Talk:Martin Caidin
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- The page says Martin Caidin is also known for having restored the only and last surviving Junkers 52 aircraft to flying condition.. When you go to the Junkers 52 page it says there are eight such planes. Which is right ? Hektor 00:54, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "This Ain't Fiction"
Has anyone read his article "This Ain't Fiction"? It was published in New Destinies. He made claims about some research in telekinesis. He seemed quite serious but I haven't seen anything else about it. Anyone know, was it debunked, did it not pan out? (Or maybe that's what they want you to think ;) Tualha (Talk) 07:35, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "The Rest of the Story"
Marty Caidin (he went by "Martin Strasser Caidin" the last several years of his life) had a large and devoted following but he was not held in high regard by serious historians. Samurai is riddled with factual errors, including people who never existed, and Sakai stated more than once that he never received any royalties from Caidin. It's a measure of Sakai's stature that he considered the friends he made in America more than worth whatever finances he lost.
Caidin's worst book undoubtedly was The Mission, a demonstrably bogus account of the 1942 B-26 mission with then-Congressman Lyndon Johnson. Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Caro somehow accepted the account at face value when it had long been debunked in aviation circles.
Caidin also committed plagiarism in extracting at least one article from a naval aviation magazine and inserting it in one of his books. When confronted by the editor, MSC realized he'd been caught legally vulnerable and hastened to make friends. He got off far too lightly for so serious an offense, having to pledge that he would not steal other material.
The article should mention Caidin's best book: Thunderbolt with Robert S. Johnson.
