The famous facility at Groom Lake has long been the subject of rumors and speculation, particularly after it became a household name in the 1990s, following Bob Lazar’s peculiar rise to fame for having allegedly worked there. During the Cold War, the CIA’s top-secret spy planes were tested at the Nevada site, for use in reconnaissance missions over the Soviet Union. Bust how "secret" is Area 51, and how much has actually been publicly known about the site for decades already?

This week we devote a lengthy discussion to one of the most famous–and controversial–home movies ever made: the famous Patterson-Gimlin film of 1967. While debate has raged over the authenticity of the film for half a century, recent enhancements provide some striking new clarity and details about the film's subject... but is there truly anything new we can glean from it after all this time?

This week we are joined by guest Susan Masino, a rock ‘n’ roll journalist who has chronicled the history of the famous Australian rockers AC/DC since their early days, as well as the Hank Williams family and other institutions in the history of popular music. Susan is also the author of the book The Secrets of the Universe, and she joins us to discuss her many stories of unusual experiences and strange coincidences.

Kenneth Arnold became the first high-profile UFO witness on June 24, 1947, after he claimed that he observed a fleet of objects moving at incredible speed over Mount Rainier, Washington. But what did Arnold really see during that fateful solo-flight over the northwest, and more importantly, how have the variety of descriptions of it that appeared over the years shaped attitudes about the modern UFO enigma?

This week we look at recent statements by Donald Trump that he had had a “short meeting” about UFOs in the Oval Office. While there has been much speculation about the nature of this “briefing,” former senator Harry Reid recently spoke in defense of Luis Elizondo, a former DoD employee who says he was the head of the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, which studied UFOs for several years. We look at these, and other updates this week on the podcast.

Dennis Lloyd Martin was six-years-old at the time of his disappearance, and vanished while camping with his family at the Spence Field Shelter in near Cades Cove. Despite a search effort that would prove to be the largest in National Park Service history, searchers were unable to find Dennis Martin, nor any clear indication of what might have happened to him. Are there still things we can learn about a “cold case” like this even half a century later?

The big story in the news this week deals with a number of questions about former AATIP chief Luis Elizondo, the star of the new History Channel series Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation. Was Elizondo indeed the chief of the Pentagon’s unidentified aerial phenomenon study group, as he says he was? Joining us to discuss this is our friend and correspondent Lt. Tim McMillan, who offers his own insights on the state of affairs pertaining to the ongoing saga of the Pentagon’s study of UFOs

This week Micah takes a deep look into the recent New York Times piece on UFOs observed off the northeast coast, looking at a variety of contrasting views in the American media pertaining to it. The UAP enigma remains among the most baffling mysteries of modern times… are we any closer to unraveling this mystery? We delve into this, and other questions on this week’s edition of the program.

This week we feature a “classic” interview Micah conducted with Stanton Friedman a number of years ago, in which he touches on many different aspects of his long-held interest in the subject to which he devoted years of study. We also cover recent news including an op-ed by Chris Mellon of the To the Stars Academy, which appeared at The Hill, in which he makes the case that Congress needs to study UFOs, and reveal their findings to the public.

This week we turn our attention to a recent incident which occurred along the Appalachian Trail, which reminds Micah of a personal experience he had many years ago in our National Forests, as well as famous disappearances that have occurred there. However, when it comes to unusual cases of missing persons, there is perhaps none more famous than the disappearance aviator Amelia Earhart.