Philip Coppens
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Philip Coppens (January 25, 1971-) started his career as an investigative journalist, with specialist subject the world of politics and intelligence agencies. As a result, material uncovered on the life of President John F. Kennedy’s alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was used by a US government enquiry in 1994.[1] In 1995, he established Frontier Magazine (formerly Frontier 2000) together with Herman Hegge, a newsstand magazine in the Netherlands and Belgium, creating a series of scoops such as confirmation of the existence of pyramids in China.[2] These and other often groundbreaking articles have resulted in a series of articles appearing in various magazines, both in the UK (Fortean Times, Nexus) and abroad, as well as appearances on radio and television (Belgium's Kanaal 2, Voyager (RaiDue - Italy), Swiss International Radio, Dreamland Radio, The X-Zone (Talkstar Radio), etc.). Since 1995, Frontier Sciences Foundation has grown to incorporate, amongst others, Frontier Bookshop and Frontier Publishing.
In 1999, he was the principal researcher for Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince’s The Stargate Conspiracy, which investigated current politician’s apparent obsession with ancient Egypt. He is the author of The Stone Puzzle of Rosslyn Chapel (2002), on the enigmatic Scottish chapel and its relationship with freemasonry and the Knights Templar, and The Canopus Revelation (2004), on the lore of the star Canopus in ancient cultures. He has edited Saunière’s Model and the Secret of Rennes-le-Château (2001), by André Douzet, detailing the existence of a scale model of an enigmatic landscape that might unveil the true secret of the enigmatic priest. Together, they have written The Secret Vault (2006), on the existence of an underground complex in Notre-Dame-de-Marceille, first discovered by Jos Bertaulet, a friend of Philip until Jos’ death in 1995. He is president of the English branch of the Société Perillos.
He is the author of three Dutch-language books. One was published in 1994, on the megalithic civilisation of Western Europe, a synopsis of which was worked into a German 1996 publication (Sind wir allein? – Ulrich Dopatka, editor). In 2004, he wrote De Da Vinci Code Ontcijferd, a high-level introduction to the mysteries incorporated in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. 2005 saw the publication of De Stenen Puzzel van Rosslyn Chapel, the Dutch edition of the Rosslyn book, which also has an Italian edition (2005).
He lives in North Berwick.
