April 14, 2021

UFOs in Czecho

45 minutes

EPISODE 30 | UFOs in Czecho

Guest: Sam Beckwith, editor of Prague Pig

Today Conspiracy Clearinghouse celebrates one year of delving into the weird, so we thought we'd celebrate by doing a crossover episode with our sister podcast Prague Times. The UFO thing is not exclusively an American phenomenon, and even here in the Czech Republic, where we're based, there have been plenty of reports and reactions.

Prague-based journalist Sam Beckwith takes us through the most famous UFO sightings in the area (some going back centuries), how the Communists dealt with reports of strange craft, citizen-led initiatives, the Czech Silver Men, a UFO church and more. This is a special crossover episode with our sister podcast, Prague Times.

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SECTIONS

02:00 - UFOs as cultural phenomenon, as narratives

07:50 - Projekt Záře

09:30 - Vranov nad Dyjí - the most famous Czech sighting

13:55 - A saucer too far - Communists hate mysteries, Nazi UFO in Prague

16:27 - Centuries of sightings - flaming wheels, time-displaced tanks

20:19 - Slatiny, 1938, the Číhošť Miracle, Loose lips get you killed

22:21 - Ostružná Nová Ves - a teeny spacecraft that sucks, Miličín - balls and figures in Czech Siberia, Don't call me stupid

26:55 - Aliens tour our spa towns, The summer of '93 - sightings all over, including Svitavy

31:13 - The Silver Men (Stříbrňáci)

33:14 - Crop circles, Fidel's cigars, Are you normal?

37:19 - Universe People (Vesmírní lidé sil světla) - a Czech and Slovak UFO church

39:16 - Ashtar Galactic Command

41:44 - The Spooky Book and other Czech Forteana (coming soon!)

Music by Fanette Ronjat

More on these topics

Prague Pig

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Projekt Záře

Gort

Universe People website

Universe People Wikipedia page

Prague Times: HERE - Blood on the Snow: Czech Holiday Traditions w/Peter Collman

Prague Times: HERE - Ghosts in Prague with Raymond Johnston

Prague Times: HERE - 13 More Ghost Stories with Raymond Johnston

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