Most readers of Mysterious Universe will, I am sure, be well aware of the strange and seemingly never-ending affair of , the British man who faces potential extradition to the United States – and possibly significant prison time - for hacking NASA in search of secret UFO data. Although the McKinnon affair has generated copious amounts of interest and debate within the media – and even at the highest levels of the British Government, too - few realize that McKinnon was not the first to embark upon such a hazardous path.

Kudos to Nick Redfern for this revealing this important, and largely unknown story of a Welsh UFO hacker unsuccessfully prosecuted by the US six years before Gary McKinnon. To read the rest of the article, click here.