John A. Keel (1930–2009) was an influential journalist and Fortean researcher known for his investigations into the Mothman sightings of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and his development of the "ultraterrestrial" hypothesis, which proposed non-human intelligences operating beyond conventional understanding. As a figure in paranormal literature, his book The Mothman Prophecies became a cultural landmark and was adapted into a major motion picture in 2002.
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Art Bell interviews John A. Keel, author of The Mothman Prophecies, as the major motion picture starring Richard Gere opens in theaters. Art admits he has somehow never learned about the Mothman despite decades in paranormal broadcasting. Keel recounts traveling to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in 1966 to investiga...