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Episode #23. Michael Ryan and Christine Scott discuss Gray Barker.  Call him a legend, mythmaker or a huckster, Gray Barker set the stage in early ufology and coined the term Men In Black.  You might not think of him as a fringe player after you listen to this episode.   To find out more about Gray Barker and where his papers and letters are kept go to the Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library here. You can watch the Bob Wilkinson  documentary on Gray Barker called Shades of Gray here.

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Episode #22. Michael Ryan interviews U.S. soldier David Marceau who had an encounter in 1992 with a UFO that was 100 feet long and 50 feet wide late at night while he was on guard duty at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown.  The base at Gagetown is a massive (over 420 square miles) training facility.  Home to the 5th Canadian Division, it is a major training location for several Canadian units.  NATO forces also train there with U.S. Army units as well.  Also the site of several UFO sightings in the early 2000s. David's encounter was also featured on an episode of Unidentified where he met Luis Elizondo.  David shares his opinion of Mr. Elizondo during the interview. If you would like to read David Marceau's blog check it out here. 

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Episode #21. Michael Ryan interviews Terry Mantell, grandson of Captain Thomas F. Mantell who is the first Air Force person to lose their life in pursuit of a UFO.  Terry Mantell talks about how his grandfather's death affected their family and how they are still looking for answers from the government 75 years later.   Also discussed is an interview with Sgt. Blackwell, who was in the control tower at Godman Army Air Field the day of the crash.  Sgt. Blackwell's 1996 interview sheds new light on what really happened that day.  Terry Mantell has a Facebook group that you can see here.  To read 93 pages of government documents that were found thru a FOIA request go to   John Greenwald jr. The Black Vault page here.  You can also check out the Simpson County Historical Society here which has lots of information on the Mantell Encounter and an actual piece of Captain Mantell's airplane.  You can find the link to the 1996 TV interview with Sgt. Blackwell here.

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In episode #20 Part 2 of Michael Ryan's interview with Dave Hodrien of the Birmingham UFO Group.  Dave continues his discussion of U.S. Navy sailor Bill Turtle who was chased by a UFO on Hwy #80 in Wyoming which ended in missing time. Dave also talks about Bill's encounter with a being aboard a UFO.  To read more about the Bill Turtle case go to the Birmingham UFO Group website here.   To visit the Birmingham UFO Group Facebook page go here.  

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Episode #19. Michael Ryan interviews Dave Hodrien of the Birmingham UFO Group.  Dave talks about the group and his extensive research into U.S. Navy sailor, Bill Turtle, who has had encounters with UFOs and beings most of his life.  Including the sighting of a UFO while aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga.  You can visit the Birmingham UFO Group website here. To visit the Birmingham Facebook page go here.   Also a discussion of prize fighter Muhammad Ali's interest in and sightings of UFOs.  You can hear Muhammad Ali talk about his UFO sightings on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson here.

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In episode #18 Michael Ryan and Christine Scott discuss Nick Pope and is it OK to make a living off of his knowledge of UFOs?  They also discuss if UFOs are just secret technology or is there more to the phenomenon.  Plus more.

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The UFO Talker Christmas Show.  Michael Ryan and Christine Scott pick their top 5 UFO-Alien movies and TV shows to watch at Christmas.  Some of the picks include The Day The Earth Stood Still, It Came From Outer Space and the TV show The Invaders.

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In episode #16 a U.S. Navy pilot talks about an encounter he had with a Black Triangle UFO over the Pacific.  The encounter lasted over 20 minutes and at times the UFO was less than 100 feet from his F4 Phantom.  Audio is from a 1977 call to the National UFO Reporting Center.  Michael Ryan also interviews Les Durrant who is a UFO Hunter from Mineral Bluff, Georgia who uses cellphones to capture video footage of UFOs in the sky.  Check out his Facebook page here.  Watch his videos on his YouTube channel here.

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In episode #15 Michael Ryan interviews Australian Producer-Director Stephen Amis who, in a suburb of Melbourne, has encountered alien beings since childhood.  Christine Scott also does a book review of Ann Druffel's The Tujunga Canyon Contacts.

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In episode #14 Michael Ryan interviews Shane Ryan in part 2 of his interview on the 1966 Westall Encounter in Melbourne, Australia.  You can follow Shane Ryan's investigations into Westall on his Facebook page here. You can also find more information about the documentary Westall '66: A Suburban UFO Mystery here.  Also on this episode is an eyewitness account of a large, black triangle UFO seen over Sudbury, Ontario in 2010.  The witness  estimates the UFO to be no higher than 200 feet above his head and as large as a passenger airliner.  

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Female announcer:  Joy Ryan
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