Editing Donald Keyhoe (section)

===''The Flying Saucer Conspiracy''===
In 1955,  Keyhoe authored ''[[The Flying Saucer Conspiracy]]'', which pointedly accused elements of United States government of engaging in a conspiracy to cover up knowledge of flying saucers.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tD7bAAAAMAAJ|title=The Flying Saucer Conspiracy|year=1955|last1=Keyhoe|first1=Donald Edward}}</ref>  Keyhoe claims the existence of a "silence group" of orchestrating this conspiracy.<ref name="Peebles111">Peebles, p. 111-113</ref>  Historian of folklore [[Curtis Peebles]] argues: "''The Flying Saucer Conspiracy'' marked a shift in Keyhoe's belief system. No longer were flying saucers the central theme; that now belonged to the silence group and its coverup. For the next two decades Keyhoe's beliefs about this would dominate the flying saucer myth."<ref name="Peebles111"/>

The book features claims of a possible discovery of an "orbiting space base" or a "Moon base", knowledge of which might trigger a public panic.<ref>Keyhoe, p. 37</ref>{{fcn|date=May 2025}}  ''The Flying Saucer Conspiracy'' also incorporated legends of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] disappearances.<ref name="Peebles111"/> Keyhoe sensationalized claims, ultimately stemming from optical illusions, of unusual structures on the moon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/10/a-natural-land-bridge-on-moon.html|title=A Natural Land Bridge on the Moon}}</ref>