Biography:Timothy Good

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Short description: British author on UFOs

Timothy Good (born 28 July 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]

Career

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:[19]

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.

Personal life

Good was born in Islington, London.[1]

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: The Worldwide UFO Cover-up. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1987. ISBN 978-0283994968.[15][20][21][22][23][24] With a foreword by Lord Hill-Norton, GCB.[25]
  • Alien Liaison. London: Century, 1991. ISBN 978-0712621946.
  • Alien Update. Edited by Good. Random House , 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Timothy Good". https://www.aidansonlinebooks.com/Timothy_Good.html. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "It's true... UFOs really do exist out there". 2 September 2007. https://www.independent.ie/world-news/its-true-ufos-really-do-exist-out-there-26481431.html. 
  3. ↑ BBC. "UFO over Brierley Hill". https://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/articles/2007/03/21/barbara_forest_feature.shtml. 
  4. ↑ BBC. "Update: UFO filmed over Oldbury". https://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/articles/2007/07/10/ufo_oldbury_feature.shtml. 
  5. ↑ "BBC Radio Leeds - One On One, Timothy Good". https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009rjyf. 
  6. ↑ "UFO Research Guide". http://public1.nhhcaws.local/research/library/research-guides/ufo-research-guide.html. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  7. ↑ "Timothy Good - UFO Authority". http://www.timothygood.co.uk. 
  8. ↑ Corporation, Australian Broadcasting (18 February 2011). "Timothy Good believes in UFOs, and Graeme Base illustrates children's literature". http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2006/09/29/1752052.htm. 
  9. ↑ "The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas on May 31, 1987 · Page 9". The Salina Journal: p. 9. May 31, 1987. http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1725999/. 
  10. ↑ "The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois on May 31, 1987 · Page 2". The Pantagraph: p. 2. May 31, 1987. http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/72582553/. 
  11. ↑ "The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on August 6, 1988 · 42". The Ottawa Citizen: p. 42. August 6, 1988. http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/463653124/. 
  12. ↑ "The Observer from London, Greater London, England on May 31, 1987 · 3". The Observer: p. 3. May 31, 1987. http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/258472191/. 
  13. ↑ Klass, Phil (November 1999). "Mechanical Flaw In Typewriter Used To Prepare One Of Tim Cooper's "New MJ-12 Documents" Matches Anomaly In Cooper's Typewriter". Skeptics UFO Newsletter (Committee for Skeptical Inquiry) (60). https://www.csicop.org/docs/SUN/SUN60.pdf. Retrieved May 26, 2019. 
  14. ↑ Klass, Phil (Spring 2003). "Short Shrift". Skeptics UFO Newsletter (Committee for Skeptical Inquiry) (75). https://www.csicop.org/docs/SUN/SUN75.pdf. Retrieved May 26, 2019. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Gerald K. Haines (4 April 2007). "CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90". https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/97unclass/ufo.html. 
  16. ↑ "Eisenhower Met With ETs Says Ex-Government Consultant". Huffington Post. 14 February 2012. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eisenhower-met-aliens-says-timothy-good_n_1277133?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALVTbx_XTpWaIxJmmHpqcabAeNeKOxB-jk5NzwY1R6gYBCrUXljETx9Oe6pEcbbBWBBD-3WCS1rlqfhCj6qxdhah6lVgn-WpBsmxhWtQYu4EuL7H8BAkMc3-ycl-2WptY9E-DhN0o0YdBAQZ5P8d70m4bn7cDkKuNjDONnkIc4ZF. 
  17. ↑ Jessica Napoli (June 2019). "Former Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge talks his quest to prove aliens exist". Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/blink-182-guitarist-tom-delonge-aliens-exist. 
  18. ↑ Tom DeLonge (30 May 2019). "TOM DELONGE: AMERICA HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING UFOS FOR YEARS. TIME FOR THE REST OF US TO CATCH UP". https://www.newsweek.com/tom-delonge-uap-history-unidentified-inside-americas-ufo-investigation-1435613. 
  19. ↑ Bridgstock, Martin (1989). "Above Top Secret: The Worldwide UFO Conspiracy by Timothy Good (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1987) - a review and some further thoughts". The Skeptic (Australian Skeptics) 9 (1): 36–38. https://www.skeptics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/magazine/The%20Skeptic%20Volume%209%20(1989)%20No%201.pdf. 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. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/16/science/urge-to-investigate-and-believe-sparks-new-interest-in-ufo-s.html. 
  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. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/admiral-of-the-fleet-lord-hill-norton-883msp6wx5r. 
  26. ↑ "Review : UFO at 12 o'clock". 22 June 1996. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15020355-500-review-ufo-at-12-oclock/. 



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