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Nick Redfern

{{Short description|British journalist (born 1964)}}

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| birth_place = Pelsall, Walsall, England

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| occupation = Author
Journalist
Cryptozoologist
Ufologist
Conspiracy theorist

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| website = {{url|http://nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com}}

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Nicholas Redfern (born 1964) is a British author of books on unidentified flying objects, cryptozoology, conspiracy theories and similar subjects. {{cite news|page=20|title = There's more to what's seen in the sky than first meets the eye!|publisher = Express & Echo|date = 10 August 2000}}{{cite news|author = Roger Tavener|title = The X-Files; Jetliners' 30 near misses with UFOs|publisher = Western Daily Press|date = 15 June 2001}} Several of his books have been best-sellers.

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{{cite news|date=21 August 1998|title=Expert insight into UFOs|page=5|publisher=Gloucestershire Echo|department=Recreation}}{{cite news|date=8 June 2003|title=The Weird and the Wonderful: New Yorkers take yoga to the dogs|publisher=The Nation}} and currently{{When|date=January 2014}} works as a feature writer and contributing editor for Phenomena magazine.

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.{{cite web | title =Ancient of Days Conference, The Disclosure Debate, Roswell NM | publisher =YouTube | year =2011 | url =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27sIM1W_Lnw | access-date =2014-02-11 | archive-date =10 January 2017 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170110063011/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27sIM1W_Lnw | url-status =live }}{{Cite book|last=Redfern|first=Nick|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/893101680|title=Body snatchers in the desert : the horrible truth at the heart of the roswell story|date=2014|publisher=Pocket Books|isbn=978-1-4165-1016-1|location=New York|oclc=893101680|access-date=5 July 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705070528/https://www.worldcat.org/title/body-snatchers-in-the-desert-the-horrible-truth-at-the-heart-of-the-roswell-story/oclc/893101680|url-status=live}}

Biography

Redfern attended Pelsall Comprehensive School in Pelsall from 1976 to 1981.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} He also worked at Dixons paint suppliers with another Ufologist Martin Lenton.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

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|date=July 2021}}

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|date=July 2021}} 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|date=July 2021}}

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|date=July 2021}} These books were published in the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia, Poland, Australia, New Zealand and Portugal.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

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|date=July 2021}} 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|date=July 2021}} 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{{Cite news|last=Kit|first=Borys|date=2007-03-08|title=Universal on trail of "Monsters" with trio|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/film-monsters-dc-idUSN0827461420070308|access-date=2021-07-05|archive-date=20 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220201059/https://www.reuters.com/article/film-monsters-dc-idUSN0827461420070308|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Renner|first=Brian D.|title=Everything You Need to Know About Three Men Seeking Monsters Movie (Development): Aug. 1, 2010 - changed the production status to Development|url=https://www.movieinsider.com/m4006/three-men-seeking-monsters|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Movie Insider|language=en|archive-date=20 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120182255/http://www.movieinsider.com/m4006/three-men-seeking-monsters/|url-status=live}} though as of 2021 it has not been released. Redfern has run the U.S. branch of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 2002.

Redfern works on the lecture circuit, both in the UK and overseas, and has appeared in internationally syndicated shows discussing the UFO phenomenon. Redfern is a regular on the History Channel programs Monster Quest and UFO Hunters, National Geographic Channels's Paranormal 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".{{cite web|url=https://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/redfern-nick/6259|title=Nick Redfern|website=Coast to Coast AM|access-date=5 May 2019|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505191709/https://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/redfern-nick/6259|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/penn-teller-bullshit/ghost-busters-424637/|title=Penn & Teller: Bullshit!: Ghost Busters|last=TV.com|website=TV.com|access-date=5 May 2019|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507100730/http://www.tv.com/shows/penn-teller-bullshit/ghost-busters-424637/|url-status=live}} 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|date=July 2021}}

He has been identified as a member of an informal group of friends sometimes called the "Paranormal Rat Pack" and "The Cabal"; other members are filmmaker Paul Kimball, and author Greg Bishop; Mac Tonnies was also a member.{{cite web | last =Sobin | first =Dia | title =On The Trail of the Paranormal Rat Pack | publisher =Post-Mac Blues | year =2011 | url =http://araqinta.blogspot.ca/2011/01/on-trail-of-paranormal-rat-pack.html | access-date =2013-08-27 | archive-date =4 November 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131104081419/http://araqinta.blogspot.ca/2011/01/on-trail-of-paranormal-rat-pack.html | url-status =live }}{{Cite web|title=Radio Misterioso {{!}} In-depth conversations on the paranormal alternating with weird music. Occasionally live on Sundays 6-8 or 8-10 PM Pacific.|url=http://radiomisterioso.com/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Radio Misterioso|language=en-US|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523093118/http://radiomisterioso.com/|url-status=live}}

''Body Snatchers in the Desert'' (2005)

In 2005, Nicholas Redfern authored Body Snatchers in the Desert : The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story,{{cite book |last=Redfern |first=Nick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYic0WQY3DcC |title=Body Snatchers in the Desert : the Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story |date=2014 |publisher=Pocket Books |isbn=978-1-4165-1016-1 |location=New York |oclc=893101680}} a book that suggests the Roswell crash may have been the result of a top secret high-altitude balloon test. According to Redfern's narrative, the test used deformed Japanese POWs acquired after a battle in 1945 on a small island in the Pacific.{{Cite book |last=Gulyas |date=2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0sW6BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT93 |title=The Chaos Conundrum: Essays on UFOs, Ghosts & Other High Strangeness in Our Non-Rational and Atemporal World |first=Aaron John |publisher=Andrews UK Limited |location=Luton, United Kingdom |isbn=9780991697588|page=112}} Redfern suggests the test was part of a program resulting from an import of Japanese scientists after the war in similar vein to Operation Paperclip. The Japanese scientists are alleged to have brought POWs with them to continue experimenting radiation, cosmic ray & high altitude effects on people, including people with progeria.{{cite book |last1=Clarke |first1=David |date=2015 |title=How UFOs Conquered the World: The History of a Modern Myth |publisher= Aurum Press Ltd |location=London |isbn=978-1781314722 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_R0CQAAQBAJ |author-link=David Clarke (journalist)|page=164}}

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}}{{cite news|author = Jason Lamport|title = How Alien's My Valley?; Farmer Claims He Saw UFO|quote = Details were uncovered by expert Mr Redfern after years of research and are published in his book Cosmic Crashes.|work = The Mirror|date = 22 October 1999|url = https://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/News_Items-3.htm#10-21-99%20M|via = paradigmresearchgroup.org|access-date = 5 May 2019|archive-date = 30 December 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181230130542/http://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/News_Items-3.htm#10-21-99%20M|url-status = live}}
  • Strange Secrets (2003) by Nick Redfern and Andy J. Roberts – {{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}}{{cite news|author=Dave Itzkoff|date=9 September 2007|title=Pop Culture Chronicle|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/books/review/Itzkoff-t.html|access-date=5 May 2019|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505192839/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/books/review/Itzkoff-t.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|last=Redfern|first=Nicholas|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85481376|title=Celebrity secrets : government files on the rich and famous|date=2007|publisher=Paraview Pocket Books|isbn=978-1-4165-2866-1|edition=|location=New York|oclc=85481376|access-date=5 July 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705070554/https://www.worldcat.org/title/celebrity-secrets-government-files-on-the-rich-and-famous/oclc/85481376|url-status=live}}
  • 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}}
  • THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WOODS: A Transatlantic Hunt for Monsters and the Mysterious (2008) {{ISBN|978-1933665320}}
  • Contactees: A History of Alien-Human Interaction (2009) by Nick Redfern – {{ISBN|978-1601630964}}
  • FINAL EVENTS and the Secret Government Group on Demonic UFOs and the Afterlife (2010) - {{ISBN|978-1933665481}}
  • The NASA Conspiracies (2011) by Nick Redfern – {{ISBN|1-60163-149-9}}{{cite news|title = Author Nick Redfern seeks to twist NASA missions to moon, Mars; unravels UFO files|publisher = International Business Times News|date = 26 November 2010}}
  • The Real Men in Black (2011) by Nick Redfern – {{ISBN|1-60163157-X}}
  • Keep Out!: Top Secret Places Governments Don’t Want You to Know About (2011) - {{ISBN|978-1601631848}}
  • The Pyramids and the Pentagon: The Government's Top Secret Pursuit of Mystical Relics, Ancient Astronauts, and Lost Civilizations (2012) - {{ISBN|978-1601632067}}
  • The World's Weirdest Places (2012) - {{ISBN|978-1601632371}}
  • Wildman! (2012) - {{ISBN|978-1-909488-04-5}}
  • Monster Files: A Look Inside Government Secrets and Classified Documents on Bizarre Creatures and Extraordinary Animals (2013) - {{ISBN|978-1601632630}}
  • The Most Mysterious Places on Earth (2013) - {{ISBN|978-1-4777-0681-7}}
  • For Nobody's Eyes Only: Missing Government Files and Hidden Archives That Document the Truth Behind the Most Enduring Conspiracy Theories (2013) - {{ISBN|978-1601632883}}
  • Close Encounters of the Fatal Kind: Suspicious Deaths, Mysterious Murders, and Bizarre Disappearances in UFO History (2014) - {{ISBN|978-1601633118}}
  • True Stories of the Real Men in Black (2014) - {{ISBN|978-1-4777-7837-1}}
  • The Zombie Book: Encyclopedia of the Living Dead (2014) by Nick Redfern and Brad Steiger – {{ISBN|978-1578595044}}
  • Secret History: Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order (2015) - {{ISBN|978-1578594795}}
  • The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti and Cryptid Primates (2015) - {{ISBN|978-1578595617}}
  • Bloodline of the Gods: Unravel the Mystery of the Human Blood Type to Reveal the Aliens Among Us (2015) - {{ISBN|978-1601633651}}
  • Men in Black: Personal Stories & Eerie Adventures (2015) - {{ISBN|978-0976498667}}
  • Woman In Black: The Creepy Companions of the Mysterious M.I.B. (2016) - {{ISBN|978-0996968683}}
  • Weapons of the Gods: How Ancient Alien Civilizations Almost Destroyed the Earth (2016) - {{ISBN|978-1632650382}}
  • The Monster Book: Creatures, Beasts and Fiends of Nature (The Real Unexplained! Collection) (2016) - {{ISBN|978-1578595754}}
  • Immortality of the Gods: Legends, Mysteries, and the Alien Connection to Eternal Life (2016) - {{ISBN|978-1632650757}}
  • Nessie: Exploring the Supernatural Origins of the Loch Ness Monster (2016) - {{ISBN|978-0-7387-4710-1}}
  • Secret Societies The Complete Guide to Histories, Rites, and Rituals (2017) - {{ISBN|978-1-57859-483-2}}
  • 365 Days of UFOs: A Year of Alien Encounters (2017) - {{ISBN|978-1945962011}}
  • The Roswell UFO Conspiracy: Exposing A Shocking And Sinister Secret (2017) - {{ISBN|978-1945962042}}
  • The New World Order Book (2017) - {{ISBN|978-1578596157}}
  • Shapeshifters: Morphing Monsters and Changing Cryptids (2017) - {{ISBN|978-0-7387-5203-7}}
  • The Slenderman Mysteries: An Internet Urban Legend Comes to Life (2018) - {{ISBN|978-1632651129}}
  • Control: MKUltra, Chemtrails and the Conspiracy to Suppress the Masses (2018) - {{ISBN|978-1578596386}}
  • The Black Diary: M.I.B, Women in Black, Black-Eyed Children, and Dangerous Books (2018) - {{ISBN|978-1945962110}}
  • Chupacabra Road Trip: One Man’s Hunt for Vampires (2018) - {{ISBN|978-1945962141}}
  • Paranormal Parasites: The Voracious Appetites of Soul-Sucking Supernatural Entities (2018) - {{ISBN|978-0738753553}}
  • Top Secret Alien Abduction Files: What the Government Doesn't Want You to Know (2018) - {{ISBN|978-1938875168}}
  • Area 51: The Revealing Truth of UFOs, Secret Aircraft, Cover-Ups & Conspiracies (The Real Unexplained! Collection) - {{ISBN|978-1-57859-672-0}}
  • Cover-Ups & Secrets: The Complete Guide to Government Conspiracies, Manipulations & Deceptions (2019) – {{ISBN|978-1578596799}}
  • Flying Saucers from the Kremlin: UFOs, Russian Meddling, Soviet Spies & Cold War Secrets (2019) - {{ISBN|978-1945962189}}
  • The Alien Book: A Guide To Extraterrestrial Beings On Earth (The Real Unexplained! Collection) (2020) - {{ISBN|978-1578596874}}
  • Assassinations: The Plots, Politics, and Powers behind History-Changing Murders (2020) - {{ISBN|978-1578596904}}
  • The Rendlesham Forest UFO Conspiracy: A Close Encounter Exposed as a Top Secret Government Experiment (2020) - {{ISBN|978-1945962288}}
  • Monsters of the Deep (The Real Unexplained! Collection) (2020) - {{ISBN|978-1578597055}}
  • The Martians: Evidence of Life on the Red Planet (2020) - {{ISBN|978-1632651761}}
  • Diary of Secrets: UFO Conspiracies and the Mysterious Death of Marilyn Monroe (2021) - {{ISBN|978-1945962363}}
  • Time Travel: The Science and Science Fiction (The Real Unexplained! Collection) (2021) - {{ISBN|978-1578597239}}
  • How Antigravity Built the Pyramids: The Mysterious Technology of Ancient Superstructures (2022) - {{ISBN|978-1637480021}}
  • Runaway Science: True Stories of Raging Robots and Hi-Tech Horrors (The Real Unexplained! Collection) (2023) - {{ISBN|978-1578598014}}
  • Mothman & Other Flying Monsters: Nuclear Nightmares & Armageddon (2023) - {{ISBN|978-1945962561}}
  • Werewolf Stories: Shape-Shifters, Lycanthropes, and Man-Beasts (The Real Unexplained! Collection) (2023) - {{ISBN|978-1578597666}}

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."{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Kenn|date=2003-04-24|title=Strange Secrets: An Interview With Author Nick Redfern|url=http://www.steamshovelpress.com/latestword14.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030424170417/http://www.steamshovelpress.com/latestword14.html|archive-date=24 April 2003|access-date=|website=Steam Shovel Press}} This relates to the Berwyn Mountain UFO incident.

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com/ nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com], Redfern's main blog as of 2012
  • [http://www.myspace.com/nickredfern/ Nick Redfern's MySpace page]
  • [http://monsterusa.blogspot.com/ Nick Redfern's "There's Something in the Woods..."], his cryptozoology blog
  • [http://nickcelebritysecrets.blogspot.com/ Nick Redfern's Celebrity Secrets]

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