John Alva Keel, born Alva John Kiehle, was an American journalist and influential ufologist who is known best as author of The Mothman Prophecies. Wikipedia
Born: March 25, 1930, Hornell, NY
Died: July 3, 2009 (age 79 years), New York, NY
Works written: UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse, The Eighth Tower, Our Haunted Planet, The Mothman Prophecies, The Best of John Keel
Movies: The Mothman Prophecies