Minor Celebrity
In 1956, Nelson published a pamphlet, My Trip to Mars, the Moon and Venus, and became something of a celebrity in the Ozarks. He held a successful annual Spacecraft Convention near his farm for about a decade, where he sold his pamphlet, and pay envelopes containing a small amounts of black hair, which he claimed had fallen off the large dog called "Bo".
Nelson died in 1982. An unconfirmed account states he spent his declining years with relatives in California. His story achieved a notable degree of popularity. But not that of other contactees such as George Adamski or Daniel Fry.
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