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**The Saucer Life**

The Saucer Life is a podcast exploring the history and lore of flying saucer and UFO culture, running the gamut from Contactees to the Men In Black and from Underground Bases to Abductions.

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The End Oct 30, 2025

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We advise those engaged in saucer work to please be very cautious.

Reading Together Jul 29, 2025

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A quick one this time, with an exploration of how some UFO books just... go together really well and how they provide a level of understanding that is often more than the sum of their parts.

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Listener Feedback- The Mysterious RN Hernandez Jul 04, 2025

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We had a couple of really interesting emails/comments about the identity of the star of UFO Contact from Andromeda and I thought they were neat enough they deserved their own spot rather than sandwiched in the middle of another episode.

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The Nevada and California Road Trip Jun 27, 2025

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It’s the annual Road Trip episode as Simpson J. Hanover III and I head west to the desert, taking in the environs of Area 51 and the ET Highway, Giant Rock, a fleeting glimpse of the Integration, and Desert Center, California.

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UFO Contact from Andromeda, Part 2 Jun 13, 2025

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We’re finishing our exploration of the book UFO Contact from Andromeda by getting into the nuts and bolts (or not) of Lya’s message to the semi-mysterious Professor R.N. Hernandez! As a reminder, this book and its message seems to have had a bit of a confusing journey from experiencer to reader so for a rundown of that, be sure to check out part 1 of the story in the archives.

You can find UFO Contact from Andromeda at Amazon as an ebook or you can buy a horrifically expensive used hardcover. Similarly the updated translation—Prophecies of an Extraterrestrial Woman—is on Amazon as an ebook, hardcover, or paperback.

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UFO Contact from Andromeda, Part 1 May 26, 2025

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It’s a Contact tale from Mexico, filtered through the typewriter of American UFO figure Wendelle Stevens. This is one of those contact stories that seems to have gotten very little attention in the broader UFO world so it’s a delight to be able to share it with you!

In this first part, we’ll take a look at where the story came from and meet Professor R.N. Hernandez: a respected scientist who had his worldview expanded by a beautiful, alien woman named Lya.

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The Zine Scene- UFO Magazine Vol 3, No 1 (Part 2) Apr 18, 2025

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In this episode, we’re finishing our look at Volume 3, Issue 1 of UFO Magazine. We’re past the news and editorials and into some meatier stuff including an interview with Whitley Strieber, an article by Michael Grosso on his “Paraterrestrial Hypothesis,” want ads, and some poetry.

Be sure to check out all the great back issues of this mag up for sale at https://www.ufomag.com

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The Zine Scene- UFO Magazine Vol 3, No 1 (Part 1) Mar 28, 2025

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In this episode, we’re starting our look at Volume 3, Issue 1 of UFO Magazine. This is an issue jam packed full of great UFO stories and history, including a key piece of the UFO Conspiracy narrative of the late 80s, the dawn of the Mr. Ed photos, and a surprising rabbit hole that led me to a “sonic xenolinguistics performance art group” (including this great number!)

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Gray Barker, Books, and Saucers- an Interview with author Gabriel Mckee Mar 14, 2025

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It’s a rare Saucer Life interview! In this episode, we talk to author Gabriel Mckee about his new biography of Gray Barker: The Saucerian: UFOs, Men in Black, and the Unbelievable Life of Gray Barker. It comes out on April 22, 2025 and—having read an advance copy—I can say it is an astounding and thoroughly researched work.

Here are some links to get the book:

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The book’s page at MIT Press has links to get the book at a wide variety of other venues as well, including independent booksellers.

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