by Charles Lear, author of “The Flying Saucer Investigators.”
UFOs are often reported to have left behind evidence of their visits in the form of physical traces, but there are also reports of them taking something away and often it is water from tanks, pools, rivers, lakes, and oceans. There are enough of these sorts of reports that Linda Zimmermann and Michael Worden were able to devote an entire episode (“From the Vault: Everybody in the Pool”) of UFO Headquarters to the subject. Zimmermann began the episode with stories told to her by witnesses in the Hudson Valley of instances where water was missing from pools after UFO sightings in the area and estimated that there were at least five such occurrences in the region from 1975 into the early 1980s. Far from being isolated to the Hudson Valley, such reports come from all over the world and Zimmermann and Worden present several. In this week’s blog, we’ll look at some we’ve come across in our research. Read more
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Our guest, former US Navy with 28 years of service, Christopher Loric, has penned a fascinating book centered on the thought-provoking concept: “There is someone out there, trying to reach us.” Loric doesn’t shy away from addressing questions like “How did they develop a hyperspace drive?” or “What resources enable them to dispatch a fleet across the cosmos?” We also talk about his opinion on how the US Navy and other branches are approaching the UFO/UAP topic.
APRIL FOOLS!!
There is an article headlined “The Taradale Car Crash” in the March-April 1969 Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 15, No. 7. It is described as an “adapted version” of an article written by Henk Hinfelaar and Claude Elmes of New Zealand Scientific Space Research that appeared in that organization’s newsletter Spaceview. It concerns a car accident in Taradale, New Zealand, a suburb of the Northeastern city of Napier, involving two young men who reported that a UFO was the cause. According to Hinfelaar and Elmes, not only did the young men report this to police, but the owner/driver of the car gave the same story to his insurance company, and it was used as a defense by him in a court of law. 
Tune in as we sit down for a discussion with speaker Marc D’Antonio and MC Forest Crawford about the Ozark Mountain UFO Conference. Plus, we’ll touch on a few other interesting topics along the way, Marc speaks on possible UFO propulsion and Forest discusses his childhood UFO encounter as well as an amazing case he has worked on! Martin & Producer, Donna Killeen will be attending the conference and would like to meet you if you are a listener of the show and attending. Send an email to martin @podcastufo.com
Guest, Emily Louise delves into the lesser-known realms of ufology, shining a light on the fringe aspects often obscured by disinformation spread by nefarious actors. Join us as we explore how these myths transform into enduring lore, shaping our understanding of the extraterrestrial unknown.
A pioneer saucerologist/UFOlogist, Ted Bloecher, who mostly went uncelebrated except among his peers and a small number of enthusiasts, passed away on January 22 of this year at the age of 94. He was not known because of book sales, lectures, appearances on television or in documentaries, but for his research with and contributions to various organizations beginning in 1954 with Civilian Saucer Intelligence New York of which he was a founding member. He was mostly interested in cases involving humanoids, and his association with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena seems to have helped Director Donald Keyhoe, who had an aversion to humanoid cases due to his hardened stance against contactee reports, become more open-minded. Besides this, he was a Broadway performer, and his credits include ensemble work in Oliver! and Hello, Dolly! He quit active research in the mid-1980s and donated his UFO files to the Center for UFO Studies and archives to the New York Public Library. 
Join us as we delve into the captivating world of the recently released documentary, “Transmedium Fastmovers & USOs: Exploring the Depths of the Unknown,” with special guests Darcy Weir and Andy Marcial. For years, eyewitnesses have reported sightings of unidentified craft effortlessly traversing both air and water, challenging the boundaries of our understanding of modern physics. Andy sheds light on recently leaked Department of Homeland Security footage featured in the film, adding an extra layer of mystery to our discussion.
While the U.S. Air Force began its UFO investigation under the name of Project Sign in 1948, not long after Kenneth Arnold’s June 24, 1947, report of strange objects in the sky, private investigators didn’t get started until 1952. The first of these to rise to global attention was the International Flying Saucer Bureau, founded by Albert K. Bender. IFSB put out a quarterly publication called Space Review, and the group was taken seriously by fellow enthusiasts. The organization turned out to be short-lived. A little over a year after its creation, Bender mysteriously put an end to IFSB after telling the membership he had solved the mystery of flying saucers. He then announced that he’d been visited by three men wearing black suits and Homburg hats who’d threatened him into keeping silent about his discovery. The mythos of the Men in Black entered flying saucer lore and the Bender Mystery became a subject that is still being debated today. That is not the only legacy of Bender and his organization. To this day, after an attempt by Bender and his IFSB membership was made on March 15, 1953, to telepathically contact the occupants of the mystery craft being reported in the skies, March 15, is celebrated as “World Contact Day.” 
