William J. Birnes
| William J. Birnes | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 7, 1944 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | New York University, Concord University |
| Occupation | Author, Editor, Publisher |
| Known for |
UFO Hunters UFO Magazine |
William J. "Bill" Birnes (born November 7, 1944) is an American author and ufologist.[1] A graduate of New York University, he holds a Ph.D in medieval literature (with a dissertation on Piers Plowman) from the same institution (1974) and later earned a J.D. degree from Concord Law School.[2]
Background
Birnes served as a Lily Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and taught literature and linguistics at Trenton State College.[3]
UFOlogy
Birnes believes that earth has been visited by many different types of extraterrestrials, and that pictures taken by NASA have been airbrushed to remove any evidence of alien activity.[1] Birnes speculates that NASA may have taken missions to the moon after Apollo 17, but these missions were kept secret from the public due to alien interference and new-found extraterrestrial artifacts. Birnes claims that NASA made three additional trips to the moon; Apollo 18, Apollo 19, and Apollo 20. Additionally, he claims that the Apollo 13 incident was actually an extraterrestrial attack meant to scare humans away from landing on the moon.[4]
Birnes’s credibility was called into question when a UFO sighting featured on the show UFO Hunters was later recognized as a hoax designed to be a social experiment.[5]
Media
As a writer of popular nonfiction, he co-authored The Riverman with detective/academic Robert D. Keppel (1995), an account of serial killer Ted Bundy's involvement in the apprehension of Green River Killer Gary Ridgway. The book was adapted into a made-for-TV film (2004) on A&E. As a UFOlogist, Birnes collaborated with Philip J. Corso, on The Day After Roswell(1998), appeared on the History Channel's television documentary series: UFO Files (2004-2007), Ancient Aliens (2009-2013), NASA's Unexplained Files and I Know What I Saw. He starred in UFO Hunters (2008-2009) as leader of an investigative team of fellow ufologists,[6] and later wrote a book by the same name documenting his experiences on the show.[7] Birnes has repeatedly appeared as a guest on the late night radio talk-show Coast to Coast AM to discuss UFOs.[3]
Bibliography
- The Day After Roswell (1998) with Philip J. Corso ISBN 0-671-00461-1
- Star Trek Cookbook (1999) with Ethan Phillips
- Unsolved UFO Mysteries (2000) with Harold Burt
- The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia (2004)
- Space Wars: The First Six Hours of World War III (2007) with William B. Scott, Michael J. Coumatos ISBN 0-7653-1087-2
- Worker in the Light: Unlock Your Five Senses And Liberate Your Limitless Potential (2008) with George Noory
- Serial Violence: Analysis of Modus Operandi and Signature Characteristics of Killers (2008) with Robert D. Keppel
- The Haunting of America: From the Salem Witch Trials to Harry Houdini (2009) with Joel Martin & George Noory
- Journey to the Light: Find Your Spiritual Self and Enter Into a World of Infinite Opportunity (2009) with George Noory
- Counterspace: The Next Hours of World War III (2009) with William B. Scott & Michael J. Coumatos
- UFO Hunters (2009)
- George Noory's Late-Night Snacks: Winning Recipes for Late-Night Radio Listening (2013) with George Noory
- The Haunting of Twenty-First-Century America (2013) with Joel Martin
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bill Birnes Talks Aliens and Apollo 18
- ↑ Keppel, Robert D., Birnes, William J.. Academic Press, 2003, p. xii.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 William J. Birnes Coast to Coast Guest
- ↑ Bill Birnes on Apollo 18
- ↑ Hoax Was a Social Experiment
- ↑ UFO Hunters
- ↑ UFO Hunters- Macmillian
External links
- William J. Birnes at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- William J. Birnes at the Internet Movie Database
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