Stay ConnectedGoing beyond the basics… Interviews and discussions with UFO researchers, authors, witnesses, scientists, and others to talk in-depth about issues related to this very real phenomenon. We bring together some of the best minds from multiple disciplines so that we can put our heads together to try to gain insight into this enigmatic issue.
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Lee Speigel, Huffington Post wirter and UFO researcher, will be joining us to go over the top UFO stories of 2011. This will include some of the top UFO videos, celebrity UFO news, government documents, and more. We will also talk a bit about the surge in UFO reports in the first few days of 2012 and his upcoming talk at the International UFO Congress. To read Lee's stories, viist: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-speigel
We will be taliing to Noe Torres and Ruden Uriarte about their new book: Aliens in the Forest: The Cisco Grove UFO Encounter. This stranger-than-fiction event took place in the ruggedly scenic foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the Tahoe National Forest. Into this remote wilderness stepped the 26-year-old Shrum, who planned to enjoy a relaxing weekend hunting deer with his bow and arrows. As he entered the forest, joking and laughing with his two hunting buddies, little did Shrum suspect that shortly he would be locked in the midst of a terrifying 12-hour struggle with alien forces. Armed only with his wits and one of mankind's most primitive weapons, Shrum expended every ounce of his strength in an all-night battle against invaders that seemed bent on overtaking him and carrying him away to a fate worse than death. We will also play clips from the witness himself.
Bryce Zabel was the co-author of AD: After Disclosure with UFO historian, Richard Dolan. More recently, Dolan and Zabel authored a White House “We the People Petition” regarding UFOs. We will talk to him about the petition, AD, and other exciting projects he has planned. Zabel has created five primetime network series, notably NBC’s Dark Skies, released on DVD in 2011. He also wrote and produced Syfy’s first original film, Official Denial, about Majestic-12, and worked on the development team on the Spielberg-produced abduction miniseries, Taken. In 2008, Zabel received the WGA award for writing the Hallmark mini- series, Pandemic. He has written multiple studio feature scripts, receiving credit on two produced films, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Zabel was also elected chairman/CEO of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. He has been an award-winning PBS investigative reporter and on-air CNN correspondent. His website: http://www.afterdisclosure.com/
Tracie's interest in the paranomral began with an incredible UFO sighting in London in the mid-80's. She was so astonished by this experience that she began investigating the phoneomenon. In 1996, she then had another sighting, which was featured in a BBC documentary. She then began lecturing and started her own UFO conference. In 2001 she moved to California and soon after started the "Let's talk Paranormal" television show, which she hosted. Recently she moved to Las Vegas and wrote th book Haunted Las Vegas. She will share with us her amazing UFO sightings, details on her new book, and her upcoming appearance at the Women's UFO Symposium. Read more about Tracie at TracieAustin.com.
Mack Maloney is a military fiction author who has recently made his first foray into non-fiction with his new book UFOs in Wartime. Maloney makes the case the UFOs are most often documented during wartime. He supports his case by covering 70 separate UFO incidents seen over the battle field, ranging from ancient times to modern day military incursions. These sightings are made by high ranking officials, soldiers, and news reporters. Maloney tries to answer the question as to why these visitors are interested in our wars. We will talk to Maloney about these incredible stories, his views on what the military knows, and is hiding, who these visitors are, and what they want.
Micha Hanks is a UFO and paranormal journalist and author. He blogs at his website, The Galien Report, and is author of the book Magic,Mysticism & the Molecule: The Search for Sentient Intellegence from Other Worlds. Still in his twenties, he is younger than your average UFO researcher. We will talk to him about the youth and how they interface differently with the UFO phenomena, and his views on the hot topics in UFO research. His unique and intellegent perspectives offer an insight into the future of Ufology.
Nick Redfern has written many books on various topics of the paranormal, including Roswell, the Men in Black, and Contactees. We will talk to Nick about how he got into the field, his contreversial thoughts on UFOs, and some of the other topics of his very interesting books. For more on Nick, visit: www.NickRedfern.com.
Betty May Ockerl is the author of the book, The Mysterious Lindsey Lights: One Family's True Encounters with Strange Lights in the Sky Near Lindsey, Wisconsin. Starting in 2004 Betty and her family began seing strange lights in the sky. The sightings continued, so Betty began documenting the sightings and researching the UFO phenomenon to find out more about them. She felt that the sightings were so mysterious and important that she decided to write a book about them, despite the ridcule she may face in her rural community. We will talk to Betty about the Lindsey sightings, her investigation, and the community's reaction to her book. To read more about her book visit the book's page on Amazon.com.
It is time to catch up with Open Minds writer, Antonio Huneeus. We will talk about his recent stories regarding an ex-president of Mexico who had a UFO sightings, a nobel peace prize winner who wrote on UFOs, and his research into Mexico and their possible Mayan 2012 information.
Peter Robbins has been an alien abduction researcher for decades. For years he worked very closely with Budd Hopkins, the man who brought this subject to the general public. We will be talking to Peter about Budd Hopkins and the beginning of alien abduction research.
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