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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…- White Nationalists, Neo-Nazis, and Constitutional Limits on Free Speech August 18, 2017
- Did Protesters Burn a Minnesota County’s Flag and Raise an Anti-Fascist One at a Local Jail? August 18, 2017
- Was a Bust of Abraham Lincoln Vandalized in Chicago in Protest of Confederate Statues? August 18, 2017
- Scientists Miscalculate, Solar Eclipse Actually Next Year? August 18, 2017
- Maxine Waters Fears a Trump-led War After Nuclear Attack by North Korea? August 18, 2017
- Magonia Blog
- DIGGING THE DIRT August 15, 2017
- THE CONSUMED SOCIETY August 11, 2017
- LEAPING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION August 8, 2017
- FAIRY TALES AND RABBIT HOLES August 3, 2017
- UNSETTLING SCIENCE July 31, 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
- MUFON Unravels August 1, 2017
- "Disclosure" Mania Flares Up Again June 26, 2017
- In Search Of "Progress" in UFOlogy - At the End of the Road? June 19, 2017
- William Tompkins Reveals Reptilians, Nordics, Nazi Saucers, and Much More May 22, 2017
- Tom DeLonge's "Sixtyish" Days to UFO Disclosure Become "Ninetyish" May 17, 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
- 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
- Dr. J. Allen Hynek: Ufology is a Mess June 30, 2017
- 1954 UFO Whistleblower: Frank E Keely June 23, 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: Sheffield Star
Where Eagles Dare…and the Sun never sets
Sheffield Star/South Yorkshire Times, 21 May 2016. David Clarke took a cruise along Norway’s rugged coastline to see the Midnight Sun and experienced Arctic wildlife at close quarters. ‘We can never guarantee that you will see them’, one of our … Continue reading
Lore & Legend on The Pennine Way
The mysterious Longdendale Lights and other legends of Derbyshire’s Peak District will feature in a new BBC series marking the 50th anniversary of The Pennine Way. First opened in 1965, the 268-mile trail stretches from Edale in the High Peak … Continue reading
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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Yorkshire ‘Ghost Plane’ puzzle solved
The mystery surrounding the identity of a hedge-hopping ‘ghost plane‘ that puzzled motorists in the Yorkshire Dales has been solved. Photographer Anita Skinner captured two dramatic images of a ‘large matte grey plane’ as it swooped dangerously low over Wharfedale … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Skinner, B, Buckden Pike, C130 J Hercules, Dark Peak aircraft wrecks, ghost fliers, ghost flyer, ghost planes, Journalism and Folklore, Ladybower, Malham Dale, phantom plane, RAF Brize Norton, RAF Lyneham, Sheffield Star, supernatural peak district, Yorkshire Dales
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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
