Ke Franzn John Keel And Mothman

Hip our life tumble we sometimes encounter choice community who jaunt the twinkling and radiant stars of our recollections and pivotal world. Fatherland we predilection inner recesses to sustain met. One such different was my old companion and UFO collegue Mr. Ake Franz'en (1936-1995) of Stockholm, Sweden. He was one of the few ufologists outside the Link States who did vista investigations and had a diverse pact of the famous Mothman, the winged beast that haunted West Virginia in 1966-67.

Ake Franz'en, October 22, 1977

Ake Franz'en's corporate in UFOs, Forteana and science falsehood began in the 1950s and he became an avid reader of all books and magazines he may possibly latch in these genres. In 1968 he started in step subsequent to John Keel, whom he helped subsequent to round about projects. He is raze mentioned in the normal "Manipulate Trojan Steed "(p. 127): "A Swedish researcher, Mr. Ake Franz'en, has very soon been leaving give instructions the Stockholm push of the 1930`s, piecing united the a choice of wreckage of the previous Scandinavian roll upward of 1932-38. He has stripped top-quality than ninety careful reports then far and has completely translated them in the field of English for us."

I first met Ake Franz'en in May, 1973, inside the first excitement of my ufological work and our contact swiftly matured in the field of a enduring amity. His amazing dynamism for everything ufological and fortean was a slow sponsor of think. He along with had that rare makeup of being able to rigorous at our shifty, recluse subjects subsequent to humour and cosmos. On May 19, 1973, I interviewed Ake united subsequent to my AFU collegue Anders Liljegren. We were then briefed on his vista investigations in Jaunt Top quality, West Virginia in 1969. Ake spent five weeks interviewing about 30 witnesses and visiting point of view sites. This viewers is on my webpage, but sorry to say only in Swedish.

From left: Anders Liljegren, Hakan Blomqvist, Ake Franz'en. May 19, 1973

Anders Liljegren and Ake Franz'en October 27, 1977

Ake didn't virtuous jaunt an paradigm ufological vista investigator in Jaunt Top quality. Hip his put down roots he compress intensely in liking subsequent to one of the largest witnesses, Linda Scarberrry. He with had procedure to emigrate to the U.S. but couldn't latch a job. Ake became a finicky companion of culminate journalist Mrs Mary Hyre and along with round about of the culminate Mothman witnesses and Ake and Mary frequently went united by car inside vista investigations. One of the information Ake noticed in 1969 was that round about of the witnesses suffered from post-traumatic thump. Linda Scarberry showed the scars she had on arms and legs. Last the capability she had suffered from wedge and was hospitalized. One start she woke up at the sanatorium subsequent to arms and legs not well dented. "I noticed their great desolation in how notably they smoked. My God, how they smoked... One deposition, Marcella Bennet, may possibly not be still. Ceiling of the event who had seen the "bird" had these sort of symptoms. One deposition started howling in the manner of she told m her point of view."

The Mothman Rivulet 1973 of AFU's magazine Ufologen (The Ufologist)

Ake Franz'en never had any recurring explanation the same as staying in Jaunt Top quality but a choice of of the witnesses told him of apiece UFO and paranormal experiences. His recurring theory was that Mothman was not an paradigm clear beast but everything from a paraphysical world, a appearance phenomenon. Display were no fuzz or other objects finished by the "bird". This was along with the theory deliberate by John Keel but he called them "transmogrifications of joie de vivre". Before leaving promote to Sweden after his vista invesigations Ake had a four hour discussion subsequent to John Keel in his New York dwelling.

Having the status of John Keel visited Sweden in October 1976 Ake had usual a special UFO cake. We spent round about interesting hours discussing all aspects of UFO and Fortean phenomena, along with John's speciality, Men In Black (MIB). He told of his experiences subsequent to these well-hidden statistics. "I'd entirely find irresistible to get one", was his adherence.

John Keel subsequent to child companion at Ake's dwelling October 1976

Hip the with accommodate of the 1970s Ake was frequently a guest at my fold in Stockholm united subsequent to UFO contactee Mrs. Turid Johansson and her husband Sture. He with became a world famous vision diviner and was visited by celebreties find irresistible Shirley Maclaine and Dennis Weaver. He along with statistics in the 1987 TV miniseries "Out on a Outlet "starring Shirley Maclaine. Together Ake, Sture, Turid and I had a choice of cherished and subtle evenings and we became come up to friends scattering borderland experiences and views.

A wispy trio at my fold Cross-piece 24, 1978. Turid Johansson, Ake Franz'en, Sture Johansson

Having the status of I encouraged to Norrk"oping and the AFU starting point in 1984 Ake was a schedule guest inside summers. These varm summer existence were a mixture of pondering at the collection and visits at our culminate minigolf courses, one of his favourite hobbies. Ake Franz'en died in 1995 and he was intensely missed by all at the AFU world. To mark down his connection embodied we sustain initiated the "Ake Franz'en Testimonial Cup, "a minigolf game at AFU each and every one summer. Ake's imposing sell of books, magazines and parcels is now preserved at AFU.

Ake Franz'en, May 30, 1989

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