Frank Scully | |
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Born | Francis Joseph Xavier Scully 28 April 1892
New York City, U.S. |
Died | 23 June 1964[1]
Palm Springs,
California, U.S. | (aged 72)
Resting place | Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California [2] |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author, ufologist |
Employer(s) | The Sun, Variety |
Spouse | Alice Scully (1909–1996; [3] his death) (married 1930) |
Awards | Knight of the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1956 [4] |
Francis Joseph Xavier Scully; (April 28 1892 – June 23 1964) [1] [4] was an American journalist, author, humorist, and a regular columnist for the entertainment trade magazine Variety.
Scully studied journalism at Columbia University, was on the reporting staff at The New York Sun, and was a contributor to Variety. [5] His authored books include Rogues' Gallery [6] and Fun In Bed: The Convalescent's Handbook. [7] Scully received screenwriting credit for the American version of the film Une fée... pas comme les autres (The Secret of Magic Island). [8]
Scully publicized the Aztec, New Mexico UFO hoax when, in 1949, he authored two columns in Variety claiming that dead extraterrestrial beings were recovered from a flying saucer crash. [10] [11] [12] Scully's 1950 book Behind the Flying Saucers expanded on the themes of flying saucer crashes and dead extraterrestrials, with Scully describing one of his sources as having "more degrees than a thermometer." [13] In 1952 and 1956, True magazine published articles by San Francisco Chronicle reporter John Philip Cahn [14] [15] that purported to expose Scully's sources as con artists who had hoaxed Scully. [16] Scully's 1963 book In Armour Bright also included material about alleged flying saucer crashes and dead extraterrestrials. [17]
Donated by Alice Scully in 1988.Collection Number 09554 processed in 1995.
Originally published by Walter Romig in The Book of Catholic Authors
Frank Scully | |
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Born | Francis Joseph Xavier Scully 28 April 1892
New York City, U.S. |
Died | 23 June 1964[1]
Palm Springs,
California, U.S. | (aged 72)
Resting place | Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California [2] |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author, ufologist |
Employer(s) | The Sun, Variety |
Spouse | Alice Scully (1909–1996; [3] his death) (married 1930) |
Awards | Knight of the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1956 [4] |
Francis Joseph Xavier Scully; (April 28 1892 – June 23 1964) [1] [4] was an American journalist, author, humorist, and a regular columnist for the entertainment trade magazine Variety.
Scully studied journalism at Columbia University, was on the reporting staff at The New York Sun, and was a contributor to Variety. [5] His authored books include Rogues' Gallery [6] and Fun In Bed: The Convalescent's Handbook. [7] Scully received screenwriting credit for the American version of the film Une fée... pas comme les autres (The Secret of Magic Island). [8]
Scully publicized the Aztec, New Mexico UFO hoax when, in 1949, he authored two columns in Variety claiming that dead extraterrestrial beings were recovered from a flying saucer crash. [10] [11] [12] Scully's 1950 book Behind the Flying Saucers expanded on the themes of flying saucer crashes and dead extraterrestrials, with Scully describing one of his sources as having "more degrees than a thermometer." [13] In 1952 and 1956, True magazine published articles by San Francisco Chronicle reporter John Philip Cahn [14] [15] that purported to expose Scully's sources as con artists who had hoaxed Scully. [16] Scully's 1963 book In Armour Bright also included material about alleged flying saucer crashes and dead extraterrestrials. [17]
Donated by Alice Scully in 1988.Collection Number 09554 processed in 1995.
Originally published by Walter Romig in The Book of Catholic Authors