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Morris Ketchum Jessup (March 2, 1900〔Ronald Story, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters'', (New York: New American Library, 2001), s.v. "Morris K. Jessup," pp. 276. Others have March 20, 1900.〕 – April 20, 1959), had a Master of Science Degree in astronomy and, though employed for most of his life as an automobile-parts salesman and a photographer, is probably best remembered for his pioneering ufological writings and his role in "uncovering" the so-called "Philadelphia Experiment". ==Life and career== Born near Rockville, Indiana, Jessup grew up with an interest in astronomy. He earned a bachelor of science degree in astronomy from The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1925 and, while working at the Lamont-Hussey Observatory, received a master of science degree in 1926. Though he began work on his doctorate in astrophysics, he ended his dissertaton work in 1931 and never earned the higher degree. Nevertheless, he was sometimes referred to as "Dr. Jessup." He apparently dropped his career and studies in astronomy and worked for the rest of his life in a variety of jobs unrelated to science, although he is sometimes erroneously described as having been an instructor in astronomy and mathematics at the University of Michigan and Drake University.〔Morris K. Jessup, annotated by three unknown individuals, ''The Case for the UFO'', Varo Edition, (Garland, TX: Varo Corporation, 1957); available at ().〕 Mr. Jessup has been referred to in ufological circles as "probably the most original extraterrestrial hypothesiser of the 1950s", and it has been said of him that he was "educated in astronomy and archeology and had working experience in both."〔Jerome Clark, ''The UFO Encyclopedia'', 2nd Edition, (Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1988), p. 210.〕 Actual evidence of an educational background in archaeology or archaeological field work is absent from Jessup's resume, but Jerome Clark〔Clark, Jerome, ''The UFO encyclopedia: the phenomenon from the beginning, volume 2, L-Z, Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1998, ISBN 0780800974''〕 reports that Jessup took part in archeological expeditions to the Yucatan and Peru in the 1920s. Jessup documented an expedition to Cuzco he took part in during 1930.〔Jessup, M.K., ''INCA MASONRY AT CUZCO'', American Anthropologist, 35, (1934), pp. 239-241, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/aa.1934.36.2.02a00100/abstract〕 Jessup achieved some notoriety with his 1955 book ''The Case for the UFO'', in which he argued that unidentified flying objects (UFOs) represented a mysterious subject worthy of further study. Jessup speculated that UFOs were "exploratory craft of "solid" and "nebulous" character."〔David Richie, ''UFO: The Definitive Guide to Unidentified Flying Objects and Related Phenomena'', (New York: Facts on File, 1994), p. 116.〕 Jessup also "linked ancient monuments with prehistoric superscience,"〔Clark, p. 210.〕 years before similar claims were made by Erich von Däniken in ''Chariots of the Gods?'' and other books. Jessup wrote three further flying-saucer books, ''UFOs and the Bible'', ''The UFO Annual'' (both 1956), and ''The Expanding Case for the UFO'' (1957). The latter suggested that transient lunar phenomenon were somehow related to UFOs in the earth's skies. Jessup's main flying-saucer scenario came to resemble that of the Shaver Hoax perpetrated by the science-fiction magazine editor Raymond A. Palmer—namely, that "good" and "bad" groups of space aliens were/are meddling with terrestrial affairs. Like most of the writers on flying saucers and the so-called contactees that emerged during the 1950s, Jessup displayed familiarity with the alternative mythology of human prehistory developed by Helena P. Blavatsky's cult of Theosophy, which included the mythical lost continents of Atlantis, Mu, and Lemuria. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morris K. Jessup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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