Timothy Good

Timothy Good (born 1942)[1] is a British author on UFOs.[2][3][4][5] His books include Above Top Secret: The Worldwide U.F.O. Cover-up (1987),[6] Alien Liaison (1991) and Beyond Top Secret (1996), all published by Sidgwick & Jackson. Good has made many television and documentary appearances. Critics challenged the reliability of his writings. Good was born in London.[7] He has also had a career as a violinist.[8]

UFOs

Good is a British author about UFOs.[9][10][11] In 1987 it was reported in The Observer that he was "Britain's leading UFO researcher".[12]

From his 1987 book Above Top Secret: The Worldwide U.F.O. Cover-up, he was involved in the initial publication of the purported Majestic 12 documents; later, according to skeptic Phil Klass, Good questioned the authenticity of at least some of the documents.[13][14] In 2007, the CIA cited Above Top Secret as one of the sources contributing to "the idea that CIA has secretly concealed its research into UFOs".[15]

In 2012 Good was interviewed on the BBC's Frank Skinner's Opinionated show.[16]

In May 2019, Tom DeLonge of Blink-182 credited Good's books with "opening his eyes" into UFOs, leading to DeLonge's development of To The Stars.[17][18]

Criticism

Martin Bridgstock, in a review of Above Top Secret: The Worldwide U.F.O. Cover-up for The Skeptic in 1989, identified two of the book's central ideas; that "Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) do exist, and are spacecraft from other worlds" and "there is a worldwide cover-up about UFOs, with security agencies seeking to suppress the evidence". Bridgstock concluded that the book "is not a clear, rigorous survey of the evidence for UFOs. It is a polemical volume, which seems to be devoted to making the case for UFOs, and a cover-up, seems as convincing as possible. However, inspection of the theses put forward in the book, and checking of a few cases with other sources, seem to show that the book is not reliable and its conclusion cannot be trusted."[19]

Bibliography
  • George Adamski: The Untold Story. With Lou Zinsstag. Beckenham: Ceti, 1983. ISBN 978-0950841403. With a foreword by Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender.
  • Above Top Secret. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1987. ISBN 978-0283994968.[15][20][21][22][23][24] With a foreword by Peter Hill-Norton.[25]
  • Alien Liaison. Century, 1991. ISBN 978-0712621946.
  • Alien Update. Edited by Good. Arrow, 1993. ISBN 978-0099257615.
  • Beyond Top Secret. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1996. ISBN 978-0283062452.[26] With a foreword by Peter Hill-Norton.
  • Alien Base. Century, 1998. ISBN 978-0712678124.
  • Unearthly Disclosure. Century, 2000. ISBN 9780712684651. With a foreword by Peter Hill-Norton.
  • Need to Know. Sidgwick & Jackson, 2006. ISBN 978-0330442961.[2]
  • Earth: an Alien Enterprise. Pegasus, 2013. ISBN 978-1605986388.

References
  1. Story, Ronald (1 March 2012). The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9781780337036 – via Google Books.
  2. "It's true... UFOs really do exist out there". Irish Independent.
  3. BBC. "UFO over Brierley Hill". BBC.
  4. BBC. "Update: UFO filmed over Oldbury". BBC.
  5. "BBC Radio Leeds - One On One, Timothy Good". BBC.
  6. "UFO Research Guide". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  7. "Timothy Good - UFO Authority". Timothy Good. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  8. Corporation, Australian Broadcasting (18 February 2011). "Timothy Good believes in UFOs, and Graeme Base illustrates children's literature". ABC Online.
  9. "The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas on May 31, 1987 · Page 9". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  10. "The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois on May 31, 1987 · Page 2". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  11. "The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on August 6, 1988 · 42". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  12. "The Observer from London, Greater London, England on May 31, 1987 · 3". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  13. Klass, Phil. "Skeptics UFO Newsletter November 1999 #60" (PDF). Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  14. Klass, Phil. "Skeptics UFO Newsletter Spring 2003 #75" (PDF). Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  15. Gerald K. Haines (4 April 2007). "CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  16. "Eisenhower Met With ETs Says Ex-Government Consultant". Huffington Post. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  17. Jessica Napoli. "Former Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge talks his quest to prove aliens exist". Fox News.
  18. Tom DeLonge (30 May 2019). "TOM DELONGE: AMERICA HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING UFOS FOR YEARS. TIME FOR THE REST OF US TO CATCH UP". Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  19. Bridgstock, Martin (1989). "Above Top Secret: The Worldwide UFO Conspiracy by Timothy Good (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1987) - a review and some further thoughts" (PDF). The Skeptic. Australian Skeptics. 9 (1): 36–38. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  20. Broad, William J. (16 June 1987). "'Urge to Investigate and Believe' Sparks New Interest in U.f.o.'s". The New York Times.
  21. Delmont, Jim (21 August 1988). "Author Proves Some Points, But Seems a Bit 'Gullible' (book review)". Omaha World-Herald.
  22. McMillan, Robert (4 August 1990). "Stimulating study of 'the worldwide UFO cover-up". Ottawa Citizen.
  23. Shiflett, Dave (30 October 1989). "Bookshelf: UFOs: Invasion of the Mind-Snatchers (book review)". Wall Street Journal.
  24. Barry, Steve (31 October 1996). "AUTHOR TRIES TO PROVE THAT UFOS AREN'T MERE FLIGHTS OF FANCY (book review)". Columbus Dispatch.
  25. "Admiral of the Fleet Lord Hill Norton". The Times. 19 May 2004.
  26. "Review : UFO at 12 o'clock". New Scientist. 22 June 1996.
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