George Knapp (born April 18, 1952 Woodbury, New Jersey) is an American investigative journalist. He grew up in Stockton, California where he graduated from Franklin High School and was the senior class president. Knapp lives in Las Vegas, Nevada and works for KLAS-TV.[1] 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,[2] 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.[3] 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 Las Vegas Mercury.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Knapp publicized the so-called Skinwalker Ranch in northeast Utah, where strange events are alleged to have occurred.[4][5]
Knapp and photojournalist Matt Adams were recognized for their work on the investigative series Crossfire: Water, Power and Politics that received a 2008 Peabody Award. [6]
References
- ^ George Knapp, I-Team Reporter (profile from KLAS-TV)
- ^ "UFORC.com NEWS SERVICE: KLAS-TV Reporter - George Knapp to Give Keynote Banquet Speech at 4th UFO Crash Retrieval Conference". http://www.uforc.com/news/KLAS-TV_Knapp_UFOCRC_111006.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ^ Scope Magazine Article on George Knapp, SCOPE Magazine Volume 4, Issue 11, February 1996 Pg. 6-8
- ^ 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)
- ^ Path of the Skinwalker, George Knapp, 28 November 2002
- ^ "Eyewitness News I-Team Wins Peabody Award". KLAS-TV. 2009-04-01. http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10110204. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
External links
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- George Knapp, TV Newsman, First Publicized Bob Lazar
- George Knapp interview by Chuck Harder in 1989
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