Champion Flying Saucer Investigator James McDonald Suicided (Murdered) By Silence Group

James McDonald

One of the most intriguing and appalling deaths in UFOlogy was that of James McDonald. A purported suicide.

The details of this death, despite official pronouncements to the contrary, is disturbing to say the least. McDonald was successful and was deeply immersed in the relatively new UFO phenomena.

James McDonald

McDonald was senior physicist of Institute of Atmospheric Physics and also professor in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Arizona. He died in 1971 purportedly of a gunshot wound to the head.

There is no one who had worked harder in the 1960s than McDonald to convince Congress to hold serious substantial subcommittee meetings to explore the UFO reality of which he was thoroughly convinced. The scientist was definitely a thorn in the side of those who maintained the official coverup.

Needless to say his passing to them would be a blessing.
 

McDonald, allegedly depressed, shot himself in the head. But he did not die. He was wheelchair ridden but somehow, several months after his first attempt, allegedly got in an automobile, drove to a pawnshop, purchased another pistol from his wheelchair, drove to the desert then did himself in.

How convenient, one might say, for his powerful adversaries. McDonald, there can be no doubt, had made enemies. The question is: How much did these enemies aided and abetted the demise of this most worthy and influential campaigner?