The Saucer Life: Recent Episodes
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The Saucer Life is a podcast exploring the history and lore of flying saucer and UFO culture, running the gamut from Contactees to the Men In Black and from Underground Bases to Abductions.
Episode NotesThe Alien Abduction Survival Guide by Michelle LaVigne is... not entirely what it sounds like. While there are several tips for coping with one's abduction experiences, the most interesting aspect of the book is the manner in which the author positions herself within the shared experiences of humans and their alien mentors.
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Episode NotesRecounting a contactee tale that took place in 1955, Oscar F. Knight's booklet "The Wolverton Trail Event" is a unique story that exudes sincerity. Regardless of the saucer content, this is fascinating account!
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Episode NotesIn this episode, I asked myself some questions that I’ve always wanted the answers to. Well, at least my answers on this particular day. These answer may change in the future. What’s the deal with Roswell? Least favorite episode of my own podcast? Favorite UFO book? Believe me when I say that I wasn’t sure how I’d answer when I asked myself!
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Episode NotesAs we wrap up our deep dive into the third issue of (California) UFO Magazine, we find ourselves knee-deep in tales of UFO talk at the Whole Life Expo. Then, we're off to the wilderness where we make contact with the elusive families of Space Sasquatches.
Next, we take a philosophical detour with a mind-bending column by the one and only Terrence McKenna. And then, drumroll, please, we look at a review of Strieber's "Communion". which at the time was so fresh off the presses, you could practically smell the ink. And finally, we explore the dolphin-alien connection, complete with dolphin channelling.
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Episode NotesIt’s back to the early days of UFO Magazine or (California UFO Magazine) for a fairly lighthearted romp through a publication that did its best to provide insight into all aspects of the UFO culture of the time, much to the chagrin of the buttoned-up nuts-and-bolts time. That tension, between “scientific” and “new age” approaches is very much apparent in this issue!
In fact, there’s so much good stuff in here, that we’ll be finishing it up on the next episode! The documentary mentioned—_UFOs and Channelling—_can be found on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy92Xz6jyI4
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Episode NotesIs it an abduction? A contact experience? Both? Neither? The encounter that Carl Higdon had in October, 1974 in Wyoming is one of those strange 1970s encounters that doesn’t get enough attention. After…encountering Margery Higdon’s 2017 book about her husband’s ordeal, I thought it would be a good subject for our approach here on The Saucer Life.
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Episode NotesWe're kicking off the new year, and in this episode, we’re going to look at the story of Police Constable Alan Godfrey, whose encounter with a UFO on the dark roads of northern England would have profound effects on his life.You can find Godfrey’s book at https://www.alangodfreyufo.com/product-page/who-or-what-were-they
Another key resource for this episode was Rik Moran’s book Chance Encounters in the Valley of Lights.
And be sure to check out The Night Monitor and their album “Close Encounters of the Pennine Kind” on Bandcamp!
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Episode NotesWe're back with a zine scene installment that is going to segue into our next episode--clever, right? This issue of FSR has it all--bizarre humanoid encounters, weirdly shaped UFOs, and complaints about the economy!
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Episode NotesSo this is a new thing I've wanted to do forever: there are a lot of early Saucer Life Episodes which are short--really short-- and could use some additional oomph. So we're trying it out with our January 2018 episode on The Robertson Panel. Following the original episode is an examination of some of the ways the Panel was discussed in the newspapers from the 60s to the 21st Century.
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Episode Notes This episode is sort of a continuation of our exploration of Bryant and Helen Reeve's Flying Saucer Pilgrimage--we're looking at the story of Salvador Medina, who the Reeves christened "The Mexican Adamski." It's an interesting tale, and deviates a little bit from the contactee norm!
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Episode Notes In this episode, we're looking at Flying Saucer Pilgrimage, a 1957 book by Bryant and Helen Reeve that details their 23,000 mile road trip to meet various contactees, their role in promoting Contactee lectures in Detroit, and more!
This Techtopia episode has an interview with their grandson that was a valuable resource!
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Episode Notes It's the second part of our AMA extravaganza. In this episode: a dinner party, beer choices, UFO novels, my view on the most credible phenomena, and more!
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Episode Notes I got so many questions that I need to stretch this over two episodes (which works out well since I'm going on vacation...). Some GREAT questions here in this first half--nice, thinky questions that I'm going to be reconsidering over and over for a while, which is always nice. Here's the link that I mention at the end of the episode!
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Episode Notes It’s a new episode category—join us for Saucer Law! In this installment, we’re going to be looking into the groundbreaking case of Ground Saucer Watch vs. CIA. In the second half of the 1970s, the newly strengthened Freedom of Information Act was put to good use by researchers and advocates of all kinds, including the UFO community. Would the government play ball? Or would THE TRUTH continue to be concealed?
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Episode Notes In this episode, we conclude the story of this years UFO-related road trip. Join us for some discussion of the Piedmont Lights, the Cape Girardeau UFO crash, and more! If you want to check out Kevin Randle's article on the 1941 crash, Here it is!
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Episode NotesIt’s time for the first part of our our annual(ish) road trip adventure. As usual, these are fairly light and breezy, perfect for a bright spring day. Or something.
This year, I went down to Missouri on the trail of Buck Nelson, the Piedmont UFO sightings, the mysterious happenings in the “Marley Woods” area, and the alleged Cape Girardeau UFO crash.In this first part, I'll be covering my search for some of the more elusive aspects of Buck Nelson's story!
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Episode NotesThe Zine Scene returns with another very early issue of (California) UFO Magazine! Like the first issue, this one shows off the diversity of the UFO scene, from articles and opinions that range from the nuts and bolts to the more etherial side of the UFO spectrum. There are some interesting ads, fun contactee stories, letters to the editor, and all sorts of other amusements, along with a couple of rabbit holes for us to go down.
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Episode NotesSomething I forgot to mention!
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Episode NotesIn this episode we look at the 1997 video Area 51: The Alien Interview. It’s a wild ride featuring convicted fraudster Sean David Morton, who I urge you to read about at ufowatchdog.com!
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Episode NotesIn this episode, we’re going to look at “Flying Saucers and the Father’s Plan” by Laura Munro. This is an interesting book; it’s part Contactee tale and part commentary on other Contactees (which was more rare than one might expect). It was published by Gray Barker’s Saucerian Press and, thanks to Barker’s record keeping, we have some interesting insights into the book’s development as well.
We previous covered Laura Munro in our episode on FBI investigations into flying saucer clubs in Detroit, so check out that episode if you haven’t!
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Episode NotesIn this installment of the Zine Scene, we’re looking at the very first issue of UFO Magazine, from 1986, and a number of other very early editions from 1987. For those of us who came to the magazine much later (the late 90s, in my case), these early issues are a bit different than what we might expect.
You can purchase these issues for download as PDFs at a very reasonable price at the UFO Magazine website
Here’s hoping they release more!
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Episode NotesThe Rockefeller family was a frequent target of conspiracy theory in the United States. One of their detractors was Peter Beter, a conspiracy theorist whose frequently outlandish conspiracy theories also targeted the Federal Reserve system and the Soviet Union. He spread his message through recorded messages distributed on cassette tape to subscribers, released monthly from 1975 to 1982. Beter claimed that the Soviets had planted short range nuclear missiles just off the coast of the United States and that the US and USSR had fought an orbital conflict with space-based weapons which he called the “Battle of the Harvest Moon.” It was, however, Beter’s tales of assassinated and replaced political figures that remain his most outlandish legacy.
You can find out more about Dr. Beter at this extensive website!
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Episode NotesA popular request for a topic, we're going to look at Bill Moore's famous (infamous) speech at the 1989 MUFON International UFO Symposium that threw a spotlight on the topic of government disinformation in the UFO sphere.
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Episode NotesWe conclude our initial examination of Robert Renaud's 1960s contact experiences. There's another Korendian base on earth, Lin-Erri shows up to beguile our hero, and we get alien lectures on geopolitics, economics, and birth control!
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Episode NotesSo today, we're going to look at a contactee who was active from the 60s all the way up into the 21st-century, which may be a first. At least in my experience. His name is Robert Renaud and he had some very interesting experiences and a very distinct, entertaining way of writing.There's so much material that we cannot hope to cover it all, even over multiple episodes, so be sure to check out the online repository of his contactee writings, here!
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Episode NotesIt's the Zine Scene, and we're checking out the Aerial Phenomenon Research Organization's Bulletin! This episode covers 1972 and it's an oddly low-key year. But there are some significant books that come out, and some fascinating sightings, including some very odd humanoid encounters!
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Episode Notes Today, we're going to take a look at a Contactee named Eugene Drake. Never heard of him? Neither had I. What's his claim to fame? Um.... He might have been the source for the original Contactee-style account, years before George Adamski or Truman Bethurum did their thing. It's a strange story. Much thanks to The Saucers that Time Forgot for their work on this story, as well as Håkan Blomqvist for his write up as well. They were very valuable resources!
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Episode Notes It's a straight-forward, good old fashioned UFO sighting story! No mind control! No underground bases! No weirdness! It's just a story of solid witnesses, strange things in the sky, and military bureaucracy. Which, in a way, makes it the quintessential UFO tale.
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Episode Notes In this episode, we finish our examination of the Gulf Breeze Six with a closer look at the work of Vance Davis, including some clips of appearances with Art Bell and, in one case, with Richard Hoagland! Do Vance's appearances and book make the story more intriguing? Less so? Tune in and find out!
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Episode Notes This has been one of the most request Saucer Life topics--seriously--and it's wild. I only ever knew the basics of this story and while it's not the deepest rabbit hole we've ever been on there are definitely some twists and turns. Enough that it's gonna be a two parter.
Doing this episode would have been difficult without online resources such as Jack Brewer's post on the subject at The UFO Trail, which includes a link to some great documentation gathered by James Carrion.
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Episode Notes We're finishing up our look at the Ed Walters's Gulf Breeze sightings with his book about the abduction hypnosis he underwent to try to find out THE TRUTH about what happened to him in 1987 and 1988. And, as we find out, much earlier....
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Episode Notes We're back for the second part of our look at the Gulf Breeze UFO sightings! This time, we'll be focusing largely on investigations of Ed Walters's claims and his debunkers. Guest starring Phil Klass!
Additional sources
- The Randle Report: UFOs in the 90s by Kevin Randle
- A pretty good archive of clips from the "For the People" radio show from the early 90s
- A collection of UFO newsletters discussing Gulf Breeze (at the Internet Archive)
And here's a link to a page with some of the photos I mentioned in the episode.
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Episode Notes We're beginning our long-awaited examination of the Gulf Breeze sightings and the experiences of Ed and Frances Walters with a look at their earliest encounters with...whatever it was, and corroborating sightings from other people in the area. This has turned out to be a much more complicated story than I initially expected so this is going to be a multi-part extravaganza. Hooray!/Ugh! depending on your point of view...
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Episode Notes It's been five years of The Saucer Life so we're celebrating with some Q & A and a look back at your favorite topics and ones you'd like to see in the future.
Also, check out this great art of Catfish Humanoids from listeners!
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Episode Notes It's listener questions and comments on our recent Humanoids episode!
Also! We're planning some things for our 5th Anniversary celebration on August 5--we'd love it if you'd give us some of your favorite episodes, topics you wish we'd cover, and ANY questions you'd like us to answer. Click here to let us know!
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Episode Notes Back in 2019, we did an episode on 1973, the Year of the Humanoids and now we're back with more really, really strange humanoid stories! And this time, the Saucer Wife joins us to provide some analysis. What we found is that the brief descriptions in the book sometimes raise more questions than they answer. We do, however, have a deep desire for someone to create some artwork of the Feathered Catfish Person...
So join us for a light-hearted romp through some of the most fun stories we've ever encountered on the show.
The form to share your thoughts for our 5th anniversary episode is here!
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Episode Notes A short one this time! As always, thanks for your time and attention!
Also! We're planning some things for our 5th Anniversary celebration on August 5--we'd love it if you'd give us some of your favorite episodes, topics you wish we'd cover, and ANY questions you'd like us to answer. Click here to let us know!
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Episode Notes It's a Zine Scene episode, where we're going to be looking at four articles from the late 1960s that John A. Keel wrote for Saga Magazine. There's everything here from the Men in Black to the Deros! Check out these articles and more, courtesy of the Archives for the Unexplained!
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Episode Notes Ted Owens--contactee, possessor of telekinetic powers, and all-around weird guy--is our focus for this episode.
Check out Jeffrey Mishlove's book The PK Man: A True Story of Mind over Matter and watch this video of Mishlove discussing Ted Owens. ](https://www.patreon.com/cheesomedia/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Audio)
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Episode Notes In lieu of a new episode this week, I thought I would share one of the bonus episodes that went our to our Cheeso Media Patrons back in March.
On November 2, 2003, I had the singular experience of driving in the icy fog, overnight, listening to an amazing episode of Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell: with John Lear and his Lear test. On this bonus episode, I go a little into my history with paranormal radio and Art Bell, and then we look at the Lear Test. What would I do in Art's place? What would the Saucer Wife (as a much more normal and level-headed person) do?
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Episode Notes Join us for some listener feedback about that wacky alien treaty stuff. Remember, no new episode next week, but there will be a treat here on the feed to tide you over!
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Episode Notes I am aware of the editing error in the long Gerald Light letter! It will be rectified as soon as I have a chance! In this episode, we're looking at a book from the Borderland Science Research Associates about Eisenhower's supposed visit with aliens at Edwards Air Force Base in 1954. We're also going to trace how that story evolved over the decades. Links Gerald Light and the Etherians by Håkan Blomqvist Ike and the Alien Ambassadors in the Washington Post, February 19, 2004 Ike and the Aliens: The Origins of Exopolitics by Curtis Peebles in Magonia ](https://www.patreon.com/cheesomedia/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Audio)
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Episode Notes Some great listener questions and comments about our recent episode in which we continued Shoichi Harukawa's contact story, plus an answer to an unrelated question! Feel the excitement!
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Episode Notes Shoichi Harukawa is back and, this time, he brings tales of a Catholic conspiracy, some fashion critique, and tips for saving the lives of those at the brink of death!
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Episode Notes Some listener comments from our episode on Pelley!
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Episode Notes It's our long-awaited (by some) look at William Dudley Pelley--fascist mystic, convicted seditionist, and a figure long associated with the dawn of Contacteeism.
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Episode Notes It's time for listener feedback, and some additional things! I talk a little bit about some of the books I ended up no working into the episodes and the Saucer Wife stops by to share her thoughts about the Philadelphia Experiment film.
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Episode Notes So this is it: the final end to our Philadelphia Experiment adventure. The Al Bielek/Montauk development of the story has always been daunting to me; I don't have the affection for the Al Bielek Coast To Coast episodes that a lot of people do. I have a hard time following the twists and turns of the story. I hope, in this episode, that in making it clear in my own mind, I've made it clear for you as well!
Send in your comments and questions! I'll get to them next week, and I'll also be talking a little about a few books that either arrived too late or were a little too tangential to include in the main episodes.
The defunct-but-archived Bielek Debunked website has a good account of tracking down the facts behind the Cameron family here.
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Episode Notes Some great listener comments and questions on our recent Carlos Allende episode. There are some bonuses in this one, folks--we've got some poetry from listener Zachary which I quite liked, and to finish the whole thing up, a tip from listener Brian led me to a 1967 conversation between Gray Barker and Carlos Allende which I found pretty cool.
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Episode Notes The man who wrote those letters; who annotated The Case for the UFO... Who was he? We try and figure out what people have decided and come up with some interesting stories about the man himself as well as of the ongoing development of the Philadelphia Experiment saga.
Note- there's some dead air after the closing music: don't worry, I know it's there!
From de173.com Allende's "Confession" Keel's Letter on the Philadelphia Experiment Allende's "Death Bed Statement" David Halperin's review of Hoax Goerman's Fate article
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Episode Notes We had some great listener questions and comments about our Morris K. Jessup episode! And most of them didn't require me to spoil anything that's coming in the next few episodes on the Philadelphia Experiment, so thanks for that!
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Episode Notes We begin our epic look at the Philadelphia Experiment with the man whose experiences got the ball rolling on this narrative, Morris K. Jessup. This is (I think) our longest Saucer Life episode ever, so hold on tight.
The Annotated Case for the UFO The Morris K. Jessup Seance
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Episode Notes A couple listener comments and questions about our recent episode about one of Allen Greenfield's magazines from the 1970s. Plus, a little preview of where we're going next with our Philadelphia Experiment episode(s).
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Episode Notes In this installment of the Zine Scene, we're taking a look at one of the many, many publications produced by Allen H. Greenfield over the years. The one chosen, The ParaUFOlogist, gives us some interesting insight into the state of the UFO field in that weird period during the early 1970s where Blue Book had closed down and things seemed at a low ebb.
The Archives for the Unexplained has four issues of The ParaUFOlogist, and Issue 3 contains the very good story "The Saucer Lecturer."
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Episode Notes We address some listener comments and questions on our recent episode about Shoichi Harukawa and take a look down the road at what's coming up on the show!
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Episode Notes We return to the pages of the Japanese "UFO Contactee" newsletter to begin an occasional look at the contact story of Shoichi Harukawa. If I had to sum up his story in one word, I think it would be "charming." It's sweet and innocent and a little weird but in a good way.
We also have some fun questions and answers from George Adamski and, overall, it's a nice, light respite from the mind control terrors of the last few weeks!
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Episode Notes We're back with your questions about the second part of our discussion of Helmut and Marion Lammer's book MILABS!
Here's the link to the Jack Brewer/UFO Trail article mentioned in this episode!
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Episode Notes NOTE: I misspoke in this episode and realized it as soon as I posted it! I am aware that the Tuskegee Experiments did not give people syphilis. My apologies.
It's the second part of our examination of Helmut and Marion Lammer's book MILABS: Military Mind Control and Alien Abduction. We've got lots of great stuff here, including creepy reptoids, strange hypnotherapist websites, attacks on Lammer and counterattacks, and some information on whether or not Lammer still agrees with his earlier theories. MUFON Journal, December 1996 MUFON Journal, November, 1997
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Episode Notes Join Aaron for some great questions and feedback from the first part of our look at Helmut and Marion Lammer's MILABS book!
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Episode Notes MILABS: Military Mind Control and Alien Abductions by Helmut and Marion Lammer is an exceptionally difficult and expensive book to find. Thankfully, loyal listener Mark P gifted me this copy on the condition that I do an episode about it. Well, he's going to get two, because in Part One here we didn't even get to the book itself.
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Episode Notes You all had some fun things to say about our last episode, so let's get to it!
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Episode Notes In this episode we're looking at the philosophical ideas of George Adamski, such as they are. Key to helping our understand was a George Adamski site from the Netherlands, which is full of valuable material and links. If you're an Adamski fan, it's well worth checking out for a sympathetic and supportive view of his work.
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Episode Notes Full disclosure- this is the audio of a livestream on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube I did to preview some of the topics we'll be covering on the show in 2022. But even without visuals, it's not bad!
We're back on January 14 with George Adamski's Cosmic Philosophy! Thanks for your continued support as we enter our fifth (!) year.
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Episode Notes If you enjoyed our Holiday Special Audio Presentation, we hope you enjoy these conversations with the cast about the making of The Children of Agalon! We'll be back soon with more little bonus stuff before our return in 2022.
Thanks as always to the Saucer Wife, Simpson J. Hanover III, and Samantha Engel for their efforts on behalf of Cheeso Media.
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Episode Notes It's time for that odd annual tradition, the Saucer Life Holiday Special. It's always something a little different and this year is no exception as we present our first (and possibly last!) full length audio play- The Children of Agalon. We hope you enjoy it and that you have a pleasant and relaxing holiday season and new year. We'll be back in 2022!
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Episode Notes We've got a bunch of listener comments and questions inspired by our last episode on Harold J. Berney, as well as some additional ones on the Janos People!
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Episode Notes Harold J. Berney, a long-time swindler, decided to use flying saucers to push a scam back in the 1950s. It's a fabulous story that got a lot of press at the time, but has seemingly dwindled into semi-obscurity (although Nick Redfern's written about it a bit). We cover the basics in a fairly fun way here, but for an ultra-deep dive into Berney's long criminal life, I recommend checking out the definitive piece on him over at The Saucers that Time Forgot.
And if you like saucer swindlers, be sure to check out our episode on Reinhold Schmidt, if you haven't!
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Episode Notes Apologies for the delay, but here, fresh out of the studio, is the Saucer Wife and I discussing or most recent episode on the Janos People.
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Episode Notes A bit early due to the Thanksgiving holiday here in the States! Apologies but the Saucer Wife was unable to attend but she'll be back in the near future with her thoughts on the Janos People!
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Episode Notes In this episode, we conclude our examination of Frank Johnson's book The Janos People: A Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind. If you haven't listened to Part 1, I suggest you do so before diving into this one. I provide a bit of a recap, but not much! Also, the Q and A episode on Part 1, featuring the Saucer Wife was quite good and--if you're particularly daring--Simpson J. Hanover III developed a recipe for Space Kebabs that's quite tasty.
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Episode Notes The Saucer Wife returns to share her thoughts and some questions on The Janos People: Part 1 and we have some questions from listeners as well. Some listener questions will be addressed in part 2 of the Janos episode, coming next week, where relevant!
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Episode Notes Is it an abduction tale? A contactee story? A little bit of both? Sure, why not! Over the course of the past couple weeks The Janos People: A Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind by Frank Johnson has become my one of my favorite UFO books.\ Today, we begin our exploration of this book in one of our rare (very rare) two part episodes.
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Episode Notes Some good comments and questions from our recent episode on Malaysian Creatures and Japanese Contactees. Listen to this brief installment for a revelation of a coming episode, John Lear, and monster movies.
As mentioned in the episode, there is an english language version of Japanese "Get Acquainted Program"/Cosmic Consciousness website. And while it is no longer being actively updated, it was as of 2015 which is astounding.
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Episode Notes Today, we journey to the Eastern Hemisphere and look at some stories from Malaysia (tiny humanoids!) and Japan (Contactee Kids!). These resources are available from the amazing collection of the Archives for the Unexplained and I urge you to lose a few hours delving into strange UFO literature from around the world.
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Episode Notes We have some feedback on our Levelland episode and some additional listener questions on Space Brothers and Space Diplomacy.
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Episode Notes In this episode, we look at one of the seminal sighting events of the 1950s through the eyes of newspaper readers, the Air Force, and the UFO community. We're going to Texas and we're gonna encounter some weather. Along the way, I'll mention a Contactee and a grifter.
The music in this episode is "Night Shift" by the Moon Rock Orchestra. Learn more at They Came to Rock.
And please check out next week's Strange Realities Conference!
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Episode Notes We answer some questions and respond to some comments about our recent episode on Disclosure in the 90s, then I'm joined by the guys behind Conspirinormal to look at the upcoming Strange Realities conference (at which I'll be speaking).
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Episode Notes In this episode, we look at the early years of the so-called "disclosure" movement in the 1990s and some of the persistent narratives and figures that emerge. For more on this topic, check out our episodes on The Disclosure President and intergalactic diplomacy.
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Episode Notes We've got some reader questions about our Contact with Koldas episode (and a lot of other stuff) and the Saucer Wife is back with her thoughts on the Koldasians, Christmas cake, and more.
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Episode Notes So in this episode, we're taking a look at UFO Contact from Planet Koldas, another contactee book from the editorship of Wendelle Stevens. It's an interesting one, in some ways but very, very long so... in lieu of exhaustive detail, we looked at elements that I found particularly amusing or different from most contactee tales.
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Episode Notes Cheeso Media is expanding with a new podcast! Great Lakes Lore features Samantha and Aaron putting on their professional historian hats and exploring legends and history--both normal and paranormal. If you like The Saucer Life, we think you'll enjoy this too, beginning September 20. Subscribe in your favorite podcast app, and check it out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or the small-but-growing-website.
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Episode Notes It's listener comments and questions about The Stargate Conspiracy and Samantha returns with her own thoughts on the episode. Next time, it's a fun Contactee story as we learn about the planet Koldas...
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Episode Notes In a bit of a sequel to our look at The Nine, we're going to examine The Stargate Conspiracy by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince. This 1999 book dove into the connections between those who promoted ancient alien theories, the "face" on Mars, and the so-called "New Egyptology" and determined that something sinister might be afoot...
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Episode Notes Watch me poking around some bunkers in the TNT area on YouTube!
I took an impromptu trip to Mothman Country this week, so here's a little bit about that in lieu of the scheduled Stargate Conspiracy episode (which will appear next week). I'll talk about the Mothman Museum, an interesting book I picked up there, paranormal tourism, and a story about something weird that happened to me in the TNT Area. Not necessarily paranormal, just... weird.
Some links- Tim Binnall talks to Allison Jornlin about the Chicago "Mothman." The Mothman Museum And I'll be speaking at the Strange Realities conference this October!
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Episode Notes We cover some listener questions and comments, and Samantha joins us with some questions about the Nine, spiritualism, Gene Roddenberry's marital fidelity, and a brief sidebar on the X-Men
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Episode Notes This episode was a long time coming--channelled aliens, the involvement of someone connected to mind control, ancient aliens, Ancient Aliens (the TV show), the creator of Star Trek...
Oh Auntie Em, it was such a strange dream...
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Episode Notes So... We finish up with Bigfoot with some possible UFO connections as the Saucer Wife and I discuss an episode of Finding Bigfoot wherein the team addresses the issue of "supernatural" Bigfoot encounters. This was fun... Here's a clip from the episode
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Episode Notes Something a little different this time, as Saucer Life guest voice Samantha (formerly Sasha, but I was unsure I could be consistent in using a pseudonym all day) visited the first Michigan Bigfoot Conference. Samantha is more of a bigfoot person than I am, but we both found it interesting--possibly not always for the right reasons. Spoiler: there was distinct lack of UFO based Bigfoots.
You can view some social media videos we did while at the conference here!
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Episode Notes We're back to take a glance back at our second episode on Val Valerian's Matrix. With us is Simpson J. Hanover III, longtime associate producer of the show with things this episode made him think about, including movies, and the use of science terms to sound smart.
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Episode Notes Today, we conclude our look at the first volume of Val Valerian's massive "Matrix" book/collection-of-vaguely-connected-documents. It's slightly less spacey and slightly more conspiratorial and esoteric but just as interesting.
Remember, we'll be answering your questions about this episode on the next Saucer Afterlife episode, so get in touch via the usual email or social media channels!
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Episode Notes A new experiment for the Saucer Afterlife, as we answer some listener questions about our last episode and talk with The Saucer Wife about her thoughts on it from a saucer lay person's perspective.
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Episode Notes Once upon a time, I thought about doing an episode where I talked about all (five, now) "Matrix" books by the semi-mysterious Val Valerian. But one is enough. And it's the one that's most in line with the topics we cover on the show any way. We have met Val Valerian before, notably in our episode on OH Kril, but this is...the undiluted full dose, so to speak.
This is a massive book--we'll conclude our deep dive next time! Also, please send in any questions about this episode and we'll address them on the upcoming Saucer Afterlife installment.
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Episode Notes We had one more question from a listener, so we fail to answer it! Also, a preview of where we're going with the Saucer Afterlife installments.
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Episode Notes We answer your questions! If yours didn't make it in, don't worry, we'll do more of these. Thanks to Roberta for asking the questions/co-hosting and Sasha for filling in as Associate Producer while Simpson was on assignment.
Thanks for all the great questions!
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Episode Notes We've got another issue of the Woodrew Update, hot off the scanner from listener Martin K. It's 1986! It's the Challenger disaster! It's a birthday party for husband Dick! It's an unexpected name showing up as a subscriber!
Our main dive into Woodrew's story was Why do Bird-Like Aliens Suddenly Appear?
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Episode Notes Today, we look at UFO Contact from Iarga, by "Stefan Denaerde" and edited (at least one version was, anyway) by Wendelle Stevens. We also examine the issues that arise from erroneous copies of such books on the Internet.
Thanks to Theo Paijmans (@memizon on Twitter) for valuable assistance!
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Episode Notes In which we look at some of the financial decisions of the Grand Rapids Flying Saucer Club.
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Episode Notes This is a relatively local episode for us as we're looking at some 1956 issues of UFOrum, the newsletter of the Grand Rapids Flying Saucer Club. There are some appearances by old friends like Gray Barker (and mentions of the Flatwoods Monster), Buck Nelson, and George Hunt Williamson, who shows up talking about...not saucers. And there's a monster story as well!
As always, episodes like this would be impossible without the work of the Archives for the Unexplained. Click the link there to read every issue of UFOrum they have!
John E.L. Tenney's Sticker Store (including the Grand Rapids Flying Saucer Club "Interplanetary Fellowship" design)
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Episode Notes A little conspiratorial followup to our last episode. What list are you on?
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Episode Notes I cannot believe I forgot to mention this in the episode. How utterly humiliating.
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Episode Notes The title says it all, really. The devil, lizard people, the New World Order, and a rare personal story of an encounter with the subject of our episode. It's Sherry Shriner time--the episode I've put off forever!
One of her many websites Tim Binnall reviews Ms. Shriner's appearance on the Jeff Rense Program
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Episode Notes Before Coast to Coast AM, before Dreamland, there was Area 2000.... Check out 14 episodes saved at the Internet Archive.
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Episode Notes We're looking at some great books--some old, some very new--that shed light in one way or another on flying saucers and related fun. You can get the books at the links below and, in doing so, help support the show.
Casebook on the Men in Black by Jim Keith Republic of Lies by Anna Merlan Saucers, Spooks, and Kooks by Adam Gorightly Kooks by Donna Kossy
A shorter episode this week, for reasons (good reasons!) I mention in the episode. Thanks, as always, for listening.
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Episode Notes A bit more on Morningsky and some feelings I had about working on the episode. And check the new artwork for the Afterlife episodes, it's by Jordan of the Nightime Podcast--be sure to give it a listen!
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Episode Notes On this episode we're going to look at The Terra Papers by Robert Morningsky, who claimed connections between alien beings, Native American lore, and...um...every single mythological and religious tradition on Earth. And he talked about the Hale Bopp comet too. Because it was the mid-90s.
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Episode Notes I found an interesting newspaper article, and this may be the closest we ever get to a Heaven's Gate episode.
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Episode Notes Rolf Telano was a channeler who worked with the Borderland Sciences Research Associates. The messages he conveyed from a woman named "Borealis" are, perhaps, some of the most exquisitely distilled bits of contacteeism I've discovered!
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Episode Notes Gabe Green talks about his 1960 candidacy!
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Episode Notes Gabriel Green: If you know of him at all, it's for his political campaigns (I mean, we're reinforcing that with the title of this episode), but there's more to his saucer career than that.
As always with these older topics, we're very grateful for the Archives for the Unexplained, which houses endless issues of various publications from the past and we're grateful for those who've contributed to the show for providing the means for us to subscribe to newspapers.com, which was invaluable for this episode.
Also, here is the issue of Thy Kingdom Come with the explanation of Prior Choice Economics. Enjoy.
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Episode Notes Want to know how to eliminate disinformation from your UFO life with 95% accuracy? Listen to this!
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Episode Notes We're looking at a fellow--Dr. Boylan--whose ideas we've examined in previous episodes, including Little Gray Men and Ceto's New Friends. In this episode, we'll be looking at his particular view of the cosmos and Earth's place within it.
Books: Close Extraterrestrial Encounters Project Epiphany The Human-Star Nations Connection Star Kids (Free PDF from author's website) (Amazon affiliate links help support the show)
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Episode Notes A couple ads we didn't fit into our previous episode, about Fate magazine in the 1950s.
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Episode Notes Fate magazine has been around...forever? Pretty much forever, yeah. From flying saucers to nude Tibetans, this magazine has it all. In this episode we'll look through some issues for weird stuff, including some fun ads, UFO stories, and Ray Palmer's editorials.
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Episode Notes A little bit more about Bosco N., who appeared in our Scoriton episode!
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Episode Notes A 1960s flying saucer encounter in southwest England, a connection to George Adamski, duelling investigators, hoaxes, a mysterious death, odd tape recordings, the CIA... Oh Auntie Em, it was such a strange dream... Nick Redfern on the Scoriton Incident Two New BUFORA Journals with Norman Oliver's recollections of the case: Number 11 / Number 12 (These were scanned by the Archives for the Unexplained. Their directory of BUFORA materials is here).
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Episode Notes It's time for more Zip-Zip! In this brief, out of context installment, the kids help Zip-Zip with some repairs and learn about infrared light. Kind of.
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Episode Notes What didn't happen in the Holiday Special....
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Episode Notes A conversation with Sasha Gimlinson
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Episode Notes A conversation with Roberta Evangeline Straith.
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Episode Notes We talk to the Saucer Wife about her favorite (and least favorite) Sunday Saucer Suppers.
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Episode Notes Our first Holiday Hiatus Mini--we talk to long-time Associate Producer, Simpson J. Hanover III.
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Episode Notes It's time for the annual Holiday Special and, as usual, our goal was to provide a light-hearted look at some fun, seasonal UFO and related material. We've got what can only be described as "fan fiction," we've got an examination of Bingo newspapers, we've got romance novel blurbs of questionable taste, we've got two actual UFO cases, and we've got all of our guest voices on board, having figured out some ways to record safely at a distance.
The Saucer Life will return in January, following a couple weeks off!
The original "3 Star General" interview The Lovecraft Investigations radio drama (with UFO connections in the second series) The Bingo Bugle Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return!
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Episode Notes In this Afterlife, we pick up on a little thread from our episode on The Great Debate.
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Episode Notes It's 1987: 40 years of UFOdom, and where were they? In this episode, we look at a "debate" held on the Paranet BBS, with believers and skeptics alike. Here are the links to the full debate submissions. Note, these are plain text files, but the file extension on these is .dbt (for debate!) so your browser may melt, or something. The Great UFO Debate (Introduction) UFOlogy: After 40 Years, Still No Respect, by Jim Speiser No Longer a Time to Debate! By Ralph Toscano Forty Years! By Mr. Howard, the Former Ground Saucer Watch (GSW) May 27h, 1987: The Great UFO Debate: Have We Got Anything? Dale Ledoux of ParaNet Gamma in Louisiana Friar Lucien Kemble on UFOs and UFOlogy Mr. Klass: World's Foremost UFO Debunker The UFO: Forty Years On, by John D. Aultman Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return!
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Episode Notes In this Afterlife mini-episode, we take a look at a book called The Human Cougar, which we mentioned in our 70s Zine Scene episode. No flying saucers, but interesting stories!
Thanks so much to the reader who gifted us this amazing tome.
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Episode Notes Please consider supporting the Anomaly Archives, who do important work in preserving our collective weird past. I'll be speaking as part of their weekend Streamathon on Saturday, December 12 (time TBA). You can check out the rest of the schedule at their website!
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Episode Notes In this episode we look at some of the many and not-so-varied works of "Commander X" the mysterious rogue intelligence official who shared so many secrets with us and who had absolutely no connection to Jim Keith whatsoever. The illustration from this episode is a detail from an interior plan of the Dulce underground base... The Ultimate Deception The Commander X Files
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Episode Notes It's the last of our looks at Greta Woodrew's Woodrew Update newsletter from the mid-80s. In this issue: Software! Radon!
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Episode Notes It's another look into the world of Greta Woodrew and her Woodrew Update newsletter from the mid 80s. In this issue, odd biology, education reform, and surviving the coming (any day now!) Earth changes.
Thanks again to listener Martin K. for sending these my way!
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Episode Notes There are few things that scream "COLD WAR MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX" louder than the RAND Corporation. In this episode, I briefly look at the history of the organization and then delve into their 1968 report "UFOs: What to Do?"
"UFOs: What to Do?" at RAND Corporation, including link to a free PDF download
The Rand Corporation and UFOs- article at Openminds.
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Episode Notes We kind of missed an anniversary a few months ago...
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Episode Notes In this episode, we'll be looking at Dan Sherman and his book Above Black: Project Preserve Destiny, in which he tells the story of his communications with extraterrestrials as an Intuitive Communicator for the National Security Agency. There's also the most ludicrous bookselling scheme ever. A whole load of links to Dan Sherman resources Above Black at Amazon (Amazon purchases help support the show, but try your local library first!)
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Episode Notes This is silly, and yet here it is: a glimpse into Bill Cooper's wonderful world of militia cybersecurity, circa 1994.
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Episode Notes Albert Coe's The Shocking Truth is a weird little gem of a Contactee book and we take a look at it in this episode.
Here is a link to a PDF version of the book, as it is nearly impossible to find!
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Episode Notes Continuing our look at various saucer-themed kids books with the 1955's Zip-Zip and his Flying Saucer.
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Episode Notes Thanks to a loyal listener, I have a bunch of FBI stuff about Dr. Frank E. Stranges, who we covered in our episode "A Valiant Effort." Here, we take a restrained ramble through these pages (which you can find here).
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Episode Notes Join me as I look at what the spam filter caught. It's more interesting than it sounds. Honest.
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Episode Notes In this installment of the Zine Scene, we're going to look at all four issues of my favorite short-lived UFO mag, Alien Worlds, published out of the UK in 2008. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, I was able to complete my collection recently, so I thought I'd share my thoughts with you.
A 2006 interview with Stuart Miller by Paul Kimball
Paul Kimball on Stuart Miller
Nick Redfern on Stuart Miller
Through a Fractured Glass Darkly: The Facts in the Strange Case of Whitley Strieber (Part 1) (Part 2)
Archives for the Unexplained has back issues available very affordably. Shipping costs (from Sweden) may seem high, but their prices on these mags and all their other books are really very reasonable, so it tends to balance out!
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Episode Notes So it turns out that Dana Howard mentioned Ron Ormond in one of her books. Here, we look at what that was all about.
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Episode Notes This is something a little different.
About a month ago, Associate Producer Simpson J. Hanover III and I went on a little field trip to Hopkinsville and Kelly, Kentucky. Our mission? Basically to locate some of the places associated with the legendary goblin encounters described in our Kelly Goblinsville episode from last October. We didn't go out of our way to bother anyone, didn't pester the locals with our questions about goblins, UFOs, men in black, or anything else. Just two weirdos checking out the area.
We had a lot of fun doing this; hope you enjoy it!
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Episode Notes Thanks to listener Martin K., we got our hands on a few issues of The Woodrew Update. This was the newsletter of Greta Woodrew's S.T.A.R. Foundation. In this mini episode, we look at a few goodies from the January/February 1986 edition. Highlights (that may be overselling it) include her classical music tastes, unattributed poetry, and a glimpse at what the S.T.A.R. Foundation was doing with its donations in 1986.
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Episode Notes So a while back, I got an email from a listener asking what I thought my top ten important UFO books were. Not being one to waste a good idea, I decided that instead of telling them, I'd make it into an episode. I was going to put links to purchase the books here in the show notes, but it's kind of a spoiler, isn't it? So you're on your own! None of these are obscure and I played by the rules of "Important" books rather than "favorite" books, so some of these are not my favorites!
Click here for links to purchase the books. If you wanna be surprised by the list, don't click until you've listened!
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Episode Notes I've got some upcoming online presentations (which would have been in person if that was currently an option). While streaming events might not be everyone's cup of tea, they provide a great deal more access to those who can't make it to on-ground, in person events for any number of reasons. So in lieu of putting "commercials" in the next few episodes (most of which are already finished...), I thought I'd provide a little more detailed rundown of what I'll be discussing at these events:
Saucer Life talk at Tecumseh District Library via Facebook Live -August 20, 7:00 PM Eastern
The Strange Realities Conference- September 25-27
So please forgive this little bit of promotion. And also, please consider attending either or both of these events. The folks at Conspirinormal, who are putting on Strange Realities, have lined up a vast and varied array of guest and you know that I urge you to support libraries whenever possible, so if you're able to catch the Tecumseh presentation, that would be great.
Thanks again for allowing this little intrusion into your podcast feed!
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Episode Notes I first discovered Gray Highway when working on the Ceto's New Friends episode. It's a fun road trip through UFOlogical history.
Gray Highway is available cheaply on Kindle at Amazon. Used print copies seem to be priced out of the market for anyone sensible!
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Episode Notes It's our first interview! We're talking with Matthew Kresal, who wrote a volume on the classic 90s show Dark Skies for Obverse Books's Silver Archive range on classic cult television. Whether you're familiar with the show or now, we hope you find the interview enjoyable! Also, keep in mind that I've never interviewed anyone before...
It looks like Amazon has some used copies of the Dark Skies DVD set. You can purchase Matthew's book directly from the publisher in either traditional or ebook formats. Matthew is on Twitter and has a page on Facebook, and we thank him very much for being on the show!
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Episode Notes I don't know how I can make it any clearer than that. Here are few poems from Otis. Let us know which one is your favorite!
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Episode Notes The story of Wayne Aho and Otis T. Carr is one of those that we've had various requests for ever since starting the show. I think this is a super fun story and I had a lot of fun putting it together.
You can find Wayne Aho's Mojave Desert Experience and Otis T. Carr's Dimensions of Mystery at Scribd.
You can visit Ralph Ring's website here.
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Episode Notes John E.L. Tenney's new book, Theoretical Weirdo: A Mish Mash of Ramblings about Weirdness is available and it's great. In this brief Afterlife, I talk about what I like about the book.
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Episode Notes It's movie review time! We're looking at two classic films that you may never have heard of (or maybe you have; I don't know, I'm not the boss of you).
Supersonic Saucer is available at the Internet Archive
The Bamboo Saucer is available on YouTube
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Episode Notes I plunder a folder on a hard drive called "1980s UFO Clippings." There will be more of this. Oh yes indeed.
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Episode Notes A while back, we looked at Ceto's New Friends, a controversial children's book by abductee L.A. Haley. In this episode, we examine the books that came before and after, detailing her experiences with the phenomenon as well as its effect on her life and relationships. Along the way there's a significant presence of government chicanery, touches of mind control, and assorted strangeness.
Lost was the Key is available used on Amazon.
Unlocking Alien Closets is still in print and available on Amazon. There are used copies available too.
If you're interested in it, the 1999 assessment of the "sticky shocker" is available here.
You can view her 2004 presentation here.
Jack Brewer's UFO Trail blog has a couple very interesting articles on Haley, her experiences, and what became known as The Carpenter Affair. These include An interview Brewer conducted with her in 2011 and an excerpt from his book The Grays have Been Framed (which is available on Amazon).
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Episode Notes No, not me, silly, Gordon Creighton of Flying Saucer Review. You may remember him from our 90s Magazine Mixtape episode. I'm not kidding, doing my Gordon Creighton voice is pretty tiring. Enjoy!
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Episode Notes Sometimes plans change, and a combination of factors have necessitated me pulling out this emergency backup episode. I hope you like it--and it's better than a rerun! We have snippets from Truman Bethurum, George Adamski, and Ivan Sanderson talking about the Flatwoods Monster. I talk a bit about the clips as well, which were chosen for their manageable length and listenable audio quality.
These clips, and more like them, were collected by Wendy Connors and are available at the Internet Archive.
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Episode Notes Here's a fun little story from the May-June 1958 issue of Flying Saucer Review.
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Episode Notes Perhaps one of the most infamous UFO books of the 1990s, in this episode we examine whether or not Leah Haley's children's book Ceto's New Friends deserves its reputation or the vitriol with which it was met upon its release. We'll also touch on the wider issue of children and UFOs--particularly a decidedly odd seminar that apparently took place in 2000.
The video where I look at the book is here! Gray Highway at Amazon
Ceto's New Friends is available used at various places including Amazon.
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Episode Notes Just a fun little bit of stuff I found concerning our old pal, convicted felon and contactee Reinhold Schmidt. Enjoy!
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Episode Notes We're back to Contactees in this episode where we look at Dana Howard, whose contacts were somewhat unique but whose message was very much in line with what we've seen before. I found her story fascinating and frustrating at the same time.
You can get some of Dana's books at Amazon. Warning! My copy of Diane- She Came from Venus had quite a few pages in the wrong order--not sure if it was just my copy or a broader production problem.
Diane- She Came from Venus
Over the Threshold
Up Rainbow Hill
I'll be speaking at PhenomenaCon, an online paranormal gathering, on May 1-3--check it out!
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Episode Notes We're continuing, in our little side series here, to look at some UFO books targeted at children. Today, Monsters from Outer Space, which you will hear in its (very brief) entirety. Look here for a picture of the very haunting cover that I semi-remember from my childhood.
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Episode Notes In this episode, we begin the first in a series of occasional looks at the crossover between flying saucers and American presidential politics with a couple of updated ideas about the Obama campaign's appeal to the exopolitics crowd. Yes, it's just about the closest thing to "up to date" that we do here on the show.
These ideas appeared in a slightly different form in my books Extraterrestrials and the American Zeitgeist and The Chaos Conundrum. Check them out, if you haven't!
You can find the bibliography to my original version of "The Disclosure President?" paper here.
(And sorry if you thought you were getting Dana Howard! You'll get her next time!)
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Episode Notes We're returning, briefly, to Greta Woodrew, and her third book, which I've just obtained, the children's volume See the Colors! Hear the Music!You can see some pictures of the book here.
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Episode Notes So a few months back, we encountered an ad for a flying saucer trivia game called UFOria.
This episode is the result. Roberta, Sasha, Nelson, and I had fun doing this one. Maybe too much fun, but this seemed like a good week for this anomaly of an episode.
I will not provide a link to buy UFOria. I don't want any of you to blame me if you buy it.
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Episode Notes This was inspired/caused by Jordan from The Nighttime Podcast sending me a copy of Greta Woodrew's 1981 book On a Slide of Light.
Used copies of Greta Woodrew's On a Slide of Light may be purchased from Amazon
Woodrew's second book, Memories of Tomorrow is available from Amazon or is free to borrow from the Internet Archive.
Realtors' video of the STAR Foundation house
Jill Smolowe's beautiful book Four Funerals and a Wedding: Resilience in a Time of Grief is available from Amazon, or from other links via the authors' website.
Woodrew's appearances on Bill Jenkins's Open Mind program (and all his other available episodes, as discussed in our Radio Daze show) are also available at the Internet Archive.
You can also visit Save The Animals Rescue, based at the home of Greta and Dick's Space Technology and Research foundation in North Carolina. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return!
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Episode Notes Something that was cut from our Dan Fry episode: here is a delightful bit from We Come in Peace! A Martian Lands in Austria.
I found this excerpt in an article from the BSRA.
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Episode Notes So. There's been a clamoring for an episode about Contactee Daniel Fry for a long time. This is it. In the episode I go into a bit of detail about why it's taken me so long to get around to him, but one of the main reasons is that there is so much available information that it's a bit daunting (see the link below to get an idea). Hope you enjoy it!
Sources and Further Information
The indispensable Daniel Fry Dot Com. This really is all you need.
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Episode Notes Here's the section on Bill Cooper's interpretation of the "War of the Worlds" broadcast that I decided just didn't fit with the Radio Daze episode. Enjoy (as much as possible with Wild Bill!)
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Episode Notes Radio! It use to be a thing--ask your folks, kids! Since the beginning of the flying saucer phenomenon, there have been radio programs dedicated to the subject. While there were several high profile "specials," about the topic this episode focuses on the long running radio series that focused--at least in part--on UFOs, usually as part of a larger focus on the paranormal or conspiratorial topics.
John E. L. Tenney writes about "Incredible But True"
2013 Slate article on the mythic nature of the "War of the Worlds" hysteria narrative
A Long John Nebel collection at Internet Archive
Collection of "Open Mind" programs at Internet Archive
Adam Gorightly's article on Billy Goodman
Some Billy Goodman Happening episodes at YouTube
The Paranet Continuum shows at Internet Archive are pretty disorganized, but THIS LINK takes you to a bunch, along with some other Paranet related stuff. Ignore the bio about Michael Corbin at the top of the page--I think it's the wrong Michael Corbin!
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Episode Notes Speaking of interesting but fundamentally dull flying saucer films, in this installment of The Saucer Afterlife, I spend a few minutes on The Flying Saucer Mystery. This is a 1952 short film (which is actually an extended version of one that came out in 1950) that features August Roberts (for 4 seconds), Frank Scully (who seems like a hoot), and Donald Keyhoe (who is whatever the opposite of a hoot might be).
You can watch this film on YouTube. Or, for $0.99, you can watch it while the guys at Rifftrax (Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett from the old MST3K) make fun of it.
Also, check out the Saucers that Time Forgot web site, which has in-depth overviews of both the 1950 and 1952 editions.
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Episode Notes Reinhold O. Schmidt was a contactee who had a number of encounters before (and, well, after) he turned to a life of crime. Join us for cigar shaped craft and grand theft.
The Kearney Incident Up to Now (There was a scan floating around the internet and I uploaded it to the Internet Archive. I believe this to be in the public domain. If not, I'm sure someone will let IA know!)
The text of Edge of Tomorrow
Photos from the film Edge of Tomorrow
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Episode Notes We get mail! We get, occasionally, very interesting, fun things sent to us by our friends, listeners, and friendly listeners. In this installment, I sort through the latest interesting offerings.
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Episode Notes I would bet good money that most of you have not read 1978's The UFO Guidebook by Briazack and Mennick. It's one of the hidden gems of UFO literature, boasting a very even-handed array of definitions and summaries in an encyclopedia style.
But that's not the biggest reason I love it. Thanks for listening, and keep your eyes out for befaps, my fellow
You can find a used copy through Amazon.
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Episode Notes Some brief thoughts on a recent UFO book viewed through the eyes of a man who has recently spent too much time thinking about The Controllers.
You can get this recently published book at Amazon!
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Episode Notes In this episode, we're looking at "The Controllers"--an essay/white paper written by Martin Cannon in the early 90s. It concerns the possible connections between government mind control experimentation and the alien abduction phenomenon. I've linked to lots of stuff below, so be sure to check it out if this is a strand of the--broadly construed--"alien" "encounter" mystery that you find interesting.
Me, I find it terrifying.
Links and Further Reading
Cannon's 1988 talk, "Mind Control & Abductions"
The Controllers
Issue 1 of The Anomalist, featuring Cannon's article, "The Numbers Game"
Alex Constantine interview mentioning Cannon
Article at The UFO Trail discussing the threatening phone call Cannon received (includes links to audio)
Transcript of Project Camelot interview with Gordon Novel
Operation Mind Control, by Walter Bowart (used copy on Amazon--beware "CreateSpace" knockoffs!)
Were we Controlled? by "Lincoln Lawrence" (Used copy on Amazon)
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Episode Notes Rather than give you a run down of the top UFO stories of 2019, I thought I'd take a look at what other people were saying were the top UFO stories of the year and rendering judgement on their choices.
Just a few minutes of fun and a bit of information to ease you into the New Year. The next full length episode drops on January 8!
Fox News
Coast to Coast AM
The Cut (no, I've never heard of it either)
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Episode Notes This went through numerous title choices before settling on this, simultaneously an apt description and an homage to another "Holiday Special" that had nothing to do with any particular real holiday. We've got fan fiction, we've got classic saucer poetry, we've got all three of our regular guest voices--Sasha, Roberta, and Nelson--along for the ride, we've got something a bit light and fun (hopefully) before coming back in the New Year.
Well, the poem "Experiments" is any thing but fun. Depending on how you define "fun."
Enjoy whatever holidays you're celebrating, if any, and thanks for being with us throughout 2019.
*NOTE: There was supposed to be a clip of Bea Arthur from a certain sci fi franchise's Holiday Special in here, but the Cheeso Media legal team advised against it!*
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Episode Notes William S. "Bill" English is, maybe, the forgotten "Bill" of 80s and 90s UFOlogy. his claims were extraordinary. His story was exciting and entertaining. Featuring clips from some classic UFO radio programming, and from the infamous 1989 MUFON conference, this was a fun episode to put together and we think it's a bit of a sleeper.
Special thanks to some folks who pointed us in some directions and provided some background: Adam Gorightly, Jack Brewer of the UFO Trail, and one of our behind-the-scenes heroes, Jack Shepherd.
Reading and resources
Revelations: Alien Contact and Human Deception at Amazon
THE GRUDGE/BLUE BOOK INCIDENT by William S. English
John Lear's summary of English's claims (via archive.org)
"10 UFO Stories from the Vietnam War Era" at Mysterious Universe, which recounts English's "B-52" recovery story with no indication of English's other experiences in the UFO realm.
Curt Collins's interview with English, which is mostly about the Cash-Landrum case, but also refers to the Grudge/BB 13 material
More info on the people and events discussed in this episode can be found in our episodes on the early internet UFO scene, OH Krill, and Bill Cooper.
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Episode Notes No apologies, this one was a bit of a labor of love, and I can't believe I got a whole episode out of the Mitchell Sisters, a pair of 1950s contactees from St. Louis, Missouri. This is a contact tale, but also the story of what happens when a story gets abandoned through the disappearance of its original tellers.
Featuring the debut of Saucer Fanfic Theater!
Reading and resources
We Met the Space People at the Internet Sacred Text Archive
The "Autobiography" of the Mitchell Sisters
"Cosmic Ray's" retelling of the Mitchell Sisters' story in all of its inaccurate glory
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Episode Notes Yes, that tape recorder was used in the making of this episode, at the suggestion of Associate Producer Simpson Hanover. THUS--the audio sounds....like it was recorded on a tape recorder. Although, it's an exceptionally high quality tape recorder.
In this episode we return to the 90s and return to our Zine Scene strand of episodes, with a great and hopefully surprising or intriguing selection.
Reading and resources I can't remember exactly where I got my PDFs of those old Art Bell newsletters. I assume Google can lead you to some sinister, unwholesome source for them. Flying Saucer Review, Spring 1992 and Autumn, 1992 (via nufors.com) Steamshovel Press, Groom Lake Desert Rat, and Notes from The Hangar (via Archives for the Unexplained) Wake Up Down There! The Excluded Middle Anthology at Amazon and Adventures Unlimited Press. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return!
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Episode Notes Happy Halloween, if you're seeing this on release day.
An appropriate topic for the holiday, I think--things that go bump in the night outside of isolated farmhouses, a story that exists in the netherworld of saucer story and monster tale, and one of the few incidents that makes it difficult for me to sleep if I think about it too close to bedtime.
Come with us to Christian County, Kentucky. Don't bother to bring your shotgun.
Reading and resources Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955, which includes Isabel Davis's indispensable work on the incident, from CUFOS [PDF]. Mac Tonnies's post at Posthuman Blues on Kelly-Hopkinsville: March 16, 2007 and his book The Cryptoterrestrials. Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee. The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry by J. Allen Hynek. A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA's Secret Cold War Experiments by H.P. Albarelli. Greg Newkirk's articles that culminated in the Hellier series include: Have the Kentucky Goblins Returned? A 2015 Update And, of course, the first season of Hellier Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return!
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Episode Notes The Maury Island has it all--saucers, alien alloys, men in black, dead investigators, and a cast of characters ranging from bland to shady as all get out. Join us!
Further reading:
Adam Gorightly on Fred Crisman's connections to some other shady saucerers we've met. Kenn Thomas: JFK & UFO: Military-Industrial Conspiracy and Cover-Up from Maury Island to Dallas Jim Keith: Casebook on the Men in Black Fred Nadis: The Man from Mars: Ray Palmer's Amazing Pulp Journey Jim Marrs: Alien Agenda John Keel: Operation Trojan Horse Kenneth Arnold and Ray Palmer: [The Coming of the Saucers] (https://amzn.to/2ITyCRr)
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Episode Notes In this episode, I choose four contacts we've covered on the show and declare them to be the Mount Rushmore of Contactees. I doubt you'll fully agree, and that's okay!
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Episode Notes Not to be topical or anything, but all during the summer of 2019 we were getting geared up to Storm Area 51--and that's great and all, but I thought that Hangar 18 at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton needed some love, so here we are. In this episode, we examine the history of the notion that there's a place the government takes saucer debris, the emergence of "Hangar 18" itself as an idea, and the ways this has poked through in various parts of the saucer culture over the past few decades.
I spoke about the "Storm Area 51" nonsense on NPR's "It's Been a Minute" a couple months ago. You can hear a bit more about the Aztec crash waaaaay back in Bonus Encounter 1.
Sources and Further Reading:
On the web The Nash-Keyhoe correspondence at Project 1947
By Curt Collins and Claude Falkstrom at The Saucers that Time Forgot: Robert Spencer Carr and Hangar 18 Captured UFOs and Building Hangar 18: A Chronology
On Amazon MJ-12 and the Riddle of Hangar 18 by Timothy Green Beckley Jim Moseley's UFO Crash Secrets at Wright Patterson Air Force Base is available used, or in a new, expanded edition.
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Episode Notes This is a talk from Dexter, Michigan I gave on July 22, 2019 about UFOs, history and, of course, the 1966 sightings in the area. It was a fun talk, with a good crowd--some of whom remembered the events themselves.
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Episode Notes An absolute nostalgic delight, the Weekly World News entertained and...informed?...millions during its life from the late 70s into the 21st century. While you may remember Bat Boy, the WWN also--at least in in its early years, covered some fairly significant UFO stories. We'll see the progression from covering cases like Cash-Landrum and cattle mutilations to reporting that an alien had endorsed Bill Clinton for the 1992 Presidential election. We'll also look at some of the other great features in the paper, including Dear Dottie's advice column. feb4XRQHbfOxm3xTASqM Further Information Explore every issue from 1981 to 2007, thanks to Google Books! Curt Collins's piece on Bill English's role in the Cash-Landrum case, including some insight into the relationship between UFO organizations and tabloids. The Archives for the Unexplained has the 1981 issue of the UFO NewsClipping service which features the story on Baridiame, Senegal.
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On August 7, 2017, I began a project I wasn't sure would last two months. It's now lasted two years, give or take a day. In this episode we'll resist the urge to do a clip show, take a suggestion from a listener about how to celebrate, thank a whole lot of people, revisit a past topic. Sort of.
Taunia Derenberger-Bowman's Beyond Lanulos: Our Fifty Years with Indrid Cold is on Amazon. WARNING: it's only 76 pages, so don't expect it to last your whole flight or whatever!
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UPDATE: Something is weird with the feed–trying again! While we often get requests to cover this or that topics–Orfeo Angelucci’s contact experiences and writings may be the most often requested. His two books, The Secret of the Saucers and Son of the Sun are very much part of the Adamski-inspired tradition but with some interesting twists including […]
We’re continuing with a run of Contactees in this episode, where we’ll discuss George King and his Aetherius Society (which is still going strong today!). George King was an interesting guy–as were most of the Contactees–and his claims and experiences have some unique twists to them. The full BBC program in which King channeled Aetherius […]
Not a new episode, but a listener pointed out that the “echo effect indicating primary source” continued onto the narration in one section of Encounter 58, so here’s a corrected version!
WARNING! THIS EPISODE INCLUDES MILD CRINGE-INDUCING ROMANCE! Howard Menger, sometimes called the East Coast Adamski (for reasons I’ve never really understood) had one of the most unique contact stories–mostly because they involved a romance between he and Connie Weber that apparently began in a previous lifetime on another planet. Menger also released record albums of […]
Since I’m running around giving all sorts of talks in libraries (or, rather, giving the same basic talk in all sorts of libraries), I thought I’d give you a bit of a taste of what that’s like. This is my talk from Esotericon 2018 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Esotericon, produced by Paul Kimball, also featured […]
In this episode, we’re going to explore some of the earliest efforts by the American military establishment to investigate and understand UFOs. They started doing so just about as soon as Kenneth Arnold sighted the first modern UFO and they probably haven’t stopped since, you know, strange things in the sky might be concerning to […]
In this episode, we look at some interesting accounts from 1973: Year of the Humanoids, a report issued by the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS). Their website is a treasure trove of information about cases you’ve heard of and cases that have slipped under the radar of most saucer fiends. You can download your own […]
UFO legend Stanton T. Friedman has passed away at age 84. These are just some thoughts I had this evening, reflecting on his work and influence. Obituary at Coast to Coast AM, by Tim Binnall Stanton T. Friedman is Real, a short film by Friedman’s nephew, Paul Kimball.
There’s a recent edition of Alternative 3 that had the participation of Leslie Watkins, so it’s probably as legit as you’ll get at an affordable price. It’s at Amazon, and linked above. A DVD of Alternative 3 is available, used, on Amazon. It’s also been put on Youtube. I heartily recommend Jim Keith’s Casebook on Alternative 3. There […]
Just some fun margin notes from my copy of Jim Keith’s Casebook on Alternative 3. Enjoy! Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Facebook
Michael X, AKA Michael X. Barton, is one of those contactees that often gets swept aside in the rush to talk about more colorful figures like Adamski, Van Tassel, and what have you. Join us today as we look upon his works and–if not despair–giggle a little. It’s good stuff and blends several different strands […]
The “Reverend” “Doctor” Frank E. Stranges, in the 1950s and 60s, gave us one of the greatest gifts ever. Valiant Thor–a space commander who met with government officials, giving them a message of love and peace. Any similarity to The Day The Earth Stood Still is purely, I assume, coincidental. In this episode we’re going to examine […]
We’ve added a Donation button on the site at saucerlife.com. I wanted to spend a few minutes talking about what’s in it for you (actual stuff, not just nice feelings), and so on. Enjoy my extreme discomfort at doing this! And thanks so much for listening. Nothing is changing, we’re not going away. This isn’t […]
Part 2 of our question and answer celebration. Enjoy! The paper mentioned by Greek Orthodox bishop Seraphim Rose is here. The article mentioned by David Halperin is here. Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Facebook
Our first batch of listener questions! Hooray! And thanks for being around for 50 episodes. I can’t quite believe or understand it…
I had way too much fun doing this. That’s all. Remember, I’m taking questions for our upcoming “Listener Question Extravaganza,” so comment on the website or get in contact via the usual methods.
In this episode we’re looking at some of the best (and not so great) UFO documentaries out there. There will be more of these, so please hold your “WHERE WAS MIRAGE MEN?!” comments in abeyance! For Encounter 50, in a couple weeks, I’m entertaining any questions you wish to ask–submit them on Twitter, Instagram, or […]
Are aliens demons? Are demons aliens? Does it matter? Is Hell a planet? Come along as we look at how some have answered these questions, mainly though the very fun Round Trip to Hell in a Flying Saucer, a 1955 Contactee pamphlet by Cecil Michael. Round Trip To Hell In A Flying Saucer: UFO Parasites […]
We’re finishing up our look at The Mothman Prophecies with a glimpse of the weirdness that was Keel’s interaction with Mr. Apol (as it was spelled in the book). There’s so much more we could have talked about with this stuff. Be sure to check out the best source for all things John Keel, johnkeel.com.
We’re back! Sorry for the extended hiatus–non-serious-throat-affecting health issues intervened. Today, we’re beginning our look at The Mothman Prophecies in a way that, hopefully, doesn’t rehash our other two Mothman installments. Next time, We’ll be looking at the Mr. Apol encounters and examining a bit of what came afterward as far as Mothman lore goes.
We’re going to Venus, Mars, and Jupiter, and you won’t need a flying saucer. William Denton studied the use of “psychometry” allowed his colleagues (well, his son, wife, and sister) to travel to far off times and places. The 19th century was a spacier place than you might have thought! Read The Soul of Things, volume […]
In this Encounter we spend a little time with Woodrow Derenberger, Indrid Cold, and try to figure out how a Contactee book that belongs in 1957 managed to appear in 1971. Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Facebook
We’re taking a deep-ish dive into Gray Barker’s account of the Point Pleasant events, 1970’s The Silver Bridge. Fact? Fiction? How much does it really matter? Reprint edition of The Silver Bridge on Amazon. Caveat Emptor: the print in this copy is not what you’d expect–like whoever repubbed it didn’t scan the original pages at a high […]
We’re beginning our look at the Mothman complex of events in the late 60s in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. To start off, we’re going to examine the story as it happened throughout 1966 and 1967, using newspaper reporting, personal correspondence, and other contemporaneous documents. This approach would not have been possible without the resources at […]
Sometimes, the stuff that gets left out of the episode actually got recorded and even edited. Here’s a selection of the most cogent deleted scenes. There’s a bit of information about real underground bases from Encounter 507, an announcement about Buck Nelson’s saucer convention from Encounter 601, and selection of material from our most recent episode, […]
A new thing–short (5 minutes or so) diversions when something cool comes up that has nothing to do with UFOs, but is still within the broad paranormal flavor of the show. Our pilot attempt: The King of the Wild Frontier Meets the King of the Forest. Bigfoot! Coonskin Caps! A Dire Prophecy!
We’re kicking off a series of stories about the intersections between flying saucers and…other stuff… a look at Bigfoot, Sasquatch, any variety of hairy creature. I can almost guarantee that you’ll hear Bigfoot stories, theories, and the like that you’ve not heard anywhere else. Some of the books and sites mentioned: The Eighth Tower by […]
For every episode of The Saucer Life, there are stories, comments, and ideas that I either am not able to fit into the show or (more often) I don’t think of until after it’s done. As a palate cleanser before finishing up our globetrotting with a trip to Asia, we’re going to revisit some of […]
Apologies for the cheesy episode title. I couldn’t resist. In this Encounter, we’re remaining in Africa looking at a figure I mentioned last time, Credo Mutwa. I think you’ll agree that even if he had never become involved in talking about extraterrestrials, abductions, or anything, else, he’s an interesting guy. The 6 HOUR interview between Mutwa and […]
The globe-trotting continues as we go to Africa and hear a story that has gotten little to no coverage in the UFO field (that I’m aware of), then take a brief detour to discuss Credo Mutwa, touching on the ways he serves as a link between traditional Zulu conceptions of otherworldly beings and “modern ufology.” […]
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To Spain! And France a little, but mostly…to Spain! The Ummo Affair is, in my opinion, one of the most bizarre and intriguing events in saucer history. Contacteeism, physical evidence, hoaxing, the ultra-rare admission and explanation of the purpose of the hoax, credible skepticism about that explanation, and–of course–those who think it’s still real and say […]
Above, author Cedric Allingham (top) and the Martian he claimed to have seen I’m not sure I can call this a Contactee episode, but sure, why not. This one is fun, we hear from old pals Gray Barker and Coral Lorenzen, we go to the the UK, and we meet a science celebrity (probably). “Flying […]
We’re getting out of the US for the summer. In this Encounter, we’ll look at a very strange case from Brazil in which flying saucers are almost irrelevant in the face of the terrestrial weirdness going on . In coming episodes we’ll go to Africa, Europe, Asia, and finish it up with Australia and Antarctica. […]
It’s back to the 1950s this week with one of the most interesting Contactees of that period, Buck Nelson. Giant dogs, rants about canned pork and beans, the odd phenomenon of present day folks “revising” Contactee books, get-rich-quick schemes, the Queen of Atlantis, saucer conventions, entrepreneurial spirit, and re-working the Ten Commandments. It’s all here […]
We finish up our “90s Strike Back” series with The Hollow(ed) Earth, an examination of the explosion of “Underground Alien Base” tales that proliferated during the 1990s, specifically, the supposed base at Dulce, New Mexico. Battles between brave Americans and evil grays, shady suicides, confusing pseudonyms, it’s all here! After you’re finished listening, here’s […]
It’s 1997 today on the Saucer Life, as we look at three of the most important saucer-related stories of that year. Heaven’s Gate Exit Interviews on YouTube Roswell: Case Closed Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Facebook
We’re taking a quick break from the 1990s to break our no guests rule and ask five great writers/ thinkers/podcasters/pals about their favorite flying saucer story. I was able to spend some time with Tim Binnall, Greg Bishop, Walter Bosley, Micah Hanks, and Ryan Sprague, and at Esotericon in Halifax recently and got their pick for […]
It’s been a while since we’ve done one of these, so in this Encounter, I’m going to tell you about four books from the 1990s and tell you why you should read them. Revelations: Alien Contact and Human Deception by Jacques Vallee Alien Agenda by Jim Marrs Saucers of the Illuminati by Jim Keith Aliens […]
You can’t talk about the Saucer Life in the 1990s without at least a nod in the direction of the “alien abduction” phenomenon. In this encounter we’re going to be looking at two very different interpretations of the meaning of these experiences from that decade. Note- I’m using some new equipment and haven’t quite got […]
Not to get all nostalgic, but that first season of The X-Files takes me back, I tell you what. From the not-quite-right recitations of UFO lore to the subtle jabs at the culture, we’re going to look at a few classic early episodes and examine not only what the show said, but what the saucer world […]
Welcome to Series 5: The 90s Strike Back! In this episode, we’ll examine the work of Bill Cooper, perhaps the key figure in the blending of UFO and political conspiracy culture in the 1990s. Hang on, this”ll be wild. It’s longer than usual, but I think you’ll find it’s pretty action-packed. Despite the length, we […]
Art Bell, pioneer paranormal radio host, died at his home in Pahrump, Nevada, April 13, 2018. These are just a few thoughts about the man and his work, and some suggestions of what you should listen to as some of his most entertaining work. Coast to Coast AM’s obituary of Art Bell Whitley Strieber on […]
We’re finishing off Series 4 by increasing the pace of releases from every two weeks to every ten days or so. We think this will be sustainable, so hang on! Weekly would be ideal but, alas, our production team have day jobs… This time we look at notions of the hollow earth and their connections […]
I’m in Chicago, briefly, for stuff, so I thought I’d bring you a very brief Chicago-related saucer story from 2006. Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Facebook
In this Encounter, we’re looking at a few examples of what was out there on the earlier, pre-www Internet. From jokey posts clearly not meant to be taken seriously, to intriguing supposed revelations of “the truth,” Usenet, and specialty networks like the Paranet BBS, many of use who are now fairly elderly, started our Saucer […]
In this installment, we’re looking at the theory that Marilyn Monroe was murdered to prevent her from revealing the truth about the government flying saucer cover-up! We’ve got a book, a questionable CIA document, some unquestionable State Department documents, and some very, very strained logic. Hang on! UFOs and the Murder of Marilyn Monroe by […]
This is what happened next. Did the world end? Even a little? Follow the trail of Dorothy Martin, Charles Laughead, and the prophecy’s impact on the flying saucer community in this week’s installment of The Saucer Life. The picture above is of a very elderly Dorothy Martin, also known as Sister Thedra. Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife […]
In this episode, we begin the story of Dorothy Martin and her prophecies of cataclysms that would strike the world. She received these via channeled messages from the planet Clarion (Aura Rhanes was not involved!). It’s a sprawling story, so hang on! Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Facebook
We’re starting our fourth batch of episodes and, to get you the best quality (ha!) possible, we’re going to be bi-weekly for the foreseeable future. This time around, we’re examining stories in which the saucer life touches real life, mundane life in some way. First up, Donald Keyhoe’s appearance on Armstrong’s Circle Theater. Is it […]
While we’re taking a week off trying to get ahead on production of series 4, here’s something to tide you over. This is George Adamski speaking at the 1955 flying saucer gathering at Giant Rock. George Van Tassel arranged these for many years and nearly everybody who was anybody in the saucer scene appeared here […]
This week, we look at George Hunt Williamson, one of the classic 1950s Contactees whose work stretched into a number of different facets of the Saucer world, and beyond. There’s more to Williamson’s story, but we’ll be seeing that in a few weeks in Encounter 402: The End of the World. We return on February […]
In early 1953, the CIA convened a panel of scientists to investigate whether or not flying saucers were a threat. We’re going to look at what happened next. The most complete version of the report is here if you want to check it out. I got everything else from the CIA’s electronic reading room, which […]
Normal service has resumed here at Saucer Life Central, and today we’re looking at one of the most effective takedowns of George Adamski’s initial contactee claims (see Encounter 105 for some background on this, if you feel like you want it), the reaction from Adamski and, finally, we’ll take a quick look at Adamski’s continuing […]
Happy New Year! This is the story of the time sometime-guest voice Nelson Sanat and I investigated a crop circle and the havoc it caused. (This is a substantially new telling of the tale, so if you’ve read The Chaos Conundrum, know that it’s a different thing!) The crop circle in question was, actually, investigated […]
‘Twas the Week Before Christmas, and all through the house some guy was recording a podcast episode. So: my Christmas gift to you all; here’s some flying saucer poetry for you. More accurately, here’s some poetry which appeared in flying saucer magazines. “Ode to a Spaceman” and “Reflection” originally appeared in Encounter 204. Poetry featured […]
Just a very quick take on the recent news from the New York Times about Pentagon study of UFOs, the connections to private money, and the long history of acknowledged and un-acknowledged interest in and study of the saucers. Note: this is a little unpolished, but I wanted to be timely! Some of the best […]
In this Encounter, we’re looking at an incredibly popular book from the late 1960s, Coral and Jim Lorenzen’s Flying Saucer Occupants. The stories told in this slim volume range from the weird and obscure to some that were groundshaking in their saucer significance, including the Antonio Vilas Boas case and the Betty and Barney Hill […]
In this Encounter, we’ll take a look at the the entity known as Ashtar and the cast of extraterrestrial characters that he commands. From his emergence through the writings and teachings of George van Tassel, the development of the Ashtar “brand” to the concept’s evolution during the following decades, this is a fun jaunt through […]
Welcome to series 3, in which we’ll focus on the broad themes of mind, body, and spirit. It’s “mind” this week with Meade Layne, Mark Probert, channeled messages about the Etherians, and a story of some early, somewhat different interpretations of the coming of the saucers. Guest starring the spirits of Lao Tzu and Thomas […]
It’s the Series 2 finale! We’re digging deeper into an entity we saw briefly in Encounter 204:the Detroit Flying Saucer Club. We’ll see one example of “government interest in flying saucers” and why it really was never about the saucers, in some cases. We also look at a useful illustration about the way one story can connect […]
A quickie that got left on the cutting room floor from Encounter 203 and Encounter 204. It’s a Contactee story in reverse from the pages of Nexus and you’ll probably recognize at least one of the characters. And yes, Melvin Morbid sounds like Johnny from The Room. It was totally unconscious. Have a good Thanksgiving if you’re in […]
This week it’s some Flying Saucer pre-history with the Mystery Airship Wave of 1897. There was a bit of this in the talk released here as Bonus Encounter 1, but we’ve got even more aerial weirdness this week. Thanks again to CUFOS for their vast archive of historical UFO goodness. You can find out more about […]
This week, we conclude our epic look at 1954 through four flying saucer zines and newsletters (The APRO Bulletin, Saucerian, Nexus, and Vimana). As last week, much thanks to the online archive of the Center for UFO Studies, for having such a wealth of great information. Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Follow me on […]
This week we start our look at 1954 through the pages of four flying saucer newsletters and magazines. While this wasn’t the biggest year for sightings in the US, there was no lack of news or controversy. The Al Bender mystery (see Encounter 102), the growing popularity of contactees (see Encounters 105 and 106), and […]
Romance and flying saucers certainly aren’t an unheard-of pairing (check out Encounter 106 if you doubt me) but few interplanetary romances were as intense or interesting as that of South Africa’s Elizabeth Klarer in the 1950s (although she didn’t write her book Beyond the Light Barrier until much later. This week, we’ll be looking at Klarer’s story […]
Welcome to Series 2! In this encounter we travel to the heady days of the 1980s and look at a number of documents, events, and people who would have a lasting effect on the direction of saucer culture. Meet O.H. Krill and his pals John Lear, and Bill Cooper, and learn just why it was […]
One week ahead of schedule–don’t get used to it! This week we meet Truman Bethurum, who was the second contactee and who met a stunning space sister, Captain Aura Rhanes. His story is interesting not only because it features a woman in an authoritative position, but because he sort of seems to have written it to make […]
This time around, we’re looking at the contactees–those who thought they had physical or psychic contact with human-appearing space aliens. Their messages were often more earthly than cosmic and they’re a lot of fun. Learn all about George Adamski and tune in next time when we’ll cover some more classic contacteeism. Thanks this time go […]
This is the talk I gave on September 30 at the 50th Anniversary Festival commemorating the Shag Harbour UFO Incident in Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia. A few notes. First, the ending is a bit rushed and lacking detail near the end. For reasons beyond my control, what was supposed to be a 75 minute talk […]
A change of pace this time, as we look at four books that either are–or, I predict, one day will be considered–classics in the realm of flying saucer lore. Purchase the books below, or check out your local library! Messengers of Deception The Gods have Landed Shockingly Close to the Truth The Cryptoterrestrials
The Flatwoods Monster appeared in Braxton County, West Virginia in September 1952, at the tail end of a summer full of flying saucers all over the United States. The bizarre sighting drew the attention of people from established saucer figure Donald Keyhoe to neophyte Gray Barker and, even today, the brief incident remains a tourist […]
In this episode, we’ll be looking at the story of Albert K. Bender and the origins of the Men in Black strand of flying saucer lore. Bender’s story is an odd one and, in my opinion, oddly touching. As a special treat, we feature some great audio of the man himself speaking in 1967. If […]
Welcome to our first episode! In this brief encounter, we'll introduce the basic idea behind The Saucer Life, explore a flying saucer book I am almost positive you've never even heard of, much less read, and look down the road a bit to upcoming episodes. You can find Helen Gismondi's book on Amazon. You can follow on Twitter (@saucerlife) or on Facebook. Stay tuned for the next installment in about a month!