UFO Magazine editor Graham W. Birdsall
Posted: Sunday, September 21st, 2003 7:18 pmGraham W. Birdsall, Editor UFO Magazine, passed away suddenly on September 19th 2003, from a brain haemorrhage after he was taken ill at his home in Colton, east Leeds. He left a wife wife Christine, daughters Helen and Louise, granddaughter Katy, brother Mark and son-in-law Russel.
Graham was respected the world over by the UFO community. His gifted writing, eloquent presentations and eye for a story helped inform millions of the reality of this fascinating subject we call UFOlogy.
With younger brother Mark he founded — in the early 1980s — the news stand magazine empire, based at Stourton in south Leeds, which published UFO Magazine. The magazine went on to become the world’s best-selling UFO publication, with a readership measured in the tens of thousands. It also staged an annual conference in Leeds. … Read full obituary