From: Kenny Young <ufo@fuse.net>
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 03:46:31 -0500
Fwd Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 08:47:44 -0500
Subject: Interview with Gordon Creighton of FSR


Interview with:

Gordon Creighton
Editor of Flying Saucer Review


(Re: Kilgallen and UFOs)

This morning I contacted Mr. Gordon Creighton by telephone. It
was 8:00 p.m. in England at the time he took the call.

Mr. Creighton was extremely cordial, and he was eager to discuss
the Dorothy Kilgallen/UFO article from 1955. He was also well
informed about the subject of UFOs.

Creighton explained that he knew of the Kilgallen column, and
told of some details which had appeared in her '55 article. He
explained that Kilgallen had been in London while on vacation
when she wrote the '55 article which dealt with the recovery of
a 'flying saucer.'

Creighton, who is a retired British foreign service officer,
stated that he was involved in one of the first UFO magazines
published. "We launched our magazine in '55, The Flying Saucer
Review. It was the leading one in the world, the oldest one in
the world," he said.

"Prince Phillip [nephew of Mountbatten] and his uncle were the
first to ask for the Flying Saucer Review," he said. "Both
Mountbatten and Phillip had an interest in Flying Saucers."

When asked how he determined that Kilgallen's source was
Mountbatten, Creighton explained: "I assumed at the time and
even today that it was Lord Mountbatten."

When pressed further and asked for anything substantive which
drew him to this conclusion, Creighton explained: "I believe it
was Mountbatten because of the sound of it. Who knows... it
might have also been Prince Phillip."

"We know about Prince Phillip's interest, and when he visited
The States, he was interviewed, by McAll's magazine, about
flying saucers. He said 'Yes I believe it' and referenced a book
by Adamski entitled "Flying Saucers of London."

Creighton then went on to tell of a young Air Force officer who
was a laison to Prince Phillip. He explained that Peter Hoisly,
an Air Marshall of the Royal Air Force, recently wrote memoirs
revealing Prince Phillips' interest in UFOs and that the Prince
authorized Hoisly to bring people to Buckingham Palace to
discuss their UFO experiences.

"We knew of his interest before our magazine was launched,"
Creighton explained. "Prince Phillip had asked the British Air
Ministry to send him a copy of every UFO report that was
received."

Creighton also told of how information which initially flowed
freely was restricted in the years to follow. "The first year or
two, the papers were full of these reports. The clampdown on the
information came later, as in the States."

But Creighton firmly believes the source of the Kilgallen
article to be Lord Mountbatten. "That's what we do think," he
said.

Mountbatten was a member of the British Royal family and, as the
last Viceroy of India, in charge of their transition to
independence. He was killed in the 80s by an IRA bomb.

"In 1955, I wrote a letter to Kilgallen after her report, but
did not get an answer," Creighton said.

Regarding the strange death of Dorothy Kilgallen, Creighton
states: "I believe she was murdered. I reckon that Kilgallen was
onto something which may have also involved the murder of
[Marilyn] Monroe."

Creighton was thanked for his time and kind comments, and
informed that details of the conversation will appear on the
internet. "I will have my people look for it," he stated.

COMMENTS:

Gordon Creighton did not furnish anything substantive leading
him to conclude that Mountbatten was Kilgallen's source for the
1955 article. His comments which had been previously circulated
on the internet were not derived from specific, exacting
information, but rather, a conclusion based upon assumption.

Thanks to Brian Straight, Ed Stewart, Tony Spurrier, Max Burns
and John Hayes for supplying additional details about and
contact information for Gordon Creighton.

Filed;
March 6, 1999
Kenny Young
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UFO Research
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