Our Strange Skies: UFOs Throughout History

By Rob Kristoffersen

What's Our Strange Skies: UFOs Throughout History about?

Our Strange Skies explores the nooks and crannies of UFO history and lore, diving deep into UFO sightings, alien abductions, cryptids, and all things paranormal. Hosted by UFO expert Rob Kristoffersen and a variety of special guests.

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Our Strange Skies: UFOs Throughout History episodes:

12.06.2023
166: Putting Flaps on a Map (The Season - Maybe Series- Finale!) with The Quite Unusual Podcast
Pull out your humanoid catalogs and put your flaps on a map, it’s time for the season (maybe series?!) finale of Our Strange Skies. On this episode Nicole and Noëlle from The Quite Unusual Podcast stop by to talk about...
09.07.2023
165: 165: The Spooks and Kooks of Ufology with Adam Gorightly
We're going to be taking a break from the Great UFO Conspiracy series, but before we do, I wanted y'all to hear this episode I recorded with Adam Gorightly (Historia Discordia), the author of Saucers, Spooks, and Kooks: UFO Disinformation...
08.21.2023
164: 164: Paranoid Skepticism with Emily Louise
Emily Louise from Weird Reads with Emily Louise joins the pod to unleash a torrent of paranoid skepticism. This episode contains a fair amount of shit talking about David Paulides, Leo Sprinkle, Rick Doty, and Bill Moore. We question how...
08.18.2023
An Interview with David Riedel
Here is our uncut interview with David Riedel, son of Pat McGuire and author of "My Dad Was A Famous Alien Abductee. I Thought He Was A Joke — Now I'm Not So Sure." David talks about his time growing...
08.15.2023
163: 163: The Miracle Well of Wyoming and the Cult They Pulled Up From It
Ten miles from Bosler, Wyoming sits a ranch with a rather unusual feature. A well over 350 feet deep. A miracle well whose builder was told that he would never strike water. And yet, he did. Pat McGuire's well is an...
07.31.2023
162: 162: The Great UFO Conspiracy, Part 2: The Rise of the Mutes, 1973-1979
“Is it saucers, satanists or CIA?” wrote Tom Adams in Stigmata, the only zine dedicated to the cattle mutilation phenomenon of the 1970s and 80s, and by the end of the decade, researchers and investigators were no closer to finding...
07.24.2023
161: 161: The Great UFO Conspiracy, Part 1: Snippy the Mute
CW: Animal Death On June 5, 2023, The Debrief published an article titled “Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non Human Origins.” Written by Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal, the article details claims brought forth by whistleblower David Grusch,...
07.17.2023
160: 160: Putting Jaws in a Headlock with Jessica Knapik
In the final palette cleanser episode before we dive deep into serious UFO conspiracy territory, Jessica Knapik from What's Up Weirdo joins me to talk about the weird vibe of her post office, haunted workplaces, misconceptions about paranormal investigating, UFO...
07.10.2023
159: 159: Bookwrecking with Steve Berg
This week, my good friend Steve Berg (Host of the wonderful podcast, Hi, Strangeness) returns to the pod to talk about Nebraska weirdness, the old guard and their old ways, making friends in paranormal circles, and we recommend a ton...
07.03.2023
158: 158: Sometimes UFOs Are Therapy with Lindsey
Have you ever been so burnt out on a subject that you needed to just have a good therapeutic chat with a friend about UFOs, ghosts, and about the shit going on in your life? Well, that's what I decided...
06.12.2023
157: 157: The Veggieman with Cole Herrold
Researcher Cole Herrold (New World Explorers Society) returns to the podcast to talk about the numerous and varied experiences of Jennings Frederick, a resident of Rivesville, West Virginia. He talks about the experience of his mother Ivah, the infamous Veggieman...
06.05.2023
156: 156: Russell Kellett, The E.T. Rider with Rus Ryan
Do you like intergalactic wars between humans and aliens? Well, have we got a treat for you. This week, Rus Ryan from The Unbelievers podcast returns to discuss another Rus... Russell Kellet, the E.T. Rider! In the foreword of his book,...
05.29.2023
155: 155: Stories from Somewhere in Our Strange Skies with Ryan Sprague
This week, Ryan Sprague, the host of Somewhere in the Skies, and author of the new book, Stories from Somewhere in the Skies. Culled from the "Witness Accounts" series from the podcast, Ryan presents the stories of every day people...
05.22.2023
154: 154: The West Wales Flap of 1977
In 1977 a series of UFO and humanoid sightings would capture the headlines in and around West Wales. Sightings of cigar shaped objects and saucers became common place. On Ripperstone farm, the Coombs family were plagued by a number of...
05.18.2023
Bonus Episode: The Origins of Gondola Man
In late 2021, when we relaunched OSS full time, I had my friend Brian Hastie from the Double Density podcast on to talk about the abduction of José Antônio da Silva. We decided to record a bonus episode where I...
05.15.2023
153: 153: The UFO Conversations with Mike Clelland
This week we welcome Mike Clelland to the show. We dive into the weirdness of Saranac Lake, NY, a town we both lived in, as well as the nature and meaning of synchronicities, the work of Mac Tonnies; we each...
05.08.2023
152: 152: The White Monsters of Sherman and Other New York Stories with Mothboy Matt
On this week's episode a couple of New York guys talk about some New York stories, as Mothboy Matt from the Mothboys podcast joins me to talk about their new book, The White Monsters of Sherman New York, as well...
05.01.2023
151: 151: Clowning Around with Stephanie Quick & AP Strange (Sam, the Sandown Clown)
Are you down with the clown? Well this week, guests Stephanie Quick, AP Strange & I dive into the weirdness of clowns, their trickster-like nature, their ability to pop up out of nowhere, and for some reason we talk about...
04.24.2023
150: 150: The Night Visitor of Argentina & the Flap of 1968 with Zee
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...
04.17.2023
149: 149: The UFO Conversations with Fred and Rob, Vol. 1
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...
04.10.2023
148: 148: Máscaras de Chumbo (The Lead Masks)
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...
04.01.2023
147: 147: The Swerve, Vol. 2: Gef, the Talking Mongoose with Scott and Forrest from Astonishing Legends
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...
03.27.2023
146: 146: Philip Julian Klass, This Is Your Life!
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....
03.20.2023
145: 145: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 9: The Coronado Group Alien Abduction
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...
03.13.2023
144: The Death of Zigmund Adamski & The Alien Abduction of Alan Godfrey
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,...
03.06.2023
143: 143: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 8: Karla Turner
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...
02.27.2023
142: 142: The 1981 Northern Ohio Bigfoot and UFO Invasion with Spencer Wirth-Davis
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...
02.20.2023
141: 141: The 1968 Canadian Humanoid Wave with Todd Purse
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...
02.13.2023
140: 140: 1967, The Year Canada Was Invaded Without Knowing
1967 was a unique year for Canada. While the United States was embroiled in its own flap that saw the Ohio Valley play host to a myriad of strange activity, the Men in Black run amuck on UFO witnesses, and...
02.06.2023
139: 139: The Robertson Panel & James E McDonald with Sequoyah Kennedy
We're taking a bit of a break from our abduction series, and this week, Sequoyah Kennedy from The Nonsense Bazaar joins me to talk a little shit about the C.I.A. In 1952, the new Project Blue Book was riding high. With...
01.30.2023
138: 138: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 7: Whitley Strieber, Part 3
Welcome back to the third and final part of our series on Whitley Strieber. If you thought the last episode was wild, prepare yourself to take classes on Mars with the Sisters of Mercy. On this episode we cover the...
01.23.2023
137: 137: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 7: Whitley Strieber, Part 2
So, what happens when you have a hit book on your hands? Well, your publisher wants another one. In this episode we cover the first two sequels to Communion, Transformation: The Breakthrough and Breakthrough: The Next Step. These sequels have it...
01.16.2023
136: 136: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 7: Whitley Strieber, Part 1
This week, we begin a three part series on one of the most important figures in alien abduction lore, Whitley Strieber. Through a singular image on a book called Communion, Strieber captured the uncanny valley of many readers and introduced...
01.09.2023
135: 135: What If Under Water Aliens Stole Some Elk?
On this weeks episode, OSS teams up with the What If? Podcast to review David Paulides' new documentary, Missing 411: The UFO Connection. Together we dive into David Paulides' sketchy past as a cop, we postulate where the actual UFO...
01.02.2023
134: 134: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 6: Budd Hopkins, David Jacobs and the Shaping of a Phenomenon
CW: Sexual abuse When it comes to the alien abduction phenomenon, no two figures have played a greater roll in its shaping than Budd Hopkins and David Jacobs. And shaping, I think, is the perfect word, because, as we’ve covered on this...
12.26.2022
133: 133: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 5: The Andreasson Affair with Stephanie Quick
Eight years before Whitley Strieber's Communion was published, The Andreasson Affair hit the shelves and challenged the notion of what abductions could be. Part alien abduction story and part contactee story, Betty's contact occurred during a tumultuous period in her...
12.19.2022
132: 132: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 0: Paleo-Abductions
In our first installment of our History of Abductions series, I put forth the premise that abductions weren't in print before 1957... welp, that's not entirely true. On this episode I dive into the origins of the phenomenon with fae...
12.12.2022
131: 131: The UFO Grifters: Stan Romanek with Brian Hastie
CW: Self-harm, Childhood Sexual Assault, and CSA Material We're taking a break this week from the abduction series to introduce a new series, UFO Grifters, featuring the worst of the worst in the UFO community. We're starting with a big one:...
12.05.2022
130: 130: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 4: Obscure 70s Abductions with Cole Herrold
Abductions in the 1970s are characterized by cases that gained a level of popularity on their individual merits. The Pascagoula Abduction for instance was a media sensation that occurred during a very prominent UFO/humanoid flap. It’s also the first year...
11.28.2022
129: 129: An Interview with Mark O'Connell
Way back on episode three of this podcast, we featured our first of only two UFO Book Clubs, dedicated to The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made The World Believe in UFOs by Mark O'Connell. O'Connell's biography of J...
11.21.2022
128: 128: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 3: Harrison Bailey and the Black Contact Experience with Professor WHAM
CW: Racism When it comes to the alien contact experience, and the cases that we've come to revere, we often forget that there are voices excluded from the conversation. The alien abduction phenomenon more often than not seems like a purely...
11.14.2022
127: 127: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 2: Albert Coe & Herbert Schirmer with Richard Hatem
First and foremost, I can't thank you all enough for the overwhelming support for our first episode. It means the world. On this week's episode Rich Hatem is back and he brings the story of Albert Coe along. Published in...
11.07.2022
126: 126: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 1: 1957-1969 with Rich Hatem
This episode marks the beginning of a L O N G series about the history of the alien abduction phenomenon. Our premise, in part, can be summarized by Thomas Bullard, “UFO abductions in the strict sense of the term usually include...
10.31.2022
125: 125: An Interview with Stan Gordon
For Halloween this year I wanted to do something special. I reached out to Stan Gordon, and he was kind enough to join me. Stan talked about many of the cases he's collected and investigated over the years, including the...
10.29.2022
Creative Weirdos - Welcome UFO People: A Discussion with Todd Purse & Rob Kristoffersen
At the end of this week's episode I referenced a webcomic that I've been working on with past guest and all around good dude, Todd Purse, called Welcome UFO People. Well, we decided to get together and talk about it....
10.24.2022
124: 124: I Lived in a Nest of UFOs with Willow Truman
Page space within UFO journals of the 50s, 60s, and 70s was dedicated to solely to the seasoned investigator, debuting important cases that we quote endlessly today, for the first time; the established theorist theorizing about the true nature of...
10.17.2022
123: 123: The Summer of Sasquatch '72
The 1970s produced a distinct flavor of Sasquatch, one that could be found in nationwide headlines in states like Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania. Often these sightings would be accompanied by other anomalous events, like UFOs, strange voices, and...
10.10.2022
122: 122: The Anomalous Bigfoot with Jordan Heath
When it comes to the big hairy guy in the woods, most people are of the mind that Bigfoot is a salt of the earth creature, feet firmly planted on the ground. Well, on this episode, we talk about the...
10.03.2022
121: 121: The Swerve, Vol. 1: The San Pedro Haunting with Richard Hatem
CW: domestic abuse A couple of months ago, patrons of Our Strange Skies voted on a non-UFO topic that we would cover. Among the choices of "Haunted Objects, "Gef, the Talking Mongoose" and "The Beast of Boggy Creek," the topic that...
09.26.2022
120: 120: The Sunderland Family Mysteries with Sam & Sage
On episode 96, we briefly touched upon the story of the Sunderland family, who'd had a series of encounters with UFOs and aliens in a field near their home. The accounts of Gaynor and Darren Sunderland were very similar; they...

What's Our Strange Skies: UFOs Throughout History about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Our Strange Skies: UFOs Throughout History episodes:

166: Putting Flaps on a Map (The Season - Maybe Series- Finale!) with The Quite Unusual Podcast

165: 165: The Spooks and Kooks of Ufology with Adam Gorightly

164: 164: Paranoid Skepticism with Emily Louise

An Interview with David Riedel

163: 163: The Miracle Well of Wyoming and the Cult They Pulled Up From It

162: 162: The Great UFO Conspiracy, Part 2: The Rise of the Mutes, 1973-1979

161: 161: The Great UFO Conspiracy, Part 1: Snippy the Mute

160: 160: Putting Jaws in a Headlock with Jessica Knapik

159: 159: Bookwrecking with Steve Berg

158: 158: Sometimes UFOs Are Therapy with Lindsey

157: 157: The Veggieman with Cole Herrold

156: 156: Russell Kellett, The E.T. Rider with Rus Ryan

155: 155: Stories from Somewhere in Our Strange Skies with Ryan Sprague

154: 154: The West Wales Flap of 1977

Bonus Episode: The Origins of Gondola Man

153: 153: The UFO Conversations with Mike Clelland

152: 152: The White Monsters of Sherman and Other New York Stories with Mothboy Matt

151: 151: Clowning Around with Stephanie Quick & AP Strange (Sam, the Sandown Clown)

150: 150: The Night Visitor of Argentina & the Flap of 1968 with Zee

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

148: 148: Máscaras de Chumbo (The Lead Masks)

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

146: 146: Philip Julian Klass, This Is Your Life!

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

144: The Death of Zigmund Adamski & The Alien Abduction of Alan Godfrey

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

142: 142: The 1981 Northern Ohio Bigfoot and UFO Invasion with Spencer Wirth-Davis

141: 141: The 1968 Canadian Humanoid Wave with Todd Purse

140: 140: 1967, The Year Canada Was Invaded Without Knowing

139: 139: The Robertson Panel & James E McDonald with Sequoyah Kennedy

138: 138: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 7: Whitley Strieber, Part 3

137: 137: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 7: Whitley Strieber, Part 2

136: 136: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 7: Whitley Strieber, Part 1

135: 135: What If Under Water Aliens Stole Some Elk?

134: 134: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 6: Budd Hopkins, David Jacobs and the Shaping of a Phenomenon

133: 133: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 5: The Andreasson Affair with Stephanie Quick

132: 132: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 0: Paleo-Abductions

131: 131: The UFO Grifters: Stan Romanek with Brian Hastie

130: 130: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 4: Obscure 70s Abductions with Cole Herrold

129: 129: An Interview with Mark O'Connell

128: 128: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 3: Harrison Bailey and the Black Contact Experience with Professor WHAM

127: 127: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 2: Albert Coe & Herbert Schirmer with Richard Hatem

126: 126: The History of Alien Abductions, Part 1: 1957-1969 with Rich Hatem

125: 125: An Interview with Stan Gordon

Creative Weirdos - Welcome UFO People: A Discussion with Todd Purse & Rob Kristoffersen

124: 124: I Lived in a Nest of UFOs with Willow Truman

123: 123: The Summer of Sasquatch '72

122: 122: The Anomalous Bigfoot with Jordan Heath

121: 121: The Swerve, Vol. 1: The San Pedro Haunting with Richard Hatem

120: 120: The Sunderland Family Mysteries with Sam & Sage