Welcome to my website
I am a Research Fellow in Journalism at Sheffield Hallam University where I specialise in teaching media law and investigation skills. Before I entered academia 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. 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 latest book, How UFOs Conquered the World: the history of a modern myth, was published in 2015.
Snopes.com – Rumour has it…- Is Healthcare.gov Scheduled for Maintenance During Obamacare Enrollment? September 25, 2017
- Did an American Actor Take Part in a London Bomb Attack ‘Hoax’? September 25, 2017
- Aaron Rodgers Photographed Holding ‘Stand For the Flag, Kneel for the Cross’ T-Shirt? September 25, 2017
- Did Leland Melvin Pen an Open Letter to Donald Trump? September 25, 2017
- Prayer Request for 30 SEALs Killed in Afghanistan September 25, 2017
- Magonia Blog
- THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A UFO MAGAZINE September 23, 2017
- DEVIL OF A TALE September 21, 2017
- THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS August 29, 2017
- BRIEF LIVES August 19, 2017
- DIGGING THE DIRT August 15, 2017
- Mark Pilkington & John Lundberg – Folklore & Deception in the UFO Age
- Mirage Men in The Guardian August 18, 2014
- Mirage Men Double Disc DVD June 16, 2014
- UFOs and F-14s over Iran May 2, 2014
- We have lift off! March 27, 2014
- Mirage Men revealed by Greenwald? February 25, 2014
- Bob Sheaffer’s Bad UFOs
- Another Nonsensical "Explanation" for the Kecksburg Incident September 14, 2017
- A Skeptic on "UFO Classified" September 12, 2017
- Shadow Chasing August 30, 2017
- MUFON Unravels August 1, 2017
- "Disclosure" Mania Flares Up Again June 26, 2017
- The Skeptic magazine
- Ooops! TWO errors in previous message! October 1, 2015
- October Spookiness! October 1, 2015
- Empirical Sex Talk on Dacryphilia, tonight October 1, 2015
- Little Atoms 393 – Timothy Snyder & Black Earth September 30, 2015
- Ash Pryce on "How to talk to the dead" @ Greenwich SitP, 7:30 pm, 7/10/15 September 30, 2015
- Charles Fort Institute Blog
- Exciting news from Mr X August 13, 2016
- The First Forteans: The Light of Other Days August 11, 2015
- Edinburgh Fringe 2015 August 5, 2015
- A Baby Boy! August 5, 2015
- Fortean Approaches to the Study of Religion May 6, 2015
- Curt Collins on saucers in pop culture
- UFO Origins: Saucers That Time Forgot & The Outer Limit September 23, 2017
- The Cash-Landrum UFO Prime Suspect: The CH-47, Army Chinook September 15, 2017
- General John A. Samford's 1952 UFO Disclosure August 2, 2017
- UFOs, Sea Serpents, Ridicule and Disinformation July 17, 2017
- The Saucers That Time Forgot July 11, 2017
- Andrew May’s Forteana blog
- Pseudoscience and Science Fiction October 9, 2016
- Astronomical debunking October 2, 2016
- Contradiction - the All-Video Murder Mystery September 25, 2016
- Sacred Porn September 18, 2016
- Astronomical computers (old ones) September 11, 2016
- Paul Kimball’s The Other Side of Truth: Don’t believe, don’t disbelieve. Think
- Haunted Extra, Vol. 1.01 - Queen's County Museum Revisited August 17, 2017
- 2017 East Coast Paraconference - Remote Viewing Panel August 15, 2017
- 2017 East Coast Paraconference - August 11, 12, 13 August 6, 2017
- Haunted - Cooper's Inn Outtake #2 August 3, 2017
- Haunted Outtake - Cooper's Inn (Part I) August 3, 2017
Tag Archives: Fortean Times
Hunting the Northern Lights
One of my ambitions has always been to take a voyage beyond the Arctic Circle in search of the elusive aurora borealis, or Northern Lights. For years I have been fascinated by the mythology of the lights and the stories … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 year sunspot cycle, aurora borealis, BBC Stargazing Live, Bergen, Brian Cox, Carolyn Waudby, Dara O'Briain, dog-sledding, folklore, Fortean Times, Hurtigruten, king crabs, Kirkenes, Lofoten Islands, MS Midnatsol, NASA, Nordkapp, Northern Lights, Norway, Russia, Sami people, sea eagles, Sheffield Star, Thon Hotels, Tromso, Trondheim
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Angels makes FT Top 40
My investigation of the First World War legend, The Angels of Mons, is among the top ‘all time favourite stories’ chosen by a panel of contributors to Fortean Times magazine. ‘Angels of the Battlefield‘ – published in 2003 – came 4th … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th Middlesex Regiment, angels of mons, armistice, Arthur Machen, Battle of Mons remembrance trail, BBC, Belgium, British Expeditionary Force, city of Mons, European Capital of Culture, Fortean Times, George Ellison, John Parr, Maurice Dease, Mons-Conde canal, phantom bowmen, Saint Symphorien cemetery, Ted Harrison, The Bowmen, urban legends, Victoria Cross, WW1 centenary
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Farewell to the Solway Spaceman?
Retired fire fighter Jim Templeton died on 27 November last year. His name will mean little to all but the more ardent students of Forteana and UFOlogy. But the ‘freak’ photograph he took in May 1964 on the Solway Marshes, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Roberts, Cumberland spaceman, Fortean Times, Jim Templeton, Men in Black, Solway Marshes, Solway spaceman
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Scared to Death
The Fortean Times Unconvention 2011 – billed as the world’s weirdest weekend – returns to London in November. I’m on the bill for both days (12 and 13 November): on the Saturday I will be speaking about my research into … Continue reading
