George Knapp (journalist)
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George Knapp is an American investigative journalist. (born April 1, 1946 Woodbury, New Jersey). George 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.
In late 1990 and early 2000, Knapp publicized the so-called Skinwalker Ranch in northeast Utah, where strange events are alleged to have occurred.[citation needed]
He wrote a regular column titled "Knappster" for the now-defunct alternative newsweekly Las Vegas Mercury.[citation needed]
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- ^ 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. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
- ^ Scope Magazine Article on George Knapp, SCOPE Magazine Volume 4, Issue 11, February 1996 Pg. 6-8
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