Open Minds Ufo Radio

The Mt. Adams area, near the town of Trout Lake, Washington, has always been known as a UFO hotspot. This is where James Gilliland built the Enlightened Contact with Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (ECETI) Ranch and Sativa Sanctuary. He has invited many people to his ranch, included television shows and their crews, most of whom have had their own sightings. We talk to Gilliland about the various sightings and strange events that have taken place in the area, and why he thinks they are happening. He also shares his views on why extraterrestrials are visiting Earth and what he believes their intentions to be. You can find out more about Gilliland and the ECETI Ranch at: www.eceti.org.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Martin Willis is the host of Podcast UFO, like the name suggests, it is a weekly podcast about UFOs. Willis works in the antiques business, but was inspired to look into UFOs after an incredible sighting of his own. We will talk to Willis about his sighting, some of his favorite guests, and his coverage of the Center for UFO’s Symposium in North Carolina a couple of weeks ago. For more on Willis and Pocast UFO, visit PodcastUFO.com.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Marshal Klarfeld is an author and retired engineer. Since his retirement he has researched the work done by Zecharia Sitchin on the mythology of the Sumerian civilization. Like Sitchin, Klarfeld believes Sumerian records chronicle the visitation of an extraterrestrial civilization called the Anunnaki. Klarfeld believes that there is also archeological evidence of their existence. We talk to Klarfeld about how he first got interested in this topic, and what he believes is the best evidence to indicate that the Sumerian mythologies are real. For more information on Klarfeld and his books, visit AdamtheMissingLink.com.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Nick Pope was in charge of the British Ministry of Defence’s UFO desk from 1991 to 1994. It was his job to officially investigate UFO reports, and although he was skeptical at first, the reports convinced him of the serious nature of the phenomenon. He has been an advocate for the serious investigation of UFO sightings ever since. Due to the large amount of requests, the UK decided to proactively release their official UFO investigation files beginning in 2008. They have been released semi-annually in batches. Then in late 2009, the UK decided to close their UFO desk and no longer take UFO reports. With one final batch of files, that just came last week, the UK government says they have released all their files on UFOs. The contents of those files and the decision to close their UFO desk are the focus of our discussion with Nick Pope. You can read more about Nick at his website here: www.nickpope.net.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Maureen Elsberry is the director of marketing for Open Minds Production. She also co-hosts the UFO web-series Spacing Out!, and writes for Open Minds magazine and our website. She is a Ufologists in her own right, and we will talk to her about some of her favorite cases, how to get the youth involved with UFO research, and how she got involved with this topic. Read more about Maureen here: www.openminds.tv/maureen-elsberryBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Leslie Kean is an independent investigative journalist with a background in freelance writing and radio broadcasting. She is the author of the book UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record. Kean draws on her research to separate fact from fiction and to lift the veil on decades of U.S. government misinformation. Throughout, the book she presents irrefutable evidence that unknown flying objects – metallic, luminous, and seemingly able to maneuver in ways that defy the laws of physics – actually exist. In our interview, we will discuss the upcoming 2013 Symposium on Official and Scientific Investigations of UAP (UFOs) being held in North Carolina on June 29 and 30. She is bringing together some of the people in her book, and other scientists and government officials from around the world, to discuss UFO investigations. Visit the event’s website at: www.centerforuforesearch.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Westrum says when an event is widely experienced but seldom reported, we can refer to it as a “hidden event.” Many anomalous events, including UFOs, by appearing to violate common sense or scientific paradigms, fall into this category. We talk to Ron about hidden events and how the public had reacted to them historically and how that relates to UFOs. We also talk to him about his lifelong interest in the UFO phenomena, and his work as a consultant for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). Ron Westrum is emeritus professor of Sociology at Eastern Michigan University, holding an honors B.A. from Harvard in Social Relations and a Ph.D from the University of Chicago in Sociology. Dr. Westrum is a specialist on the sociology of science and technology, and has written books such as Technologies and Society: The Shaping of People and Things (1991), as well as Sidewinder: Creative Missile Design at China Lake (1999). He has been a consultant for NASA, for the National Research Council, and also for the Mutual UFO Network

Ben Hansen is a TV host and lead investigator for the Syfy channel’s Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files. Ben has a degree in sociology and certification in criminology and corrections. He has worked investigating child sex crimes and severe physical abuse on the Utah County Sex Crimes Task Force, and was a special agent for the FBI. He also does TV producing, firearms training, aerial RC filming, night vision consultation, and lecturing. We talk to Ben about a recent UFO sighting he had of a triangular craft in California. He shares his advice on what night vision is best to film sightings, and we also talk about the profile of hoaxers. For more information about Ben, you can visit his website at: www.benhansen.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Open Minds journalist, Antonio Huneeus, was one of the UFO experts testifying at the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure. Now that he is back, we will get a behind the scenes look at the Hearing. Former congressman Mike Gravel, after hearing the testimony, suggested that the United Nations be the hub for international UFO investigations. Antonio was present in the late 1970’s when this was attempted in the past. We will discuss how this idea could be rekindled, and what it would take to get the ball rolling again.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Lee Speigel, reporter for the Huffington Post, live blogged the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure last week. This was a mock-congressional hearing with former members of the congress listening to five days worth of testimony from UFO witnesses and researchers. We got some insight into the testimony presented, and how the former congress members seemed to be very persuaded by the information. Read Lee's stories here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-speigel/ Visit the Citizen Hearing on Disclsoure website here: http://www.citizenhearing.org/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Scott Ramsey began his investigation into an alleged crash of a UFO near Aztec, New Mexico over 25 years ago. Skeptical at first, and assuming he would demonstrate there was nothing to it, compelling bits of information eventually led him to believe the case was worth taking seriously. Ramsey, along with his wife, Suzanne, and with the help of many others, has painstakingly followed every clue. Now in his book, The Aztec Incident: Recovery at Hart Canyon, we can finally read the details of his rigorous investigation. This book truly is necessary material to review for anyone who is interested in alleged UFO crash cases. You can read more about the book, and get your own copy here: http://www.theaztecincident.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Ryan Sprague has been a writer for Open Minds UFO for several years. He is also a playwright in New York City. He is currently writing a play based on the events of the third night in the Rendlesham Forest incident, in which a man claims a UFO landed and aliens talked with military personnel. We will talk to Ryan about his play and about his latest Open Minds Magazine story. It is a famous case of an alleged abduction near the Brooklyn Bridge in 1989 that was witnessed by several other people. For more about Ryan’s play, visit the Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/RendleshamPlay Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Gary is a former videogame journalist and Editor-in-Chief of PC Gamer magazine. He is now a screenwriter for film and television, comic-book author and podcaster. Whitta’s first major screenplay was for the movie The Book of Eli, starring Denzel Washington. His latest screenplay is co-written with M. Night Shyamalan. This sci-fi adventure flick, titled After Earth, stars Will Smith and his son Jaden, and is directed by Shyamalan. It is set to premiere in June. We talk to Whitta about his new movie, science fiction, and, of course, extraterrestrials. For more on After Earth, visit the movie’s official website at: www.afterearth.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Dr. Bruce Maccabee is a retired optical physicist, and has been one of the premier UFO researchers in the last few decades. His accomplishments in this field are too long to list here, but in particular, Dr. Maccabee was the first to receive the FBI’s UFO files via a FOIA request in the late 1970s. A FBI story on a memo in these files has been getting a lot of attention lately. In this story, the FBI referenced having released the UFO memo in the 70s, they were referring to Dr. Maccabee. Even though this is the case, no one in the media has bothered talking to Dr. Maccabee about the memo, so we are. We will talk about how the media has gotten this story wrong, Dr. Maccabee’s opinion of this now infamous “Hottel” UFO memo, and what insights the FBI’s UFO files give us into their investigations into the subject. For more on Dr. Maccabee’s work, visit his website at: http://brumac.8k.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

The MacGregors have been professional writers for 25 years. They have mined numerous synchronicities and have fruitfully used the knowledge derived from them. One synchronicity after another led to their many non-fiction books on dreams, psychic development, astrology, yoga, the tarot, divination, and animal symbolism. They are also novelists. Rob wrote Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and six other original Indiana Jones novels, which have sold millions of copies.  He won the coveted Edgar Award for Prophecy Rock, a YA mystery, and its sequel, Hawk Moon, was an Edgar finalist. Trish, writing as T.J. MacGregor, won the Edgar in 2003 for best original paperback, for Out of Sight. Her 33 novels books have been translated into 14  languages. We will be talking about their latest non-fiction book, Aliens in the Backyard: UFO Encounters, Abduction & Synchronicity. In it they focus on 4 abduction encounters, and the synchronicities the witnesses have begun to experience. For more on the MacGregors and thei

Joan Bird is the author of a new book titled, Montana UFOs and Extraterrestrials. This book critically examines famous UFO events in Montana, including reported contact with extrarrestrials. It draws on recently declassfied government documents, historic reports, and first-hand interviews. Joan holds a Ph.D. in zoology, and worked as a freelance nature interpretation writer. She is now a columnist for Crone Magazine. She is a long time member of the Institute for Noetic Sciences, and will also share her unique perspectives on UFO disclosure and the connections between consciousness and Ufology. For more information on Joan and her book, visit: http://www.riverbendpublishing.com/montana-ufos-and-extraterrestrials.html.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Astrobiologists and Ufologists are not typically seen together at the same BBQs. Why? Each argues that the other is not attending to the evidence. NASA’s Astrobiological Roadmap asks three research questions: What is the origin of life? Is there a second genesis of life? How will life expand from Earth to elsewhere? SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Life Institute) is listening for radio signals emitted from extra-solar civilizations. This is hard-nosed science. Yet, ufologists also believe they are employing scientific methods such as scrupulous investigation of sightings, hypnotic regression, statistical analysis, and such. Ufologists revere science. Why, then, is there tension if not outright hostility between the fields?  Ted Peters is the author of UFOs—God’s Chariots?, first published in 1977. Its penetrating cultural analysis of the UFO phenomenon remains definitive. He teaches systematic theology at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He c

Kathleen Marden is a scientific ufologist whose interest in the topic started at a young age. Kathleen is the niece of Betty Hill who along with her husband Barney experienced the first widely publicized abduction. Along with her colleague Denise Stoner, Kathleen has put together a study on the commonalities between abduction experiencers. Their findings are very interesting and will be the topic of our discussion. Kathleen Marden earned her B.A. in Social Work at the University of New Hampshire in 1971. Thereafter, she entered into graduate studies in Education at the University of Cincinnati, and later, at U.N.H. She began her professional career as a social worker and eventually entered the field of education. She left her job in 1990, and decided to pursue a career as a UFO investigator, researcher and writer. She taught adult education classes on UFO and abduction history, and for 10 years volunteered as the Mutual UFO Network's Director of Field Investigator Training. She is currently a UFO & abduc

Paola Harris is a UFO researcher and auther from Italy. She spends a lot of time lecturing and researching UFO cases all around the world. We will find out what she has been up to and get her international perspective. We will also get an update on her Women's UFO conference and information about the next one. You can read more about her work at: http://www.paolaharris.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.

Nick Pope and I will be discussing the incredible case of UFO Hacker Gary McKinnon. This extraordinary case has erupted into an international relations event that has been discussed publicly by President Obama and Prime Minster Cameron, and has strained relations between these two powerful allies. We will ask Nick how badly this case has damaged relations between the two countries, what UFO secrets have been revealed and what more if any may be forthcoming. Author, journalist and TV personality Nick Pope used to run the British Government's UFO project at the Ministry of Defence. Initially skeptical, his research and investigation into the UFO phenomenon and access to classified government files on the subject soon convinced him that the phenomenon raised important defence and national security issues, especially when the witnesses were military pilots, or where UFOs were tracked on radar. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support.