The one where we shoot down some unidentified objects with a cross section of American East coasters, dig up the remains of the infamous 1947 Roswell crashed "flying disc", and discuss the ideas and influence of Ufologists J. Allen Hynek, Jacques Vallée, Leslie Kean, and Avi Loeb, with Science writer and veteran UFO debunker, Robert Sheaffer.   

(This episode was NOT funded by the South Carolina Department of Tourism--though we dare say it should have been.)

TIMESTAMPS: 
0:00:00  Pre-Show Announcement
0:01:33    Introduction
0:05:35   Word On The Street: Spring Break UFO Edition
0:40:14    Interview with Robert Sheaffer
2:02:05    Essay on the 1947 Roswell crashed “flying disc”
2:43:14     Closing Credits
(NOTE: None of these timestamps were reverse-engineered from broken bits of a crashed alien spaceship)

Click here to visit Robert Sheaffer's Bad UFOs blog.

Click here to watch the 1989 Unsolved Mysteries episode that made Roswell a household name. (Begins at timestamp 19:13)

Click here to read our Essay on Roswell, complete with illustrations, links, footnotes, and references.

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The one in which we assemble another panel of armchair experts aboard the starship USS Swampgass to explore, assess, quarantine, and if necessary obliterate, the 2023 National Geographic series UFOs: Investigating the Unknown, featuring Leslie Kean, Luis Elizondo, Allen Hynek, and Avi Loeb, with a little help from our friends Matthew Newland and Rémi Poirier.     

Click here for light-speed access to our episode blog page, where you can peruse the many books, articles, and films discussed in this episode. 

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00:00  Preshow announcement
0:01:27    General Introduction 
0:21:34    Introducing UFOs: Investigating the Unknown
0:29:25   Episode 1 Review
0:41:54   Episode 2 Review
0:50:45  Episode 3 Review
1:12:34    Episode 4 Review
1:28:40   Episode 5 Review
1:42:36   Closing discussion
2:03:02  Closing credits
2:05:44  Star Trek: The Last Generation
(NOTE: None of these spacefaring timestamps made it past Uranus)

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The one where we investigate the latest UAP craze and its many proponents, discuss the psychology of ufology, excavate the 1947 Roswell "crashed saucer" story, ruminate over the life and mind of “Close Encounters Man” J. Allen Hynek, and gawk at a plethora of funny lights in the sky with veteran UFO Skeptics Michael Shermer and Robert Sheaffer.

Brought to you by a little blue pill that will keep you from having to think for yourself all the time.  ...Or is it the red pill?  Better take both to make sure. 

Time Stamps:
0:00:00  Introduction
0:04:42  Interview with Michael Shermer (par 1)
1:10:54 A Word from our sponsor  
1:13:58  Interview with Michael Shermer (part 2)
1:50:20   Closing credits
(NOTE: None of these timestamps swallowed the red pill)

Click here to visit Michael Shermer's Skeptic magazine website and podcast. 

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The one where we investigate the latest UAP craze and its many proponents, discuss the psychology of ufology, excavate the 1947 Roswell "crashed saucer" story, ruminate over the life and mind of “Close Encounters Man” J. Allen Hynek, and gawk at a plethora of funny lights in the sky with veteran UFO Skeptics Michael Shermer and Robert Sheaffer. 

Brought to you by a little blue pill that will keep you from having to think for yourself all the time.  ...Or is it the red pill?  Better take both to make sure. 

Click here to visit Michael Shermer's Skeptic magazine website and podcast. 

Click here to visit Robert Shaeffer's Bad UFOs blog.

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The one where we investigate the 1980 Rendlesham Forest UFO story (and other tales of strange things in the sky) with former British Ministry of Defence UFO analyst Nick Pope, science writer and UFO sceptic Ian Ridpath, and returning guest co-host Matthew Marc. (Part 3 of 3).

Brought to you by a popular 1980s electronic memory game that might also have served as a powerful mind-control weapon...     

Time Stamps:
0:00:00  Introduction
0:09:09  Interview with Ian Ridpath
1:09:53   Essay on the Bethlehem UFO
1:39:47   Closing Credits
1:42:22   Michel Gagné interview on Global News Radio: 640 Toronto, 26 Jan.2025
(NOTE: None of these timestamps followed a star from the Orient)

Click here to watch the History Channel's UFO Files, S2 E15: "Britain's Roswell".
Click here to access Nick Pope's website.
Click here to access Ian Ridpath's website.

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The one where we investigate the 1980 Rendlesham Forest UFO story (and other tales of strange things in the sky) with former British Ministry of Defence UFO analyst Nick Pope, science writer and UFO sceptic Ian Ridpath, and returning guest co-host Matthew Marc. (Part 2 of 3).

Brought to you by a popular 1980s electronic memory game that might also have served as a powerful mind-control weapon...     

Time Stamps:
0:00:00  Introduction
0:03:56   Interview with Nick Pope
2:04:40   Closing Credits
(NOTE: Some of these timestamps may have been spotted hovering silently over the British Midlands.)

Click here to watch the History Channel's UFO Files, S2 E15: "Britain's Roswell".
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Click here to access Ian Ridpath's website.

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The one where we investigate the 1980 Rendlesham Forest UFO story (and other tales of strange things in the sky) with former British Ministry of Defence UFO analyst Nick Pope, science writer and UFO sceptic Ian Ridpath, and returning guest co-host Matthew Marc. (Part 1 of 3).

Brought to you by a popular 1980s electronic memory game that might also have served as a powerful mind-control weapon...     

Time Stamps:
0:00:00  Introduction
0:15:22    A review of UFO Files: "Britain's Roswell"
1:37:09    A word from our sponsor
1:40:36   Closing Credits
1:43:04   Outtake: "The Impossible Secret Chinese Nuclear Airplane"
(NOTE: None of these timestamps were imported from the future)

Click here to watch the History Channel's UFO Files, S2 E15: "Britain's Roswell".
Click here to access Nick Pope's website.
Click here to access Ian Ridpath's website.

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The one where we investigate the 1980 Rendlesham Forest UFO story (and other tales of strange things in the sky) with former British Ministry of Defence UFO analyst Nick Pope, science writer and UFO sceptic Ian Ridpath, and returning guest co-host Matthew Marc.

Brought to you by a popular 1980s electronic memory game that might also have served as a powerful mind-control weapon...     

Click here to access Nick Pope's website.
Click here to access Ian Ridpath's website.
Click here to watch the two men fight each other. 

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The one where we deconstruct the 1997 "Phoenix Lights" UFO sightings, chide sensationalist journalists, debunk UFO junk science, rebuke New Age space gurus, and  learn a few things about telescopes, comet Hale-Bopp, and where in the world is Shelley Miscavige, with cult-busting journalist, editor, author, and amateur astronomer, Tony Ortega.

Click here to read "The Great UFO Cover-up", Tony's original Phoenix New Times exposé on the Phoenix Lights.   

Click here to peruse Tony's Substack, "The Underground Bunker".

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Holiday Thanks / Shaming for dollars
00:02:18 Introduction 
00: 13:46 Interview with Tony Ortega 
01:15:33 End Credits
01:17:51 How the sausage gets made

(NOTE: for best results, these timestamps should be observed through a 10-inch Dobsonian telescope.).

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The one where we track the evolution of the modern UFO saga with science historian Greg Eghigian, reflect on what Kenneth Arnold flew past in the Washington skies back in 1947, and find out what college freshmen believe about space aliens.  Brought to you by a kind little alien visitor with a big heart and even bigger stomach.

Check out Greg Eghigian's book After the Flying Saucers Came here.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:16:40  Chapter 1: Students Say the Darndest Things (Extra-Terrestrial Edition)
00:38:42  Chapter 2: "It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a..."  (Essay on Kenneth Arnold's 1947 UFO Sighting)
01:01:02  Chapter 3: Interview with Greg Eghigian
02:41:50  A Message From Our Sponsor
02:44:31  Closing Credits
02:46:17 Eine Kleine Weltraummusik

(NOTE: None of these timestamps were quality-controlled by NASA).

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