first book about the Mothman reports, raising questions about the book's accuracy. Sherwood also reported that Keel, who was well known for writing humorous and outrageous letters to friends and associates, would not assist him in clarifying the differences. Later years and impact Prolific and imaginative, Keel was considered a significant influence within the UFO and Fortean genre. For many years, Keel resided in the Upper West Side of New York City. He was a lifelong bachelor. Keel died on July 3, 2009, in New York City, at the age of 79. Works Jadoo (1957) The Fickle Finger of Fate (Fawcett, 1966) Operation Trojan Horse (1970); reprinted as Why UFOs (1978) Strange Creatures From Time and Space (1970); reprinted as The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings (1994) Our Haunted Planet (1971) The Flying Saucer Subculture (1973) The Mothman Prophecies (1975) The Eighth Tower (1975); published in Britain as The Cosmic Question (1978) Disneyland of the Gods (1988) The Best of John Keel (Paperback 2006) (Collection of Keel's Fate Magazine articles) Flying Saucer to the Center of Your Mind: Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2013) The Outer Limits of the Twilight Zone: Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2013) Searching For the String: Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2014) The Great Phonograph in the Sky: Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2015) The Perspicacious Percipient: How to Investigate UFOs and Other Insane Urges - Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2015) The Passionate Percipient: Illusions I Have Known And Loved - Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2015) Pursuing the Addenda: Supernatural Reports From the Natural World (2016) References Notes External links John Keel - Daily Telegraph obituary Fortean Times 1992 interview (archival) John Keel magazine articles (archival) John A Keel's Thoughts on The Philadelphia Experiment Mothman Central SciFi Online Interview with Keel (archival) The Great UFO Wave of '73: Interview with John A. Keel FortFest tapes Ultraterrestrials: Do they walk among us?, article by Ken Korczak at Unexplained Mysteries, 26 March 2006 John Keel website with bibliography and biographical details Ben Robinson tribute (archival) 1930 births 2009 deaths People from Hornell, New York American fortean writers American UFO writers JFK-UFO conspiracy theories Forteana Cryptozoologists Mothman Parapsychologists Ufologists United States Army soldiers United States Army personnel of the Korean War People from the Upper West Side