One week ahead of schedule–don’t get used to it! This week we meet Truman Bethurum, who was the second contactee and who met a stunning space sister, Captain Aura Rhanes. His story is interesting not only because it features a woman in an authoritative position, but because he sort of seems to have written it to make […]

This time around, we’re looking at the contactees–those who thought they had physical or psychic contact with human-appearing space aliens. Their messages were often more earthly than cosmic and they’re a lot of fun. Learn all about George Adamski and tune in next time when we’ll cover some more classic contacteeism. Thanks this time go […]

This is the talk I gave on September 30 at the 50th Anniversary Festival commemorating the Shag Harbour UFO Incident in Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia. A few notes. First, the ending is a bit rushed and lacking detail near the end. For reasons beyond my control, what was supposed to be a 75 minute talk […]

A change of pace this time, as we look at four books that either are–or, I predict, one day will be considered–classics in the realm of flying saucer lore. Purchase the books below, or check out your local library! Messengers of Deception The Gods have Landed Shockingly Close to the Truth The Cryptoterrestrials

The Flatwoods Monster appeared in Braxton County, West Virginia in September 1952, at the tail end of a summer full of flying saucers all over the United States. The bizarre sighting drew the attention of people from established saucer figure Donald Keyhoe to neophyte Gray Barker and, even today, the brief incident remains a tourist […]

In this episode, we’ll be looking at the story of Albert K. Bender and the origins of the Men in Black strand of flying saucer lore. Bender’s story is an odd one and, in my opinion, oddly touching. As a special treat, we feature some great audio of the man himself speaking in 1967. If […]

Welcome to our first episode! In this brief encounter, we'll introduce the basic idea behind The Saucer Life, explore a flying saucer book I am almost positive you've never even heard of, much less read, and look down the road a bit to upcoming episodes. You can find Helen Gismondi's book on Amazon. You can follow on Twitter (@saucerlife) or on Facebook. Stay tuned for the next installment in about a month!