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Dr. Bruce Maccabee is a retired optical physicist, and has been one of the premier UFO researchers in the last few decades. His accomplishments in this field are too long to list here, but in particular, Dr. Maccabee was the first to receive the FBI’s UFO files via a FOIA request in the late 1970s. A FBI story on a memo in these files has been getting a lot of attention lately. In this story, the FBI referenced having released the UFO memo in the 70s, they were referring to Dr. Maccabee. Even though this is the case, no one in the media has bothered talking to Dr. Maccabee about the memo, so we are. We will talk about how the media has gotten this story wrong, Dr. Maccabee’s opinion of this now infamous “Hottel” UFO memo, and what insights the FBI’s UFO files give us into their investigations into the subject. For more on Dr. Maccabee’s work, visit his website at: http://brumac.8k.com.
The MacGregors have been professional writers for 25 years. They have mined numerous synchronicities and have fruitfully used the knowledge derived from them. One synchronicity after another led to their many non-fiction books on dreams, psychic development, astrology, yoga, the tarot, divination, and animal symbolism. They are also novelists. Rob wrote Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and six other original Indiana Jones novels, which have sold millions of copies. He won the coveted Edgar Award for Prophecy Rock, a YA mystery, and its sequel, Hawk Moon, was an Edgar finalist. Trish, writing as T.J. MacGregor, won the Edgar in 2003 for best original paperback, for Out of Sight. Her 33 novels books have been translated into 14 languages. We will be talking about their latest non-fiction book, Aliens in the Backyard: UFO Encounters, Abduction & Synchronicity. In it they focus on 4 abduction encounters, and the synchronicities the witnesses have begun to experience. For more on the MacGregors and their books, visit their website at: www.synchrosecrets.com
Joan Bird is the author of a new book titled, Montana UFOs and Extraterrestrials. This book critically examines famous UFO events in Montana, including reported contact with extrarrestrials. It draws on recently declassfied government documents, historic reports, and first-hand interviews. Joan holds a Ph.D. in zoology, and worked as a freelance nature interpretation writer. She is now a columnist for Crone Magazine. She is a long time member of the Institute for Noetic Sciences, and will also share her unique perspectives on UFO disclosure and the connections between consciousness and Ufology. For more information on Joan and her book, visit: http://www.riverbendpublishing.com/montana-ufos-and-extraterrestrials.html.
Astrobiologists and Ufologists are not typically seen together at the same BBQs. Why? Each argues that the other is not attending to the evidence. NASA’s Astrobiological Roadmap asks three research questions: What is the origin of life? Is there a second genesis of life? How will life expand from Earth to elsewhere? SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Life Institute) is listening for radio signals emitted from extra-solar civilizations. This is hard-nosed science. Yet, ufologists also believe they are employing scientific methods such as scrupulous investigation of sightings, hypnotic regression, statistical analysis, and such. Ufologists revere science. Why, then, is there tension if not outright hostility between the fields? Ted Peters is the author of UFOs—God’s Chariots?, first published in 1977. Its penetrating cultural analysis of the UFO phenomenon remains definitive. He teaches systematic theology at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He co-edits the journal, Theology and Science, at the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. He has recently served as consultant to NASA and SETI on astro-ethics. He is the author of GOD—The World’s Future (Fortress, rev. ed. 2000); Science, Theology and Ethics (Ashgate 2003); and co-author of A Theological and Scientific Commentary on Darwin’s Origin of Species (Abingdon 2009). The Peters ETI Religious Crisis Survey can be found at Counterbalance on the web: http://www.counterbalance.org/etsurv/index-frame.html.
Kathleen Marden is a scientific ufologist whose interest in the topic started at a young age. Kathleen is the niece of Betty Hill who along with her husband Barney experienced the first widely publicized abduction. Along with her colleague Denise Stoner, Kathleen has put together a study on the commonalities between abduction experiencers. Their findings are very interesting and will be the topic of our discussion. Kathleen Marden earned her B.A. in Social Work at the University of New Hampshire in 1971. Thereafter, she entered into graduate studies in Education at the University of Cincinnati, and later, at U.N.H. She began her professional career as a social worker and eventually entered the field of education. She left her job in 1990, and decided to pursue a career as a UFO investigator, researcher and writer. She taught adult education classes on UFO and abduction history, and for 10 years volunteered as the Mutual UFO Network's Director of Field Investigator Training. She is currently a UFO & abduction writer and lecturer investigating some of the very substantial cases in the annals of UFO and abduction history. She was recently appointed as MUFON's Director of Abduction Studies. Visit Kathleen’s website at: http://www.kathleen-marden.com
Paola Harris is a UFO researcher and auther from Italy. She spends a lot of time lecturing and researching UFO cases all around the world. We will find out what she has been up to and get her international perspective. We will also get an update on her Women's UFO conference and information about the next one. You can read more about her work at: http://www.paolaharris.com/
Nick Pope and I will be discussing the incredible case of UFO Hacker Gary McKinnon. This extraordinary case has erupted into an international relations event that has been discussed publicly by President Obama and Prime Minster Cameron, and has strained relations between these two powerful allies. We will ask Nick how badly this case has damaged relations between the two countries, what UFO secrets have been revealed and what more if any may be forthcoming. Author, journalist and TV personality Nick Pope used to run the British Government's UFO project at the Ministry of Defence. Initially skeptical, his research and investigation into the UFO phenomenon and access to classified government files on the subject soon convinced him that the phenomenon raised important defence and national security issues, especially when the witnesses were military pilots, or where UFOs were tracked on radar.
I have been too busy to do an interview in the last couple of weeks, but I want to get you all some UFO news and say Hi. So today's show will just be me and UFO news.
John Ventre is the Pennsylvania state director for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). He has also written a couple of fiction books situated around the legends of 2012. More recently he has just finished a non-fiction book about UFO sightings and MUFON investigations in Pennsylvania. He also helps organize two UFO conferences in Pennsylvania, one in Pittsburgh and another in Philadelphia, with plans to start a third in Erie. We will talk to John about his conferences, a recent appearance on Anderson Cooper’s new daytime talk show, and the cases presented in his new book. For more info about John visit: www.JohnVentre.com
Tracie Austin is a paranormal author and TV/Radio host. She hosts the show Let’s Talk Paranormal. She was born in England where she had her first UFO sighting, and now lives in Las Vegas. Her first book is titled Haunted Las Vegas. We will be talking to her about her brand new book Alien Encounters in Western USA. It chronicles nine stories of alleged alien abduction, and includes the removal of mysterious implants, an apparent hybridization program, and interactions with multiple types of entities. Join us for a glimpse inside the frightful mystery known as alien abduction. For more on Tracie and her book visit: letstalkparanormal.com.
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