Nick Redfern

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Nick Redfern
Nick Redfern at Alien Snowfest 2019 (cropped).jpg
Redfern at Alien Snowfest 2019 in Big Bear Lake
Born1964 (age 56–57)
Pelsall, Walsall, England
OccupationAuthor
Journalist
Cryptozoologist
Ufologist
Conspiracy theorist
Websitenickredfernfortean.blogspot.com

Nicholas Redfern (born 1964) is a British best-selling author, journalist, cryptozoologist and ufologist.[1][2]

Redfern is an active advocate of official government disclosure of UFO information, and has worked to uncover thousands of pages of previously classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) dating from the Second World War from the Public Record Office[1][3][4] and currently[when?] works as a feature writer and contributing editor for Phenomena magazine.[5]

His 2005 book, Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story, purports to show that the Roswell crash may have been military aircraft tests using Japanese POWs, suffering from progeria or radiation effects.[6][7]

Biography[]

Redfern attended Pelsall Comprehensive School in Pelsall from 1976 to 1981.[citation needed] He also worked at Dixons paint suppliers with another Ufologist Martin Lenton.[citation needed]

Redfern joined a rock music and fashion magazine Zero in 1981, where he trained in journalism, writing, magazine production and photography, later going on to write freelance articles on UFOs during the mid-1980s.[citation needed]

From 1984 until 2001 he worked as a freelance feature writer for the Daily Express, People, Western Daily Press and Express & Star newspapers, as well as a full-time feature writer for Planet on Sunday.[citation needed] Between 1996 and 2001 he worked as a freelance journalist for the British newsstand magazines The Weekender, Animals, Animals, Animals, Pet Reptile, Military Illustrated, Eye-Spy, The Unopened Files and The X-Factor.[citation needed]

Between 1996 and 2000 Redfern signed a three-book publishing deal with Simon & Schuster of London for the publication of A Covert Agenda: The British Government’s UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1997), The FBI Files: The FBI’s UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1998) and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story of the UFOs That Fell to Earth (1999).[citation needed] These books were published in the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia, Poland, Australia, New Zealand and Portugal.[citation needed]

In 2003 Paraview-Pocket Books New York published Redfern's book Strange Secrets: Real Government Files on the Unknown in May of that year.[citation needed] And, in March 2004 Paraview-Pocket Books, New York, published his book Three Men Seeking Monsters: Six Weeks in Pursuit of Werewolves, Lake Monsters, Giant Cats, Ghostly Devil Dogs, and Ape-Men.[citation needed] This book tells the story of his relationship with Jonathan Downes and Richard Freeman of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, and has been optioned by Universal Studios[8][9] though as of 2021 it has not been released. Redfern has run the U.S. branch of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 2002.[5]

Redfern works on the lecture circuit, both in the UK and overseas, and has appeared in internationally syndicated shows discussing the UFO phenomenon.[3] Redfern is a regular on the History Channel programs Monster Quest and UFO Hunters, National Geographic Channels's and the Syfy channel's Proof Positive, as well as appearing in an episode in the third season of Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, titled "Ghost Busters".[5][10][11] He has also appeared on a variety of television programmes in the United Kingdom, including The Big Breakfast, Channel 5 News, and GMTV.[citation needed]

He has been identified as a member of an informal group of friends often called others as the "Paranormal Rat Pack" and "The Cabal"; other members are filmmaker Paul Kimball, and authors Greg Bishop, and the late Mac Tonnies.[12][13]

Bibliography[]

  • A Covert Agenda: The British Government's UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1997) by Nick Redfern – ISBN 1-931044-70-8
  • The F.B.I. Files (1998) by Nick Redfern – ISBN 0-684-86834-2
  • Cosmic Crashes (1999) by Nick Redfern – ISBN 0-671-03306-9[14]
  • Strange Secrets (2003) by Nick Redfern and – ISBN 0-7434-6976-3
  • Three Men Seeking Monsters (2004) by Nick Redfern – ISBN 0-7434-8254-9
  • Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story (2005) by Nick Redfern – ISBN 0-7434-9753-8
  • On The Trail of the Saucer Spies (2006) by Nick Redfern – ISBN 1-933665-10-6
  • Celebrity Secrets: Official Government Files on the Rich and Famous (2007) by Nick Redfern – ISBN 1-4165-2866-0[15][16]
  • Man-Monkey – In Search of the British Bigfoot (2007) by Nick Redfern – ISBN 1-905723-16-4
  • Memoirs of a Monster Hunter: A Five-Year Journey in Search of the Unknown (2007) by Nick Redfern – ISBN 1-56414-976-5
  • The NASA Conspiracies (2011) by Nick Redfern – ISBN 1-60163-149-9[5]
  • The Real Men in Black (2011) by Nick Redfern – ISBN 1-60163157-X
  • The Zombie Book: Encyclopedia of the Living Dead (2014) – ISBN 1-57859504-5

In a 2002 interview, Redfern stated that "Andy Roberts and I have a book coming out next year on an alleged UFO crash incident in Wales in 1974."[17] This relates to the Berwyn Mountain UFO incident.

See also[]

  • Rendlesham Forest Incident

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "There's more to what's seen in the sky than first meets the eye!". Express & Echo. 10 August 2000. p. 20.
  2. ^ Roger Tavener (15 June 2001). "The X-Files; Jetliners' 30 near misses with UFOs". Western Daily Press.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Expert insight into UFOs". Recreation. Gloucestershire Echo. 21 August 1998. p. 5.
  4. ^ "The Weird and the Wonderful: New Yorkers take yoga to the dogs". The Nation. 8 June 2003.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Author Nick Redfern seeks to twist NASA missions to moon, Mars; unravels UFO files". International Business Times News. 26 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Ancient of Days Conference, The Disclosure Debate, Roswell NM". YouTube. 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  7. ^ Redfern, Nick (2014). Body snatchers in the desert : the horrible truth at the heart of the roswell story. New York: Pocket Books. ISBN 978-1-4165-1016-1. OCLC 893101680. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  8. ^ Kit, Borys (8 March 2007). "Universal on trail of "Monsters" with trio". Reuters. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  9. ^ Renner, Brian D. "Everything You Need to Know About Three Men Seeking Monsters Movie (Development): Aug. 1, 2010 - changed the production status to Development". Movie Insider. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Nick Redfern". Coast to Coast AM. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  11. ^ TV.com. "Penn & Teller: Bullshit!: Ghost Busters". TV.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  12. ^ Sobin, Dia (2011). "On The Trail of the Paranormal Rat Pack". Post-Mac Blues. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Radio Misterioso | In-depth conversations on the paranormal alternating with weird music. Occasionally live on Sundays 6-8 or 8-10 PM Pacific". Radio Misterioso. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  14. ^ Jason Lamport (22 October 1999). "How Alien's My Valley?; Farmer Claims He Saw UFO". The Mirror. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2019 – via paradigmresearchgroup.org. Details were uncovered by expert Mr Redfern after years of research and are published in his book Cosmic Crashes.
  15. ^ Dave Itzkoff (9 September 2007). "Pop Culture Chronicle". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  16. ^ Redfern, Nicholas (2007). Celebrity secrets : government files on the rich and famous. New York: Paraview Pocket Books. ISBN 978-1-4165-2866-1. OCLC 85481376. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  17. ^ Thomas, Kenn (24 April 2003). "Strange Secrets: An Interview With Author Nick Redfern". Steam Shovel Press. Archived from the original on 24 April 2003.

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