Tommy Dunford and Joan Amos: Lost British Researchers

 Long before the internet screwed things up I had a long correspondence with two people:

Tommy Dunford I had met at a UFO event in Wiltshire in the 1970s. He had an interest in EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) and other subjects but mainly UFOs. He had seen an enormous V shaped object one day -I still have the report he made out (his account was also published in Haunted Skies.

Although not agreeing on everything Tommy's out;look was that he would prove something that eventually I could not be negative on.  I ought to point out that we were on very friendly terms and there was no animosity since we both knew we were looking for answers and if he could point me in the direction of something possibly paranormal he did.

What happened to Tommy's extensive files I have no idea. We have lost far too much over the decades and as a founder of UFO Info Exchanged and did research on the Valentich disappearance, Krugersdorf CE3K case and other incidents).

dapper Tommy enjoying a day out late 1990s

Joan Amos I got in contact by pure chance when someone told me of a woman who used to buy a LOT of fish from a home delivery fishmonger. It turned out Joan was feeding two wild living lynx in her back garden in Devon.

Joan had some odd theories on the origins of the Cornish, UFOs and Big Cats that were very fringe but she was a lovely lady. Her knowledge on esoteric things was excellent and she was in correspondence with people such as FSRs Gordon Creighton and, regularly, Uri Geller. We politely agreed to disagree and remained friends.

Joan circa 1995

I have no idea what happened to Joan's archives and correspondence though I do know local 'researchers' ransacked her cottage while she was in hospital and stole many of her books.

Both gone onto their next adventure...?

Return of AOP Journal

  It all depends on time and whether there is interest but AOP Journal ended with volume 2 no. 5 and if you have read an issue you will know that it mainly deals with CE3K/AE reports but also other "anomalous" encounters.

I have the material so vol. 3 number 1 will be a trial issue to see if there is interest.