Timothy Good

For the mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, see Timothy W. Good.

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 Contact: Top-Secret UFO Files Revealed. USA: New Leaf, 1993. ISBN 978-0688135102.
• 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. "Timothy Good". aidansonlinebooks.
2. "It's true... UFOs really do exist out there". Irish Independent. 2 September 2007.
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 22 May 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
7. "Timothy Good - UFO Authority". Timothy Good. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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". The Salina Journal. 31 May 1987. p. 9. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois on May 31, 1987 · Page 2". The Pantagraph. 31 May 1987. p. 2. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on August 6, 1988 · 42". The Ottawa Citizen. 6 August 1988. p. 42. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "The Observer from London, Greater London, England on May 31, 1987 · 3". The Observer. 31 May 1987. p. 3. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
13. Klass, Phil (November 1999). (PDF). Skeptics UFO Newsletter. No. 60. Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
14. Klass, Phil (Spring 2003). (PDF). Skeptics UFO Newsletter. No. 75. Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
15. Gerald K. Haines (4 April 2007). . Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. 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 (June 2019). "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". Newsweek. 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. 9 (1). Australian Skeptics: 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.

External links

• Official website
• Timothy Good at IMDb