During the 1930s, Edwards continued his career in radio, but also worked a variety of other jobs, including a stint as a professional golfer.

After WWII, the Mutual Broadcasting System hired Edwards to host a nationwide news and opinion program sponsored by the American Federation of Labor.

In 1948, Edwards received an advance copy of "Flying Saucers Are Real," a magazine article written by retired U.S. Marine Corps Major Donald E. Keyhoe.

Though already interested in the UFO reports that had earned widespread publicity since 1947, Edwards was captivated by Keyhoe's claims that the US military knew the saucers were actually extraterrestrial spaceships.

[3] His book "Strange People" recalls a television interview that was videotaped on October 3, 1961, with psychic Peter Hurkos.

It is one of the myths of ufology that Edwards died on June 24, 1967, exactly 20 years after Kenneth Arnold's famous first "flying saucer" sighting.