1966 UFO CONFERENCE

Whilst putting together volume three I am having my usual stand-up fights with John H. about how many illustrations there are room for in the book. Some just have to be left out, so I am posting them here instead...

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Not a magic mushroom! (a blog of nature today)

Dawn Holloway, who is as versatile in the garden as she is sitting in front of the desktop, would like to bring the readers' attention to a mushroom that has taken up residence in our back garden in not-so-rural Alvechurch, Worcestershire.

Is it a highly edible member of the Morel family, which grows in early spring - generally on wasteland, gardens, along roadsides and in woodland glades that are typically not overgrown - and can be identified by its dark, black ridges, which run vertically on the cap. The cap is often pointed, and its cap is cell-like. The cap can also be described as 'honeycomb'; the flesh is white and cream.

Dawn wonders if our illustrious publisher and now firm friend - Jon Downes - could confirm that this is an edible mushroom. If so, we look forward to adding this little morsel onto our toast, or maybe in a nice omelette, accompanied by a dash of red wine!

Sadly the best laid plans of mice, men, and plants came to nothing. A look at the mushroom revealed it had been partially consumed; one of the offenders is shown caught in the act!

This is our somewhat laid-back blog today...meantime Dawn is busy proof-reading the manuscript for Volume 3 of Haunted Skies, which has started to shape up nicely.

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WELCOME TO OUR NEW PROJECT

Hi,

This is John and Dawn, authors of the Haunted Skies series of books, which relate to an in-depth investigation into all manner of British UFO events, going back to the 1940s. This is a milestone for us as we are now - this very second - in the process of writing our first blog, thanks to the assistance of our esteemed publisher, Jon Downes, and his wonderful wife Corinna. This is an historic moment for us personally, and currently we are busy with the preparation of the third volume of Haunted Skies, which embraces a short period between 1966-69, but is jam-packed with all manner of fantastic sightings of weird and wonderful unidentified flying objects.

In addition to the creation of these books, we have amassed a great deal of personal information and newspaper cuttings pertaining to reports of UFOs. It is our intention to share some of this information - like the letter on the left - with the readers in future blogs, as well as telling them about us.

Happy reading.