Nick Redfern

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Paranormal Researcher

Biography

Name:	Nicholas Redfern
Born:	1964 Pelsall, Walsall
Resume

Field:	Journalist
Paranormal Area:	Ufologist

Nicholas "Nick" Redfern (born 1964 in Pelsall, Walsall, West Midlands) is a British Ufologists now living in Dallas, Texas, USA.

His is an active advocate of official disclosure, and has worked to uncovered thousands of pages of previously-classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence files on UFOs dating from the Second World War from the Public Record Office and currently works as a feature writer and contributing editor for Phenomena magazine.

1 Biography
2 Criticisms
3 Written Works
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Redfern attended Pelsall Comprehensive School in Pelsall from 1976 and 1981 before moving on to Walsall 6th Form College, which he attended from 1981 to 1983.

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

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 Planet on Sunday. Between 1996 and 2001 he worked as a freelance journalist for the following newsstand magazines in Britain: The Weekender (a monthly, newsstand magazine on lifestyle, fashion, news, and the world of entertainment); Animals, Animals, Animals (a monthly, newsstand magazine for children on the animal kingdom); Pet Reptile (a monthly, newsstand magazine for reptile enthusiasts); Military Illustrated (a monthly, Anglo-American newsstand publication on military history); Eye-Spy (a monthly, Anglo-American newsstand publication on the world of espionage); The Unopened Files (a bi-monthly, newsstand magazine on espionage); The X-Factor (a biweekly, newsstand publication on unsolved mysteries).

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, in 1997; The FBI Files: The FBI’s UFO Top Secrets Exposed, in 1998; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story of the UFOs That Fell to Earth, in 2000. These books were published in the UK, Canada, Russia, Poland, Australia, New Zealand and Portugal.

In 2003 Paraview-Pocket Books, New York published Nick Redfern’s book Strange Secrets: Real Government Files on the Unknown in May of that year. And, in March of 2004 Paraview-Pocket Books, New York, publish his book Three Men Seeking Monsters: Six Weeks in Pursuit of Werewolves, Lake Monsters, Giant Cats, Ghostly Devil Dogs, and Ape-Men.

He has appeared on a wide variety of television programmes in the UK (including The Big Breakfast; Channel 5 News; and GMTV) and abroad and is in constant demand on the lecture circuit both in his home country and overseas and has appeared in internationally televised shows regarding UFO's [1]

he writes a monthly column on UFOs for the website Destination Space. He also co-writes a bi-weekly column for the website UFO City. In addition, Redfern has a monthly, 3-hour link-up with the Jeff Rense Sightings radio show in the USA to discuss the latest UFO news from the UK. And last but not least, you can now follow Nick daily at his blog UFOmystic.com.

Redfern is married to a Texan named Dana.

[edit] Criticisms

However, his investigative research has been criticised by other highly regarded UFOlogists such as Nick Pope. Pope cites Redfern's investigations into old reports without consulting skeptics and ignoring convincing natural explanations for such events. [2] His friend and co-author, Andy J. Roberts, is another of his critics. [3] [also see 'Other Article' under the Andy J. Roberts page to cite this.]

[edit] Written Works

Redfern authored several best-selling books on UFOs including: The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed; and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story Of The UFOs That Fell To Earth.

Cosmic Crashes by Nick Redfern - ISBN 0-671-03306-9
A Covert Agenda: The British Government's UFO Top Secrets Exposed by Nick Redfern - ISBN 1-931044-70-8
Strange Secrets by Nick Redfern and Andy J. Roberts - ISBN 0-7434-6976-3
Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story by Nick Redfern - ISBN 0-7434-9753-8
The F.B.I. Files by Nick Redfern - ISBN 0-684-86834-2
Three Men Seeking Monsters by Nick Redfern - ISBN 0-7434-8254-9
On The Trail Of The Saucer Spies by Nick Redfern - ISBN 1-933665-10-6

According to an interview with Nick Redfern [4], Redfern states that "Andy Roberts and I have a book coming out next year on an alleged UFO crash incident in Wales in 1974." This relates to the Berwyn Mountain Incident.