Scully studied journalism at Columbia University, was on the reporting staff at The New York Sun, and was a contributor to Variety.[5] His authored books include Rogues' Gallery[6] and Fun In Bed: The Convalescent's Handbook.[7] Scully received screenwriting credit for the American version of the film Une fée... pas comme les autres (The Secret of Magic Island).[8]
Author Frank Scully (right) and confidence man Silas Newton (center)[9]
Scully publicized the Aztec, New Mexico UFO hoax when, in 1949, he authored two columns in Variety claiming that dead extraterrestrial beings were recovered from a flying saucer crash.[10][11][12]
Scully's 1950 book Behind the Flying Saucers expanded on the themes of flying saucer crashes and dead extraterrestrials, with Scully describing one of his sources as having "more degrees than a thermometer."[13] In 1952 and 1956, True magazine published articles by San Francisco Chronicle reporter John Philip Cahn[14][15]
that purported to expose Scully's sources as con artists who had hoaxed Scully.[16] Scully's 1963 book In Armour Bright also included material about alleged flying saucer crashes and dead extraterrestrials.[17]
—— (1962). This Gay Knight: An Autobiography of a Modern Chevalier. Introduction by Dale Francis (1st ed.). Philadelphia: Chilton Co., Book Division. OCLC1376376.
—— (1963). In Armour Bright: Cavalier Adventures of My Short Life Out of Bed. Introduction by Jack Paar (1st ed.). Philadelphia: Chilton Books. OCLC1393335.
Kirkus, Virginia (1935). Scully, Frank (ed.). Fun in Bed For Children: First Aid in Getting Well Cheerfully. New York: Simon & Schuster. OCLC4054743.
—— (1935). Scully, Frank (ed.). Junior Fun in Bed: Making a Holiday of Convalescence. New York: Simon & Schuster. OCLC5859811.
Scully, Frank (1940). "The Beaut from Montana". In Gingrich, Arnold (ed.). The Bedside Esquire. New York: Tudor Publishing Company. OCLC706396.
Sper, Norman (1942). Norman Sper's Football Almanac [Eastern section, 1942]. Introduction by Frank Scully. New York: Greenberg, Inc. OCLC31249461.
Francis, Dale (1960). Kneeling in the Bean Patch. Forewords by Frank Scully. New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons. OCLC3026310.
Walker, Gerald, ed. (1963). My Most Memorable Christmas. A Pocket Book special, 10021. Anecdote contributed by Frank Scully. New York: Pocket Books. OCLC4182787.
Scully, Frank (Writer (1964 U.S. version)) (1957). Une fée... pas comme les autres (Motion picture) (in French). France/Italy: Cine del Duco, Del Duca Films.[18]
^Scully, Frank (1972) [1943]. Rogues' Gallery: Profiles of my eminent contemporaries. Freeport: Books for Liberties Press. LCCN72004759. OCLC333722. OL5285843M.
^Severson, Thor (October 14, 1952). "Little Men Due Soon: Flying Saucer Landing Forecast". The Denver Post. Photograph by David Mathias. Denver, Colorado.
^Scully, Frank (12 October 1949). "One Flying Saucer Lands In New Mexico". Variety. New York.
^Scully, Frank (23 November 1949). "Flying Saucers Dismantled, Secrets May Be Lost". Variety. New York.
^Scully, Frank (1963). In Armour Bright: Cavalier Adventures of My Short Life Out of Bed. Introduction by Jack Paar (1st ed.). Philadelphia: Chilton Books. OCLC1393335.
