tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post8922856712704870072..comments2024-03-07T12:48:21.070+00:00Comments on MAGONIA REVIEW: TO THE MANOR BORNUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-63971284865827190542010-12-27T11:43:00.696+00:002010-12-27T11:43:00.696+00:00I think you will find all the answers you need to ...I think you will find all the answers you need to these questions, and others, in chapter 3 of The Flyingsaucerers - which is devoted to Desmond Leslie and his links with 50s UFOlogy and the British aristocrasy. Surprised to find no mention of this in the review!Dave Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811372009688882929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-6031304485965982552010-12-12T20:25:16.335+00:002010-12-12T20:25:16.335+00:00I was a bit wrong in the first paragraph of my com...I was a bit wrong in the first paragraph of my comment about how Leslie & Adamski first came into contact.<br /><br />It appears that there were a number of newspaper reports of Adamski's meeting with the Venusian during late 1952 & early 1953. These were in the Californian press. Leslie heard about these and managed to get in touch with Adamski in due course. (Adamski's FATE article and photographs may have provided an impetus also). Adamski then supplied Leslie with more photographs and the 50-page text of his Venusian contact story. <br /><br />Thus when Leslie approached Waveney Girvan (at Werner Laurie) with his own manuscript he had Adamski's portion with him and Girvan decided to add this as a supplement (some supplement!). <br /><br />It was not until several months after FS HAVE LANDED was published that Leslie first met Adamski face-to-face in California in 1954, and stayed with him for 3 or 4 months, I believe.cdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005702597775594084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-68112754376148723712010-12-12T11:02:32.470+00:002010-12-12T11:02:32.470+00:00I always assumed the link between Leslie and Adams...I always assumed the link between Leslie and Adamski was made by Waveney Girvan, who was the chief editor at Werner Laurie in 1953 when FLYING SAUCERS HAVE LANDED was published. Girvan had intended to publish Leslie's manuscript but at the last minute was given the Adamski 'addendum' (which must have increased the sales tenfold at least).<br /><br />Otherwise Leslie may have got in touch with Adamski through reading his writings, and seeing his saucer photos, in FATE magazine in 1951/52.cdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005702597775594084noreply@blogger.com