John Dean (1891-1970) was an author, artist, lecturer, and educator whose published works included two books, Flying Saucers and the Scriptures and Flying Saucers: Close Up, on the subject of UFOs. His writings appeared during an era in American history when both ordinary citizens and the government were fascinated by space exploration and the possibility of alien life. Dean’s manuscripts show that he was skeptical of government involvement in space exploration and also drew a connection between extraterrestrials and the bible. Dean was a World War I veteran who was hospitalized in 1918 and during his convalescence claimed to have encountered extraterrestrial beings.

In his seminal work, the last book he published in 1970 before he died, John W. Dean wrote a vast compendium of saucer lore, factual, unfactual(?) covering a vast range of topics from life on other planets, time and space, the space people, the moon and planets, reincarnation, and the Korendian people. The wide variety of topics and his easy conversational style makes this read not only informative but entertaining. Included are graphs, pictures, and a master list of stars and planets. For full free pdf download see here.