Show 656A Notes: Jacques Vallée 

Simulcast on KGRA Digital Broadcasting, YouTube, Facebook, Rumble & Twitch – Tuesday, March 25, 2025 @ 7:00 PM EDT (-4GMT)

Topics Discussed:

  • Corrections in the first release of “TRINITY: The Best-Kept Secret”

  • Deep dive into “Forbidden Science 6: Scattered Castles”

  • Independent field research in Brazil, Argentina, Europe, and Russia

  • How Silicon Valley innovation influences Vallée’s UFO research

  • Historical UAP crash retrieval cases

  • The U.S. Government’s evolving stance on UAP transparency

If you’re intrigued by cutting-edge UFOlogy, the potential intersections of science and new technology, and the historical threads of UAP phenomena, you won’t want to miss this conversation.

BIO: Born in France in a family with long international traditions, Jacques studied mathematics at the Sorbonne, earned a Master’s degree in astrophysics at the University of Lille and was recruited to the first French team that tracked early artificial satellites at Paris Observatory. Moving to the U.S. in 1962, he pursued his passion for science working on NASA projects at the University of Texas in Austin (notably, coding the first computer-based map of Mars) before joining Northwestern University where he completed his PhD in artificial intelligence. Jacques continued his computing and entrepreneurial career at Stanford Research International and the Institute for the Future as one of the Principal Investigators on the early Internet before serving as a founder of a family of venture capital funds in Silicon Valley, specializing in information technology and biotech investments. The funds, including the first NASA venture fund, have financed 60 high-technology startups and led 20 companies (including several “unicorns”) to the public markets. Dr. Vallée remains an active high-tech investor in Silicon Valley while serving on the scientific advisory board of the French Space Agency’s group officially studying UFO reports. He has published his research in books that have been widely translated around the world. He was the real-life model for the character portrayed by François Truffaut in the film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Forbidden Science 6: Scattered Castles is available for purchase at Amazon and  Barnes&Noble

Upcoming Part A: Jacques Vallée 

Simulcast on KGRA Digital Broadcasting, YouTube, Facebook, Rumble & Twitch – Tuesday, March 25, 2025 @ 7:00 PM EDT (-4GMT)

In this fascinating interview, longtime iconic UFOlogist Jacques Vallée discusses his recent publication, “Forbidden Science 6: Scattered Castles, The Journals of Jacques Vallee 2010–2019,” which led him on a deeper, independent field exploration of UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) cases across Brazil, Argentina, Europe, and Russia.

Back in Silicon Valley, Vallée’s professional involvement with innovative business ventures continues to inspire new insights drawn from biology and information physics. He shares his perspectives on historical UAP crash retrievals, the current state of UAP research, and how the U.S. Government might be moving toward greater transparency regarding these phenomena.

Topics Discussed:

  • Corrections in the first release of “TRINITY: The Best-Kept Secret”

  • Deep dive into “Forbidden Science 6: Scattered Castles”

  • Independent field research in Brazil, Argentina, Europe, and Russia

  • How Silicon Valley innovation influences Vallée’s UFO research

  • Historical UAP crash retrieval cases

  • The U.S. Government’s evolving stance on UAP transparency

If you’re intrigued by cutting-edge UFOlogy, the potential intersections of science and new technology, and the historical threads of UAP phenomena, you won’t want to miss this conversation.

BIO: Born in France in a family with long international traditions, Jacques studied mathematics at the Sorbonne, earned a Master’s degree in astrophysics at the University of Lille and was recruited to the first French team that tracked early artificial satellites at Paris Observatory. Moving to the U.S. in 1962, he pursued his passion for science working on NASA projects at the University of Texas in Austin (notably, coding the first computer-based map of Mars) before joining Northwestern University where he completed his PhD in artificial intelligence. Jacques continued his computing and entrepreneurial career at Stanford Research International and the Institute for the Future as one of the Principal Investigators on the early Internet before serving as a founder of a family of venture capital funds in Silicon Valley, specializing in information technology and biotech investments. The funds, including the first NASA venture fund, have financed 60 high-technology startups and led 20 companies (including several “unicorns”) to the public markets. Dr. Vallée remains an active high-tech investor in Silicon Valley while serving on the scientific advisory board of the French Space Agency’s group officially studying UFO reports. He has published his research in books that have been widely translated around the world. He was the real-life model for the character portrayed by François Truffaut in the film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Forbidden Science 6: Scattered Castles is available for purchase at Amazon and  Barnes&Noble

Upcoming Part B: Former CIA Officer | Whistleblower John Kiriakou

Simulcast on YouTube, Facebook, Rumble & Twitch – Tuesday, March 25, 2025 @ 9:00 PM EDT (-4GMT)

Former CIA officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou offers a revealing look into the shadowy world of government secrecy, shedding light on topics that have long intrigued the public. Drawing from his extensive background in intelligence operations, Kiriakou provides insights into UAP crash retrieval programs, mysterious drone incursions, and the persistent efforts to keep these matters hidden from public knowledge. Kiriakou delves into his own personal UAP sighting, offering a unique perspective shaped by years of experience within classified government programs. He discusses the implications of unexplained aerial phenomena, the potential security risks posed by unidentified drones operating in restricted airspace, and the broader implications for national defense. Emphasizing the urgency of preparedness, Kiriakou argues that failing to investigate and retrieve UAP technology would leave the United States at a strategic disadvantage. He explains why developing a comprehensive UAP retrieval initiative is not only a matter of curiosity but a critical step toward understanding and safeguarding against potential threats. With firsthand knowledge of intelligence practices and covert operations, Kiriakou’s revelations provide a compelling argument for greater transparency in addressing these mysterious aerial encounters and unexplained incursions.

Check out: https://unifyd.tv/programs/cia-declassified-with-john-kiriakou-collection

BIO: John Kiriakou is a journalist, former CIA counterterrorism officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former counterterrorism consultant for ABC News. He was responsible for the capture in Pakistan in 2002 of Abu Zubaydah, then believed to be the third-ranking official in al-Qaeda. In 2007, Kiriakou blew the whistle on the CIA’s torture program, telling ABC News that the CIA tortured prisoners, that torture was official U.S. government policy, and that the policy had been approved by then-President George W. Bush. He became the sixth whistleblower indicted by the Obama administration under the Espionage Act — a law designed to punish spies. He served 23 months in prison as a result of the revelation.

In 2012, the Ralph Nader family honored Kiriakou with the Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage, an award given to individuals who “advance truth and justice despite the personal risk it creates.” He won the PEN Center USA’s prestigious First Amendment Award in 2015, the first Blueprint International Whistleblowing Prize for Bravery and Integrity in the Public Interest in 2016, and also in 2016 the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence, given by retired CIA, FBI, and NSA officers.

His portrait, made of Legos by the famed Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian University. Another, done by Andres Serrano, is in the collection of London’s Tate Museum. A third is in artist Robert Shetterly’s series Americans Who Tell the Truth, which features notable truth-tellers throughout American history.

Kiriakou is the author of eight books, including The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA’s War on Terror; Doing Time Like a Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison; The Convenient Terrorist: Abu Zubaydah and the Weird Wonderland of America’s Secret Wars; and The CIA Insider’s Guide to the Iran Crisis.

Cash-Landrum, A 1980 Case That Seemingly Involved Radiation Burns

by UFO History Buff & Author, Charles Lear 
In 1980, The Roswell Incident by Charles Berlitz and William Moore was published that told the sensationalized story of a forgotten 1947 report by the U.S. Army Air Forces that they recovered a “flying disk” on a ranch in New Mexico, north of Roswell Army Air Field. This was also the year of the Rendlesham Forest Incident, which is sometimes referred to as “Britain’s Roswell” (December 26-28), and the Cash-Landrum Incident (December 29). The Cash-Landrum Incident is significant because the witnesses, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and her grandson, Colby Landrum, showed symptoms of what seemed like radiation poisoning after they reportedly saw a large craft, seemingly in distress, being escorted by as many as 23 Chinook helicopters. While all of the above cases continue to be discussed and continue to fascinate, a case that got a lot of attention that same year has been largely forgotten. It is interesting to note that it also involved what seemed to be the effects of radiation on the witnesses prior to the Cash-Landrum incident.

In the September 11, 1980, Anderson, South Carolina, Daily Mail, there is an article (page 8 of the pdf) by Louise Ervin headlined “Jerry McAlister saw ‘something strange.’” Ervin, begins her article asking, “Did a vehicle from another world pay a visit to the Broadway lake area this morning?” According to her, “Jerry McAlister of Parnell Road” wasn’t sure, but was “positive he saw something strange in his back yard” at 4:20 that morning, and since then, “the news media has beaten a path to his door.” Read more

655. Ex-Green Beret [ret] Lt. Col. Dr. John Blitch

Retired Army special forces operator, Lt. Col. Dr. John Blitch, PhD — a former Green Beret, Special Forces officer, and DARPA scientist — shares shocking revelations on non-human intelligence, military encounters, and exotic technologies. He discusses his past, his connection through his dad on the UFO topic, and a mind blowing encounter while mountain biking, his optimism for humanity, and much more!

Podcast UFO Merch

SHOW NOTES 

 

Show 655 Notes: [ret] Lt. Col. Dr. John Blitch, PhD

Simulcast on KGRA Digital Broadcasting, YouTube, Facebook, Rumble & Twitch – Tuesday, March 18, 2025 @ 7:00 PM EDT (-4GMT)

PALE BLUE DOT ~ Carle Sagan

Astronaut Rescue, Alien Mask

Jack Weiner, Allagash Incident on Stars, Love and more.

BIO: Dr. John G. Blitch (LTC, USA RET) is a retired cognitive scientist with a current research focus on trauma-induced memory repression and human-robot interaction. As an emerging author and popular public speaker, he endeavors to share his many lessons learned from occasionally hilarious misadventures conducting operational research in naturalistic settings outside the laboratory with military personnel, explorers, entrepreneurs, and emergency response professionals. John’s website: https://www.fearfighter.net

A ‘Typical’ UFO Abduction Account Before it was Typical

by UFO History Buff & Author, Charles Lear 

Budd Hopkins

UFO abduction accounts of grey aliens taking people from their homes and examining them in their spaceships started becoming typical after the publication in 1981 of Budd Hopkins’s book Missing Time. However, there is an early account with these elements in the 1977 book Abducted!: Confrontations With Beings From Outer Space by the founders of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, Coral and Jim Lorenzen. The case was investigated by APRO Field Investigator Kevin Randle and APRO Consultant and Director of Research Dr. James Harder. Years later, Randle presented his thoughts on the case, which provide some insight into how the typical UFO abduction narrative might have evolved. Read more

654. Roger Stankovic and Irene Previn

In this exclusive interview, Australian UFO researchers Roger Stankovic and Irene Previn delve into the mysterious 1966 Westall UFO Incident — one of Australia’s most compelling UFO sightings. Join us as they share their insights, explore their investigations in the United States at alleged UFO crash sites, and reveal their findings. Are we alone in the universe? Tune in to find out!

 

🔍 Topics Covered:
✅ The 1966 Westall UFO Incident
✅ Australian UFO Incidents
✅ Mysterious UFO crash sites in the US

📝 SHOW NOTES

👕 Podcast UFO Merch

 

Show 654 Notes: Roger Stankovic and Irene Previn

Simulcast on KGRA Digital Broadcasting, YouTube, Facebook, Rumble & Twitch – Tuesday, March 11, 2025 @ 7:00 PM EDT (-4GMT)

 

BIO: Roger Stankovic is an Australian UFO researcher and experiencer of the UFO phenomenon. He is the National Director for MUFON Australia and New Zealand and a community access member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP studies (USA).
Roger has appeared as a guest on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio, Mix 94.5 FM radio, and Channel 7’s ‘A Current Affair.’ He has appeared on numerous podcasts and his articles on the UFO phenomenon have been published extensively by the Australian media including 7 News, The Daily Telegraph, and the Saturday Telegraph. He was also recently featured in a six-part documentary series “Close Encounters Down Under.”
Graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree, Roger later completed a Doctorate in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney. As a former neuroscientist, Roger was employed in the Department of Pathology at the University of Sydney. In this capacity, he had published several scientific research papers in this field.
He is currently a lecturer at the Technical & Further Education (TAFE) institute in Sydney and has a keen interest in astronomy and cosmology and is a semi-professional musician.

BIO: Irene Previn is an Australian visual artist and designer, and keen on uncovering the mystery behind UFOs.
About five years ago, after moving from her home town to work on a new project in Melbourne, Irene heard about Westall incident from her workmates. This occurred in the neighbourhood of her new workplace. At that time, she had never heard of it, let alone of a UFO sighting with over 200 witnesses, so her curiosity was piqued. She then took some of her workmates with her to have a look at the place where it happened.
She was allowed in to Shane Ryan’s private Westall Facebook group and learned more about the incident by watching Rosie Jones’s documentary, Westall 66: A Suburban UFO Mystery.
Surprised to see that no-one was organising any kind of celebration or acknowledgement marking the 50th anniversary of the event, Irene organised one herself. She posted a public invitation to join a picnic at The Grange Reserve, where the saucer was seen hovering close to the ground.
To her surprise, people turned up, even including some of the witnesses who willingly shared details of the experiences. Following the event, James Rigney contacted her requesting a meeting. She did not know him from a bar of soap, and was concerned that he might be a weirdo UFO guy. Prior to hearing about the Westall incident, her idea of anyone that took the sighting of flying discs seriously was, that they needed urgent medical attention.
Over coffee, James convinced Irene that he was perfectly sane, in fact he’s quite a nice architect and family man. Irene shared her vision to invite the public to a screening of Rosie’s film, followed by a Q&A panel with the witnesses. James organised the support of a local UFO investigation group to provide funds and helping hands to help make the event happen.
The event was a success, they sold all of the tickets two week before the event! James and Irene worked together to bring James Fox over to visit and film the Westall bits for his film, The Phenomenon.
Through this Irene met her new boss, a mad scientist who works in robotics. She now works as part of a team doing 3d modelling for prototypes and mechanical drafting for fabrication. She also creates collages in her spare time for her online visual art gallery. Luckily for Irene, her boss is equally keen in pursuing the UFO question.
https://www.ireneprevindesign.com/about-the-artist
https://www.ireneprevindesign.com/about-the-work

 

 

A Lessor Known Australian UFO Encounter From 1971

by UFO History Buff & Author, Charles Lear 

As far as well-known Australian UFO cases go, a 1988 report of an encounter in a desolate area known as the Nullarbor by the Knowles family, a mother and her three adult sons, is on a lot of lists, including Wikipedia. According to the article headlined “UFO Encounter on Nullarbor Plain Reported” in the January 21, 1988, Canberra Times, the family told police in Ceduna that they were chased by a UFO after watching it chase a truck and a car going in the opposite direction. They reported that it picked up their car, shook it violently, and then put it back down facing the other way with such force that one of the tires was blown. Sergeant Fred Longley of the Ceduna Police is quoted as saying “We have to take it seriously, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t. There were too many witnesses, the car was damaged and was covered in ash from the object and they were clearly shaken up.” While there has been much speculation as to what might have happened (and some doubt as to the validity of the story) there was another instance in Australia in 1971, that not only involved a UFO reportedly picking up a car, but seemingly carrying it for long distances. Read more

653. Bill Carter

Are we truly alone in the universe? Former Marine and National Guard MP William Carter doesn’t think so—and he has the experience to back it up. In this exclusive interview, he reveals shocking details about Site C6 at Eglin Air Force Base, a restricted radar facility that has been monitoring unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) for decades. William recounts his first UFO sighting as a child in Georgia, an event he had long forgotten—until his time at Eglin in 2009 reignited his memories and forced him to confront the truth. What he learned at Site C6 confirmed his suspicions: the U.S. government is tracking UFOs, and they might even be bringing them down using advanced technology like EMP weapons. He also shares insights from military insiders, including a former radar technician who worked at Site C6 in the 1980s and 1990s, confirming that the Air Force has been monitoring UFO activity for decades. Could the rumors of “space junk” conveniently falling near Eglin AFB actually be cover for something far more mysterious? In this deep-dive discussion, William comes forward in a way as whistleblower, speaking with key figures investigating the UAP phenomenon. His story raises critical questions about government secrecy, military technology, and the future of disclosure.

SHOW NOTES

Show 653 Notes: Former Marine, Bill Carter

Simulcast on KGRA Digital Broadcasting, YouTube, Facebook, Rumble & Twitch – Tuesday, March 4, 2025 @ 7:00 PM EDT (-4GMT)

 

BIO: William Carter was born in Athens, Georgia, on January 24, 1974. In 1994, he joined the Marine Corps and attended boot camp on Parris Island, South Carolina. After boot camp, he proceeded to Marine Combat Training (MCT) at Camp Geiger in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Upon completing MCT, he was transferred a few miles down the road to Camp Johnson, also in Jacksonville, North Carolina, for Food Service School. Once he completed Food Service School, he was reassigned to Parris Island as permanent personnel. While stationed there, he attended Range Coaching School to train new recruits in the use of the M16-A2 service rifle. He remained there for the rest of his enlistment until receiving an honorable discharge in 1998.
Upon being placed on terminal leave, he enrolled in Northeast Alabama Community College in Rainsville, Alabama, in 1998. Pursuing a general studies program, he earned an Associate in Science degree in 2000. Following graduation, he transferred to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he studied for a year.
From 2003 to 2006, he enlisted in the Alabama National Guard and soon after enrolled at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. While a senior at Jacksonville State, his National Guard unit was activated for Operation Enduring Freedom. The unit was sent to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for military police school, and after graduation, they were deployed to Germany. There, they performed garrison security and assisted in transporting suspected terrorists from Afghanistan to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Like many service members during the war, he was subject to stop-loss orders. Upon returning home, his enlistment ended, but he had still not completed college.
After re-enlisting in the military for a third time from 2009 to 2012, in 2011, he completed a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology from Troy University.
However, in 2009, during a deployment with his military police unit to Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton, Florida, his past resurfaced in a way that profoundly affected his life. The unit had been sent to Eglin for two weeks of annual training in preparation for an upcoming deployment. Their official mission included garrison security and marijuana eradication. During this time, he visited a restricted radar facility known as Site C6 at Eglin Air Force Base.
A long-forgotten memory resurfaced during this visit. As a child in the late 1970s, he, along with his mother and sister, had witnessed a UFO on the ground in a field near their home in Georgia. Until his time at Eglin, this memory had been buried. The experience at the base led him to realize that not only were extraterrestrial encounters real, but that the government actively monitored them.

 

Blog: A 1989 UFO and Occupant Report From Voronezh, Russia

by UFO History Buff & Author, Charles Lear 

When I mentioned to my Russian co-worker, Sasha (in the construction shop at the Metropolitan Opera), that I was going to write about a 1989 UFO, occupant, and robot report from Voronezh that got the world’s attention thanks to a Tass article he said, “Oh, yeah, there were all kinds of crazy reports in the newspapers back then. We didn’t take them seriously.” He explained that because of glasnost (the opening up of Russia to the West and loosening of restrictions under Gorbachev), news companies felt free to report on UFOs and other paranormal subjects that they knew would sell papers. He said they called papers that carried such stories “yellow papers.” My knowledge of the case came from sensationalized narratives on UFO websites, but after actually taking the time to find the original newspaper reports, it seems that the story is the result of a combination of over-zealous UFO researchers, credulous reporters, and perhaps less than scrupulous editors taking advantage of the new political climate.

On October 9, 1989, the Russian newspaper Tass, carried a story under the headline “A UFO Said to Have Landed in a Park at Voronezh.” According to the article, witnesses reported that “an enormous ball or luminous disc” landed in a park, “two or three extraterrestrial beings” and a “small robot” came out, walked around the craft, and then went back inside. The creatures are described as 3-4 meters tall with “tiny heads.” The craft is said to have then taken off silently and to have “disappeared in a wink.” Read more