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PART II: A 1976 Encounter report from Spain

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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 →

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SHOW 720 NOTES: Dave Rich & Marianne Robb

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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

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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

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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 →

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Show 717 Notes: Jesse Merl

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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

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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 →

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SHOW 716 Notes: Matthew Szydagis

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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

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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.

A 1940 UFO and Alien Encounter Report

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by UFO History Buff & Author, Charles Lear 

While June 24, 1947, marks the beginning of the modern-day UFO mystery, claims of earlier encounters and incidents, Maury Island for example, are found throughout the literature. One such case is that of Udo Wartena, a Dutch immigrant working as a miner for the Northwest Mining Syndicate in Broadwater County, Montana. Wartena claimed that in 1940, an alien invited him to go on board a huge flying saucer.

The case came to light in the 1990s, and is based on the testimony of Wartena just before he died in 1989. Prior to this, he reportedly kept the story to himself, not even telling his wife. It was included in the 1993 book, Aliens and UFOs by James L. Thompson. Australian researcher Warren P. Aston looked into it after reading the book and presented his findings at the July 1997 Mutual UFO Network International Symposium in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Read more →

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Show 713 Notes: Ryan Kralik

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Simulcast on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Rumble | Thursday, November 20, 2025 @ 8:00 PM EST (-5GMT) | Friday on KGRA Digital Broadcasting @ 6:00 PM EST

Links & Social Media 
It From Us | Information-first Framework Website 
It From Us Substack 
 
It From Us YouTube 
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Published Articles 
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The Hidden Code Behind Ancient Greece’s Enduring Civilization
Ancient Origins 
Lost Civilizations: The Myth Crafted by Colonialism
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Hard Drives of the Ancients: Megalithic Architecture as Encoded Memory

BIO: Ryan Kralik is an author, researcher, and communications strategist whose work examines the foundations of physics, consciousness, and culture through an information-first lens. Drawing on principles from systems theory, quantum physics, and cognitive science, he explores how information behaves as the underlying architecture of reality—linking the physical, biological, and mental worlds into a single coherence-driven process. His forthcoming book, It From Us – An Information-First Framework and the Purpose of Consciousness, presents a model in which matter, life, and awareness are emergent expressions of information organizing itself toward stability and meaning. A trained remote viewer and lifelong investigator of anomalies, Kralik approaches questions about UAPs, psi phenomena, and consciousness with the same analytical rigor he applies to communication and technology—seeking a unified, evidence-based understanding of how reality encodes experience.

Show 712 Notes: Australia’s Iconic Researcher, Bill Chalker Returns

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Simulcast on KGRA Digital Broadcasting, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Rumble | Tuesday, November 18, 2025 @ 9:00 PM EST (-5GMT)

https://theozfiles.blogspot.com

https://www.project1947.com

BIO: Bill Chalker Intrigued by UFO reports since about 1966, when his home town of Grafton, in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, became the focus of UFO activity that attracted national headlines, Bill began undertaking deeper research and investigations from 1969, when his home region of northern NSW again became the focus of UFO reports. The 1969 publication of the notorious Condon Report, which concluded that there was nothing of scientific value in studying UFOs, had a different effect on Bill. Unlike most, he examined the massive report and realised there was a massive disconnection between the conclusions and the actual case studies. More than a third of their cases were unexplained. This set Bill on a deeper investigation of the UFO enigma. He joined the American based APRO (Aerial Phenomena Research Organisation) group, which confirmed his growing awareness of the global dimensions of the UFO mystery.

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