Our Strange Skies: UFOs Throughout History

Latest Episodes:

22: You Were Gone But You Never Really Left - The Patron Saint of the UFO: Ed Walters and the Gulf Breeze Sightings, Part 2 Dec 29, 2020

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What's up, ufonauts?

We're back with part 2. The mystery deepens as the aliens become more persistent, Ed's story becomes more convoluted, and I'm pretty sure Jason is at his wits end. Find out how Ed's story with the aliens ends and whether or not he finds definitive evidence of their existence in the second part of our three part series on Ed Walters and the Gulf Breeze Sightings with Sam and Jason from the Not Alone Podcast.

Links:

Not Alone Podcast

The Gulf Breeze Sightings by Ed Walters and Frances Walters

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21: You Were Gone But You Never Really Left - You Call Me Zehaas: Ed Walters and the Gulf Breeze Sightings, Part 1 with the Not Alone Podcast Dec 29, 2020

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What's up, ufonauts?

Today, we embark on a Journey to Gulf Breeze, Florida with Sam and Jason from the Not Alone Podcast to explore the story of Ed Walters. Starting on November 11th, 1987, Ed would have twenty encounters with a UFO that he would photograph nearly 40 times. The UFO had one singular mission: bring Ed on board the craft. Over the course of the next hour and a half, we tell you just how terrible the aliens are at their jobs. Are the aliens just here for our dogs? Is the UFO really a muffin? Is Ed the most American alien abductee ever? Will you disappear by saying Dulce three times? Find out on the first of a three part series diving into the Gulf Breeze Sightings.

Links:

Not Alone Podcast

The Gulf Breeze Sightings by Ed Walters and Frances Walters

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20: This Is Some Next Level Sh*t: Matt Sanderson on Ancient Aliens, Men in Black, and Why Humans Building Impossibly Possible Things Is Cool as Hell Dec 29, 2020

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What's up, ufonauts?
This week, my friend Matt Sanderson stops by to talk about Ancient Astronaut Theory, and why it's a troubling and lazy area of pseudoscience. We also delve into the men in black phenomenon, and Matt asks me various questions relating to the UFO phenomenon, including why do the aliens give a shit about earth? All this and more on this weeks episode!
Link:
All That Glitters Is Not God by Timothy Ferris

Semi-Intellectual Musings

Who Is Rob Kristoffersen?

BuzzFeed Unsolved - Men in Black

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19: Where Phenomenon Converge: The Bulletproof Bigfoot, a UFO, and Paranormal Possession Dec 29, 2020

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What's up, ufonauts?!

On this weeks Minisode, we look at one of the strangest cases featuring anomalous phenomenon ever recorded. Across the United States, there are certain areas where Bigfoots, UFOs, and ghosts exist in the same spaces. In October of 1973, all of these types of phenomenon descended on a rural farm in southwestern Pennsylvania, in an area that could easily be compared to the Bridgewater Triangle or even Skinwalker Ranch.

Resources:

Dr. Berthold E. Schwarz, Flying Saucer Review, Volume 20, No. 1 1974, pp. 3-11

UFO Symposium Proceedings, MUFON, June 22, 1974, pp. 142-

MUFON UFO Journal, Number 171, May 1982, p. 3.

The Morning Herald, October 27, 1973

Small Town Monsters: Invasion on Chestnut Ridge, interview with George Kowalczyk by Dr. Paul Johnson. Date of interview unknown. Released 2017.

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18: The Meltdown II - The Alien Boogaloo You Never Wanted: Signs with Brian Hastie of Double Density Dec 29, 2020

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I'm joined by Brian Hastie of the Double Density podcast for an intense discussion of the 2002 film, Signs, directed by M. Night Shyamalan. From bad acting, to the comically inept aliens, and a non-existent plot, Signs brings all of the logical fallacies you've ever needed to a film. Does M. Night Shyamalan drive home the point of the movie, literally? Is the best cultural equivalent of Signs the television show, Full House? Do vegetarian aliens need that corn? Dawg? Is there a conspiracy theory in the comments section of Roger Ebert's review of the film? Is Richard Doty responsible for this movie at all? Is Sedona, Arizona the best place to spend your honeymoon? Tune in as Brian and I pick apart the worst alien invasion movie ever made.

Links:

Roger Ebert's review of Signs

IMDb Plot Summary of Signs

A Link to Purchase Signs... if you're into that

Stranger at the Pentagon: The Story of Valiant Thor

Our Picks For Better Alien Movies That You Should Watch:

District 9

Under the Skin

Starman

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

10 Cloverfield Lane

V/H/S 2, "Slumber Party Alien Abduction"

The Bad Ones :

The Arrival(No, not THISArrival)

The Fourth Kind

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17: Each Thing In Its Own Time: The Abductions of Pier Fortunato Zanfretta Dec 29, 2020

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What's up, ufonauts?! To give you an idea of what we cover over on Patreon, I offer the latest installment of Their Strange Skies free for everyone. This month we;re in Italy, looking at the abductions of a 26 year old security guard, Pier Fortunato Zanfretta. Over the course of two years he is abducted repeatedly by a group of very tall and strange beings. They include Zanfretta on their plans to make Earth a new home, and to initiate contact with the human species. Though the aliens would never build their domed city on earth, we are left with one of the most fascinating abduction accounts ever recorded, complete with physical evidence!

Links:

The Zanfretta Case by Rino Di Stefano

Zanfretta Abductions, 1978-1981 by Think Anomalous

The Zanfretta Live Telecast Hypnosis Session

Music:

"I Feel Like an Alien" by The Blessed Cassettes

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16: How Many Coronas Does It Take to Crash a Saucer?: How Roswell Became a Member of the Household Dec 29, 2020

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What's up, ufonauts? This week, I bring you the story and history of Roswell, from its humble beginning as an off-hand comment to Stanton Friedman, to the Air Force's final report, we go in depth on how the story of Roswell developed, the key players involved, and where we stand on this when all is said and done.

Links:

Crash at Corona: The U.S. Military Retrieval and Cover-Up of a UFO by Don Berliner & Stanton T. Friedman

The Roswell Files - Gerald Anderson

Roswell: The Curious Story of Sheridan Cavitt Pt. 1

Roswell: The Curious Story of Sheridan Cavitt Pt. 2

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15: Taken in Kentucky: The Abductions of Lee Parish and the Stanford Three Dec 29, 2020

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Kentucky saw two really strange abduction cases during the years 1976 and 1977. The first involved three women leaving a diner at 11:15 on January 6th, 1976. A UFO appeared above them. All three were taken on board a craft and subjected to medical tests and torturous procedures. A year later, on January 27, 1977, a young man was abducted from his truck on the way home from a friends house. He was examined by machine-like beings and returned to his vehicle. Both cases share surprising similarities at a time when alien abductions were starting to become more common.

Sources:

January 1977 APRO Bulletin

The 1976 Stanford, Kentucky Abductions

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14: Candid Conversations with Myself - Everything's Coming Up Clown Pants!: My Time at MUFON, Personal Experiences, and Ancient Aliens Dec 29, 2020

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What's up, ufonauts?! This week I talk candidly about my time in MUFON, my thoughts on Ancient Astronaut Theory, the best sightings I think we have, and what's upcoming for the podcast!

also.... CLOWN PANTS!!!

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13: You Were Gone But You Never Really Left - They Had Mushroom Shaped Heads and White Eyes: The Abduction of David Stephens and the Men in Black Encounter of Herbert Hopkins Dec 29, 2020

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What's up, ufonauts?!

On this week's episode, I explore one of the most bizarre abductions stories ever recorded. In October of 1975, David Stephens was abducted from a car by very strange beings with mushroom-shaped heads and large white eyes. This encounter sets off a string of high strangeness that affects everyone involved in the case, including the hypnotist, Herbert Hopkins. Strap in for an episode full of UFOs taking control of cars, poltergeist activity, the men in black, and boat loads of high strangeness.

Links:

"A Mind of Their Own: Automobiles Controlled" by UFOs by Micah Hanks

“5 Weird-Looking Aliens Abduct Young Man”

“The Twilight Side of a UFO Encounter” by Brent M. Raynes/”The Maine UFO Encounter: Investigation Under Hypnosis” by Shirley C. Fickett

UFO Dynamics: Psychiatric and Psychic Dimensions of the UFO Syndrome by Berthold E. Schwartz

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