Most of you know my beloved wife Vicki and I are working on our UFO book, and you know cause I told ya. So, today she came in carrying a big box of photos and told me to "go through these and pick out some!" Okay, no sweat. Now if you are not sure how could I go through a box of photos ... well since they are all digital on your smart phone ... listen up!
"Back in the day", like in the 80's and 90's ... yeah some of us did have cell phones. Matter of fact I still have my very first one ... a Radio Shack brick phone! Damn thing weighed POUNDS, no way in hell you could shove it in your pocket ... carried the damn thing with a strap ... and it did not take pictures, did not get you on the net', most people didn't even know what the net' was! In my case I talked on my cell phone to the tune of about $1.65 or so a minute! (You kept your chatting real fricken short!) You took photo's with a 35 MM camera. Then you took them to a photo shop and got them printed out. Now, me and the Mrs. were doing UFO Magazine then. You know, back when UFO Magazine actually did stories on the UFO topic, interviewed UFO folks, Govt. folks, reported on cases, showed pictures, reported on UFO television fare, all that kinda shit. Me? Well I was the designated Director of Research for UFO Magazine, and believe it or not ... I actually researched stuff. We met with astronauts, talked to the Air Force, talked to UFO witnesses, talked to government Congress people, Senator's, we talked to aero-space folks ... all the shit that the current UFO Magzine seems to have forgotten to do. Well, when they are publishing anyway. (Shoot, are they? Publishing I mean?) Anyway, so since I was the Director of Research I also got to do much of the photography. And that means we got lots of pictures, neat pictures and today I scanned some. Now, since this is my Home away from home ... I thought I would share some with you all. First up ... here is a photo with Vicki and Colonel Gordon Cooper when we spent a lovely afternoon with him interviewing him about his then new book. More to follow in additional notes ....
"Back in the day", like in the 80's and 90's ... yeah some of us did have cell phones. Matter of fact I still have my very first one ... a Radio Shack brick phone! Damn thing weighed POUNDS, no way in hell you could shove it in your pocket ... carried the damn thing with a strap ... and it did not take pictures, did not get you on the net', most people didn't even know what the net' was! In my case I talked on my cell phone to the tune of about $1.65 or so a minute! (You kept your chatting real fricken short!) You took photo's with a 35 MM camera. Then you took them to a photo shop and got them printed out. Now, me and the Mrs. were doing UFO Magazine then. You know, back when UFO Magazine actually did stories on the UFO topic, interviewed UFO folks, Govt. folks, reported on cases, showed pictures, reported on UFO television fare, all that kinda shit. Me? Well I was the designated Director of Research for UFO Magazine, and believe it or not ... I actually researched stuff. We met with astronauts, talked to the Air Force, talked to UFO witnesses, talked to government Congress people, Senator's, we talked to aero-space folks ... all the shit that the current UFO Magzine seems to have forgotten to do. Well, when they are publishing anyway. (Shoot, are they? Publishing I mean?) Anyway, so since I was the Director of Research I also got to do much of the photography. And that means we got lots of pictures, neat pictures and today I scanned some. Now, since this is my Home away from home ... I thought I would share some with you all. First up ... here is a photo with Vicki and Colonel Gordon Cooper when we spent a lovely afternoon with him interviewing him about his then new book. More to follow in additional notes ....