Biography

Donald E. Keyhoe was born on June 20, 1897 in Ottumwa, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), Mysteries from Beyond Earth (1975) and Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950). He died on November 29, 1988 in New Market, Virginia, USA.

He was a retired major from the United States Marine Corps. He is known primarily as the author of a number of nonfiction books and articles dealing with aerial phenomena. It was his conclusion that these phenomena were interplanetary in origin. He became the famed Director of The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). Outside this subject, he wrote a biography of Charles A. Lindbergh titled "Flying With Lindbergh."