1. Jim Marrs later became the newspaper's military and aerospace writer and an investigative reporter.
12 Facts About Jim Marrs
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Jim Marrs served as communications director for the First Bank and Trust of Springtown from 1985 to 1995.
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Jim Marrs appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN, The Discovery Channel, TLC, The History Channel, Alex Jones Show, This Morning America, Geraldo, The Montel Williams Show, Today, TechTV, Larry King, Coast to Coast AM radio programs, as well as numerous national and regional radio and TV shows.
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Jim Marrs added a UFO course in 2000 before retiring from teaching in 2007.
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From 1992 to 1995, Jim Marrs researched and completed a non-fiction book on a top-secret government program called the Stargate Project involving the psychic phenomenon known as remote viewing, only to have the program canceled as the book was going to press in the summer of 1995.
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Jim Marrs was a featured speaker at a number of national conferences including the annual International UFO Congress and the annual Gulf Breeze UFO Conference, but he spoke at local conferences, such as Conspiracy Con and The Bay Area UFO Expo.
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In October 2011, Jim Marrs started his own radio program, The View from Jim Marrs, on the Jeff Rense Radio network.
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Jim Marrs usually held a book signing at Brave New Books in Austin, Texas at least once a year.
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Jim Marrs's avocations included American Civil War reenactment, collecting Civil War memorabilia and researching the history of World War II.
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Jim Marrs didn't believe we should be in a war unless you were defending your home.
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In June 2017, additional announcements were made about health issues Jim Marrs was experiencing, including being on kidney dialysis at home, and problems with his remaining good eye.
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Jim Marrs died on August 2,2017, from a heart attack at age 73.