Donald E. Keyhoe

Donald E. Keyhoe
Born	Donald Edward Keyhoe 20 June 1897(1897-06-20) Ottumwa, Wapello Co., Iowa
Died	29 November 1988 (91) New Market, Shenandoah Co., Virginia

Donald Edward Keyhoe (June 20, 1897 - November 29, 1988) was an American Marine Corps naval aviator, manager of the promotional tours for aviators (including Charles Lindbergh), and writer on many aviation-related matters, including unidentified flying objects, a field in which he earned renown as a co-founder of National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP).

Selected Bibliography

Pulp Fiction (1920s-1940s)

Keyhoe also wrote stories beginning in the 1930s through the 1940s, featuring characters the likes of: Dr. Yen Sin, a Fu Manchu-type mastermind of the "Invisible Empire"; Michael Traile, "the Man Who Never Slept", Yen Sin's primary adversary; Captain Philip Strange, "The Phantom Ace of G-2" and "The Brain-Devil", a psychic ace fighter pilot during the First World War (in Flying Aces); Richard Knight, a.k.a. Secret Agent "Q", a WWI veteran who could see in the dark; Eric Trent, a magician and freelance flier; the Devil Dog Squadron (in Sky Birds); and the Vanished Legion (in Dare-Devil Aces).

Weird Tales (1925-1927)

• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Apr. 1925), "The Grim Passenger", Weird Tales 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jan. 1926), "The Mystery Under the Sea", Weird Tales 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1926), "Through the Vortex", Weird Tales 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (May 1927), "The Master of Doom", Weird Tales 

The Devil Dog Squadron (1931-1935)

• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Aug. 1931), "Devildogs of the Sky", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Sep. 1931), "The Squadron Without a Name", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Nov. 1931), "The Squadron in Scarlet", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Dec. 1931), "The Frozen Fate", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jan. 1932), "Without Benefit of Bullets", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Feb. 1932), "Flares in the Fog", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1932), "Suicide Shells", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Apr. 1932), "The Crimson Fog", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jun. 1932), "Devildog Doom", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Aug. 1932), "Lucky’s Day", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jan. 1933), "The Devil-Dogs Decoy", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Feb. 1933), "The Flying Juggernaut", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1933), "The Squadron Nobody Knew", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1934), "Devildog Breed", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Aug. 1934), "Hangars of Hell", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Oct. 1934), "The Spandau Cyclone", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Nov. 1934), "Devildog Dynamite", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Dec. 1934), "Devil’s Double", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jan. 1935), "The Mystery Meteor", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1935), "Satan’s Courier", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Apr. 1935), "Falcons of Fury", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1935), "The Devil’s Dynamo", Sky Birds 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Sep. 1935), "Shells of Satan", Sky Birds 

Captain Philip Strange (1931-1939)

• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Aug. 1931), "A Squadron Will Perish", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Sep. 1931), "Cocardes of Courage", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Nov. 1931), "The Drome of Dread", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jan. 1932), "Spectre of the Red Knight", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Feb. 1932), "The Code of K-14", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1932), "Port of Missing Pilots", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Apr. 1932), "Hell's Gateway", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (May 1932), "The Fokker Fiend", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jun. 1932), "The Devil's Holocaust", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1932), "The Red Demon", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Sep. 1932), "The Brain-Devil of G-2", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Nov. 1932), "Scourge of the Skies", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Dec. 1932), "The Vanishing Staffel", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Feb. 1933), "Vengeance of V-99", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1933), "The Masked Marauders", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Apr. 1933), "The Sky Torch", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1933), "The Unholy Horror", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Sep. 1933), "Tombstone Tarmac", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Oct. 1933), "Marauders Without Mercy", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Nov. 1933), "Hoodoo Drome", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Dec. 1933), "The Ace of a Thousand Faces", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jan. 1934), "The Brain Devil's Double", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Feb. 1934), "The Vanishing Avenger", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1934), "Satan's Staffel", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (May 1934), "The Ghost from G-2", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jun. 1934), "The Midnight Ace", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1934), "Menace of the Unmasked", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Aug. 1934), "Legion of the Lost", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Sep. 1934), "Dealers in Death", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Oct. 1934), "Devil's Bait", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Nov. 1934), "The Gallows Ghost", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Dec. 1934), "The Skull Staffel", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1935), "Raid of the Red Reaper", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Apr. 1935), "Satan's Shroud", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (May 1935), "The Bridge of Death", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jun. 1935), "Valley of Vengeance", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1935), "The Traitor Three", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Aug. 1935), "Scourge of the Spectre", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Sep. 1935), "Squadron of Masked Men", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Oct. 1935), "Weird Wireless", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Dec. 1935), "Devil of the Yellow Doom", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jan. 1936), "Strafe of the Flying Corpse", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Feb. 1936), "Dromes of Hades", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1936), "The Armored Corpse", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Apr. 1936), "The Skeleton Barrage", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (May 1936), "Staffel of the Starved", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jun. 1936), "Squadron from the Grave", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (July 1936), "Drome of the Bat Staffel", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Sep. 1936), "Hellions of Headless Death", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Dec. 1936), "Bubbles of Doom", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Apr. 1937), "Stolen—A Squadron", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jun. 1937), "Dead Man's Drome", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Aug. 1937), "Fokkers of the Red Fog", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Oct. 1937), "The Mad Squadron", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Dec. 1937), "Skeleton from the Sky", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Feb. 1938), "The Headsman Strafe", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Apr. 1938), "Scourge of Oblivion", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jun. 1938), "Pirate Squadron", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Oct. 1938), "The Gray-Face Ace", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Dec. 1938), "Strafe of the Skull", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1939), "Raid of the Wraith", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (May 1939), "The Staffel Invisible", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Aug. 1939), "Flight of the Phantoms", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Nov. 1939), "When England Vanished", Flying Aces 

The Vanished Legion (1932-1934)

• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1932), "The Squadron of Forgotten Men", Dare-Devil Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jun. 1932), "Flight of the Living Dead", Dare-Devil Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Aug. 1932), "The Green Skull Squadron", Dare-Devil Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Oct. 1932), "The Phantom Ace", Dare-Devil Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Dec. 1932), "The Black Raider", Dare-Devil Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Sep. 1933), "Patrol of the Living Dead", Dare-Devil Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1934), "The Death-Head Brigade", Dare-Devil Aces 

Dr. Yen Sin (1936)

• Keyhoe, Donald E. (May & Jun. 1936), "The Mystery of the Dragon's Shadow", Dr. Yen Sin (1) 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. & Aug. 1936), "The Mystery of the Golden Skull", Dr. Yen Sin (2) 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Sep. & Oct. 1936), "The Mystery of the Singing Mummies", Dr. Yen Sin (3) 

(A fourth Yen Sin story, The Case of the Faceless Men, was scheduled for the 4th issue of the magazine, but the series was cancelled after three issues.)

Richard Knight, a.k.a. Secret Agent "Q" (1936-1942)

• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Nov. 1936), "Vultures of Lost Valley", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jan. 1937), "Hell Flies High", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1937), "Death Flies the Equator", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (May. 1937), "Falcons from Nowhere", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1937), "Masks Over Madrid", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Sep. 1937), "Wings of the Emerald", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Nov. 1937), "Hell Over China", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jan. 1938), "Aces of Death", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1938), "Hell Hammers Harbin", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (May. 1938), "Vultures of Silence", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1938), "Hell’s Hangar", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Aug. 1938), "Sky-Fire Scourge", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Nov. 1938), "Riddle Over Rio", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jan. 1939), "Falcons of the Four", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Feb. 1939), "Guns Over Gatun", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Apr. 1939), "Trip-Six Trap", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jun. 1939), "Masquerade Mission", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1939), "When the Devil Zooms", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Sep. 1939), "Wings of the Black Eagle", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Oct. 1939), "Fighters That Time Forgot", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Dec. 1939), "Falcons of the Flame", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jan. 1940), "Death Flies the Maginot Line", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Feb. 1940), "The Golden Strafe", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Apr. 1940), "Ark Royal Riddle", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jun. 1940), "'This Squadron Is Doomed!'", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Aug. 1940), "Fifth Column Cockpits", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Sep. 1940), "Death Flies South", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Nov. 1940), "Claws of the Corsair", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jan. 1941), "Bombs Over the Bahamas", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1941), "'7 Seconds to Doom'", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (May. 1941), "Raider Wings in the Pacific", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1942), "Flight of the Dead", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jun. 1942), "Murder Plays a Dual Role", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Aug. 1942), "Wrath of the Reapers", Flying Aces 

Eric Trent (1940-1942)

• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Mar. 1940), "Secret Flight Sixteen", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (May 1940), "Death Flies Blind", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1940), "Junkers Juggernaut", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Oct. 1940), "Swastika Scourge", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Dec. 1940), "The Ace From Hell", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Feb. 1941), "Television Tracers", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Apr. 1941), "Squadron of the Dead", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jun. 1941), "Lure of the Liberators", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Aug. 1941), "Death Dives the Douglas", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Nov. 1941), "Ryan Retribution", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jan. 1942), "Death Flies Blind", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (May 1942), "Death Flies the Beam", Flying Aces 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (Jul. 1942), "On Haunted Wings", Flying Aces 

Flying Saucers (1950s-1960s)

Books

• Keyhoe, Donald (1950), Flying Saucers Are Real, New York: Fawcett Publications 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (1953), Flying Saucers from Outer Space, New York: Holt 
• Keyhoe, Donald E. (1966), The Flying Saucer Conspiracy, New York: Fieldcrest 
• Keyhoe, Donald E.; Lore, Gordon I. R. (1969), Strange Effects from UFOs, Washington: NICAP 

Articles

• Keyhoe, Donald (Nov. 1954), "How the Saucers Fly", FATE 7 (11)