Caplan book contains photo from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

[jarlrmai]

I found this reddit thread interesting



Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1vu1we4/is_that_ufo_photo_in_jonathan_caplans_new_book/

https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/325599/jonathan-caplan

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/477763/not-for-disclosure-by-caplan-jonathan/9781529979961


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still

Obviously the image from Caplans book is from the set of the movie as the shape is identical, but can we find the exact image used with the empty chairs etc, is it from the movie or is it a BTS shot

It shows up on Pinterest


Source: https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/362539838738304005/

Also who are the Wood and Wood Enterprises..

 

[jarlrmai]

https://www.kensandersbooks.com/images/upload/catalog-40-ufos.pdf

Wood and Wood seem to be the authors of

https://openlibrary.org/books/OL16259756M/The_Majestic_documents

 

[Ann K]

You've reminded me of an old UFO book (sorry, it must have been more than sixty years ago that I looked at it ...and laughed ...so I have no idea what it was called) had photos of lenticular clouds over a mountain peak, labeled as alien craft. Several years after that I was living very close to a mountain where the phenomenon was sometimes seen.

This book makes us question whether Caplan himself has been trapped by the True Believer disease, uncritically reprinting photos without vetting them, or whether he is just a shyster out to make a dollar. If he has been involved for the fifty years stated on the blurb, it may be the former. Either way, this is a great catch.

 

[jarlrmai]

There seems to be a claim that this image is from photos that accompanied the Majestic documents

 

[JMartJr]

There seems to be a claim that this image is from photos that accompanied the Majestic documents

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If so, further evidence that the Majestic documents are a hoax/prank/fake.

 

[MyMatesBrainwashed]

Caplan's image does appear to be a crop of the set still image to remove the part of the image that clearly states it's a set still.

Considering the dates we are talking about I can't imagine there are many (true) prints of that photograph.

The quality of Caplan's image brings to mind a photocopy.

I'd love to know more of who has what format.

 

[NorCal Dave]

I know authors don't always get to pick the covers, or even the tiles sometimes, of their books, but to have the front say "Not For Disclosure" and then have it accompanied by the readily available McMinnville photo seems a bit counter-intuitive:

The contents page is available for preview, along with Chapter 1, and it's an interesting mix:

Chapters on the known hoax Majestic 12 and JFK, suggests a level of conspiratorial thinking. One would hope that Chapter 2, Crashed Craft, includes a number of photos, but one has to buy the book to find out. I'm speculating Chapter 11, What the Octogenarian Revealed, may be related to Vallee and Paola's thoroughly debunked Trinity UFO crash claims, as that is based entirely on the ramblings of 2 octogenarians recalling their pre-teen encounter.

It's $33 for the hardback on Amazon, so while it might be fun to peruse, I'll pass for now. Although, there is a paperback at $18, pero en Espanol. I guess I could practice my Spanish.

 

[jarlrmai]

I have an email penned to send to penguin but I'd rather have it confirmed that it is actually in the book before I send it anyone has access to a copy, perhaps via a subscription up a book service