It’s a Very Exciting Time

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07. USS Nimitz Encounter Jan 09, 2023

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In 2004, the USS Nimitz carrier group tracked hundreds of anomalous radar signals while preparing for a training exercise. Commander David Fravor, flying an F/A-18 Super Hornet, was dispatched to investigate one signal and encountered an unusual flying craft he described as the "tic-tac." This incident was discussed in the 2017 New York Times coverage of the Pentagon's UAP office, including the now-famous "FLIR" video. Today we're going to discuss the incident in detail, and why it marks a turning point in the UFO conversation.

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06. Where is the 2022 UAP Report? Dec 12, 2022

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The 2022 UAP Report was due on October 31. It's December now, so where is it? Today we'll dive into what we know about the delay, and whether there are dueling factions in the US government on the topic of UFOs. But the good news is that the 2023 NDAA just passed, and it includes several really exciting additions regarding UAP, including protection for whistleblowers!

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10/28 — NYT: Many military UFO reports are just foreign spying or airborne trash
10/31 — Daily Mail: Only half of UFO sightings can be explained
10/31 — Exoacademian: "vast majority of hits in baseball are not home runs" tweet
10/31 — Eric Weinstein: "high performing seagulls" tweet
11/07 — The Hill: Pro- and anti-UFO factions in government? It wouldn't be the first time
11/16 — John Greenewald's FOIA request shows UAP report not released to Congress yet
11/29 — Ross Coulthart discusses the late UAP report and the "shameful" NYT story
12/03 — Chris Mellon discusses the late UAP report and the NDAA UAP provisions
12/08 — NDAA passes (more info on UAP provisions)

05. Recommendations for UFO books, videos, etc Nov 27, 2022

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Chuck's out sick this week, so I've got a mini-episode for you. If you've enjoyed the topic so far, you might be interested in going a bit further. If so, here are some books, TV series, documentaries, and podcasts that I'd recommend.

Books

In Plain Sight: An investigation into UFOs and impossible science by Ross Coulthart, 2021 — Came out just before 2021 UAP report, feels like a good summary
UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record by Leslie Kean, 2010 — Covers nuts-and-bolts credible witnesses
The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack by Ralph Blumenthal, 2021 — Explores how a well respected Harvard psychiatrist risked his career to study abductees and experiencers
Sekret Machines: Chasing Shadows (fiction) by Tom DeLonge and A.J. Hartley, 2016 — Interesting insight into what Tom believes. NOT recommended: Sekret Machines non-fiction series

Series

Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation, by History Channel, 2019 — The TTSA series focused on Lou Elizondo and Chris Mellon
Hangar 1: The UFO Files, by History Channel, 2014 — Netflix series that goes over famous cases in MUFON files
UFO by JJ Abrams, 2021 — A four-part Showtime series, good summary

Documentaries

The Phenomenon by James Fox, 2020 — Well-regarded in the UFO community as a summary
Ariel Phenomenon by Randall Nickerson, 2022 — Covers a famous incident at the Ariel School in Zimbabwe
Unacknowledged, by Michael Mazzola, 2017 — A bit breathless, but decent summary of what Steven Greer believes
Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers by Jeremey Corbell, 2018 — Perhaps overly credible, but interesting

Podcasts

The UFO Rabbit Hole, by Kelly Chase — Easily my favorite, Kelly is a great speaker, and thoughtful
Point of Convergence, by ExoAcademian — Get ready to go deep and weird
Need to Know, by Ross Coulthart and Bryce Zabel — Excellent discussion of UFO news by investigative journalists

04. Bob Lazar Nov 13, 2022

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Bob Lazar is arguably the most controversial figure in the world of UFOs. In a nutshell, Bob is a whistleblower who came out in 1988 with claims that he worked in a reverse engineering program for recovered alien craft that are kept at Area 51. Today we're going to get into it: Who is Bob, what does he claim, why did he come forward, and what are the points that make him more or less credible. Because if anything Bob claims is true? …It's a very exciting time!

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Bob Lazar’s site
Jeremy Corbell documentary
Joe Rogan interview (I know, I know, Joe Rogan is awful. But the interview is quite good and you get to hear from Bob firsthand)
Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers, Explained
Robert Bigelow clears the air about Bob Lazar
Bob Lazar Says the FBI Raided Him to Seize Area 51's Alien Fuel. The Truth Is Weirder
Bob Lazar Speaks Out About Area 51 And S-4
Bob Lazar's story, is it believable?
Google Maps: Area 51

03. The Admiral Wilson Memo Nov 01, 2022

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The Admiral Wilson Memo — aka, The Wilson-Davis Notes, The Core Secrets Memo, etc — is a document that records an alleged conversation between astrophysicist Dr. Eric Davis and Admiral Wilson, the recently retired director of the DIA. They discuss Wilson's attempts to locate a secret UFO program in the military, which he found, and was denied access to. The document is controversial to say the least, but the story is fascinating, and if it's true, reveals the existing of a secret crash retrieval and reverse engineering program!

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02. Tom DeLonge Oct 31, 2022

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We're talking about how all the big UFO news we discussed in our last episode — from the 2017 New York Times article to congressional hearings — can be traced back to Tom Delonge. Yes, that Tom DeLonge. The lead singer of Blink 182. Buckle up, this one's a wild ride.

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01. Why are we recording a podcast about UFOs? Oct 30, 2022

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"Really? You wanna be the UFO guy?" Yeah, actually, I do! Because I think most people don't understand that since 2017 there has been a rapid increase in astonishing information about UFOs. From the 2017 New York Times article disclosing the existence of a secret Pentagon UFO program, to the release of confirmed Navy videos of UFOs, to Congress demanding an annual report about what the military knows about UFOs, to the recent proposal to grant immunity to UFO program whistleblowers — there's been a LOT!

When I was growing up, UFOs were treated as a joke. News reports would include the X-Files theme, and anyone talking about the subject seriously would get teased about "little green men." But that seems to be changing. More and more, the topic is taken seriously.

And the thing is, once you accept, as Congress and the Pentagon seem to have, that there are unidentified craft flying around the sky… what else is real? If it's true? It's a very exciting time!

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