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150: The Night Visitor of Argentina & the Flap of 1968 with Zee Apr 24, 2023

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The city of Villa Carlos Paz is a tourist destination in central Argentina, known for a number of outdoor activities, such as kite surfing and hiking, as well as a giant cuckoo clock in the center of town. (Apparently the bird is controversial) In UFO circles, however, the town is known for one event in particular, the case of the Night Visitor. Also known as the Pretzel CEIII case, on June 14, 1968, María Elodia Pretzel was in the process of locking up the family motel, Motel La Cuesta (Known now as Hotel La Cuesta), when she would have a frightening encounter with a flattopped being carrying a strange disco ball and wearing a tight fitting suit. Strangely, María's encounter was not the only one that featured mysterious human-like figures...

Zee from Ghosts-n-Heauxsjoins the pod to discuss the Night Visitor case and others of the 1968 South American flap.

Sources:

Villa Carlos Paz - Wikipedia

“Cuckoo Clock at Villa Carlos Paz” - Welcome Argentina

“The Anthropomorphic Entity At Villa Carlos Paz – Part 1” by Dr. Oscar A. Galíndez, Flying Saucer Review, Vol 26, No 5, January 1981

“The Anthropomorphic Entity At Villa Carlos Paz – Part 2” by Dr. Oscar A. Galíndez, Flying Saucer Review, Vol 26, No 6, March 1981

“The Anthropomorphic Entity At Villa Carlos Paz – Part 3” by Dr. Oscar A. Galíndez, Flying Saucer Review, Vol 27, No 1, June 1981

The 1968 Humanoid Catalog

“A New South American ‘Wave’ by Gordon Creighton, Flying Saucer Review, Vol 14, No 5, September-October 1968

“World round-up: Argentina” by Staff Writer, Flying Saucer Review, Vol 14, No 6, November-December 1968

“One Day in Mendoza” by Charles Bowen, Flying Saucer Review, Vol 14, No 6, November-December 1968

“World round-up: Argentina” by Staff Writer, Flying Saucer Review, Vol 16, No 1, January-February 1970

“Physical Examination By ‘Miniature Martians’” by Gordon Creighton, Flying Saucer Review, Vol 15, No 5, September-October 1969

“Pretzel Case: The Opinion of a Psychologist by Alejandro Cesar Agostinelli” (Title Translated) by Alejandro Agostinelli, UFO Press, Vol 6, No 15, January 1983

“The incredible and sad story of the naive Elodia and her heartless father” (Title Translated) by Alejandro Agostinelli, UFO Press, Vol 6, No. 18, October 1983

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149: The UFO Conversations with Fred and Rob, Vol. 1 Apr 17, 2023

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On the first installment of what we hope is a long running series, Fred Andersson and I shoot the shit about all things UFO, including the government's fascination with shooting down balloons, the government's inability to investigate anything, the contactees and abduction phenomenon, our favorite UFO films, what cases we'd want to see adapted into films, and our favorite noodle?

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148: Máscaras de Chumbo (The Lead Masks) Apr 10, 2023

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On August 17, 1966, Paulo Cordeiro Azevedo dos Santos went bird hunting on Morro do Vintém, a hill that overlooked the Santa Rosa neighborhood of Niterói in Rio de Janeiro. Instead of birds, he stumbled upon a horrifying scene: two lifeless bodies, partially covered in vegetation. He rushed to report his disturbing discovery to local radio patrol officer Antônio Guerra, but his story was dismissed as a prank. The following day, 18-year-old Jorge da Costa Alves and his friends went searching for Alves' lost kite and were hit with a putrid odor that led them to the same bodies. Alves immediately reported the discovery to the Niterói police station.

Join us as we discuss the bizarre details of the Lead Masks case, including a sneaky dog, criminals with lame nicknames, extraterrestrial revenge, and a man called Pizza.

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Sources:

“The Lead Masks Mystery” by Staff Writers, Flying Saucer Review, V 12 N 6, November-December 1966

“The Mystery of Morro Do Vintem” by Charles Bowen, Flying Saucer Review, V 13 N 2, March-April 1967

“No Easy Solution to the Morro Mystery” by Charles Bowen, Flying Saucer Review, V 14 N 4, July-August 1968

“Follow Up on the Morro Do Vintem Mystery” by Gordon Creighton, Flying Saucer Review, V 17 N 4, July-August 1971

“Strange Deaths in Brazil,” The A.P.R.O. Bulletin, September-October 1966

Confrontations: A Scientist's Search for Alien Contact by Jacques Vallee

“The Case of the Lead Masks” by Redação Vigilia, Portal Vigilia, 01/05/1999

“The Lead Masks Case” by Paola Lucherini Covo, Instituto Nacional de Investigação de Fenômenos Aeroespaciais

“THE LEAD MASKS CASE: MYSTERIOUS DEATHS ON VINTÉM HILL,” True Noir, 3/16/2017

“The Bizarre Lead Mask Deaths of 1966” by Stacy Conradt, Mental Floss, 10/22/2015

“The Lead Masks Case,” The Mask Sign

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147: The Swerve, Vol. 2: Gef, the Talking Mongoose with Scott and Forrest from Astonishing Legends Apr 01, 2023

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April Fools, suckers! Also, happy first night of Wrestlemania! The subject of this episode was voted on by our dear patrons.

For this installment of The Swerve, I'm joined by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess from Astonishing Legends to dive into the sinister dealings of that "extra special mongoose," Gef, the Talking Mongoose.

Known on the Isle of Man as the "Dalby Spook," Gef first appeared as wrappings and knockings on the walls of the Irving family home at Doarlish Cashen in September of 1931. Before long, the knocks transformed into full sentences from a high pitched voice.

Gef became the talk of the island, bringing investigators of all kinds to the island including Harry Price and Nandor Fodor, but what was Gef really? On this episode we dive into Gef's exploits and try to figure out if he truly was an "extra clever mongoose" or something else...

Sources:

Gef!: The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose by Christopher Josiffe

Gef The Talking Mongoose: The "Eighth Wonder of the World" by Tim R. Swartz

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146: Philip Julian Klass, This Is Your Life! Mar 27, 2023

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This week I got COVID... so I got my buddies, Brian and Angelo of the Double Density podcast, to step in and host this bad boy this week.

Philip Julian Klass is one of the most reviled figures in UFO history. A skeptic by nature, Klass would become synonymous with bad faith debunking, badgering Ed Walters on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and his $10,000 challenge. This week, Brian and Angelo talk about his life in UFOs, his ufological principles, the fallacies in his thinking, his few victories, and they somehow get him to review this podcast?

Special thanks to Brian and Angelo for stepping up and helming the ship this week!

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Sources:

interview with PBS:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aliens/philipklass.html

George Knapp interviews him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKWhcDvh5sk

https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/extraterrestrials-may-be-out-there

Don Ecker on Phil Klass: https://web.archive.org/web/20070203091643/http://www.destinationspace.net/ufo/ufomag/ufomag1008.asp

https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/the-war-of-the-words/

Randle vs Klass

Friedman vs Klass on Nightline - part 1 of 2

Friedman vs Klass on Nightline - part 2 of 2

Letter PJK sent about Stanton Friedman moving to Canada:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120801084846/http://keyholepublishing.com/New%20Klass%20Letter%20Found.htm

National Tattler worm cover:

https://www.pulpinternational.com/images/postimg/slip_slidin'_away.jpg

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145: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 9: The Coronado Group Alien Abduction Mar 20, 2023

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The picturesque island of Coronado, situated in the resort city of San Diego, California, is crawling with the Secret Service in preparation for the arrival of William "Bill" Jefferson Clinton, saxophonist extraordinaire and 42nd President of the United States of America. Clinton is scheduled to deliver a speech at the historic and famously haunted five-star Hotel Del Coronado, located close to three military bases, on the 27th. Coincidentally, a two-day UFO conference is taking place at the Del Coronado, hosted by Yvonne Smith, a certified hypnotherapist specializing in PTSD and alien abductions and founder of the Close Encounter Research Organization (CERO). During the weekend, the island will become the site of an abduction event on a scale never seen before or since, allegedly involving President Clinton himself.

After an investigation that lasted nearly two decades and involved hundreds of hours of regression therapy with witnesses, Smith uncovered a disturbing story in which a dozen or more people, conveniently all members of CERO, were simultaneously abducted from their rooms on two consecutive nights at different locations. It’s got all the hits, folks. Grab your abduction Bingo cards and join us as we discuss cape-wearing aliens, perplexed Greys struggling with blankets, a man’s relentless quest to show his penis to every living organism on earth and we’re not talking about President Clinton here, and so, so much more. If YELP had been a thing back then, all of these establishments would’ve gone out of business.

Sources:

Coronado: The President, The Secret Service and Alien Abductions: ISBN-13: 9781499195019

LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-06-vl-9120-story.html

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144: The Death of Zigmund Adamski & The Alien Abduction of Alan Godfrey Mar 13, 2023

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The Pennine Hills, located in Northern England, played host to a number of strange phenomenon throughout the 1970s and into the 80s. From the "Phantom Copters" of 1973, to triangular shaped UFOs and low hovering objects that would stop cars, the area was a hotspot.

It ultimately culminated in two events connected by one person, Alan Godfrey. The mysterious death of Zigmund Adamski was strange by police standards, but even stranger when the police refused to investigated it. It became stranger four months later, when the officer involved would have a startling encounter with alien beings.

This week, we talk about the Pennine Mystery!

The Night Monitor just released and album inspired by this case! You can check it out on bandcamp.

Sources:

The Pennine UFO Mystery by Jenny Randles

Who or What Were They? By Alan Godfrey

“Phantom Copters: On The Trail of the Phantom Flyer” by Dr. David Clarke

“Frightening Car-Stop Near Nelson” by Tony Grimshaw and Jenny Randles, Flying Saucer Review, V 23 N 2, March-April 1977

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143: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 8: Karla Turner Mar 06, 2023

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In the Spring of 1988, Dr. Karla Turner, an English instructor at the University of North Texas, unexpectedly asked her class to objectively evaluate evidence on Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or UFOs. Despite describing herself as open-minded, she had limited interest in the paranormal. Karla believed that examining the evidence from an academic perspective would result in weak and inconclusive findings. She admitted that she hadonly looked at the evidence with a passing curiosity before assigning her students to evaluate it. Little did she know, this assignment would shatter her world and lead to her becoming one of the most tragic figures in the field of ufology. She fell victim to tin-foil-hat-wearing conspiracy theorists, charlatans, and misguided crusaders for the truth, who were oblivious or indifferent to the harm they caused to many others like her.

From this one assignment, Karla Turner and her family would become embroiled in the alien abduction phenomenon, becoming abductees largely over night. Everyone that came into her life would offer confirmation through stories of their own. This is the story of one of the abduction phenomenon's tragic figures, Karla Turner.

Sources & Links:

Into The Fringe: A True Story of Alien Abduction by Karla Turner

Taken: Inside the Alien-Human Abduction Agenda by Karla Turner

“51 - Ted Rice & The Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by The Nonsense Bazaar

“Abductions in the Gingerbread House” by Karla Turner

Karla Turner’s Facebook Page run by Elton Turner

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142: The 1981 Northern Ohio Bigfoot and UFO Invasion with Spencer Wirth-Davis Feb 27, 2023

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Scribd is a magical resource, full of the most obscure documents, journals, and manifestos ever assembled in one location. One fine day I stumbled upon a strange report assembled by Dennis Pilichis entitled Night Siege - The Northern Ohio UFO-Creature Invasion.

The report details the struggles of the Robert S. family as they defended their property from a series of strange beings and objects. The story reads like the Kelly-Hopkinsville Incident on steroids and maybe drugs. Definitely drugs.

This story has it all: Bigfoots with glowing red eyes, dark figures with weird flashlights, UFOs of all kinds, the most baller illustrations you've ever seen in your life, (Shout out Larry Blazey) a family that will literally shoot at anything while on their roof, and rabbits filled with cynaide.

Spencer Wirth Davis (The What If? Podcast, The Layers Lair & Dang! That's Weird) returns to experience the Invasion for himself!

Source:

Night Siege - The Northern Ohio UFO-Creature Invasion by Dennis Pilichis

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141: The 1968 Canadian Humanoid Wave with Todd Purse Feb 20, 2023

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In episode 140 we looked at a wave of UFO activity that occurred in 1967. Many reported seeing strange red lights and metallic structured craft, and other objects, but few humanoid sightings were reported. In 1968, things got a lot weirder.

Throughout Canada witnesses reported strange encounters with humanoids, including luminous men, spacesuit-clad figures, a long bearded naked figure clinging to a boulder overlooking a cemetery, and figure with an ugly face peering in through a window.

Todd Purse returns to the pod to talk about Canada's "Year of the Humanoids," the 1968 Canadian Humanoid Wave!

Sources:

The Canadian Humanoid Wave of 1968 - Paranormal Studies and Inquiry Canada

The trash podcast, Mysterious Universe, and they’re article about the 1968 humanoid wave by Brett Swancer

“UFO Chases Car” - UFO B.C.

“Light Being at Whytecliff Park” - UFO B.C.

“Victoria B.C. UFO Photographs” - UFO B.C.

APRO Bulletin Contains a UFO Report from B.C.

APRO Bulletin about a spate of sightings in Ontario

APRO Bulletin Sep-Oct 1968

Flying Saucer Review article by Gordon Creighton called “An Unprepossessing Creature Seen in Canada”

The 1968 HUMCAT