Francis Joseph Xavier Scully; (April 28, 1892 – June 23, 1964)[2][5] was an American journalist, author, humorist, and a regular columnist for the entertainment trade magazine Variety.

Scully studied journalism at Columbia University, was on the reporting staff at The New York Sun and was a contributor to Variety.

[8] Scully received screenwriting credit for the American version of the film Une fée... pas comme les autres (The Secret of Magic Island).

[9] Scully publicized the Aztec, New Mexico UFO hoax when, in 1949, he wrote two columns in Variety claiming that dead extraterrestrial beings were recovered from a flying saucer crash.

[14] Scully's 1963 book, In Armour Bright, also included material about alleged flying saucer crashes and dead extraterrestrials.