Case · UFO Afrinews No 2, June 1989
Gulf Breeze, Florida: 'Mr Ed' and his Polaroids
Gulf Breeze, Florida, United States
Outside the region. Hind reprinted this case from elsewhere; it has a file here but no place on the map.
What was reported
Hind opens her closing essay with Gulf Breeze, Florida, as reported in the MUFON Journal for August 1988, as an example of a story buried under criticism. A man identified only as 'Mr Ed' photographed a UAP on several occasions with a Polaroid camera; others saw the object too, though only his pictures exist. His background, she admits, appears less than spotless and several points seem to indicate a hoax. Yet none of this has been proven, and she argues that, pending proof one way or the other, assuming fraud is presumptuous. Earlier, in her editorial, she had listed the 'too hasty publication' of the case among current controversies.
What Hind made of it
Hind concedes the hoax indicators and the witness's imperfect background but insists nothing has been proven and that presuming fraud is unfair.
Explanation offered
Hoax (suspected by critics; unproven)
In their words
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He was not the only witness, although his are the only pictures.
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aren't we being presumptuous in assuming fraud?
Cross references
- MUFON Journal, August 1988, No 244
- Editorial, p 1 ('the too hasty publication of the Gulf Breeze case')