George Knapp (journalist)

George Knapp is an American investigative journalist. (born April 1, 1952 Woodbury, New Jersey). He Grew up in Stockton, California where he graduated from Franklin High School and was the Senior Class president. His first love was singer/actress Joanne Bernazzani, George Knapp lives in Las Vegas, Nevada and works for KLAS-TV. [ [http://www.klastv.com/Global/story.asp?s=175403&nav=168k191c George Knapp, I-Team Reporter] (profile from KLAS-TV)] George is also a frequent host of the Sunday Night / Monday morning "Coast To Coast AM" syndicated radio show - he is known for his work on anomalous phenomena,cite web| title =UFORC.com NEWS SERVICE: KLAS-TV Reporter - George Knapp to Give Keynote Banquet Speech at 4th UFO Crash Retrieval Conference| url=http://www.uforc.com/news/KLAS-TV_Knapp_UFOCRC_111006.htm| accessdate = 2008-01-01] which is a frequent topic of the Coast to Coast show.

In the late 1980s, Knapp reported the story of Bob Lazar (who claimed to have worked on extraterrestrial UFOs at the secretive Area 51).

In 1991, Knapp left KLAS to work for Altamira Communications, a public relations firm whose clients included advocates of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository 90 miles north of Las Vegas [ [http://www.ufomind.com/misc/1997/feb/d10-001.shtml "Scope Magazine" Article on George Knapp, SCOPE Magazine Volume 4, Issue 11, February 1996 Pg. 6-8] ] . He was rehired by KLAS-TV in the mid 1990s when he left the public relations firm. He wrote a regular column titled "Knappster" for the now-defunct alternative newsweekly [http://www.lasvegasmercury.com "Las Vegas Mercury"] .

In the late 1990's and early 2000's, Knapp publicized the so-called Skinwalker Ranch in northeast Utah, where strange events are alleged to have occurred.Kelleher, Colm & Knapp, George: "Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah" (Paraview Pocket Books, 2005 ISBN 1-4165-0521-0)] [http://www.aliendave.com/Article_PathoftheSkinwalker_p1.html Path of the Skinwalker] , George Knapp, 28 November 2002]

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* [http://www.ufomind.com/area51/people/knapp/ George Knapp, TV Newsman, First Publicized Bob Lazar]
* [http://www.beyondweird.com/ufos/George_Knapp_Interview_November_1989.html George Knapp interview] by Chuck Harder in 1989