24 Facts About Mick West

Mick West was born on 1967 and is a British-American science writer, skeptical investigator, and retired video game programmer.

Mick West is the creator of the websites Contrail Science and Metabunk, and he investigates and debunks pseudoscientific claims and conspiracy theories such as chemtrails and UFOs.

Mick West has twice been a speaker at the conference of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and in 2020 was elected a fellow of the organization.

Mick West grew up in the small town of Bingley, Mick West Yorkshire, on the outskirts of Bradford, England.

Mick West co-founded the video game development company Neversoft Entertainment in July 1994 with Joel Jewett and Chris Ward.

Neversoft is known for Spider-Man, as well as Tony Hawk's, and Guitar Hero video game franchises, and Mick West was heavily involved in programming the first five games of the Tony Hawk's series.

Mick West became interested in the chemtrail conspiracy theory while studying aviation weather for his pilot's license.

Mick West created the website "Contrail Science" with the aim of explaining contrails and debunking chemtrail theories.

The website includes a forum, "Skydentify", where Mick West invites people to send photos and videos of UFOs and supposed ghosts.

Mick West describes the objective of his work as attempting to get people out of the "rabbit hole" of conspiratorial thinking.

In 2016, Mick West delivered a Sunday Papers presentation at the annual conference of CSI, CSICon, titled "Expert Elicitation vs Chemtrails" in which he discussed his 2016 scientific paper on climate engineering.

Mick West has shouldered a tremendous amount of the work himself, summarizing some conspiracy beliefs and demonstrable facts to refute those beliefs.

Mick West started a podcast in April 2019, Tales from the Rabbit Hole, in which he interviews "conspiracy culture" guests.

Mick West has been cited by a variety of media as an expert analyst on chemtrails, UFOs, and other conspiracy theories.

In 2010, Mick West appeared on the CBS evening news and KPCC radio news to comment on a viral video of what appeared to be a "mystery" missile launch.

In 2013, Mick West appeared in the documentary film "Overcast" as a rebuttal to promoters of chemtrail conspiracy theories.

In May 2020, Susan Gerbic of the About Time Project interviewed Mick West regarding how people fall into the "rabbit hole" of conspiracy theories, and discussed ideas for helping friends and family come to reality.

In late December 2020, Mick West was one of the experts quoted in a BBC article regarding suggestions for talking to friends and relatives who believe in conspiracy theories.

In May 2021, Mick West was a guest on the CNN show Cuomo Prime Time where he provided his explanations for three recent high-profile UAP videos made by US Navy personnel.

In each case Mick West demonstrated that simple misinterpretations and video artifacts were likely explanations of the peculiar attributes of the recorded objects.

Mick West has made a number of appearances on podcasts discussing his life and debunking career.

Mick West has made several appearances on the Joe Rogan Experience to discuss various conspiracy theories.

In June 2021, in advance of the release of the Pentagon UAP Task Force's report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, Mick West was interviewed in Scientific American as an expert analyst of the video evidence.

Mick West was raised in England, attending the University of Manchester, but in 2009 he became a citizen of the United States.