Open Minds Ufo Radio

Yvonne Smith is a hypnotherapist and has been one of the leading researchers of alien abduction for decades. She has made many media appearances, and has been at the forefront of the topic. She founded the Close Encounter Research Organization (CERO) in 1991 to help inform the public on the phenomenon and to provide support for those who feel they have experienced alien abduction. Yvonne has recently released a new book, Coronado: The President, The Secret Service and Alien Abductions. The book chronicles her investigation of strange events that took place during a conference in 1994 at the famous Hotel del Coronado, which she hosted. During the conference, U.S. President Bill Clinton gave a talk in another part of the hotel. Over the years, Yvonne has uncovered evidence that some of the attendees of the conference may have been abducted, despite the heavy presence of secret service personnel due to the president's visit. We talk to Yvonne about her work and her new book. For more about CERO, Yvonne, and he

Frank Kimbler teaches Geology and other earth sciences at the high school and college level at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. Upon moving to Roswell, Kimbler decided to put his skills to use to try and find physical evidence of the alleged UFO crash in the nearby desert. He has since found several pieces of metal and plastic that he finds very interesting. One piece of metal has undergone isoptic analysis that has shown the piece may have been manufactured off-planet. We catch up with Kimbler to find where he is in the testing of his materials and to find out about his new discoveries.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Ruben Uriarte and Carlos Guzman have been investigating UFO cases in Mexico for decades. Carlos from Mexico, and Ruben from this side of the border. They and their colleagues have collaborated on an updated English version of the book UFOs Over Mexico: Encounters With Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. The first version of the book was published in Mexico in Spanish by authors Carlos Guzman and Alfonso Salazar. American authors and UFO investigators Noe Torres and Ruben Uriarte recently added more case files and republished it in English. The book contains some amazing UFO cases, including possible UFO crashes. We talk to authors Ruben and Carlos about their investigations and some of the cases in the book. To purchase the book and find out more about the authors, visit: RoswellBooks.com.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Marc D'Antonio is the chief photo and video analyst for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). Marc has been involved with MUFON since 1971 and has a vast amount of experience investigating UFO cases. He is also the owner of FX Models where they work on CGI and physical models for the entertainment industry as well as defense contractors among others. It was in this line of work that Marc began working with motion picture special effects guru Doug Trumbull, who it turns out also has an interest in UFOs. We get an update from Marc on a project he and Trumbull are working on called UFOTOG. This project intends to build units that scan the sky with cameras and other sensors to gather large amounts of data, beside just pictures or video, during UFO sightings. We also talked to Marc about his recent appearances on several UFO related television programs.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

David Pares is an adjunct professor at several colleges, including the University of Nebraska where he is the faculty advisor for their Mutual UFO Network student organization. He has degrees in geography and engineering science, and teaches classes in meteorology, physics, astronomy, geography, geology, statistics and physical science. Pares believes he has unlocked the key to warp technology, and that he and his team of engineers and graduate students have constructed a working warp engine that demonstrates this technology. Last time we talked with Pares he had tested the warp effect on lasers. However, now he has an engine, and is building a UAV that he hopes he will be able to propel with a warp engine. He has patents on the warp technology and has formed the company Space Warp Dynamics, LLC. For more about Pares' space warp project, visit paresspacewarpresearch.org.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Margie Kay is a paranormal and UFO investigator, author, and national speaker. Margie is the assistant state director of Missouri MUFON, where they have been experiencing an increase in UFO sightings for the past few years. She will speak to us about some of her recent cases and where the sightings seem to be concentrated. She will also talk to us about a remarkable sighting report from 1969 they recently received, and her ideas about the links between UFO sightings and other paranormal phenomena. You can find out more about Margie at www.MargieKay.com.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

William Hopp is the founder of Collective Minds Media and has had a lifelong interest in the Paranormal, especially alien abduction. He suffers from sleep paralysis and can attest to the feelings of a strange presence hiding in the room and the disorientation caused by sleep paralysis. However, he also can draw the distinction between what people report as alien abductions and what he experiences during sleep paralysis. His interest in the alien abduction phenomenon has inspired him to make a movie about what people really experience, unlike the Hollywood versions that we have seen thus far that often change the facts to suit what they believe the audience wants to see. The movie's website explains, "Abductee is a chilling found footage film set in the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. Terrifying in a way that few other horror films are, Abductee explores the bizarre and misunderstood world of alien abduction. Through a first person account, we come to know the fear and mental anguish that befalls a man as he a

Kevin Randle is an author and UFO researcher. He has written many books on UFOs and his latest is called The Government UFO Files: The Conspiracy of Cover-Up. We caught up with Kevin this week to talk about government disinformation, fascinating government UFO files, and cover-up. Kevin is a retired lieutenant colonel who served in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and in Iraq as a battalion intelligence officer. He began writing for UFO magazines and eventually moved onto books. He has appeared on countless radio and television programs in the mid-1990s hosted his own show on KTSM Radio in El Paso, Texas. He has written books about UFOs, science fiction, action adventure and even a vampire novel called, cleverly, VAMPYR. His blog can be found at www.KevinRandle.blogspot.com.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Chris Lambright has studied the UFO images captured by Paul Bennewitz over Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, and he believes they may be something much more mysterious than top secret USAF aircraft. Chris has written a book title X Descending in which he documents his investigation of the images, and his interviews with Paul Bennewitz, and others involved with the events. We talk to Chris about how he got involved with this investigation and other controversial aspects of the Bennewitz case. Be sure to visit Chris's website and download the book at: www.xdeskpublishing.com.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

In this episode, Jason and Alejandro cover the latest UFO news, including a remarkable video allegedly captured by Homeland Security of a UFO in Puerto Rico. We then play the audio from a recent YouTube video we posted on the investigation of the origins of the Majestic 12 documents, and the elaborate disinformation story they are related to. To view the YouTube video visit: http://www.openminds.tv/majestic-12-ufo-disinformation-scandal-video/28049 To read more and see the sources for the story visit: http://www.openminds.tv/open-letter-u-s-air-force-allegations-ufo-disinformation/27071Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Linda Zimmerman is an author and paranormal researcher. While investigating UFOs in New York's Hudson Valley, many people shared with her their UFO experiences. She decided to investigate and found that not only is the area abundant in ghost sightings but also in reports of UFOs. She has found so much material that she has written two books on UFOs in the Hudson Valley. Linda wasn't always focused on the paranormal, she earned a B.S. in Chemistry and a Master's in English. With a wide range of interests she decided to write. She is now the author of 30 books and a popular speaker. Her first book on Hudson Valley UFO sightings was made into an award winning documentary. We talk to Linda about how she went from chemistry to the paranormal, and what she has found investigating UFOs. For more about Lind visit her site at www.gotozim.com, or purchase her books on Amazon.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Jeremy Meador is a paranormal investigator who has been researching alleged UFO crashes in the Nevada desert. After hearing of the crashes he decided to find out if there was any truth to the rumors. Surprisingly, he has been able to speak to dozens of people who say they have knowledge of the crashes. Some of them have been first hand witnesses. We will talk to Jeremy about how and why he began his investigation and his findings. For more about the Ely crash and to see the images we refer to in the show, visit elyufocrash.webs.com. For more about this and Jeremy's other paranormal investigations, visit king-sasquatch-bfpteam.blogspot.com.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Christopher O'Brien is an investigator of the unusual. He has written several books on his findings. His field investigation of UFO reports, unexplained livestock deaths, Native American legends, cryptozoological animals, secret military activity and the folklore, found in the world's largest alpine valley, has produced one of the largest databases of unusual occurrences gathered from a single geographic region. His new book Stalking the Herd (600 pages 2014) is the most comprehensive book ever written on the subject of “cattle mutilations.” It is destined to become the go-to textbook examining this complicated mystery. We talk to Chris about his new book, some of the amazing cases he covers, and the myriad of theories as to why these mysterious cattle mutilations occur. For more information about Chris, visit his website at: www.ourstrangeplanet.com.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Matty Beckerman produced and directed the new movie Alien Abduction, which also includes the Brown Mountain lights mystery. In fact, he got the idea for the movie from stories of strange lights and disappearances in the Brown Mountains of North Carolina. Beckerman says when he first started looking into the mystery to prepare for the filming of the movie he was skeptical. However, now he has seen the lights himself and is convinced that not only are the Brown Mountain lights truly an anomalous phenomena, but alien abductions are really too! We talk to Beckerman about the making of Alien Abduction, and the experiences and research that changed his mind about extraterrestrial visitation and UFOs. For more information about Beckerman and the movie, visit: www.alienabductionfilm.com.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Roger Marsh is a UFO writer, author, playwright and independent filmmaker. He is editor of the monthly MUFON UFO Journal for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), where he also serves as the Director of Communication.  He is the National UFO Examiner at examiner.com, and blogs for the Huffington Post. Marsh tells how his UFO interests stem from an incredible sighting his family had when he was a kid. He then had a remarkable sighting of his own. This helped encourage Marsh to investigate UFOs and other paranormal topics. We talk about this and some of the interesting UFO cases that MUFON has received in the last couple of weeks. For more information about Roger, visit: rogermarsh.moonfruit.com.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

There have been a lot of UFO pictures and videos popping up in the news all around the world lately. In order to take a closer look at these UFO sightings, Jason and I invited Lee Speigel from the Huffington Post to join us and go over these cases. Some of them we suspect are misidentifications. However, some of them we have no explanation for. To see the stories we are talking about, visit: www.openminds.tv. You can read more about Lee Speigel at: www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-speigel/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Thomas Reed and his brother began experiencing strange events in the 1960s, beginning with a UFO encounter. Some of their encounters were witnessed by others and investigated by UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek, who was an astronomer and consultant for the Air Force's official investigation into UFOs. The Reed brothers’ encounters include memories of being taken by strange creatures and examined. They describe ant people and strange looking humanoids. Although Reed still does not know what really may have happened, he believes at least some of his encounters had something to do with extraterrestrials. In this show we talk to Thomas about his encounters and the physical evidence found by investigators. For more on Thomas Reed visit TomReed.info.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Mark Pilkington is the writer and Roland Denning is the co-director to a new documentary on UFO disinformation called Mirage Men. Much of the movie includes interviews with ex-Air Force Office of Special Investigation Agent Richard Doty. Doty says he was part of an elaborate program to disseminate disinformation to Ufologists throughout the 80s. He continues to claim he has official knowledge of the Air Force’s UFO and extraterrestrial secrets. We talk about Doty’s claims, the circumstance surrounding his disinformation, and the UFO mythology which has its roots in Doty’s disinformation and hoaxing campaign. You can watch the documentary here, and read more about it at www.MirageMen.com.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Patty Greer is a Crop Circle filmmaker, but she hasn’t always been. In fact, it was an experience she had in a Crop Circle that compelled her to begin making the films. Patty is a musician and had no experience with filmmaking. However, she acted on the compulsion and now has 6 films on Crop Circles, UFOs, and extraterrestrials. Patty tells us how this all came about and explains how she believes the circles are made, and the messages the makers are giving us. Read more at Patty's website: www.PattyGreer.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Jan Harzan is the Executive Director of the Mutual UFO Network. Jan has been a MUFON member for decades and has been involved with the administration of the organization at the national level for many years. His interest in UFOs began with an extraordinary sighting he had as a child. This sighting also influenced his career path. We talk to Jan about this sighting, an interesting encounter he had with retired Lockheed Skunk Works director Ben Rich, and the future of MUFON. For more information on MUFON visit www.MUFON.com.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.