''Operation Trojan Horse'' (or ''UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse'') is a book published in 1970 by

John Keel John Alva Keel, born Alva John Kiehle (March 25, 1930 – July 3, 2009) was an American journalist and influential UFOlogist who is best known as author of '' The Mothman Prophecies''. Early life Keel was born in Hornell, New York, the son of a ...

.. Originally published in 197

The book was reprinted in 1996 with minor additions. It presents the results of Keel's research on

UFO An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are id ...

s and similar phenomena.

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Keel, who died in 2009, was an

ufologist Ufology ( ) is the investigation of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) by people who believe that they may be of extraordinary origins (most frequently of extraterrestrial alien visitors). While there are instances of government, private, and f ...

. According to ''

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'', "In his much-acclaimed second book, ''UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse'', Keel suggested that many aspects of modern UFO reports, including humanoid encounters, often paralleled ancient folklore and religious visions, and directly linked UFOs with elemental phenomena." The book presents Keel's theory that

s are a phenomenon produced by " ultraterrestrials", beings who are able to manipulate matter and our senses, and who in the past manifested themselves as

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s, and so on. Keel explains the title of the book saying, "Our skies have been filled with '

Trojan horse The Trojan Horse was a wooden horse said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to enter the city of Troy and win the war. The Trojan Horse is not mentioned in Homer's ''Iliad'', with the poem ending before the war is concluded, ...

s' throughout history, and like the original Trojan horse, they seem to conceal hostile intent."

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1970 non-fiction books Paranormal UFO-related literature {{UFO-book-stub

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