Kent Walton 1939, he joined the Royal Air Force, serving in Bomber Command as a radio operator and front gunner. He acquired his accent mixing with Canadian airmen. After the end of the war he returned to acting before commentating on tennis and football. He made his television wrestling commentary debut on the ITV network in November 1955, a job he kept for 33 years. At its peak in the 1970s, ITV's wrestling coverage, on "World of Sport", could command up to 12 million between the football half-time and full-time results (4–4.40pm) on Saturdays. Although fans of ITV's wrestling coverage reportedly included
Travis Walton UFO incident concluding that "one of those instant celebrities was Travis Walton." In 1978, Walton wrote the book "The Walton Experience" detailing his claims, which became the basis for the 1993 film "Fire in the Sky". Paramount Pictures decided Walton’s account was "too fuzzy and too similar to other televised close encounters," so they ordered screenwriter Tracy Tormé to write a "flashier, more provocative" abduction story. Walton has occasionally appeared at UFO conventions or on television. He sponsors his own UFO conference in Arizona, called the "Skyfire Summit." Thirty years after the book's release, Walton appeared on the Fox game show "The