Former FBI informant Paul L. Williams join us to discuss his latest bombshell journalistic offering, “Operation Gladio.” Did NATO have a secret army that the CIA was helping fund?

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‘It’s a serious study’, say staff members at St Andrews University… and the study in question involves researchers dressed up as Bigfoot. Elsewhere, the latest developments in the strange “Slenderman” affair are making news; and what do zombies have to do with globalization, and people’s fears about it?

While we’re on the subject of globalization and concerns about it, former FBI informant Paul L. Williams will join us to discuss his latest bombshell journalistic offering, “Operation Gladio.” Did NATO have a secret army that the CIA was helping fund? Find out about this, and much more, on this week’s Gralien Report Podcast.

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This week on The Gralien Report, former Clinton and Obama staffer John Podesta is all the rage as he expresses “regrets” about the lack of public disclosure of UFO files. Elsewhere, a group of scientists, including one Nobel Prize Laureate, believe they may have found evidence of an eerie intervention in Earth life, following the discovery of a strange metallic globe in our atmosphere. Also, something strange is happening in our National Parks… we’ll hear an odd story from a pair of hikers that could be summed up with two words: “silence falls.”

Finally, “Rapamycin” is all the rage this week, with both Time Magazine and Bloomberg Businessweek both devoting cover stories to the science of anti-aging and prolonged youth… which sets us off on a quest through history in search of the fabled “Fountain of Youth,” and its mythological parallels to the modern world. Are humans set to live longer lives… through science?

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The fabled "Fountain of Youth" is the focus of discussion as we examine the science of anti aging, and the history of belief in paths to eternal youth.

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Scientists thing they may have discovered “Galaxy X,” a secret dark matter formation on the edge of our galaxy. That said, a contrasting (and perhaps conflicting) story examines the possibility that there may never have been a “big bang”, from which our universe emerged at the dawn of all time as we know it. Hence, proponents believe there may also be no need for dark matter either… so what’s the real scoop, and how can we reconcile the varieties of the scientific basis for our universe as we know it?

We also spend a bit of time examining claims that, interestingly, appear around this time every year: that the televised Grammy Awards ceremonies had actually bee (you guessed it)! an Illuminati mass-ritual. Katy Perry weighs in… which doesn’t deter her from telling us that she actually does believe in aliens… hey, we’re liking her more and more!

Shifting gears a bit in hour two, on the heels of a tragic–but inspiring–story of a man who, after learning his wife had been devoured by a crocodile, went to the village blacksmith and asked him to forge a spear for him, which he used to slay the four-meter-long beast. This story sounds remarkably similar to the ancient legend, involving the Christian Saint George, and a famous dragon he destroyed in saving a beautiful princess… could it be that the stuff of myth and legend are indeed sometimes inspired by real life?

Strange mysteries of science surrounding the so-called 'big bang controversy' are discussed, along with myth, folklore, and the real life events that may inspire them.

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This week on The Gralien Report we examine the traditions surrounding Groundhog Day, as well as a special segment where we look at some of the most unsettling ghost stories we've come across.

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This week on The Gralien Report Podcast, we celebrate that most esoteric of all holidays, Groundhog Day, as we ask, Did Punxsutawney Phil See His Shadow? Elsewhere, the National Weather Service made their own predictions about what the weather might do in the coming weeks… and if you manage to work up an appetite in the meantime, back in the old days, just remember that Groundhog Day involved eating the groundhog… bon appétit!

Before we wrap up hour one, Scotty Roberts joins us to discuss an exciting announcement: The Ancient Megaliths & Sacred Spaces tour of Ireland, this June 12 – 23, 2015. Is there more behind the many myths and legends of the Emerald Isle? Learn more about this exciting adventure at the Exodus Reality Tours website.

Finally in the last hour of this week’s trip, we change gears and delve into the realm of the supernatural… do ghosts exist, and if so, what are they? The Graliens share reports of ghostly happenings from our listeners, as well as personal experiences they’ve shared over the years, along with a look at humanity’s famous ghost stories from past to present. Is there anything more to ghosts and stories about them than pure myth? The many encounters we’ll examine here may leave you thinking so…

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UFO research, ESP, and media biases toward these subjects are discussed, as well as strange disappearances and human mutilations with researcher Butch Witkowski.

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Micah is having fun with the media this week, as we look at the fact that “newly released” Project Blue Book files were actually available for years already… although we’re glad that John Greenwald and the Blue Book files are getting some much-deserved attention in the mainstream. Then we skip over to the discussion about how the Washington Post may have been using knowledge of atrocious practices in the 1940s, carried out by the Canadian government against indigenous people, to fuel an argument against ESP research. Does this betray bias on their part?

In hour two, we are joined by researcher and retired law enforcement officer Butch Witkowski, who discusses strange cases where people go missing and, in many instances, are never found. What could lay behind these disappearances? We also look closely at the truly unsettling case of Todd Sees, a man who went missing for a short period, and whose body turned up again under very curious circumstances. Witkowski counts it among the strangest cases of human disappearances and possible mutilations he has ever studied… what circumstances actually led to the death of Todd Sees?

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