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Robert Davis, Ph.D is an internationally recognized scientist in his field, and served as a professor at the State University of New York for over 30 years. He graduated with a B.A. and M.A. from the City University of New York and with a Ph.D in Neuroscience from The Ohio State University. Dr. Davis has published over 40 articles in scholarly journals and several book chapters on various topics in clinical audiology, the effects of noise on hearing, and auditory neuroscience. He has also lectured on these topics at national and international conferences and was awarded several major grants to fund research in the neuroscience. His research and investigation into the UFO phenomenon convinced him that the phenomenon remains unresolved, is a source of considerable debate among millions worldwide, and is a very important concern unfortunately ignored by the general scientific community. He advocates for the need to advance our understanding of the phenomenon through the development of a governance structure to provide the necessary leadership, direction, and related resource support, both human and fiscal, for a multidisciplinary team of leading scholars to study the phenomenon. Dr. Davis also serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Research Team of the Dr. Edgar Mitchell Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Experiences (FREE). FREE was established to provide a scientific exploration of the relationship between advanced physics and the various “modalities of contact” with UFOs and nonhuman intelligent beings. Dr. Davis has written a book on the UFO phenomenon, entitled The UFO Phenomenon: Should I Believe? For more information about Dr. Davis and his book, visit TheUFOPhenomenon.com. For more information about FREE, visit Experiencer.org.
Richard Hoffman is an IT professional who has researched the UFO phenomenon since 1964, when he was in the eighth grade. He is currently the Alabama and Mississippi state director for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), as well as their director for strategic projects. He is also part of the Scientific Coalition for Ufology (SCU), an organization that examined a mysterious video captured by the Department of Homeland Security. In this interview, we talk to Rich about how he got into UFO investigations, including his interactions with the government's official UFO investigation, Project Blue Book. We also talk to Rich about the latest developments regarding the Homeland Security video. For more information about Alabama/Mississippi MUFON, visit their site at MUFONAl.org. For more information about the Scientific Coalition for Ufology and the Homeland Security video, go to ExploreSCU.org.
Although most people are completely unaware of its existence, the UFO-Nukes Connection is now remarkably well-documented. U.S. Air Force, FBI, and CIA files declassified via the Freedom of Information Act establish a convincing, ongoing pattern of UFO activity at American nuclear weapons sites extending back to December 1948. Over the past four decades, Robert Hastings has interviewed more than 150 of veterans regarding their involvement in UFO cases in or around nuclear facilities. On September 27, 2010, CNN live-streamed his UFOs and Nukes press conference in Washington D.C. during which former U.S. Air Force missileers described occasions when several ICBMs mysteriously malfunctioned moments after a disc-shaped craft was observed hovering near their underground launch silos. The documentary, UFOs and Nukes: The Secret Link Revealed, rigorously examines the officially-still-hidden history of UFO activity at nuclear weapons laboratories, test areas, storage depots and missile sites—using authenticated files and the testimony of vetted military eyewitnesses. For more information about Robert, visit: www.ufohastings.com To see the documentary, go to: vimeo.com/ufosandnukes
Canadian, as well as U.S., news has been ablaze with stories about the 2015 Canadian UFO Report released by UFO researchers in Canada. Chris Rutkowski has been inundated with interviews about the 1267 sightings reported last year, and we have him on Open Minds UFO Radio this week to talk about those sightings. Chris is a Canadian science writer and educator with degrees in astronomy and education. Since the mid-1970s, he’s also been studying reports of UFOs and writing about his investigations and research. He has eight published books on UFOs and related issues, including Unnatural History (1993), Abductions and Aliens (1999), A World of UFOs (2008), I Saw It Too! (2009) and The Big Book of UFOs (2010). He has appeared on numerous radio programs, podcasts and documentary TV series, including Unsolved Mysteries, UFO Hunters, Sightings, Eye2thesky, The Paracast, Discovery’s Close Encountersand A&E’s The Unexplained. He is past president of both the Winnipeg Science Fiction Society and the Winnipeg Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. For more information about Chris' work, visit http://uforum.blogspot.com/ For more about the 2015 Canadian UFO Sightings, visit: http://survey.canadianuforeport.com/
Antonio Paris is a Professor of Astronomy at St. Petersburg College and the Chief Scientist at the Center for Planetary Science – a science outreach program promoting astronomy, planetary science, and astrophysics to the next generation of space explorers. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from The City University of New York and a Master’s of Science in Planetary Science from the American Public University. Antonio is the author of two books, Aerial Phenomena (ISBN 1467549274) and Space Science (ISBN 1495101037): Additionally, he is the director and producer for the documentaries Area 51: A History of this Reclusive Base (2012) and Skinwalker (2014). Professor Paris has recently received a lot of attention for a project he is undertaking to reproduce the so-called Wow! signal. This is a mysterious signal that was received by the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) at the Big Ear radio telescope of The Ohio State University in 1977. There has been speculation that the signal could be extraterrestrial in nature. However, it has also been speculated that the signal could have come from comets. Paris and his team plan to test this theory. Websites where you can find more information about Antonio and his work: Aerial Phenomena The Center for Planetary Science GoFundMe: The Wow! Signal Theory Experiment
Shawn had an amazing UFO sighting of a black triangular craft over the highway between Las Vegas and Area 51 in March of 1996. The sighting changed his mind about the origins of these mysterious craft being reported worldwide. He has since had a great interest in these type of sightings in particular and has created a Black Triangle UFOs Facebook page to follow them. Shawn is also interested in a phenomenon called Ice Fall, and is compiling cases on a new website at Megacryometeors.org.
Erica Lukes is a UFO researcher and podcaster. She is the former state director for the Utah chapter of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) and a MUFON field investigator. She is currently working on a fascinating UFO case reported by an American Airlines pilot. A UFO researcher in Utah first heard the report on HAM radio. Erica and other MUFON investigators then were able to find the audio online and receive an official copy from the FAA via a Freedom of Information Act Request. Erica also keeps tabs on the infamous Skinwalker Ranch. We talk about this and more. To find out more about Erica, visit UFOClassified.com To find out more about the pilot case, visit UFOsNW.com And click here to find out more about Martin Willis' work raising funds for children with Leukemia.
Nick Pope worked at the UK's Ministry of Defence UFO desk for several years in the 1990s. Since then Nick has remained a UFO expert and has been involved with the release of large batches of UFO files from the UK government. Although they say they have released their files, Nick says there is one more batch to come. Nick was a speaker at the 2016 International UFO Congress, he participated in a panel with Sociologist Ron Westrum, Journalist Lee Speigel, and former Congressman Merril Cook. We talk about that panel and the importance of the participation of a former congressman. We also talk about a panel Nick was involved in that will be part of a movie screening later this week. For more about Nick Pope, visit: NickPope.net.
Chris Aubeck was born in London. His interest in the historical and sociological aspects of unexplained phenomena began at an early age. He moved to Spain aged 19 and after teaching in Cáceres and Madrid for 24 years now lives in Granada. A student of language and folklore, he has helped compile the largest collection of pre-1947 UFO cases in the world through Magonia Exchange, a remarkable collaborative network of librarians, students and scholars of paranormal history. Chris is the author of three books, with more on the way: Wonders in the Sky, with Jacques Vallée (2009); OOPARTs, coauthored with Juan Jose Sanchez Oro (2015); and Return to Magonia, coauthored with Martin Shough (2015). For more information about Chris, visit www.ChrisAubeck.com.
We talk UFO news and give you the inside story on some of the interesting talks and incredible stories related to the speakers of the 2016 UFO Congress. This year will be the 25th anniversary of the Guinness World Record holding large UFO conference. Fore more information, visit: UFOCongress.com
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