Simulcast on YouTube, Facebook & Twitter | Thursday, October 01, 2026 @ 8:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Martin Willis welcomes analytical chemist and longtime paranormal researcher Matt Moniz to Podcast UFO. For more than 35 years, Matt has worked in analytical chemistry, with experience in environmental, commercial testing, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology laboratories. Outside the conventional laboratory, he has brought scientific testing and methodology to some decidedly unconventional subjects—including alleged UFO materials, alien abduction cases, crop circles, psychic phenomena, ghosts, cryptozoology, and other unexplained phenomena. Matt has served for many years as Science Advisor for Spooky Southcoast and was a producer, researcher, and cameraman for 30 Odd Minutes. His work has brought him into direct contact with investigators throughout the UFO and paranormal communities, and his scientific analysis has been referenced in numerous books and television productions. In this conversation, Martin and Matt explore what happens when extraordinary claims are subjected to laboratory testing. What can analytical chemistry actually tell us about alleged UFO evidence? What constitutes a meaningful anomaly? How do contamination, provenance, and chain of custody affect results? And after decades of investigating extraordinary claims, has Matt encountered anything that science simply couldn’t explain?
BIO: Matt Moniz has been a scientist for the last 35 years in the field of analytical chemistry, working in the past for environmental, commercial/contract product testing, and pharmaceutical laboratories. He is also the science advisor for a weekly radio show Spooky Southcoast the last 19 years and the Audio Video Manager for the UFO Monument Park and Paraween, and Inner Space TV. Matt was also one of the producers of 30 Odd Minutes and researcher and cameramen for the show. He’s worked first hand with the world’s best in paranormal research, conducting scientific tests on materials connected to things like: UFOs and alien abductions, Crop circles, Witchcraft, psychic phenomena, ghosts, cryptozoology, and a multitude of other related topics. His scientific work is featured in dozens of books pertaining to these fields, and has appeared on numerous TV shows and documentaries about the paranormal: Monster Quest, Beyond Skinwalker Ranch, Expedition X, Ghost Adventurer, Conversations With a Serial Killer, and more.