A Radical Decision

I have come to what some might consider a radical decision! As you may know, I have so many blogs right now that it's sometimes hard to keep track of what's going on and where. So, I am bringing all my current blogs to a halt. I'm not deleting them. But, I am folding them as of today. In their place, I have set up a new blog titled Nick Redfern's Fortean World. Yeah, I know: it's hardly the most original or imaginative title, but it is accurate and to the point! So, from now on, while all my existing blogs will remain archived, here's the address for the new blog, Nick Redfern's Fortean World. As you'll see, the design and style has not been completed yet, and there's no content yet either. But, bear with me, and over the next few days you'll see it start to develop its life and character!

Saucer-Spying: The Latest

For those who want to know where my current research stands on the issue of how and why government, military and intelligence agencies secretly spy on elements of the UFO research community, here's the latest news...

Saucer Spying in Paranormal

The new issue of Britain's Paranormal Magazine (Nov. 2009) includes a very interesting article from UFO researcher and writer Nigel Watson titled UFO Outlaws. As is the case with my On the Trail of the Saucer Spies book, Nigel's article focuses on the way in which certain elements of the official world have secretly spied on players within the UFO community.

Nigel relates the details of his own experience with Britain's Police Force - and specifically Special Branch and CID; as well as the well-known case of 1990s UFO-hacker, Matthew Bevan; Octopus researcher Danny Casolaro; and several others.

Check it out!

Saucers, Secrets & Surveillance

Back in 1991, legendary collector of crashed UFO stories, Leonard Stringfield, published in one of his many “Status Reports” the account of one “S.M. Brannigan,” a former U.S. military source who claimed knowledge of an alleged UFO crash somewhere in the vicinity of the Cannock Chase woods (see photo) and the town of Penkridge, Staffordshire, England.

For years, the case (like so many others!) languished in obscurity. But, in 1996, Irene Bott, then the President of the now-defunct Staffordshire UFO Group, was contacted by a local, elderly man who claimed deep knowledge of the event.

So, on a cold, windy and wet morning in December of that year, me and Irene headed out to his home and were told a strange and intriguing story of a crashed UFO, a high-level military and police cover-up, and of what may have been deep surveillance of the witness himself - and maybe even of me and Irene, too.

It was a truly strange and surreal interview, and one which I have never forgot.

And, although for me the interview was a one-off (the overall investigation was very much that of the Staffordshire UFO Group), I’m very pleased to be able to state that a guy local to the area has started his own, deep investigation of the case.

Here’s the link to the blog, which is regularly updated as and when Stephen - the investigator - has new data to report on.

It’s one of those odd cases that is as potentially significant as it is extremely weird and frustratingly elusive and unresolved.

And, for those who may want to learn about the role of me and Irene in this story - which is truly worthy of an episode of The X-Files - you can do so within the pages of my book, On the Trail of the Saucer Spies.

Secret Reviews...

Over at Alien Seeker News, you can find a new article from me which details one example of how the official world keeps a close watch on the written output of the UFO research community.

MIB Lecture

If you happen to be in San Antonio, Texas this coming Tuesday, I'll be lecturing for the Mutual UFO Network about those definitive saucer-spies: the Men In Black.

MIB Lecture

In October of this year, I gave a presentation at the annual Boston-based Mass UFO Show on those ultimate Saucer-Spies: the Men in Black. Most of the data presented in my lecture was extracted from my On the Trail of the Saucer Spies book, and a segment from my lecture can now be found online at You Tube.