Timothy Good

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Timothy Good is a British Ufologist and professional violinist.cite web| title = Official web site: Timothy Good- UFO Authority| url=http://www.timothygood.co.uk/ | accessdate = 2008-02-05]

He was born in London and educated at The King's School, Canterbury before being granted a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied the violin.

Musical career

Good's career as a professional violinist began in 1963 when he won a place with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He played for fourteen years with the London Symphony Orchestra, and went on to freelance with a number of other notable orchestras, including the English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Ufological career

In addition to his background in classical music, Good grew up with a strong interest in aviation and space which became an interest in UFOs in 1955 after he encountered the writings of Major Donald Keyhoe. In 1961, after reading a book by U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, Good began conducting his own research into the UFO phenomena, eventually becoming a well known authority on the subject.

After the end of the cold war, and the collapse the Soviet empire, Good became the first Western Ufologist to be interviewed on Russian television. He was also invited to the Pentagon in 1998fact|date=April 2008, and at the headquarters of the French Air Force in 2002fact|date=April 2008, to discuss UFOs and other related matters, and has acted as consultant for several U.S. Congress investigations.fact|date=April 2008

According to ufologist Timothy Good (in his books "Alien Liaison" and "Alien Contact"), after Jackie Gleason's death his wife reported that one day in 1973 Gleason had come home extremely shaken. He confided to her that because of Gleason's interest in UFOs, U.S. President Richard Nixon, who was a friend of his, had arranged for him to view bodies of extraterrestrials at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida under conditions of extreme secrecy. Gleason had found the experience very troubling.

Books

* "George Adamski, The Untold Story" (with Lou Zinsstag) (1983)
* "Above Top Secret: The Worldwide UFO Cover-up" (1987)
* "Alien Liaison: The Ultimate Secret" (1991)
* "Beyond Top Secret: The Worldwide UFO Security Threat" (1996)
* "Alien Base: Earth's Encounters with Extraterrestrials" (1998)
* "Unearthly Disclosure: Conflicting Interests in the Control of Extraterrestrial Intelligence" (2000)
* "Need to Know: The Military and Intelligence Reports That Prove UFOs Exist" (2006), also published as "Need to Know: UFOs, the Military and Intelligence" (2006)

ee also

* Unidentified flying object

References