Strange Case of Dr. M. K. Jessup

An astronomer who took 'flying saucers' seriously found dead in his car, and the question that still haunts us: suicide or murder? On April 20, 1959, Dr. M. K. Jessup, a respected scientist whose research into unidentified aerial phenomena had begun attracting dangerous attention, was discovered in a park near Coral Gables, Florida. The medical examiner called it suicide. But Jessup had been corresponding with UFO researchers, investigating strange military connections, and his work had drawn the interest of figures who did not want their secrets examined. Gray Barker presents the facts, the strange letters, the unexplained circumstances, and the rumors that persist to this day: that Jessup was silenced, that something beyond comprehension was involved, that some doors, once opened, cannot be closed. This is not a book that offers answers. It is a chilling artifact from the dawn of the UFO conspiracy era, a portrait of a curious man who may have learned too much about what flies through our skies, and paid the price.