358:Pflock's next book was
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362:Betty and Barney Hill
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126:Karl Tomlinson Pflock
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334:In 2002, Pflock and
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