Albert K. Bender
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Albert K. Bender June 16, 1921 Duryea, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 29, 2016 (aged 94) Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Author, Ufologist |
| Organization | International Flying Saucer Bureau |
| Spouse(s) | Betty Rose |
Albert K. Bender (June 16, 1921 – March 29, 2016) author of the 1962 nonfiction book Flying Saucers and the Three Men, was one of the most influential UFOlogists of the 1950s/'60s. He was an American citizen who served in the United States Air Force during World War II. He was obsessed with the UFO phenomenon and became a UFO researcher, founding the International Flying Saucers Bureau. In 1965 he founded the Max Steiner Music Society.
Albert Bender was born on June 16, 1921 in Duryea, Pennsylvania. He attended high school in West Pittston, Pennsylvania. Bender was even featured in a newspaper article when he was 18 for writing to people all over the world. He wrote letters to correspondents in various countries including Peru, England, Romania and Japan. These letters were up to 20 pages long. His goal was to collect things from different countries, like coins or sand, through writing his correspondences. During high school he was also part of the American Youth League and was elected the Jr. Vice President in January 1941 and was also elected national treasure in October of that same year.
He visited Ottawa, Canada for one week in August 1941. He moved from Pennsylvania around 1944. To express his thoughts, he kept a journal and wrote spook plays. Bender was Protestant.Bender enrolled in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II in 1942. He was stationed at Fort George G. Meade as a dental technician and later transferred to Langley, Virginia. He worked there as a clerk for the Dental Center. He also became was an editor for an Army newspaper in Langely. He later went to Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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