Annie Jacobsen
Annie Jacobsen is an American journalist who writes about business, finance and terrorism for a variety of national and international magazines and webzines and, in particular the Los Angeles Times Magazine.[1]
In 2004, Jacobsen wrote an article about suspicious-looking passengers she saw on a flight from Detroit to Los Angeles that summer.[2] In May 2007, the Department of Homeland Security released a report about the flight, which, according to The Washington Times, concluded that twelve Syrians, traveling as a musical group, and one Lebanese, their promoter, were on the flight.[3] The men were reported to have been traveling on expired visas, and eight had "'positive hits' for past criminal records or suspicious behavior."[3]
Jacobsen's account of the incident was subsequently criticized by blogger and former airline pilot Patrick Smith as being "a story about nothing."[4] Contradicting the governmental report, the website Snopes labeled Jacobsen's account as "false".[5]
Her 2011 book, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base, about the secret U.S. military base, addresses the Roswell UFO incident.[6][7]
[edit] Bibliography
- Terror in the Skies: Why 9/11 Could Happen Again. 2005. ISBN 1890626627.
- Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base. 2011. ISBN 1409141136.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2011/01/backstory-out-of-iran.html
- ^ Harshaw, Tobin (May 30, 2007). "It’s Not Paranoia If They’re Really Out to Get You". The New York Times. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/its-not-paranoia-if-theyre-really-out-to-get-you/. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
- ^ a b "Security flaws confirmed on Flight 327". Washington Times. May 29, 2007. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/may/29/20070529-040125-8213r/?page=all#pagebreak. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
- ^ Smith, Partick (July 21, 2004). "The hysterical skies". Salon. http://www.salon.com/technology/ask_the_pilot/2004/07/21/askthepilot95. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
- ^ "Terror in the Skies". Snopes.com. May 28, 2007. http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/skyterror.asp. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
- ^ Harding, Thomas (May 13, 2011). "Roswell 'was Soviet plot to create US panic'". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/8512408/Roswell-was-Soviet-plot-to-create-US-panic.html. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (May 15, 2011). "A Military Post's Secrets: Espionage, Not Aliens". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/books/area-51-by-annie-jacobsen-review.html. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
[edit] External links
- NPR interview
- "NPR's Fresh Air, "Was it UFOs or the USSR?" May 17, 2011
- Jacobsen on ABC Nightline
- Annie Jacobsen at the Internet Movie Database
- Works by or about Annie Jacobsen in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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