August 23: The New York Times
Page one story at The New York Times: Area 51, Where Conspiracy Theories Never Get Old.
Continue reading...August 20: National Geographic Magazine
Annie does a Q&A with National Geographic Magazine on the newly declassified documents.
Continue reading...August 17: CBS This Morning
CBS special segment on Area 51 with Annie Jacobsen, military aviation expert Bill Sweetman and lawyer Jonathan Turley.
Continue reading...August 16: CNN with Erin Burnett
Will the CIA’s admission that Area 51 exists change anything? CNN’s Erin Burnett poses the question to Annie Jacobsen and veteran CIA officer Bob Baer.
Continue reading...August 16: MSNBC
MSNBC anchors discuss with Annie Jacobsen the significance of the new release.
Continue reading...August 16: The Today Show
Annie Jacobsen discusses the CIA’s release of new, U-2 spy plane documents on The Today Show.
Continue reading...June 10: The New York Times Best Sellers List
The Area 51 paperback remains in The New York Times Best Sellers List for the week of June 10, 2012. Read The New York Times Book of the Times review by Janet Maslin here.
Continue reading...June 03: The New York Times Best Sellers List
The Area 51 paperback hits The New York Times Best Sellers List.
Continue reading...May 20: LA Times Bestsellers List
The Area 51 paperback rises to #6 on the Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List.
Continue reading...May 13: LA Times Bestsellers List
The Area 51 paperback debuts on the Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List at #15.
Continue reading...May 11: NPR, Area 51 “This Week’s Outstanding Paperbacks”
NPR Books chooses Area 51: Uncensored as 1 of 5 books in “This Week’s Outstanding Paperbacks.”
Continue reading...April 22: LA Times Festival of Books 2:00 p.m.
Come to the LA Times Festival of Books on Sunday, at USC in Los Angeles! Annie will be speaking on the panel “Surveillance & Secrets” Sunday at 2p.m. along with co-panelists Lori Andrews and Michael Shermer, and moderator Richard Raynor. See you there! For more information visit The Los Angeles…
Continue reading...Jan 24: Area 51 debuts at #10 on Amazon.it (Italy)
“Area 51. La verità, senza censura,” by Annie Jacobsen, translated by Sara Puggioni and published by Piemme, available on Amazon.it.
Continue reading...Jan 20: Area 51 in Italy! Il Venerdi di Republica
In anticipation of the book’s publication in Italian, Il Venerdi di Republica, one of Italy’s mot popular magazines, features Annie Jacobsen’s Area 51 as its cover story. Read “Area 51: La Madre de Tutti i Misteri” or “Area 51: The Mother of all Mysteries,” by Angelo Aquaro and Piero Melati.
Continue reading...Jan 13: Sound Commentary picks AREA 51 as one of the “Best Audio Books of 2011.”
In its January 2012 issue, Sound Commentary chooses AREA 51 as one of the “Best Audio Books of 2011.” Annie Jacobsen. Area 51. An uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base. Read by the Author, 15 CDs. 16.25 hrs. Hachette Audio. Fifteen C.D.’s worth of incredible and incredulous reporting, the…
Continue reading...Dec 7: National Public Radio
NPR’s “Wait Wait don’t Tell Me…” hosted Annie Jacobsen in a discussion about espionage, black propaganda, and unidentified flying objects.
Continue reading...Nov 23: Valhalla Entertainment options Area 51 for TV series
Legendary producer Gale Anne Hurd and Valhalla Entertainment (Walking Dead, Terminator, Aliens, Hulk, Armageddon, etc) has optioned Area 51 for a TV series with Karl Gadjusek as writer/showrunner. Read more at Deadline Hollywood.
Continue reading...Nov 22: Goodreads Choice Awards 2011: Area 51
Area 51 has been chosen for the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards in the category best History & Biography.
Continue reading...Nov 16: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List, “Area 51” (Extended List)
Area 51 is back on the Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List.
Continue reading...Oct 20: Quality Paperback Book Club Offers Area 51 as Main Selection
Quality Paperback Book Club will offer Area 51 as a main selection in their January catalog.
Continue reading...Oct 2: Caltech, Skeptics Society Lecture, Q&A & Booksigning
A terrific event, packed with people unafraid of their high IQs. Annie Jacobsen gave a power point lecture and answered questions, including 40 minutes of over time. Hosted by bestselling author and columnist for Scientific American Magazine, Michael Shermer.
Continue reading...Oct 1: The Marc Bernier Show
Marc Bernier, Top 100 Talk Show Hosts in America, hosted Annie Jacobsen at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The event was recorded live. You can listen to it here: 9/27/11 Annie Jacobsen Town Hall.
Continue reading...Sept 27: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 7:00 p.m.
As part of the President’s Speaker Series, Annie Jacobsen did a 90 minute Q&A with radio host Marc Bernier. A book signing followed.
Continue reading...Sept 4: New York Times Bestsellers, “Area 51” (Extended List)
What a summer for “Area 51.” Fourteen weeks on The New York Times Bestsellers List (now on the Extended List, Hardcover Nonfiction, #26), “Area 51” continues to fascinate readers. Read The New York Times Book of the Times review by Janet Maslin: “A Miltary Post’s Secrets: Espionage, Not Aliens.”
Continue reading...Aug 30: PRI’s The World: BBC, PRI & WGBH
Public Radio International’s Jessica Golloher reports from Moscow: “A New Angle On The Roswell Incident and Why Russians Like Conspiracy Theories.”
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