UFO Magazine (UK)
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UFO Magazine was a British magazine devoted to the subject of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and extraterrestrial life. It was founded in 1981 by brothers Graham and Mark Birdsall of Leeds, Yorkshire. The magazine was one of the success stories of ufology, with an international reputation for quality and a peak circulation of 35,000. Much of this success can be attributed to Editor-in-Chief Graham Birdsall, who was a man of great energy and passion for the subject, but lacking the gullibility and wishful-thinking characteristic of many ufologists. Under his guidance, UFO Magazine struck a happy medium between the extremes of debunking skepticism and uncritical belief.
Tragically, Graham Birdsall died from a brain haemorrhage at the age of 49 in September 2003, leaving a wife and three daughters [1]. The editor's job was taken over for a few months by Graham's son-in-law Russel Callaghan, but UFO Magazine eventually ceased publication in March 2004.
The void left by UFO Magazine has been filled to some extent by the newly produced UFO Data magazine referred to as the 'UFO Data Report' [2] and Gary Heseltine's UFO Monthly Magazine. [3]
[edit] See also
- List of magazines of anomalous phenomena
- UFO Magazine (US version)
