Welcome to my website
I am course leader and senior lecturer in journalism at Sheffield Hallam University where I teach media law and investigation skills. Prior to teaching journalism skills I worked as a news reporter for The Sheffield Star and Yorkshire Post and spent four years working as a Press Officer in local government. My Ph.D is in Folklore and was completed at the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition, University of Sheffield, in 1999. My interest in folklore and the supernatural goes back to my childhood and I've been researching and writing about strange phenomena for as long as I can remember. Since 2008 I have been working with The National Archives (TNA) as their consultant for the ongoing release of the UFO files created by Britain's Ministry of Defence. My book, The UFO Files, was published by TNA in September 2009.
Magonia Blog- WATCH THE SKIES - AND YOUR BACK! May 27, 2012
- LIFE BEFORE DEATH May 22, 2012
- HAUNTED SKIES - ENTER THE SEVENTIES May 19, 2012
- GHOST OF A SCIENCE May 16, 2012
- A VERY PALE UTOPIA May 14, 2012
- Bob Sheaffer’s Bad UFOs
- "Top Ten" UFO Case - Yukon, Canada, 1996 - BUSTED! April 30, 2012
- Archive Documents Show Klass Did NOT Try to Bribe Travis Walton Witness April 17, 2012
- Leslie Kean Update: the Fly is Still Flying High! April 14, 2012
- The Day the Skeptics Society Wasn't Skeptical - "Best Evidence for UFOs" April 2, 2012
- Flying Saucer, or Fly? Is this the case UFO skeptics have been dreading? March 21, 2012
- Andrew May’s Forteana blog
- Alien skull simulacrum May 27, 2012
- Bacchus and Ariadne May 20, 2012
- Futuristic gadgets of the 1930s May 13, 2012
- Ambiguous Symbolism May 6, 2012
- Enigmatic Art April 29, 2012
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Olympic Games UFO plot
One of the more barmy 2012 ‘end times’ predictions is for a fake alien invasion at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. But perhaps the New World Order’s dastardly plans are already well underway…. On the night of Saturday … Continue reading
Return of Spring-heeled Jack?
Spring-heeled Jack, the legendary bogeyman familiar to students of British folklore, has been invoked by news of an extraordinary experience with a road ghost in Surrey. Scott Martin and his family told the Surrey Comet they were confronted by a ‘dark … Continue reading
More UFOlogy in a pond
Sightings of an underwater ‘saucer’ that resembles the legendary Loch Ness Monster are creating waves in the Lake District. It’s not the first time that a mysterious creature – dubbed ‘Bownessie’ – has been sighted in the waters of Windermere. … Continue reading
Worryingly big sea monsters
Last week it was UFOlogy in a Field. This week it’s UFOlogy in a pond. No, I’m not talking about the ‘submarine saucer’ (Nessie), but a subject I’ve mentioned elsewhere in my blog on ‘Sea Monster Files.‘ Two years … Continue reading
UFOlogy in a Field
Scientific tests have ruled out the possibility that big cats were responsible for the deaths of two roe deers whose remains were found in Gloucestershire. What’s that got to do with UFOs? Well apart from the fact that some ‘independent … Continue reading
