On this B-side episode we dip into our archives to hear journalist Garrett Graff's expert take on the government's 80-year search for alien life. The Pulitzer Prize finalist explores everything from CIA insiders to the "summer of the flying saucer" to the odds of life out there.

Check out the transcript & photos here on the BLOG

Produced by McMenamins and Gretchen Kilby

Host: Shannon McMenamin

Sound design & audio editing: Gretchen Kilby

Writing: Michelle Jacobson Robbins

McMenamins' production team: Kat Nyberg, Michelle Jacobson Robbins, Renee Rank Ignacio

Video Production: Kat Nyberg

UFO Fest archival audio, video & photo: Kat Nyberg & Patrick Chapman

UFO Fest A/V engineer: Rand Deahl

Music: Jim Brunberg & Ben Landsverk at Wonderly

Art: Lillian Ripley

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