P.S. to my last two posts: I've talked about the amazing cover painted by the great science-fiction artist Frank R. Paul for the pulp magazine Science Wonder Stories, showing a huge mechanical disk drifting through space with the Woolworth Building in tow. I've noted what's yet more amazing: … [Read more...]
Frank R. Paul – “The Man Who Created Flying Saucers”?
It's an accolade more commonly given to Ray Palmer, the Amazing Stories magazine editor who's best known for his promotion of the "Shaver Mystery" of the late 1940s. The idea, floated in 1983 by UFOlogist John Keel in a self-assured article entitled "The Man Who Invented Flying Saucers," was that … [Read more...]
UFOs in 1929? – The Art of Frank R. Paul
Look at this picture and tell me: what does it show? Frank R. Paul’s cover for the November 1929 “Science Wonder Stories,” via Wikimedia Commons. A red and yellow UFO, you think–hovering or drifting through outer space with a skyscraper caught in its elongated tentacles? A more distant UFO behind … [Read more...]
