From May 1943 to May 1944, Jessup was employed by the U.S. Government, his title or for what was never disclosed in his FBI records.
No published obituaries were found about Jessup’s death, not from his local home town paper or any other source. However in 2017 I was able to locate a easy to miss little article “Saucer Man Suicide” that appeared on the front page of the “Fort Myers News-Press”...
Dr. Valentine suggested that he come to dinner. The invitation was for the evening of April 20
Mr. Jessup was invited to the Office of Naval Research where he was given an annotated copy of his own book “The Case for the UFO” which has become known as the “Varo Edition.” Some of the mysterious notations referenced an invisibility experiment in...
Jessup was found Dead on April 20, 1959, at 6:30 PM in Matheson’s Hammock Park, Dade County, Florida. He was in his 1958 white Chevy station wagon behind the wheel. Cause of death:“Acute carbon monoxide intoxication / Deceased inhaled auto exhaust.” No notes or...
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