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'''Timothy Good''' (born 1942)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Ronald|last1=Story|title=The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2WeeBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT268&lpg=PT268&dq=Timothy+Good+born+1942&source=bl&ots=SqT_WLZyvr&sig=ACfU3U0-VyW6TXtUGnKjHfVRyik9Tq7bMA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiAsuHV2M3iAhXBzoUKHdk8ChkQ6AEwHHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Timothy%2520Good%2520born%25201942&f=false|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|date=1 March 2012|isbn=9781780337036|via=Google Books}}</ref> is a British researcher and author on the subject of [[Unidentified flying object|UFOs]]<ref name="independent-2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/its-true-ufos-really-do-exist-out-there-26481431.html|title=It's true... UFOs really do exist out there|website=Irish Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/articles/2007/03/21/barbara_forest_feature.shtml|title=UFO over Brierley Hill|first=|last=BBC|website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/articles/2007/07/10/ufo_oldbury_feature.shtml|title=Update: UFO filmed over Oldbury|first=|last=BBC|website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009rjyf|title=BBC Radio Leeds - One On One, Timothy Good|website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eisenhower-met-aliens-says-timothy-good_n_1277133|title=President Eisenhower Met With ETs, Former Government Consultant Says|date=14 February 2012|website=HuffPost}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/14/eisenhower-and-the-aliens-former-us-president-had-three-secret-meetings-with-extra-terrestrials_n_1275692.html|title=Eisenhower And The Aliens: Former US President 'Had Three Secret Meetings With Extra Terrestrials'|date=14 February 2012|website=HuffPost UK}}</ref> and [[alien visitation]]. His books include ''Above Top Secret'' (1987),<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-05-22|title=UFO Research Guide|url=http://public1.nhhcaws.local/research/library/research-guides/ufo-research-guide.html|website=[[Naval History and Heritage Command]]}}</ref> ''Alien Liaison'' (1991) and ''Beyond Top Secret'' (1996), all published by [[Sidgwick & Jackson]]. Good has made many television and documentary appearances.

==Life and work==
Good is a British researcher and author on the subject of [[Unidentified flying object|UFOs]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-06-03|title=The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas on May 31, 1987 · Page 9|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1725999/|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-06-03|title=The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois on May 31, 1987 · Page 2|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/72582553/|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-06-03|title=The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on August 6, 1988 · 42|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/463653124/|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref> According to the [[BBC]], "Good is considered one of the world's leading experts on the UFO phenomenon", has "written numerous best-selling books" on the subject and was the first western UFO researcher to be interviewed on Russian television after the collapse of the Soviet Union.<ref name="BBC-2008">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2008/07/10/timothy_good_feature.shtml |title="There are alien bases on earth" |date=July 10, 2008 |publisher=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080901221519/http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2008/07/10/timothy_good_feature.shtml |archive-date=September 1, 2008 |accessdate=May 26, 2019}}</ref> In 1987 it was reported in ''[[The Observer]]'' that he was "Britain's leading UFO researcher".<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-06-03|title=The Observer from London, Greater London, England on May 31, 1987 · 3|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/258472191/|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Good has acted as a consultant to several US Congressional investigations into [[Unidentified flying object|UFOs]].<ref name="BBC-2008" /><ref name="Huffpost">{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eisenhower-met-aliens-says-timothy-good_n_1277133 |title=Eisenhower Met With ETs Says Ex-Government Consultant |date=February 14, 2012 |website=huffpost.com |publisher=Huffington Post |accessdate=May 26, 2019}}</ref> He was involved in the initial publication of the purported [[MJ 12]] documents in his 1987 book ''Above Top Secret''.<ref name="Skeptoid-4528">{{cite web |url=https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4528 |title=The Secret History of Majestic 12 |last=Dunning |first=Brian |date=July 19, 2016 |website=skeptoid.com |publisher=Skeptoid Media |accessdate=May 26, 2019}} (published transcript of podcast)</ref> Later, according to skeptic [[Phil Klass]], Good questioned the authenticity of at least some of the documents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/2017*/https://www.csicop.org/docs/SUN/SUN75.pdf |title=Skeptics UFO Newsletter November 1999 #60 |last=Klass |first=Phil |accessdate=May 26, 2019|website=[[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/2017*/https://www.csicop.org/docs/SUN/SUN75.pdf |title=Skeptics UFO Newsletter Spring 2003 #75 |last=Klass |first=Phil |website=[[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]] |accessdate=May 26, 2019 |quote=Also, he was one of the first to spot that some of Tim Cooper's 'new' MJ-12 documents were written on Cooper's own personal typewriter}}</ref> 

Good was born in London.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-05-22|title=Timothy Good - UFO Authority|url=http://www.timothygood.co.uk|website=Timothy Good}}</ref> He has also had a career as a violinist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2006/09/29/1752052.htm|title=Timothy Good believes in UFOs, and Graeme Base illustrates children's literature|first=Australian Broadcasting|last=Corporation|date=18 February 2011|website=ABC Online}}</ref>

==Criticism==
[[Robert Sheaffer]] has written that Good is "long known for promoting dubious claims".<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-06-03|title=Bad UFOs: Skepticism, UFOs, and The Universe|url=https://badufos.blogspot.com/2014/02/|website=badufos.blogspot.com}}</ref>

==Publications==
===Publications by Good===
*''Above Top Secret: The Worldwide UFO Cover-up'' ([[Sidgwick & Jackson]], 1987). {{ISBN|978-0283994968}}.  With a foreword by [[Peter Hill-Norton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/16/science/urge-to-investigate-and-believe-sparks-new-interest-in-ufo-s.html|title='Urge to Investigate and Believe' Sparks New Interest in U.f.o.'s|first=William J.|last=Broad|date=16 June 1987|publisher=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/97unclass/ufo.html|title=CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90|website=Central Intelligence Agency}}</ref><ref name="DelmontReview">{{cite news |last1=Delmont |first1=Jim |title=Author Proves Some Points, But Seems a Bit 'Gullible' (book review) |publisher=Omaha World-Herald |date=21 August 1988}}</ref><ref name="McMillanReview">{{cite news |last1=McMillan |first1=Robert |title=Stimulating study of 'the worldwide UFO cover-up |publisher=Ottawa Citizen |date=4 August 1990}}</ref><ref name="ShiflettReview">{{cite news |last1=Shiflett |first1=Dave |title=Bookshelf: UFOs: Invasion of the Mind-Snatchers (book review) |publisher=[[Wall Street Journal]] |date=30 October 1989}}</ref><ref name="BarryReview">{{cite news |last1=Barry |first1=Steve |title=AUTHOR TRIES TO PROVE THAT UFOS AREN'T MERE FLIGHTS OF FANCY (book review) |publisher=[[Columbus Dispatch]] |date=31 October 0996}}</ref>
*''Alien Liaison: The Ultimate Secret'' (Century, 1991). {{ISBN|978-0712621946}}.
*''Beyond Top Secret: The Worldwide UFO Security Threat'' (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1996). {{ISBN|978-0283062452}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15020355-500-review-ufo-at-12-oclock/|date=22 June 1996 |title=Review : UFO at 12 o'clock|website=New Scientist}}</ref> With a foreword by Peter Hill-Norton.
*''Alien Base: Earth's Encounters with Extraterrestrials'' (Century, 1998). {{ISBN|978-0712678124}}.
*''Unearthly Disclosure: Conflicting Interests in the Control of Extraterrestrial Intelligence'' (Century, 2000). {{ISBN|9780712684651}}. With a foreword by Peter Hill-Norton.
*''Need to Know: UFOs, the Military and Intelligence'' (Sidgwick & Jackson, 2006). {{ISBN|978-0330442961}}.<ref name="independent-2019"/>
*''Earth: an Alien Enterprise: The Shocking Truth Behind the Greatest Cover-Up in Human History'' (Pegasus, 2013). {{ISBN|978-1605986388}}.

===Publications with others===
*''George Adamski: The Untold Story.'' With Lou Zinsstag. Beckenham: Ceti, 1983. {{ISBN|978-0950841403}}. With a foreword by [[Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender]]. About [[George Adamski]].

===Publications edited by Good===
*''Alien Update: the Contact Continues'' ([[Random House|Arrow]], 1993). {{ISBN|978-0099257615}}.

==Film and TV documentary appearances==
*''Genchi shuzai tokuhô dai 2 dan! Bei kûgun shunôbu ga uchûjin to kaiken! Chika himitsu shisetsu de UFO wo seizô shiteiru!?'' (1984) – TV movie documentary
*''Sightings: The UFO Report'' (1991) – TV movie
*''UFOs: The Best Evidence'' (1994) – Video documentary, written by [[George Knapp (journalist)|George Knapp]], directed by Bryan Gresch and Knapp
*''Dreamland: Area 51'' (1994) – TV movie documentary, directed by [[Bruce Burgess]]
*''[[Strange but True?]]'' (1997) – TV series
*''UFO: Down to Earth'' (1997) – TV series documentary
*''History's Mysteries'' (2000) – TV series documentary
*''UFO Invasion at Rendlesham'' (2000) – TV movie documentary
*''The British UFO Files'' (2004) – TV movie documentary
*''Enquête sur les OVNIs'' (2004) – TV series documentary
*''Britain's Closest Encounters'' (2008) – TV series documentary
*''On the Edge'' (2008) – TV Series
*''Lies & Deception: UFO's & the Secret Agenda'' (Reality Entertainment, 2009) – 60 min. TV documentary and DVD, written and directed by O.H. Krill, featuring Good and [[Nick Pope (journalist)|Nick Pope]]. {{OCLC|436869637}}.<ref>{{citation|title=Lies and Deception: UFO's and the Secret Agenda|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2199459/|website=IMDb}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|www.timothygood.co.uk}}
*{{IMDb name|nm1364989}}

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