Simulcast on YouTube, Facebook & Twitter | Tuesday, July 14, 2026 @ 8:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Filmmaker Dean Alioto, a longtime friend of Podcast UFO and a returning guest, joins Martin Willis to discuss his documentary The Experiencers: Full Disclosure. The film examines one of the most challenging and often overlooked areas of the UFO/UAP subject: the people who report direct, deeply personal encounters with the phenomenon. While congressional hearings and official investigations tend to concentrate on military sightings, national security, sensor data, and government transparency, the experiencer aspect is rarely discussed in Washington. Why are these accounts largely absent from the public disclosure conversation? Is the subject considered too difficult, too personal, or simply too extraordinary for the average person to accept? Dean discusses the making of the film, the individuals whose stories it presents, and the challenges of approaching extraordinary testimony with sensitivity and credibility. We also explore why the experiencer question may ultimately be essential to understanding the broader UFO/UAP mystery—and why genuine “full disclosure” could involve far more than government documents or military videos. The conversation focuses primarily on Dean’s film, its development, its message, and what he hopes audiences will take away from it. The Experiencers: Full Disclosure is available on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV+. Keep Your Eyes to the Sky.
Samantha Graves Experiencer Survey: https://phenomena-record-vault.base44.app/
Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-experiencers-full-disclosure/umc.cmc.3jcdw2xt3pol5eam03tubo1ls
Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H16NZLGL?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback
BIO: Award-winning filmmaker and UFO Researcher, Dean Alioto has produced numerous specials for A+E, Bravo and Discovery, as well as consulted on the successful James Fox UFO documentary The Phenomenon. Dean was featured in the Paramount + documentary Unknown Dimensions: The Story of Paranormal Activity as the creator of the first ever found footage movie The McPherson Tape and the enigmatic UPN TV movie Alien Abduction: Incident In Lake County. Dean recently completed a 7-year filmmaking journey, spanning 4 countries and over 60 interviews for his new documentaries: The Alien Perspective and the newly released Life Beyond Earth.
Reports of people suffering physical effects after being zapped by UFOs appears often enough in UFO literature that an author could devote an entire book to them. In 1980, there was such a report out of Foxboro, Massachusetts, that was looked into by local investigators. A detailed 
Former Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet joins Martin Willis to discuss UAP research, undersea anomalies, and reports from submarine personnel of fast-moving unidentified objects detected beneath the ocean. Gallaudet explains his role on the UAP Science Advisory Council reporting to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the challenge of gaining access to relevant data, and why serious scientific investigation is essential. He also shares a brief look at his new leadership memoir, Holding Fast in Heavy Seas, reflecting on his Navy and NOAA career.
In 1958, motorists in Elkton, Michigan, were alarmed by the sight of a blue creature with blinking lights and what looked to be a space helmet. Estimates of its size ranged from 2 to 10 feet tall, and mothers who spotted it while looking out the windows of their homes were 
Rony Vernet returns to Podcast UFO to discuss his field investigations into unusual phenomena reported in the Amazon rainforest and other remote regions of Brazil. An electrical engineer and researcher, Vernet shares accounts from indigenous communities involving luminous orbs, humanoid figures, strange lights, apparent equipment interference, and encounters that local residents believe originate from the forest itself. Martin and Rony also discuss the Peru flying humanoid reports, the Varginha case, alleged Brazilian military and police encounters with UAPs and beings, and the difficulty of collecting repeatable scientific data in unpredictable field conditions. Vernet explains his use of cameras, drones, infrared equipment, sensors, and other tools, along with why some of the most striking incidents reportedly involved lost or corrupted recordings. The conversation explores possible physical, spiritual, psychological, and interdimensional interpretations of the phenomenon, as well as Rony’s upcoming work and documentaries.
Martin Willis is joined by Donna Killeen, UFO Jack, Kelly Hughes, and Sam Milodragovich for UFO Headlines, discussing the latest developments in the UAP and UFO world. Martin and Donna share highlights from the recent Disclosure Forum in Washington, DC, including Martin’s question to Representative Eric Burlison about government file releases, private-sector crash-retrieval claims, and the search for more meaningful transparency. The panel also discusses the latest UAP records release, unusual orb reports, the role of skeptics, government disclosure efforts, archival research, and major historic cases including Roswell, Ariel School, Phoenix Lights, and Rendlesham Forest. They also explore the larger questions: Could there be multiple intelligences behind the phenomenon, and what evidence would it take for the public to truly accept the reality of UAPs?
Guest Joe Biscotto
We often write about UFO cases that end up being neglected as other more dramatic cases grab the attention of investigators and the press. A case that was doomed to just this sort of treatment involved reports on October 22, 1973, out of Indiana. This was just after the October 12th Pascagoula Incident and the October 18th Coyne Helicopter Incident, and while all three cases share the front page of the September-October 1973 APRO Bulletin, the Indiana case faded into obscurity as the other two became classics.
Rhys Dalton-Morgan joins me from Contact in the Desert for a fascinating conversation about a remarkable family connection to one of Australia’s most intriguing UFO cases. Rhys’s grandfather, a decorated RAF fighter pilot and later operations head of the vast Woomera Test Range in South Australia, reportedly witnessed a bright disc-shaped object during the era of Black Knight rocket testing. According to Rhys’s research, the object was seen over the range by multiple personnel, appeared to circle a missile site, and then accelerated away at extraordinary speed. The case has since led Rhys into a deeper investigation of his grandfather’s military background, including a reported early involvement with a secret U.S.-U.K. UFO inquiry. We also discuss Rhys’s mother’s personal experiences, the role of respected Australian researcher Bill Chalker, the strange history surrounding Woomera, and some of Australia’s most compelling cases. Later, Rhys gives an excellent overview of the 1966 Westall school UFO incident, including the witnesses, reported landings, unusual aircraft, alleged military response, and some lesser-known details surrounding the event. We also touch on Australian high strangeness, alleged abduction cases, cryptid reports including the Yowie, and why the UFO phenomenon may be far more complex than simply unexplained technology.