Paul Blake Smith was born and raised in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where in April 1941 his
grandfather was a judge and his father a schoolboy. Paul was a four-year Mass Communications
Major & English Minor at Southeast Missouri State University. He has written six published
books, including the recent best-seller “President Eisenhower’s Close Encounters” (in 2020).

Paul Blake Smith is the sole author of “The Nixon-Gleason Alien Encounter.” Just as he was
with “President Eisenhower’s Close Encounters,” both from www.foundationsbooks.net. The first
one was a best-seller with over 130 positive reviews from www.amazon.com (four-and-a-half stars out
of five) and now both have earned an audio-book deal, via www.tantor.com.
Paul previously authored the popular nonfiction books “MO41, The Bombshell Before
Roswell: The Case for a Missouri 1941 UFO Crash” and “3 Presidents, 2 Accidents: More MO41
UFO Crash Data and Surprises,” released at opposite ends of 2016 by www.a-argusbooks.com. This
is Paul’s fifth nonfiction UFO book and his seventh book overall.
A fan of history, sports, and the
paranormal, Paul spends his days writing mostly nonfiction books, and can be found on the internet
through his website www.mo41.info, He’s on Facebook, Linked-In, Twitter, and Pinterest, plus the two
publishing websites listed herein.