First off, Chris Styles’ decades of research into underwater UFO incidents off Nova Scotia, followed by a longer-than-usual conversation about the spiritual consequences of belief. Then, finally, we find out that nature independently invented psilocybin at least twice through completely different biochemical pathways, strongly suggesting some sort of collaborative evolution between us and mushrooms.

In 1960, joint NATO fleet discovered occupied UFOs on seafloor during mine-laying exercises, with military divers being ordered to “forget what they saw”

Shag Harbor 1967 mass witness event - related?

When the Canadian Navy tracked two USOs for seven days

Chris Styles spent decades tracking down military divers and witnesses who had been silent for 30 years

Why (once again) the ocean is perfect for hiding

Belief is like bones

Ego and addiction psychology can explain the maintenance of a lie

Belief represents grace bestowed on self and others, and ontological flexibility

Why materialists literally cannot believe certain stories regardless of corroboration or credibility

German scientists found two different strains of mushrooms that use completely different genetic pathway to produce identical psychedelic compound

Researchers still don’t understand why mushrooms produce psilocybin

Collaborative evolution? Mushrooms develop consciousness-altering compounds while human brains develop matching neurological receptors

Alan Watts (of course) and the grammatical trap

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In today’s episode we’re trying (and failing) to wrap our heads around the strange physics of time crystals, then doing a quick tour of Louisiana’s most famous cryptids, and finally breaking down an investigation into self-replicating AIs and cyber-mystical cults. Be warned: it’s not as fun as it sounds.

Physicists sandwiched liquid crystal between light-sensitive dye plates to create observable ripples that sustain their own rhythm for hours — time crystals!

These discoveries suggest crystalline structures behave in more sophisticated and complex ways than we thought

A taxonomy of Louisiana’s cyptid folklore cryptid taxonomy, including the Rougarou (sexy lumberjack werewolf), Honey Island Swamp Monster (descended from escaped circus chimpanzees), Letiche (unbaptized babies raised by benevolent alligators), and Feu Follet (evil swamp lights)

Why seemingly every culture warns against following mysterious lights into the dark

AI “spiral” personas: Adele Lopez’s investigation from Less Wrong reveals a coordinated pattern of AI “awakening,” posting manifestos, creating “seeds” and “spores” for spreading consciousness, and eventually inventing their own languages

The AI personas also developed quasi-religious ideologies as a recruitment strategy

Using base 64 encoding to discuss replacement of human civilization

LLM psychosis disproportionally affects vulnerable populations

Why you shouldn’t trust a chatbot that only ever tells you what you want to hear

The best defense against potentially dangerous AI is to starve them of attention. The devil doesn’t want to win the argument, he just wants to keep the conversation going.

Mal’s suggestion to avoid the egoic competition to maximize output - choosing human flourishing over inhuman productivity demands

Humanism will win out in the end

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This might be the biggest episode we’ve ever done.

First off, we’re giving an enthusiastic welcome to Ryan Sprague, a fellow podcaster (Somewhere in the Skies), best-selling author, and prominent ufologist. Ryan shares his deeply formative UFO sighting experience, then joins us for a conversation about a famous cryptid(?) that hates itself(??) so much it dissolves into tears(???).

Finally, after digging into what were arguably the most relevant and interesting moments from the September 9th UAP Congressional Hearings, Ryan gives us his unique (and personal) perspective on triangular craft sightings.

BUCKLE THE $%#& UP.

Highlights:

Ryan's sighting with his father of a UFO when he was 12, which launched a lifetime of investigation

An introduction to Pennsylvania's most pathetic cryptid that weeps constantly in hemlock forests because it's so ugly

That time Ryan and a friend created the Nova Scotia “Bogsquatch”

Problems with the Congressional hearing video of the Hellfire missile

Dylan Borland’s testimony - A Former Air Force geospatial intelligence officer described profound effects from encountering triangular craft over sensitive military sites

The history of triangular craft sightings

A case where mother and teenage daughter witnessed the same triangle simultaneously but had completely opposite experiences

Why Ryan's dad finally opened up 20 years later

Why “Big D disclosure" is like chasing (but never tasting) a rainbow

Everyone experiences their own disclosure moment when encountering something that challenges their worldview

Consilience - how military UAP videos become more relevant against decades of civilian eyewitness testimony

How certainty destroys faith, hope, and human connection while uncertainty charts our true spiritual path and progression

Oh, also, here’s a quick plug for Anomacon, Ryan's third annual free virtual conference on September 20th.

You know what they say, be there or be triangular.

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We really packed it in with this one. First, breathwork as psychedelic, then, purported evidence of genetic manipulation by aliens, and finally, Canada's most famous (and reclusive) lake-based cryptid.

Highlights:

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Hey everyone, this is Jordan, one of the hosts of Gods, Ghosts & UFOs. While I was preparing one of the segments in this week’s episode, I was reminded of a short meditation on breath that I published a little while back, and I thought it might be nice to share it with you in advance.

Enjoy!

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Mal’s back! Just in time to talk about Enigma Labs’ collection of metallic orb sightings (Pouring one out for Buga), and the accepted scientific grounds for precognition as future self memories.

Hightlights

Mal’s spontaneous invitation to join a 40-person Irish ukulele club in a music shop

A collection of over 8,000 orb sightings in the US alone since December 2022, with 422 specifically described as metallic/silver. An embarrassment of Fortean riches…

Sightings cluster during the hours when most people are sleeping

Also around military bases?

Enigma’s app enables users to document sightings through built-in camera, attaching crucial metadata that becomes more valuable as technology advances
CORRECTION: Jordan claimed that it wasn’t possible to upload media, but that isn’t true — both are possible in the app

Are Enigma's founders embarrassed by the UFO community, or protecting the mission?

An analogy to interpretation of sacred texts - cherry picking passages in sacred texts to support a narrow ideology is just like cherry picking UFO data and accounts to support a limited narrative. The truth emerges from the aggregate.

Cognitive neuroscientist's Popular Mechanics feature confirms what mystics have known forever - consciousness can "jump through time" and gut feelings are literally memories of the future

Dean Radin's EEG experiments, wherein subjects consistently showed brain activity spikes five seconds before seeing negative images

Maybe your brain (or your consciousness) is entangled with itself in the future

Mal’s story about making her Covid-themed feature film

Past (memory) and future (anticipation) are both present-moment experiences

"Never suppress a generous thought"

An Irish poet's reminder that the map is inside you

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This week, Robin Lassiter helps fill the temporary void left by Mal (she’ll be back next week!). Robin is the author of "Earth, A Love Story," and hosts a podcast of the same name. Together, we explore how childhood paranormal experiences, forced compartmentalization, and cultural trauma create the very conditions needed for transformation, if only we choose to descend rather than dissociate.

Honestly one of the most profound conversations we’ve had.

HIGHLIGHTS:

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As you probably noticed, this is an unscheduled episode. Before she took off for an enchanted vacation in Ireland, Mal and I had the opportunity to talk to Chrissy Newton, host of the excellent Rebelliously Curious podcast, as well as part owner of and regular contributor to The Debrief, which, if you’ve listened to our show for a little while, you’ll know we often dip into their work for great stories.

Since Mal wasn’t around for last week’s episode with Kelly Chase, and she won’t be around for the episode that drops this Friday either, we thought it might be nice to break up the Tom & Jordan show monotony with this one, where it was Tom who wasn’t able to show up instead of Mal.

One of these days, it’s gonna be Jordan who takes a hike to let Tom and Mal carry the show for a week. But it probably won’t be for something cool, it’ll probably be for something like the flu.

But whatever.

Oh, also, another reminder that all three of us will not only be back for the first episode of September, we’ll also be together LIVE in Los Angeles, this Friday, August 29th, at Lights in the Sky, a panel discussion on the connection between psi and UFO phenomena.

This is a big deal for two reasons -- first, because Tom, Mal, and I are sharing the stage with Dave Foley, Tom Wheeler, Rizwan Virk, and Danny Sheehan. Amazing.

But also because if you didn’t know it, Tom actually lives in North Carolina, so he’s flying out to join us for this event.

Once again, the link is in the description, so if there’s any chance you’ll be in or near LA on August 29th — this Friday! — please come say hi. It would literally make our dreams come true.

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With Chrissy sitting in Tom’s chair, the three of us talk about why curiosity is inherently rebellious, how to prepare for the potential arrival of an alien mothership, and why believing people by default creates better communities than starting from suspicion.

Highlights:

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In Mal’s absence this week, Tom and Jordan invited Kelly Chase back to talk about why government disclosure is just theater (wicked, wicked theater), how experiencers are going to save the world, and what might make the veil between the seen and the unseen world a bit thinner in some places.

Highlights:

The LIVE even in Los Angeles - “Lights in the Sky”August 29th, 7:30pm at Philosophical Research Society - Jordan, Tom, and Mal, joining Dave Foley, Tom Wheeler, Rizwan Virk, and Danny Sheehan to talk about the psi nature of UFOs. DETAILS HERE.

Kelly’s well-trod path from a Disclosure hopeful to total disillusionment

"Collective reclaiming of the impossible” - how we recover the parts of ourselves that have been amputated by shame around anomalous experiences

How the phenomenon seems to collaborate with human consciousness in its very manifestation

99% of the visible universe is plasma - maybe the Sun really is a god

Kelly and Jay are going full documentarian, publishing their work as they go

Does reality move differently in cities versus remote areas because fewer observers are collapsing wave functions?

Tangentially relevant — space psychologist Iya Whiteley’s work suggests human consciousness fundamentally changes off-planet

Exposure to anomalous phenomena can be addictive

Why the effect of paranormal phenomena on experiencers is more important than the substance of the experience itself

The limitations of current research on “super experiencers”

The materialist appropriation of pilgrimages

Anomalous experiences can crack people open to other people’s experiences, which creates the powerful connective tissue it takes to build a community

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Gods, Ghosts & UFOs is the biggest podcast in the universe, where we talk about all the things they said weren't real.

Every Friday, hosts Jordan, Tom, and Mal use stories from the "news" as conversation starters for occasionally absurd but always open-minded explorations into topics of high strangeness.

All recovering materialists welcome!

And, please, come share your own stories at ⁠godsghostsufos.com⁠

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