# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-j-birnes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:54:44.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-j-birnes"
name: "William J. Birnes"
slug: "william-j-birnes"
description: "William J. \"Bill\" Birnes is an American author, ghostwriter, chairman of the board at Sunrise Community Counseling Center, and ufologist. He was the publisher of and wrote for UFO Magazine, and was the lead investigator on the TV show UFO Hunters. He has authored or coauthored books on a variety of topics, including the paranormal, UFOs, criminology, computer science, and novels. He ghostwrote The Day After Roswell with Philip J. Corso, which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller List."
tagline: "American author, editor, publisher"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-11-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.173581333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/billufo"
    handle:    "billufo"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0083706/"
    handle:    "nm0083706"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.william.birnes.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_J._Birnes"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Birnes"
    title: "William J. Birnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Birnes"
    title: "William J. Birnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Birnes"
    title: "William J. Birnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Birnes"
    title: "William J. Birnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Birnes"
    title: "William J. Birnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3294666"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2090048"
    title: "William J. Birnes"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump