Show #549 Notes: Katie Cook

March 20, 2023April 16, 2023admin

Simulcast on KGRA Radio, YouTube, Facebook & Twitch – Tuesday, March 21, @ 7:00 PM EDT (-5GMT)

BIO: Katie Cook is best known for her television hosting work with CMT since 2001, but she has also led a very paranormal life and has had a passion for ufology since she was a child. She is the author of a young reader’s trilogy, “Little Big Benny, the Boy Who Didn’t Know He Was the Universe,” about a young astronomer who is very curious about his place in the world, but is completely unaware that he plays host to all kinds of colorful characters that live on a microscopic level within him.
Katie is a recording artist, formerly with the band Reno. Now she has a duo with her husband, Adam Shoenfeld, called SunKat. She is the daughter of Hall of Fame songwriter, Roger Cook, and has hosted her own ufo-themed podcast called Wide Open Wonders. She was also a co-host on MUFON’s What’s Up with Katie Paige and Chris Deperno.
She served as emcee at the 2020 MUFON Symposium in Las Vegas and has been a correspondent on MUFON Television.
She is currently working on a fiction novel based on the alien hybrid topic.

The Mystery in Marfa, Texas

March 12, 2023March 12, 2023admin

by Charles Lear, author of “The Flying Saucer Investigators.”

In Marfa, Texas, there is a phenomenon known as “The Marfa Lights” that has been around for a long time and still remains a mystery. It’s been studied by members of the Society of Physics Students from the University of Dallas and a retired aerospace engineer, James Bunnell. The students thought people were seeing car headlights on U.S. 67. Bunnell thought there was more to the lights than mere misidentification.

According to the Texas State Historical Association website entry on the subject by Julia Cauble Smith, the first historical record of a mystery lights sighting dates back to 1883. According to Smith, Robert Reed Ellison, a young cowhand, saw a flickering light while driving cattle through an area known as Paisano Pass and thought it might be coming from an Apache campfire. Other settlers told him they had seen lights on other occasions and when they investigated, they found no signs of fires in the area. This has been used as an argument against the car lights on U.S. 67 explanation by defenders of the mysterious nature of the lights, such as Ariel Slick, who posted an article on the Deep South Magazine website headlined “Marfa Lights: The Spirit of Texas” on August 19, 2022. Read more →

Show #548 Notes: Colin Saunders

March 10, 2023April 16, 2023admin

Simulcast on KGRA Radio, YouTube, Facebook & Twitch – Tuesday, March 14, @ 7:00 PM EST (-5GMT)

Guest Colin Saunders is a mechanical engineer that had a family UFO encounter back in March, 1999 when a triangle UFO appeared right in front of his eyes, within 100 feet of his car. He discusses what the experience was like, goes into detail of what he observed as well as the high strangeness that followed.

BIO: Colin Saunders is a self employed Graphic designer, born 1958 in Coventry, England and grew up in the Midlands UK. Colin has spent his whole life as a Technical Design Draughtsman and his skills earned him AutoCAD user of the year in 1992 whilst working at Courtaulds PLC. Today Colin is still draughting within the embroidery industry although he started life out as an Electrical Draughtsman. Colin has worked in Sweden and Germany as an Avionics Designer on civilian aircraft and his hobbies include fishing, a passion for old watches and classic motor cars. His encounter with a triangle along with his family in 1999 totally changed his view of the world we live in today.

In 1999 my family and I was fortunate to have a very close encounter with a Triangular craft not of this world. Since that date I have met so many people that have also had Triangle encounters it seemed only logical to write a book, not only about my own experience, but to include these observations as well. The book covers over 130 first hand UK witness accounts of close encounters with Triangular craft, including lost time and men in black! What I soon realised from my own encounter and other witness statements is that there is a definite link between UFO’s and the paranormal, I have included a whole section about this phenomenon in the book which also touches on Alien telepathy. As strange as it all may seem I believe this is just a science we do not understand. Read more →

Show #547 Notes: Navy Encounter Witness Karol Olesiak

March 5, 2023October 15, 2023admin

Simulcast on KGRA Radio, YouTube, Facebook & Twitch – Tuesday, March 07, @ 7:00 PM EST (-5GMT)

Karol’s BLOG

Sun Magazine article, close to what Karol remembers

BIO: Karol is a poet writer and activist he is the managing editor of www. soldiersforthecause.org an antiwar publication that started as an affinity group for Occupy Wall Street sftc just celebrated its ten year anniversary. He has a collection of poetry co-written with his brother called “Cold War Kids”. Karol is a refugee from Poland and a disabled combat veteran.

UFO Abduction Research Gone Sideways: Part 2

March 5, 2023March 8, 2023admin

by Charles Lear, author of “The Flying Saucer Investigators.”

In 2010, an article by Jeremy Vaeni headlined “The Incredible Visitations of Emma Woods” appeared in the November issue of UFO Magazine. The story that was detailed therein caused people in the UFO community to take hard look at the methods and conclusions of the two most prominent people in alien abduction research at that time. “Emma Woods” was the pseudonym of a woman who lived in England, and she was one of David Jacobs’s research subjects. She had posted some tapes of her hypnosis sessions with him that contained some details that Jacobs probably would have preferred had not been made public. Woods provided more details in an interview she gave on March 29, 2010, on the Paratopia podcast hosted by Vaeni and Jeff Ritzman, which appear in the UFO Magazine article. The article prompted Budd Hopkins’s wife, Carol Rainey to write an article of her own headlined “The Priests of High Strangeness” published in 2011 in Volume 1, Number 1 of Paratopia magazine detailing some of Hopkins’s methods with his subjects as well. Last week we looked at the experiences of Woods during her interaction with Jacobs. This week we’ll look at the aftermath and the reaction of some in the UFO community to Woods’s story. Read more →

Show #546 Notes Sam Maranto

February 26, 2023March 1, 2023admin

Simulcast on KGRA Radio, YouTube, Facebook & Twitch – Tuesday, February 28, @ 7:00 PM EST (-5GMT)

O’Hare UFO Incident

Simeon Perkins Records UFO sighting October 12, 1796

BIO: Sam Maranto is an Investigative Researcher best known for his work on the Tinley Park Mass Sightings of 2004, the O’Hare Gate C17 UAP incident of 2006, and others. These Mass Sightings have been featured in several television programs such as the History Channel’s UFO Hunters episodes “Invasion Illinois & Aliens at the Airport”, Dateline MNBC’s “10 Best UFO Encounters” and many more.
Two other noted investigations were “The Lake Cook Car Incident of 2008” and the “Chicago Mothman saga of 2011 to present” each were featured in popular television shows and other media.
As a guest on radio & television shows as well as a requested public speaker Sam has always made it a point to emphasize the fact that the UFO/UAP phenomena is Genuine.
Sam is also a Media Consultant, MUFON Field Investigator since 2001, StarTeam Member, Photo Analysis Team member, MUFON State Director of Illinois since 2007, unofficial Paczki Connoisseur and well versed in other Cool things.
Sam is very proud to have been one of the first guests of Podcast UFO and a dear Friend of it’s wonderful Host…Martin Willis.

UFO Abduction Research Gone Sideways

February 26, 2023admin

by Charles Lear, author of “The Flying Saucer Investigators.”

In 2010, an article by Jeremy Vaeni headlined “The Incredible Visitations of Emma Woods” appeared in the November issue of UFO Magazine that caused people in the UFO community to take hard look at the methods and conclusions of the two most prominent people in alien abduction research. “Emma Woods” was the pseudonym of a woman who lived in England, and she was one of David Jacobs’s research subjects. She had posted some tapes of her hypnosis sessions with him that contained some details that Jacobs probably would have preferred had not been made public. Woods provided more details in an interview she gave on March 29, 2010, on the Paratopia podcast hosted by Vaeni and Jeff Ritzman, which appear in the UFO Magazine article. The article prompted Budd Hopkins’s wife, Carol Rainey to write an article of her own headlined “The Priests of High Strangeness” published in 2011 in Volume 1, Number 1 of Paratopia magazine detailing some of Hopkins’s methods with his subjects as well. Read more →

Show #545 Notes: Julie Ohlson

February 19, 2023February 21, 2023admin

Simulcast on KGRA Radio, YouTube, Facebook & Twitch – Tuesday, February 21, @ 7:00 PM EST (-5GMT)

UFO Abduction Research Under Scrutiny at Harvard

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023admin

by Charles Lear

Out of the three most prominent people in UFO abduction research, Budd Hopkins, David Jacobs, and John Mack, only Mack had any formal training in psychology. Hopkins was an artist, Jacobs was an historian, and Mack was the head of the psychology department at Harvard Medical School. Mack’s interest in UFO abduction research first gained major media attention when he co-chaired the Abduction Study Conference at M.I.T. in June of 1992. His position at Harvard lent credibility to the subject, and he worked to convince other academics to consider it seriously. Harvard’s leadership didn’t interfere with Mack’s interest until he published a book in 1994 titled Abduction: Human Encounters With Aliens based on his research with 13 subjects. Mack had had previous success as an author with a 1976 book on T. E. Lawrence, A Prince of Our Disorder, which won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1977. Abduction was a hit and Mack was featured in many newspapers, television news shows, and talk shows. As Mack’s position at Harvard was part of the story, there were some there who felt it was necessary to examine the validity of Mack’s investigations.

Show 544 Notes: Chris Lehto & Marc D’Antonio

February 13, 2023February 15, 2023admin

Simulcast on KGRA Radio, YouTube, Facebook & Twitch – Tuesday, February 14, @ 7:00 PM EST (-5GMT)

SKYTOUR

Marc D’Antonio has a degree in Astronomy and is the Mutual UFO Network’s (MUFON) Chief Photo/Video Analyst. He is CEO of FX Models, a model making and special effects company specializing in digital/physical models, and organic special effects in the film industry. He has an extensive work history in the Film and Television arena appearing regularly on a number of networks. His efforts creating UFOTOG2, a remote ufo detection system with Academy Award winner Douglas Trumbull promises to bring ufology into the 21st Century.

The Balloon & UFO Shoot-downs, What Are They?

February 12, 2023February 12, 2023admin

by Martin Willis

I was lucky enough to accidentally be right under the Chinese Spy Balloon last Saturday when it was shot down. I was unaware the balloon was near Myrtle Beach until a real estate agent told me to look up. Within 5 minutes, the F-22 shot it down right in front of my eyes. See the BBC as they interviewed me HERE.

Since Saturday, there has been three more shoot-downs. It makes you wonder what is going on.

UFO Abductology Under Attack: The First Shots Fired

February 12, 2023admin

by Charles Lear

Throughout the 1990s, the foremost authorities on UFO abduction research were Budd Hopkins, an artist who brought the subject to mainstream attention with the publication of his 1981 book, Missing Time, David Jacobs, an associate professor of history at Temple University who published Secret Life in 1992, and John Mack, head of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, who published Abduction in 1994. Their books sold well, and they all spoke openly to the press and were largely responsible for getting the alien abduction phenomenon a good deal of media coverage. Even some in the scientific community, probably due to Mack’s efforts and tenure at Harvard, were willing to look at the phenomenon with an open mind, and an Abduction Study Conference was held in 1992 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sponsored by a physics professor there, David Pritchard, with the help of financial backing from Robert Bigelow. Hopkins, Mack, and Jacobs were featured speakers, and Hopkins faced some public criticism during the conference regarding his methods. It wouldn’t be long before he faced even harsher criticism from within the UFO community. Read more →

Show #543 Notes: Larry Holcombe

February 6, 2023February 7, 2023admin

Simulcast on KGRA Radio, YouTube, Facebook & Twitch – Tuesday, February 07, @ 7:00 PM EST (-5GMT)

LARRY HOLCOMBE’s introduction to the world of ufology came in the late 1950’s after reading Major Donald Keyhoe’s, Flying Saucers Are Real and Flying Saucers from Outer Space. These books started a 50 plus year study and avocation into mainstream research on the subject. His writing, speaking efforts and interviews now center on bringing light to bear on the continued United States denial and cover-up of UFO issues. He lives in Callao, Virginia.