Happy Maury Island anniversary day! I expect to be in Kempton, IL tomorrow negotiating to get a new edition of the Maury Island book out. The old edition sometimes goes for $100 these days among amazon dealers. Same thing happened to the book for which it is a prequel, The Octopus, until a new edition appeared. So there’s always intense interest, just the usual problems in finding the best publisher.

Most of the Vashon reporter’s story came from a long e-mail exchange I had with her, although it only officially quotes me once. I’m very happy to see Charlette Lefevre and Phil Lipson quoted too, though. They are truly the local folk who have kept the story alive.

I’m still trying to fit a trip to Roswell in this year. If that happens, I hope to do a Maury Island lecture there. I few weeks ago I was in San Jose for a JFK lecture and brought the Maury Island case up there as well.

Keep up the good work on this blog, Nick and Greg! It’s tremendous! I read it all of the time but rarely find time to post (or even catch a breath) these days. Glad you guys are covering the beat.