Show 723 Notes: James Fox

Simulcast on KGRA Digital Broadcasting, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Rumble | Tuesday, December 30, 2025 @ 9:00 PM EST (-5GMT)

Filmmaker and investigator James Fox joins Martin once again for an in-depth discussion of his latest release, Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters, which premiered this December. James is a longtime friend of the show and always brings thoughtful, firsthand insight into some of the most compelling UFO cases on record. In this wide-ranging conversation, we revisit the infamous 1996 Varginha, Brazil incident, often referred to as “Brazil’s Roswell,” and explore newly uncovered testimony that has emerged since the film’s release. As often happens after a major documentary airs, additional witnesses have come forward—adding layers of detail that continue to reshape our understanding of what may have occurred. James shares fresh updates from his recent travels to Brazil, including new witness accounts, hospital testimony, and disturbing details surrounding alleged creature encounters, military involvement, and medical examinations. We also discuss reports of unusual biological effects, conflicting official narratives, and why this case remains one of the most complex and controversial UFO incidents ever investigated. The conversation expands into broader themes as well—government secrecy, crash-retrieval programs, whistleblowers, and the long-standing question of where recovered craft and biological evidence might be kept. James also recounts his experience inside a classified government facility and what those encounters suggest about the current state of disclosure. Additionally, we touch on: Alleged military and intelligence involvement following the Varginha incident Witness intimidation and “men in suits” accounts Conflicting medical testimony and why some witnesses waited decades to speak The role of the U.S. government in international UFO recovery cases Why 2026–2027 continues to surface as a pivotal timeframe in UFO discussions This episode is pre-recorded due to scheduling, but presented unedited—bloopers and all. Check out the documentary here: https://geni.us/MOC_NewRevelations

BIO: For 30 years, James Fox traveled across the world in pursuit of the truth regarding UFOs. He directed and produced five films on the subject, “Out of the Blue, (2003); “I Know What I Saw” & Director’s Cut Edition, (2009); “The Phenomenon”, (2020) and “Moment of Contact”, (2022)“.

In 2007 orchestrated an event, with help from journalist Leslie Kean (Coalition for Freedom of Information), which to this day is hailed as the most credible civilian effort of disclosure on UFOs in history.
His last film The Phenomenon was a worldwide hit and became a hot news story event due to former minority senate leader, Harry Reid, who stated in Fox’s documentary that “Most of it (UFO evidence) hasn’t seen the light of day.” For his latest film, Moment of Contact, Fox goes where’s he’ never gone before in the phenomenon — reporting on recovered aliens. Taking place in Varginha Brazil in 1996, Fox uncovers new witnesses and reveals information on a cover up that has not seen the light on day for 30 years.

A 1954 Landed Craft and Humanoid Report from Cennina, Italy

by UFO History Buff & Author, Charles Lear 

Throughout 1954 in France, there was a wave of humanoid reports that received national and international press coverage. That same year, Italy experienced a wave of its own that didn’t get nearly as much attention, although one particular case has since become a classic. A detailed account (page 12 of the pdf) of the case and a follow-up investigation 18 years later is presented in the Vol. 18, No. 5, Flying Saucer Review. Jacques Vallée included a brief account in his catalogue titled Une Siècle d’Atterisages” (a Century of Landings) published as a series in Lumières dans la Nuit starting with the April 1969 issue and ending with the February 1970 issue. However, according to editor Gordon Creighton, “so far as I am aware, no full description of it has ever appeared in English.”

The account, by Sergio Conti, appears on page 11 (page 14 of the pdf) under the headline, “The Cennina Landing of 1954.” It was translated by Creighton from Il Giornale dei Misteri No.17, published in August of 1972. Read more

Show 721 Notes: Len Filppu

Simulcast on KGRA Digital Broadcasting, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Rumble | Tuesday, December 23, 2025 @ 9:00 PM EST (-5GMT)

In this in-depth episode of Podcast UFO, host Martin Willis is joined by Len Filppu, a lifelong experiencer whose 1967 Brockport, New York UFO sighting became a pivotal moment that reshaped his understanding of reality, consciousness, and the unexplained. Len recounts witnessing a low-flying, fiery orange object, accompanied by a smaller white orb, moving silently across the sky—an event corroborated by multiple police officers and dozens of civilian witnesses across western New York. The sighting later inspired the animated short documentary Psychedelic in the Sky, which explores not only the event itself, but the deeper psychological and spiritual impact it had on those involved. Beyond the UFO encounter, Len discusses a series of profound anomalous experiences, including a verified poltergeist incident, altered states of consciousness, and how stigma and ridicule once silenced witnesses for decades. Together, Martin and Len examine how public perception of UFOs has evolved—from mockery in the 1960s to serious scientific and academic inquiry today.

This conversation also touches on:

The Brockport UFO case and related sightings

Police and civilian corroboration

Consciousness, synchronicity, and personal transformation

The role of stigma in suppressing UFO testimony

Parallels between UFO encounters and other anomalous phenomena

The episode concludes with the screening of “Psychedelic in the Sky,” an animated short film by filmmaker Matthew Salton.

If you’re interested in credible UFO cases, firsthand testimony, and the deeper implications of anomalous experiences, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.

 

BIO: Len Filppu is a writer-screenwriter whose UAP story is described, in part, in Diana Pasulka’s book, Encounters. He did a stint in television news, served as a press secretary to the successful 1976 Jimmy Carter Presidential Campaign and on Capitol Hill, and worked for decades as an executive for numerous Silicon Valley technology firms including SRI International, Software Publishing Corporation, and Sun Microsystems. A later-in-life father, Len wrote the book, PRIME TIME DADS: 45 Reasons to Embrace Midlife Fatherhood, and was a columnist for The Huffington Post. He helped make the horror film, Fear No Evil, and has written several feature screenplays and a documentary film about the depletion of the Earth’s ozone layer. Len lives with his wife in Northern California where they raised their two children. He is currently working on his metaphysical memoir.

Jimmy Carter’s famous UFO sighting from 1969 in Leary, Georgia, was likely a high-altitude barium-sodium cloud released from a secret U.S. military rocket test at Eglin Air Force Base, consistent with his description of a luminous, color-changing, non-solid orb seen by many witnesses. While Carter never definitively claimed extraterrestrial involvement, his report sparked his lifelong openness to UFO phenomena, leading him to pledge to release UFO info if elected and remain respectful of witness accounts, viewing them as unexplained, potentially experimental, military phenomena, not necessarily alien ships. 

Witness Sidney Zipkin

Kundalini experience is a profound spiritual phenomenon involving dormant life force energy rising from the base of the spine, causing intense physical sensations (heat, shaking, tingling), powerful emotional shifts, heightened intuition, and deep mystical states of bliss, oneness, or spiritual awakening, often triggered by practices like yoga, breathwork, or intense emotional release, leading to transformation but requiring guidance due to its intensity. 

Reports of Cube in Sphere UFOS from the 20th and 21st Centuries

by UFO History Buff & Author, Charles Lear 

In 2019, U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Ryan Graves began speaking publicly about regular encounters by flight teams starting in 2013 with UFOs. On July 26, 2023, he testified before congress and said that on one occasion, two jets were forced to make evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision with an object he described as a clear sphere with a black cube inside. By the time of the hearing, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office headed by Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick had looked into these types of reports, and in May of 2023, Kirkpatrick informed NASA’s UFO advisory council that AARO had about 800 instances of “metallic orb” UFOs. This is according to a January 24, 2024, Science Times article by Caleb White headlined “Cube in a Sphere UAP Could Be ‘Aliens’ or ‘Next Generation’ Spherical Drones, Pentagon Former UFO Chief Says.” Read more

SHOW NOTES: 2025 UAP Year in Review Round Robin: Disclosure, Science & Key Events

Simulcast on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Rumble | Thursday, December 18, 2025 @ 8:00 PM EST (-5GMT) | Friday on KGRA Digital Broadcasting @ 6:00 PM EST

In this special round-robin episode, Podcast UFO host Martin Willis is joined by an exceptional panel to review one of the most consequential years in modern UFO/UAP history. Filmmaker Dean Alioto, Surprise guest, Matt Ford of The Good Trouble Show, UFO Jack, and Allie & Justin, hosts of UAP Society’s UAP News Show, come together to discuss the major strides, controversies, and revelations that shaped the UAP conversation throughout 202 controversies, and revelations that shaped the UAP conversation throughout 2025. Topics covered include: Congressional hearings, whistleblowers, and renewed legislative efforts surrounding UAP disclosure Scientific re-evaluation of historical and modern UAP data Increased civilian and military reporting, including USOs The growing role of academia and independent research groups Media, documentaries, and the shifting public perception of UFOs Where the UAP conversation stands heading into 2026 This wide-ranging discussion brings multiple perspectives together—media, research, filmmaking, and analysis—to assess how far the subject has progressed and what unanswered questions remain. Whether you follow UFOs from a scientific, political, or cultural standpoint, this episode provides a comprehensive look at why 2025 may be remembered as a turning point in UAP history.

PART II: A 1976 Encounter report from Spain

by UFO History Buff & Author, Charles Lear 

In last week’s blog, we looked at a case from Spain that involved three airmen who were stationed at a Spanish Air Force base near Talavera La Real. It was investigated by Juan José Benítez who wrote a report (page 4 of the pdf) and sent it to Flying Saucer Review. The report was translated into English by Gordon Creighton, and it was published in the Vol. 23, No. 5, February 1978 issue.

According to Benítez, the three airmen, José María Trejo, Juan Carrizosa Luján, and José Hildago were on guard duty after midnight on November 12, 1976. Trejo and Carrizosa were in their sentry boxes, and Hildago was on patrol with a German Shepherd. At around 1:45 a.m., Trejo and Carrizosa heard what sounded like radio interference, which then turned into a piercing, high-pitched whistle that hurt their ears. The whistle started and stopped repeatedly, and the two men, armed with Z-26 quick-firing rifles, searched the area where it seemed to be coming from.

They then saw a light that looked like a flare high up in the sky that lit up a wide area. Hildago came by with the dog and he had also seen the light. They were joined by a corporal and two support guards, and they went to do a search.

After hearing branches breaking in a stand of eucalyptus trees and sending the dog in repeatedly, they saw a luminous green figure that was about three meters tall with what looked like a helmet on its head, long arms, thick body, and it didn’t seem to have any legs or feet. The men described it as being like a bobbin or a spindle. Read more

SHOW 720 NOTES: Dave Rich & Marianne Robb

Simulcast on KGRA Digital Broadcasting, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Rumble | Tuesday, December 16, 2025 @ 9:00 PM EST (-5GMT)

Retired law enforcement officers Dave Rich and Marianne Robb join host Martin Willis for a wide-ranging conversation on why first responders can be uniquely strong UAP/UFO witnesses—and why the professional fallout after reporting can be just as traumatic as the encounter itself. They break down how academy/scenario-based training shapes observation under stress, then pivot into major police-involved cases including the multi-agency “Lumberton” triangle flap (four nights of sightings across multiple counties), RCMP officer Jim Blackwood (flashlight interaction), Lonnie Zamora (Socorro), and Val Johnson (1979)—including the physical damage to his patrol car and the long-term consequences for witnesses who speak publicly. The discussion also highlights the mission of UAPD (UAP-PD): providing a confidential, “safe zone” for active and retired first responders to share UAP/paranormal/cryptid experiences without fear of ridicule or career impact. Dave recounts the 2017 incident that led to UAPD’s formation—an unexplained 911 call from an empty school, follow-up investigation steps (video, phone/line checks, audio analysis), and the pressure he faced afterward to stay silent. If you’re a first responder with an experience you’ve kept to yourself, you are not alone—and support exists.

Contact UAPD (UAP-PD): https://uap-pd.com (scroll to the bottom for “Contact Us”) Facebook: UAP-PD: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1342703223078719/ (message the page) Also mentioned: • Martin’s upcoming Year-in-Review livestream (Thursday at 8:00 PM) • PodcastUFO blog updates at podcastufo.com • Giveaways during live participation (shirts/hats)

BIO: Marianne Robb: is a retired police officer with 34 years of experience in Arizona law enforcement. Her career included roles as a patrol officer, a detective specializing in arson, property crimes, and narcotics and as a crime prevention specialist. In 2015 Marianne joined the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON Arizona chapter). She spent 7 years as a field investigator. She spent 5 years as an instructor with MUFON alongside Dave Rich teaching investigators how to apply law enforcement methods, such as evidence collection and advanced interview techniques, to UFO cases. She had taught at MUFON symposiums, and at the annual MUFON boot camp held in Arizona. She is a vocal advocate for collaboration among researchers, government agencies and investigators to uncover the truth about unidentified anomalous phenomena.

BIO: Dave Rich: is a retired police officer with 25 years of service in Arizona law enforcement. During his career, he worked in various roles, including patrol, gang investigation, homicide, sex crimes and narcotics. Dave spent his last 15 years of his career as a high school resource officer. In addition to his law enforcement background, he had been active in UFO investigations as a field investigator for the Mutual UFO Network ( MUFON Arizona chapter) Dave was an instructor for MUFON, teaching advanced interview techniques and evidence collection at their boot camps and symposiums. Read more

Show 719 Notes: Chris & Sean O’Leary

Simulcast on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Rumble | Thursday, December 11, 2025 @ 8:00 PM EST (-5GMT) | Friday on KGRA Digital Broadcasting @ 6:00 PM EST

 

BIO: Sean O’Leary is a retired police officer with more than twenty years on the job protecting a city in upstate New York, north of the Hudson Valley.
He has been a lifelong abductee of the Greys, with over one-hundred abductions over the course of fifty years, starting in 1974 and as recent as 2023,

BIO: Chris O’Leary is a fine art painter, his work is in collections on four continents. He is also a professional stand up comedian and comedy writer who has worked with many of the great comedians for the past 35 years including Jerry Seinfeld, Gilbert Gottfried and Richard Belzer. He was first abducted by the Greys in 1966 and more than one hundred times over several decades.

A 1976 Encounter Report from Spain

by UFO History Buff & Author, Charles Lear 

In the Vol. 23, No. 5, February 1978 Flying Saucer Review, there is a report (page 4 of the pdf) out of Spain headlined, “Encounter at Talavera.” It was written by Juan José Benítez and translated by Gordon Creighton. Benítez got the story from the main witnesses who were three airmen stationed at a Spanish Air Force base near Talavera la Real, close to the Spanish-Portuguese border. He describes the case as “simply staggering.”

Benítez explains that the incident occurred on November 12, 1976, and that he got the story firsthand from the witnesses, but kept the details to himself because the three men involved had still been in the service “until a short time ago.”

According to Benítez, at around 1:45 a.m., José María Trejo and Juan Carrizosa Luján were in their sentry boxes on guard duty near the fuel depot of the Talavera Air Force Base and Jet Aircraft School a few kilometers from the city of Badajoz. Their boxes were 60 meters apart and they both heard what sounded like radio interference, which then turned into a piercing, high-pitched whistle that hurt their ears. After a few minutes, it stopped, and then started up again five minutes later, this time near Trejo’s box. Trejo called for Carrizosa to come over and both men searched the area armed with Z-26 quick-firing rifles. Read more

Show 717 Notes: Jesse Merl

Simulcast on KGRA Digital Broadcasting, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Rumble | Tuesday, December 02, 2025 @ 9:00 PM EST (-5GMT)

BOB LAZAR :https://podcastufo.com/the-bob-lazar-conundrum-muddying-the-ufo-waters

Jesse Merl is a multi-exit tech entrepreneur, media personality, and unapologetic voice in combat sports and culture. The founder of Major League Fantasy Inc., Jesse has built and sold companies at the intersection of tech, entertainment, and digital communities, earning coverage in outlets like Forbes and Business Journal. As the host of the hit YouTube channel Jesse ON FIRE, he has cultivated a passionate audience with millions of views, known for sharp takes on MMA, business, politics, and the cultural battles shaping our time. His commentary mixes insider business acumen with raw, unfiltered honesty, a combination that makes him equally magnetic and polarizing. Beyond the mic, Jesse is pioneering in Web3 as co-founder of High Value Target (HVT) and Frogmen, NFT projects that bring authenticity, patriotism, and storytelling into the digital art space. He is also an angel investor, always seeking ventures that disrupt the norm. Jesse’s energy, entrepreneurial insights, and bold approach to life make him a powerful guest for shows that want conversations about innovation, personal transformation, fight culture, and the unvarnished truth of where society is headed.

Two Co-workers Share Their UFO Stories

by UFO History Buff & Author, Charles Lear 

This past week, I found myself in the position of having two co-workers who are UFO witnesses and decided to take advantage of this and have them tell their stories for this blog.

The first story is that of Ilya Vett, 54, who has been with the organization for over three years, and he first told it to me not long after I met him. He grew up in the area of New Paltz, New York, which is near Pine Bush and the Hudson Valley. Both of those areas are notorious for UFO flaps in the 1980s (Ilya and I went to the 2022 Pine Bush UFO Fair where I met up with Martin), which is when Ilya said he had his sighting. Ilya also told me that his wife, prior to their marriage, had a sighting of a UFO with her family while they were driving. According to him, when they got home, it was over their house.

As for Ilya’s story, he recorded it for me on his own time not prompted by any questions from me. According to him, he and some friends were riding their bikes on Prospect Street in New Paltz sometime in the fall (school had started) “in the early 80s.” It was dark, and they were heading north towards Henry W. Dubois Drive. The area was undeveloped at the time, and there were “a lot of trees” on both sides of the road. They heard what Ilya indicated through vocalizations was a combination of a whoosh and a hum, though he settled on it not being “distinct.” Read more

SHOW 716 Notes: Matthew Szydagis

Simulcast on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Rumble | Thursday, November 27 (THANKSGIVING), 2025 @ 8:00 PM EST (-5GMT) | Friday on KGRA Digital Broadcasting @ 6:00 PM EST

https://www.albany.edu/news-center/news/2025-ualbany-receives-major-gift-advance-scientific-research-unidentified-aerial

(1) https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/10/939
(2) https://knuthlab.org/papers/knuth—kavli-2024—galactic-colonization.pdf
(3) https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.12738
(4) https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.06794
(5) https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.00558

BIO: Professor Matthew Szydagis received his B.A., M.S., and Ph.D.
degrees from the University of Chicago in 2005, 2006, and 2011,
respectively, then continued his work in physics as a postdoctoral
scholar at the University of California Davis (2010-2014). Since 2014,
he has been a professor at the University at Albany (UAlbany)
Department of Physics, pursuing experimental particle astrophysics, in
particular the direct laboratory detection of dark matter WIMPs
(Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) underground, and general
detector development for “rare event” searches. He works on the LZ
liquid-Xenon based experiment and is the developer of the NEST (Noble
Element Simulation Technique) software, and co-developer of the
“snowball chamber” supercooled water technology with his colleague
Prof. Cecilia Levy, as well as the AngelCore reactor technology. After
a recent donation from Mr. Tony Gorman to UAlbany he is also pursuing
UAP research with his colleagues Prof. Levy and Prof. Kevin Knuth as a
more serious effort.
https://www.albany.edu/physics/faculty/matthew-szydagis

SHOW #715 Notes: Clas Svahn

Simulcast on KGRA Digital Broadcasting, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Rumble | Tuesday, November 25, 2025 @ 9:00 PM EST (-5GMT)

In this deep-dive conversation, Swedish UFO researcher and AFU archivist Clas Svahn joins Martin Willis to explore newly declassified documents from Sweden’s security police and military— including a major 1970s operation to intercept unknown craft crossing into Norway. Clas also discusses a rare 1971 humanoid encounter, Sweden’s most compelling historic UFO cases, and new scientific insights into strange lights (will-o’-the-wisps). We take a broader look at mysterious sightings across Russia, China, and Europe, and get updates on AFU’s latest collections and its growing global role in preserving UFO history. A must-watch for anyone fascinated by Scandinavian UFO research, credible witnesses, and revelations emerging from long-sealed archives.

https://www.afu.se

https://csblogg.ufo.se

Starlink
Failed Russian Launch over Norway

BIO: Clas Svahn is one of Europe’s most respected UFO researchers and the leading authority on Sweden’s UFO history. A journalist and investigator since the 1970s, he has spent over 45 years documenting UFOs, close encounters, military reports, and high-strangeness cases across Scandinavia. He is the co-founder and longtime chairman of UFO-Sverige, known for its systematic, boots-on-the-ground investigation model, and he serves as deputy director of AFU (Archives for the Unexplained)—the world’s largest UFO and paranormal archive, preserving millions of documents, case files, and rare collections. Svahn has authored more than 30 books, collaborated with major figures such as Jacques Vallée and Timothy Good, and appears regularly on TV, radio, and documentaries. Known for his balanced, evidence-driven approach, he is widely regarded as Sweden’s central UFO historian and one of the world’s most important archivists of anomalous phenomena.