About the Author

DENNIS CRENSHAW, recently retired, uses his newfound time to edit a series of continuing research reports, "Unraveling the Secrets," which can be accessed online at thehollowearthinsider.com. He lives in Jacksonville, Florida. PETE NAVARRO was a graphic artist who was instrumental in saving much of Dellschau's work from obscurity.

Reviews

"...a book packed with interest, coming at a junction of several fascinating areas: outsider art, early flight, coded texts, alternative technologies and even a touch of trippy steampunk. It includes a brief resume of early flight in America and elsewhere (mostly balloon-based), [and] the UFO-like 'Great Airship Mystery' of 1896-7...interesting and puzzling tale of America's early flyboys." - Phil Barker, Fortean Times"When he died at the great age of 92 in 1923, Texas butcher Charles A. Dellschau left behind a secret and a mystery. These were a series of notebooks, filled with paintings of fantastic flying machines, which only came to light when his descendants had a clearout. By a process of serendipity, they came to the attention of graphic designer and ufologist Peter Navarro. By decoding and translating writings in and around the pictures, Narvarro pieced together a tale of Dellschau's involvement in a secret society of inventors living in gold-rush California. He created a vivid cast of over 60 characters, and a range of Heath Robinsonish flying machines, the Aeros...They were the work of this secret group, The Sonora Aero Club, and its even more shadowy backer the NYMZA...Whether the audience is ufologist or art appreciator, this broken old man is leading us back into the realms of pure childhood imagination." - Peter Rogerson, Magonia"Crenshaw's book on Dellschau is an authoritative source...a fascinating voyage of exploration that opened intriguing doors of possibility." - James Heflin, Valley Advocate"We love this book because it tells an utterly unique story which may well be related to the UFO mystery. Or, it may not... This is a wonderfully thought-provoking book..." - Jim Mosely, Saucer Smear