The Bennewitz Papers
Tulsa, OK: Crux Publications, 1992.
First and only edition. Signed by Christa Tilton inside the front cover and inscribed: "To my favorite Bird! Enjoy reading this. I'm sure it will interest you just a tad." [iii], 75, [2] pp. Staple bound in publisher's gray printed wraps. Near Fine with moderate soiling to covers; interior overall clean and bright.
A very early expose of the Bennewitz affair, in which a successful American businessman with an interest in UFOs was allegedly manipulated by Air Force intelligence agents into spreading disinformation. Bennewitz eventually suffered a mental breakdown and had to be hospitalized. Author and UFO researcher William Moore (part of an informal intelligence/UFOlogist group called The Aviary) later claimed that he had been recruited to feed Bennewitz false information in order to destabilize him. Bennewitz's descent into madness was profiled in the 2005 book Project Beta and the 2013 documentary Mirage Men, which suggested that the government created UFO hoaxes as a smokescreen for classified activity. Illustrations by Martin Cannon, whose book The Controllers is featured in an ad at the rear.
Rare, with a single OCLC holding at Baylor University.
Price: $1,500