The U.F.O. Baptism of James Moseley

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Start your free seven-day trial and unlock this episode plus hundreds more, all ad-free, when you become a Mysterian on Patreon. The UFO Baptism of James Moseley by Charles Lear.

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Among the early flying saucer investigators who stumbled their way through the mystery in the late 1940s and early 50s, there were some fascinating characters.

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Imagine being able to meet and discuss flying saucers with the likes of Donald E. Kehoe, Edward J. Ruppelt, Frank Scully, Albert Bender, or Gray Barker.

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A young man who did was James Moseley, who had more than a passing interest in the subject.

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With no prior writing experience or credentials, he convinced the most prominent people in the field to sit with him for interviews for a book he'd set out to write.

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He never published the book, but found a place for himself in the world of flying saucers and saucers where he'd remain for the rest of his life.

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In 1950, James Moseley was a young man with a trust fund who had just quit Princeton University.

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He had enough money that he didn't have to do anything productive, but he quickly became bored with, quote, recreational drinking, end quote, and skirt chasing.

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According to him in his 2002 autobiography, Shockingly Close to the Truth, Confessions of a Grave Robbing Ufologist, he sought a more satisfying way to fill his days and decided on travel and exploration.

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He got in contact with a well-known Italian explorer, Antilio Gatti, and paid to tag along with him to Africa.

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