Newsletter 1 : Project Red Book (1998-2004)
Jenny Randles recently recommended to me that I seek to make “Project Red Book” available online, commenting that “it specialised in lengthy
interviews with UFOlogists on issues of the day.”
“Project Red Book” was the newsletter of the Yorkshire UFO Society, edited by its chairman “& He-Who-Speaketh-The-Most”.
I contacted the editor of “Project Red Book” (1998-2004) and he promptly gave his permission for that publication to be made freely available.
That editor mentioned that his days of producing “Project Red Book” were a long time ago and that although he is not exactly embarrassed about it,
it's not something he wants getting ribbed about at work. So, I’ve promised not to post his name when I post the material on Facebook and I think it
is probably best - out of an abundance of caution - to adopt that approach here as well. So, while his name is obvious from glancing at the relevant
PDFs, I’ll refrain from mentioning his name directly in this post.
Apart from material by that editor, “Project Red Book” regularly included material by Jenny Randles and other leading British UFO researchers,
such as Nick Redfern, Andy Roberts, Dave Clarke and Georgina Bruni. This newsletter included a pinch of material from leading researchers outside the
UK (e.g. by Bill Chalker, Jacques Vallee and Chris Rutkowski) and a dash of material about cryptozoology (particularly about Bigfoot and Alien Big
Cats).
Some of the articles in issues of “Project Red Book” (e.g. one on so-called “rods” in Volume 6 issue 1) included results of experiments to
test claims made by some other UFO researchers. In a field where speculation outweighs data by a considerable factor, it is refreshing to see such
experimental data included in articles.
All the issues of “Project Red Book” listed below can be downloaded with a single click during the next week from
THIS TEMPORARY LINK. After the next week, or if you only want to download a specific issue, you can download any
issues from the AFU’s website at
THIS LINK.
At the moment, 51 issues of Project Red Book have been scanned. 50 issues were scanned by the AFU in Sweden, with one gap being filled by Barry
Greenwood in the USA. I’ll continue to try to get the remaining issues (mostly from the earlier period of that publication) scanned as well. If
anyone has copies at hand of any missing issues and is able to scan them, that would be great.
Project Red Book vol 1 no 1 aka YUFOS Magazine (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 1 no 2 aka YUFOS Magazine (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 1 no 3 aka YUFOS Magazine (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 1 no 4 aka YUFOS Magazine (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 1 no 5 aka YUFOS Magazine (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 1 no 6 aka YUFOS Magazine (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 1 no 7 aka YUFOS Magazine (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 1 no 8 aka YUFOS Magazine (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 1 no 9 aka YUFOS Magazine (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 1 no 10 aka YUFOS Magazine (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 1 no 11 aka YUFOS Magazine (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 1 no 12 aka YUFOS Magazine (Scanned by Barry Greenwood)
Project Red Book vol 2 no 1 aka YUFOS Magazine (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 2 no 2 (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 2 no 3 (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 2 no 4 (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 2 no 5 (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 2 no 6 (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 2 no 7 (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 2 no 8 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 3 no 1 (****CURRENTLY MISSING****)
Project Red Book vol 3 no 2 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 3 no 3 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 3 no 4 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 3 no 5 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 3 no 6 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 3 no 7 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 3 no 8 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 3 no 9 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 3 no 10 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 3 no 11 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 3 no 12 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 4 no 1 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 4 no 2 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 4 no 3 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 4 no 4 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 4 no 5 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 4 no 6 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 4 no 7 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 4 no 8 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 4 no 9 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 4 no 10 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 4 no 11 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 4 no 12 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 5 no 1 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 5 no 2 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 5 no 3 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 5 no 4 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 5 no 5 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 5 no 6 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 5 no 7 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 5 no 8 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 5 no 9 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 5 no 10 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 5 no 11 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 5 no 12 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 6 no 1 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 6 no 2 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 6 no 3 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 6 no 4 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 6 no 5 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 6 no 6 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 6 no 7 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 6 no 8 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 6 no 9 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 6 no 10 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 6 no 11 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 6 no 12 (Scanned by AFU)
Project Red Book vol 7 no 1 (Scanned by AFU)