WTUFO
By: Spacefare
Language: en-us
Categories: Science, Natural, Astronomy
What the UFO? We're processing the emerging scientific revolution around this fascinating subject. We talk about what the UFO/UAP phenomenon might be, explore historical sightings, track new developments, and generally feel our way through this wild, exciting territory. If you're a researcher, experiencer or ufologist and you'd like to share your story or get the word out about your work, please find us on X @WTUFOshow. If you're enjoying our show and you'd like to help us keep making it, please support us at patreon.com/WTUFO
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UFO Media Criticism
Dec 12, 2025Send us a text
The main engines of American news media do a terrible job covering UFOs. What should they resolve to improve?
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How Should We Think About Disclosure?
Dec 05, 2025Send us a text
I'd like to start a conversation here and invite you to participate. Please meet us on our YouTube Community page to engage in the discussion: https://www.youtube.com/@WhatTheUFO/community
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Duration: 00:36:05What Should We Do About UFOs?
Nov 28, 2025Send us a text
I've been making WTUFO since the summer of 2024, so I take an episode here to share what I think is happening with UFOs, what my show is for, and what we should all do about this wild situation.
Thank you for listening!
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Duration: 00:54:55Brenda Denzler ~ Jinn, UFOs and Religious Trickster Creatures
Nov 21, 2025Send us a text
Brenda is a mostly retired writer, editor, and sometime speaker currently living in rural North Carolina. She received her Ph.D. in religious studies from Duke University in 1998 and is the author of The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs, (University of California Press, 2001), a couple of invited chapters in scholarly books on religion and the UFO sub-culture, and a few articles on UFOs and religion. Her current interest is in mining humanity’s folkloric and religious traditions to better understand the provenance and nature of “the...
Duration: 01:09:43Dr. Jim Madden ~ Thinking Carefully About UAP
Nov 14, 2025Send us a text
Dr. James Madden teaches philosophy at Benedictine College. He's written three books, including "Unidentified Flying Hyperobject: UFOs, Philosophy, and the End of the World."
We discuss how to think carefully about UAP, the probabilities of their origins, the tension between caution and productive investigation, what it would take to prove UAP are nonhuman, and the possibilities of contact.
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Karin Austin ~ Director of the Center for the Impossible at Rice University, Executive Director of the John Mack Institute
Nov 07, 2025Send us a text
Karin Austin leads both the Center for the Impossible at Rice University and the John Mack Institute.
In the 1990's, Karin worked with the late Harvard psychiatrist, John E. Mack, M.D., contributing her own experiences to his research into the abduction phenomenon, and eventually transitioning into the role of his personal assistant.
After Dr. Mack's death in 2004, Karin was pivotal in helping Dr. Mack's family close his estate, an effort that eventually led to collaborating with Wilson Research Center's Head of Special Collections, Amanda Focke, and Rice University's D...
Duration: 01:38:42Dr. Stephen Bruehl ~ Coauthor of Transient Papers
Oct 31, 2025Send us a text
Dr. Stephen Bruehl cowrote two blockbuster papers on transient points of light in 1950s astronomy pictures. He explains to us why these findings are unlikely to be anything other than reflective physical objects in geosynchronous orbit.
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Jim Quirk ~ Encounter Experiencer, UFO Witness, Podcast Host
Oct 24, 2025Send us a text
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Duration: 01:27:29Seth Borkowski ~ Host of The Spiritual Skeptic
Oct 17, 2025Send us a text
Seth has a masters in psychology and works in fintech. He also podcasts about aliens with a cheerfully comedic bent. You can fond his show The Spiritual Skeptic here: https://thespiritualskeptic.buzzsprout.com/
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Dr. Brett Robinson ~ Notre Dame Media Studies Professor
Oct 10, 2025Send us a text
Brett's faculty page: https://mcgrath.nd.edu/about/faculty-staff/brett-robinson-ph-d/
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Duration: 00:49:18Nicola Mitchell ~ Independent Journalist
Oct 03, 2025Send us a text
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Sarah Gamm ~ USACE Scientist, Former Intelligence Analyst with NRO, NGA, ODNI, Lockheed, Boeing, SAIC
Sep 26, 2025Send us a text
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Liam Breck ~ Software Entrepreneur, Philosopher
Sep 19, 2025Send us a text
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Congressional UFO Hearing Walk-Through, September 9, 2025
Sep 12, 2025Send us a text
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John Ramirez ~ Retired CIA Officer, Experiencer
Sep 05, 2025Send us a text
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Leslie and Stephen Shaw ~ Journalist and Experiencer, Authors
Aug 29, 2025Send us a text
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Michael Michaud ~ Diplomat, Author, SETI Protocol Creator
Aug 22, 2025Send us a text
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Dr. Jeffrey Kripal ~ Professor, Author, Archives of the Impossible Founder
Aug 15, 2025Send us a text
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John Priestland ~ uNHidden Founder and Chairman
Aug 08, 2025Send us a text
uNHIdden: https://www.unhidden.org/our-board/
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Dr. William Parsons ~ Professor of Religion, Archives of the Impossible Contributor
Aug 01, 2025Send us a text
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Kharisma Montes de Oca ~ City Planner, Law Student, Legal Researcher
Jul 25, 2025Send us a text
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Victor Viggiani ~ Researcher, Journalist, Podcast Host, Founder of Zland Communications
Jul 18, 2025Send us a text
Victor's Podcast: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/zlandcommunications/episodes/Daniel-Sheehan---The-ET-Presence-and-the-Human-Family-er8ju8?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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Dr. Tania Searle ~ Professor of Sociology and Health Science
Jul 11, 2025Send us a text
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Matt Laslo ~ Journalist, Professor, Public Speaker, Founder of AskaPol Politics
Jul 04, 2025Send us a text
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Dr. Massimo Teodorani ~ Astrophysicist, Author, Musician
Jun 27, 2025Send us a text
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Jenny Randles book: https://www.amazon.com/Ufo-Retrievals-Recovery-Alien-Spacecraft/dp/0713724935
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David Gladstone ~ Author, Experiencer
Jun 20, 2025Send us a text
David is a lifelong experiencer with some wild personal encounters. We take an uncritical trip through his stories and get his views on the cosmic situation.
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Chad Wanless ~ UAP Video Analysis
Jun 13, 2025Send us a text
This episode is primarily visual, so you may enjoy watching on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Dm7qAi2aLb8
Chad and Caleb walk through a video analysis for the first fifteen minutes, then Chad expands his presentation on potential evidence of warp propulsion in UAP videos for the rest of the show.
Is this video real? We obviously don't know. It does seem too good to be true, but it has a few details that make it seem potentially real. Neither of us is an expert in special effects, so we...
Duration: 01:15:31Lacey Jay Forbes ~ Experiencer, Author, Vlogger, Spiritual Researcher
Jun 06, 2025Send us a text
Lacey is an author, vlogger and spiritual researcher. We discuss her investigations into spiritual realities, her UFO sighting, and her experience of encountering an unidentified being.
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Duration: 00:57:57Deborah Ward ~ Research Librarian
May 30, 2025Send us a text
Deborah holds two master's degrees and built a career directing the administration of health science libraries and other specialized collections. She comes to the UAP topic as a curious learner with a passion for organizing information.
In this episode, Deborah and Caleb lay out their rundown of introductory resources for people learning about UAP, from books to podcasts to supporting documents of various kinds.
They've started gathering some of these documents in the UAP Resources page of wtufo.com here: https://wtufo.com/category/uap-resources/
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Duration: 01:32:40Dr. Jörg Matthias Determann ~ Author of Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life
May 23, 2025Send us a text
Dr. Determann is the author of Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World and a professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. He joins WTUFO to explore intersections between the UAP phenomenon and Islamic thought.
Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World: https://www.amazon.com/Islam-Science-Fiction-Extraterrestrial-Life/dp/0755650360
Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life: New Frontiers in Science and Religion: https://www.amazon.com/Islam-Science-Fiction-Extraterrestrial-Life/dp/0755601270
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Duration: 01:27:32Michael Kelly - Experiencer Researcher
May 16, 2025Send us a text
Michael Kelly uses the skills from his philosophy degree and graduate-level teaching assistant work to research reports of encounters with nonhuman beings. He is a research fellow at the Archives of the Impossible, though he appears here entirely in a personal capacity.
We discuss the striking data that emerges from experiencer reports, from the kinds of beings people report meeting to the types of encounters they describe. Michael shares data graphics in the YouTube version of this episode, which you can find here https://youtu.be/WXpbtZJBTVQ
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Duration: 01:35:58Dr. Janis Whitlock ~ Developmental Psychologist, Research Scientist Emerita, Visible College Leadership, John Mack Institute Adviser
May 09, 2025Send us a text
Dr. Janis Whitlock is a developmental psychologist and research scientist emerita from Cornell University, renowned for her work in adolescent mental health and self-injury recovery. In recent years, she has expanded her scholarly pursuits into the realm of UAP studies. As a member of the leadership team of The Visible College, a volunteer collective of scholars dedicated to serious UAP research, Dr. Whitlock explores the intersections of human consciousness, trauma, and anomalous phenomena. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates scientific inquiry with spiritual and psychological perspectives, aiming to deepen our understanding of human potential and t...
Duration: 01:45:50Chad Wanless and Dave Palachik ~ UAP Researchers, Authors and Field Study Engineers
May 02, 2025Send us a text
Chad Wanless is an Engineering Technologist with over 30 years of experience in mechanical design, specializing in optics and lighting technologies. Professor Dave Palachik is a Senior Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technologist, National Director Emeritus of MUFON Canada, and an expert in infrared and electronic security systems.
We discuss their book "Hidden in Plain Sight: Evidence of Exotic UFO Propulsion," which proposes that UAP create visible gravitational lensing around themselves. This theory provides a promising avenue for future research, and implies that these craft may use some form of spacetime warping drive.
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Duration: 02:10:23Ralph Blumenthal ~ Investigative Journalist, Author, Professor
Apr 25, 2025Send us a text
Ralph is a distinguished professor, journalist and author with a long and varied career. He's contributed especially significantly to the UFO conversation in recent years with his bombshell reporting and his deep, detailed biography of John Mack, the Harvard psychiatrist who investigated abduction experiences.
We discuss the experiencer phenomenon, the stubborn mysteries at the heart of UAP research, and how other journalists and news editors can better approach this subject with intellectual rigor.
Ralph's Faculty Page: https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/profiles/faculty/Ralph-Blumenthal
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Dr. Jacob Haqq Misra ~ Director and Senior Research Investigator, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
Apr 18, 2025Send us a text
Dr. Misra is an astrobiologist interested in understanding the origin, distribution, and future of life. His research includes the study of planetary habitability, extraterrestrial life, environmental ethics, and space settlement.
Jacob contributes to monthly meetings with the Galileo Project, and he supports public funding for UAP research. We discuss the search for exobiology, the state of SETI and METI, and the emerging field of UAP science.
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Dr. Michael Bohlander ~ Chair in Global Law and SETI Policy, Durham University
Apr 11, 2025Send us a text
Dr. Bohlander is an international criminal lawyer. We discuss his book, Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Law.
Dr. Bohlander's Staff Page:
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/michael-bohlander/
Contact with ETI and Human Law:
https://brill.com/display/title/68174
UAP and SETI Symposium:
https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/law/news-and-events/events/2025/04/grounding-the-seti-and-uap-debate-law-evidence-and-anticipated-futures/
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Preston Dyches ~ Science Communicator
Apr 04, 2025Send us a text
Preston speaks with us entirely in a personal capacity, not representing his organization.
Preston has built an impressive and varied career as a science communicator, including holding as a Senior Public Engagement Specialist & Story Strategist for NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, where he helps communicate scientific discoveries from the cutting edge of astronomy.
We discuss the solar system, the art of science narrative, and how to think clearly about UAP. We had a fun, thoughtful conversation. Hope you enjoy!
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Leslie Kean ~ Independent Investigative Journalist
Mar 28, 2025Send us a text
Leslie Kean has done more than almost anyone else to advance the contemporary UFO conversation. Her 2017 New York Times article changed the landscape overnight by introducing the world to the Navy UFO videos, Lue Elizondo, and AATIP. In 2019, she reported on pilot sightings by Ryan Graves and others in another widely read Times article. In 2023, she broke the story of David Grusch's whistleblower report in a famous piece for The Debrief.
Leslie wrote her first UFO story in 2000 for the Boston Globe, and in 2011, she published her book "UFOs: Generals, Pilots, a...
Dr. Michael Zimmerman ~ Author, Philosophy Professor, Experiencer Researcher
Mar 21, 2025Send us a text
Dr. Zimmerman has led a long, fruitful career in philosophy and academia, pioneering work on environmental and technological subjects. He also collaborated with John Mack on research into abduction experiences and served on the board of Mack's nonprofit to advance that project.
We discuss Michael's view of the experiencer phenomenon, his work with Mack, the potential qualities of NHI, and broader topics in consciousness, philosophy, and the nature of reality.
Dr. Zimmerman's Papers:
Encountering Alien Otherness
https://www.academia.edu/82397884/Encountering_Alien_Otherness
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Dr. Jack Sarfatti ~ Theoretical Physicist
Mar 14, 2025Send us a text
Dr. Jack Sarfatti is a sparkling, adventurous thinker, and he's been applying his technical acumen to UFOs in various ways for an astounding 70 years.
Jack says he was charged by the CIA in 1974 with investigating consciousness and UFOs, and in the years since then he believes he has successfully developed physics explanations for both.
We discuss Dr. Sarfatti's career, his ideas about the physics of UFOs, his intersections with intelligence officers and other serious researchers, and the intriguing childhood event that helped set him on the path of investigating th...
Duration: 02:31:23Alejandro Rojas ~ UAP Discovery CEO, Enigma Labs Consultant, SCU Founding Member
Mar 07, 2025Send us a text
Alejandro is president and CEO of the non-profit UAP Discovery and a consultant for Enigma Labs, which has developed a UAP reporting app and alert network. He also runs the UAP news website OpenMinds.tv. Alejandro is a founding member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU) and a former board member. He is also the former functioning director of education and spokesperson for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). He has spent over 20 years researching and writing about UFOs and over ten years as a full-time employee doing this work. Alejandro's articles...
Duration: 01:40:11Dr. Kimberly Engels ~ Philosophy Professor, John Mack Institute Director of Research and Development
Feb 28, 2025Send us a text
Dr. Engels teaches philosophy at Molloy University, specializing in existentialism and phenomenology. She also leads Research and Development at the John Mack Institute, where she works to bring experiencer narratives into more scientific and public frameworks, and teaches independent courses on Shamanism and UFO/UAP experiences.
We discuss the state of experiencer research and the intersection of Dr. Engels' philosophical specialties with the UFO/NHI phenomenon.
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Nick Gold ~ Declassify UAP Founder
Feb 21, 2025Send us a text
Nick's background in media technology put him in contact with many government agencies, which helped him see our legal system as approachable and human. He founded Declassify UAP to help people contact their elected representatives and press for greater transparency on the subject.
This wide-ranging conversation covers everything from Nick's technical experience to the status of transparency advocacy to the metaphysical oneness of being and action. It's a doozy, and Nick's preternaturally articulate flow keeps it tripping along. Hope you enjoy!
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Thomas Jane ~ Actor, Writer, Director, Producer
Feb 14, 2025Send us a text
Thomas is a movie star. He's played lead roles in major films like The Punisher and The Predator, and TV shows like Hung and The Expanse. He manages entertainment companies, directs, produces and stars in film and TV projects, and writes both fiction and nonfiction. He's also a long-time UFO researcher with a forthcoming book about the phenomenon.
We talk about the state of human life, the motives, behaviors and diversity of potential visiting NHI, and how we should proceed into the next era of our species' interaction.
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Grant Cameron ~ UFO Researcher and Writer
Feb 07, 2025Send us a text
Grant Cameron has been researching UFOs for over 50 years. He's a prolific writer and speaker, with over 20 publications to his name.
Grant's interview with us is freewheeling and intense. To be honest, we don't know what to make of some of his claims. However, we respect his lifelong commitment to the subject and we're grateful he chose to share so much of his precious time with us.
As we say at the top of the episode, this one's not for beginners. Seasoned UFO thinkers will have a better toolkit fo...
Duration: 03:26:19Dr. Matthew Szydagis ~ UAPx Scientist, University at Albany Physics Professor
Jan 31, 2025Send us a text
Dr. Matthew Szydagis teaches physics at the University at Albany and researches dark matter with the Lux-Zeplin project. He's also a scientist with UAPx where he participated in the first UAP expedition in 2021.
We discuss funding for UAP research, what UAPx learned from their expedition and what they'd like to do next, potential explanations for UAP behavior, and other topics.
UAPx Expedition Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.00558
Matthew's Catastrophic Disclosure Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.12738
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Dr. Michael Uhall ~ Author, Theorist, Indiana University Political Science Professor
Jan 24, 2025Send us a text
Dr. Uhall teaches political theory and the history of thought at Indiana University and works as an administrator in research and strategy at the University of Illinois. He's working on a book called "Theory of the Alien."
We discuss conceptual structures related to humans, nature, space and aliens, and explore the academic theory work necessary to prepare for potential contact with extraterrestrial intelligence.
Michael's First Book: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666922530/Noir-Materialism-Freedom-and-Obligation-in-Political-Ecology
Michael's Website: https://www.michaeluhall.com/
Bohlander on ET Contact: https://www.amazon.com/C...
Krys Devine and Ariel Elizabeth ~ Hosts of The Elephant In The Room 411 Podcast
Jan 17, 2025Send us a text
This is a fun one. Krys and Ariel host The Elephant In the Room 411 Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@ElephantInTheRoom411
We talk about how to discuss the UFO subject with family and friends, how to center experiencers in the cultural conversation, and how we rate the various possible explanations for the UFO phenomenon.
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Duration: 01:42:31Gary Voorhis Jr. ~ Co-Founder and President of UAPx, 2004 USS Nimitz UAP Witness
Jan 10, 2025Send us a text
Gary Voorhis Jr. is a Co-Founder and President of UAPx, and a direct witness of the 2004 UAP encounters by the U.S.S. Nimitz carrier group leading up to the famous Tic Tac incident.
We discuss Gary's experience in 2004 witnessing the strange radar and visual phenomena, and the instructions he received by the unidentified officers who came to confiscate the footage.
We also cover his work with UAPx, a science organization seeking funding to produce and install sensor arrays to collect reliable UAP data.
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Robert Powell ~ SCU Executive Board Member, "UFOs" Author, Nanotech Engineer
Jan 03, 2025Send us a text
Robert Powell is a co-founder and Executive Board Member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies. He served as Director of Research at MUFON from 2007-2017 and created their Science Review Board. Robert holds a BS in Chemistry and co-holds four patents related to nanotechnology from his years managing Research and Development of semiconductors at AMD.
We discuss his excellent book "UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don't Know)," including what UAP science must do next, what might account for some of the extraordinary behavior of UAP, and how an...
Dr. Kevin Knuth ~ Physics Professor, Contributor to UAPX, SCU, SUAPS, Sol, IFEX and Galileo
Dec 27, 2024Send us a text
Dr. Knuth is a Full Professor in the Department of Physics at the University at Albany (SUNY) and the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Entropy (MDPI). He holds various positions leading and consulting with almost every major UFO organization, including UAPX, SCU, SUAPS, The Sol Foundation, IFEX and The Galileo Project.
Kevin worked for four years at NASA Ames Research Center in the Intelligent Systems Division designing artificial intelligence algorithms for astrophysical data analysis. He has over 20 years of experience in applying Bayesian and maximum entropy methods to the design of machine l...
Rich Hoffman ~ Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies Co-Founder
Dec 20, 2024Send us a text
Rich Hoffman celebrated 60 years of UFO investigation in 2024. He's an IT consultant and strategist, and a defense contractor with Army Material Command. One of the first members of MUFON, he rose through the ranks to serve as Director of Investigations, Star Team Manager, Director of Strategic Projects, and State Director for multiple states.
Rich founded the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies to connect scientists around the world and apply rigorous research methods to the investigation of UFOs and their properties. He's contributed directly to several deep-dive research papers about both particular U...
Dr. Brannon Wheeler ~ US Naval Academy Professor
Dec 13, 2024Send us a text
Dr. Brannon Wheeler teaches history of religion, Middle East, and the Bible at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. He's authored and edited several books on these topics, including Mecca and Eden: Ritual, Relics, and Territory in Islam (Chicago, 2016) and Animal Sacrifice and the Origins of Islam (Cambridge, 2022). Professor Wheeler received his PhD from the University of Chicago and has held visiting positions throughout the Middle East and Europe.
We discuss the overlap between religious mythology and UFO experiences, the potential nature of communication with advanced psychic beings, and the p...
Kevin Wright ~ Solve Advocacy Founder, SCU and NPI Advisor
Dec 06, 2024Send us a text
Kevin Wright is a public relations and communications expert. He focuses on edge science issues and advises the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies’ (SCU) Board of Directors on public affairs and public relations and is a consultant to Daniel Sheehan’s New Paradigm Institute. Wright is also a weekly columnist for the Roswell Daily Record.
Wright’s company Solve Advocacy helps clients navigate the complex and evolving landscape of public perception, media attention, and policy implications related to topics such as UAP, consciousness, and more.
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Duration: 00:46:58Birdie Jaworski ~ Founder and Director of ABQ UFOs, Expert Remote Viewer
Nov 29, 2024Send us a text
Birdie is amazing. She founded ABQ UFOs, which is one of the largest volunteer organizations of UFO enthusiasts, and she's among the most accomplished civilian remote viewers. We discuss her work and experience in both areas here, and look closely at the places where UFOs and remote viewing intersect.
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John and Gerry Tedesco ~ UAP Field Study Engineers
Nov 22, 2024Send us a text
John and Gerry Tedesco are likely the world's most experienced civilian UAP trackers. They've logged hundreds of hours of data collection in their mobile lab Nightcrawler units with dozens of high-quality sensor instruments, including advanced radar equipment for which they acquired a special license.
We discuss their history as electrical engineers, their UAP observation work so far, their harrowing close encounter, and their plans for future projects.
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Dr. Jim Garrison ~ New Paradigm Institute Washington DC Director
Nov 15, 2024Send us a text
Jim Garrison directs the Washington DC operations of New Paradigm Institute. We discuss how disclosure will impact the rhythms of human history, how humans can start processing the presence of nonhuman intelligence, and how New Paradigm is preparing to help us communicate with our visitors.
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Duration: 00:51:56Renate Erdal ~ Leader of UFO Norway
Nov 08, 2024Send us a text
Renate Erdal is the leader of UFO Norway, a construction project manager, and a Captain in the Norwegian Army Reserves.
We talk about UFO Norway's activities, Norwegian UFO history, how to make disclosure a healthy process, and what we'd like to ask the NHI.
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Dr. Michael Glawson ~ Host of the Anomalous Review Podcast, Cohost of UAP Studies Podcast
Nov 01, 2024Send us a text
Dr. Michael Glawson is a philosopher, consultant and podcast host. His teaching and research subjects include the philosophies of religion, technology and science.
We discuss next steps for UAP studies, the conceptual challenges of engaging with advanced life forms, and what might happen when we learn more about the broad range of phenomena to which UAP connect.
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Stephanie Dwilson ~ The Verified Report Founder
Oct 25, 2024Send us a text
Stephanie Dwilson is a licensed attorney with a master's in science in science and technology journalism.
She founded The Verified Report to cover UAP news from a serious, unbiased perspective. Check out her work here: https://theverifiedreport.com/
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Stephen Bassett ~ Paradigm Research Group and Hollywood Disclosure Alliance Cofounder
Oct 18, 2024Send us a text
Stephen Bassett is the first UFO disclosure lobbyist. He's been working to end the military truth embargo on UAP for over 20 years.
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Stephen Bassett has spoken to audiences in 20 countries about the political implications of UAP/ET phenomena and Disclosure - the formal confirmation by heads of state of an extraterrestrial pres...
Dr. Michael Cifone ~ Society for UAP Studies Co-Founder
Oct 11, 2024Send us a text
Dr. Cifone is an accomplished philosopher of science and the founder of the Society for UAP Studies: https://www.societyforuapstudies.org/
He also edits the Society's peer-reviewed journal Limina: https://limina.uapstudies.org/
We discuss the philosophy of science, the project of approaching UAP in contemporary science, the unique challenges and opportunities it poses as a subject, and a wide array of related topics.
It's our furthest ranging and longest episode yet. We hope you enjoy!
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Duration: 03:10:20Andy McGrillen ~ That UFO Podcast Host
Oct 04, 2024Send us a text
Andy McGrillen hosts That UFO Podcast, our favorite podcast about UFOs. We talk about ontological resilience, hypotheses for the phenomenon, and the upcoming goals of ufology.
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Rationalists Should Support UFO Research
Sep 27, 2024Send us a text
This audio essay is an invitation to folks who consider themselves rational thinkers. The independent intellectual community is well positioned to lead on UFOs. If you're still hesitant about engaging with this topic, I'll help you reexamine your priors with some clear, objective evidence. Please feel free to contact me on X if you'd like to chat!
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Duration: 00:19:14Modern Ufology's Three Big Jobs
Sep 14, 2024Send us a text
After 80 years of research, reporting and media, ufology is still a nascent field. Both professionally and personally, it has a long way to go.
Today, it faces three main goals. The first is to establish its reason for existing, which is to say convincing people it's worth investigating at all.
The second is to help people navigate the intense worldview disruptions that accompany the information that UFOs are in fact real.
The third is to explore the nature of that reality, from historical research to scientific and...
Dr. Steven Brown ~ Epistemology and UFOs
Aug 16, 2024Send us a text
We talk with Dr. Steven Brown of Ohio State University about applying philosophy to UFOs, the nature of the phenomenon, the coverup and widespread denial, converging structural challenges, and how to help people process the biggest intellectual transition in human history.
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Duration: 01:59:43UFO Skepticism Is the Real Fringe Theory
Jul 02, 2024Send us a text
The logical argument that UFOs are non-human objects is extremely strong.
The very short version goes like this:
1. UFOs demonstrate advanced propulsion
2. UFOs have been doing that for 80 years
3. It's extremely unlikely that humans invented advanced propulsion in the 1940s
4. It's extremely likely that UFOs are non-human
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Why UFOs Matter
Jun 14, 2024Send us a text
The UFO phenomenon has huge implications for almost every field of human endeavor. We consider the biggest areas of impact.
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UFO Probability Logic
Jun 07, 2024Send us a text
We wrote this episode for people new to UFOs, and for UFO enthusiasts looking for better ways to talk to skeptical friends and family members.
We mention a large number of sources, so for full quotes and links to original documents, check out the article version of this episode here: https://wtufo.com/ufo-probability-logic/
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NASA Panel Recommends Investigating UFOs
Jun 01, 2024Send us a text
In September, 2023, the NASA UAP Independent Study Team released its report. They recommended that NASA investigate UAP, and made detailed proposals about how NASA can generate scientific advances on this topic.
I found this report refreshingly rigorous. Some outlets covered it as a dismissal of the subject, but I read it as a roadmap to serious research.
NASA UAP page: https://science.nasa.gov/uap/
Cool astronomy plate study: https://www.universetoday.com/163820/in-1952-a-group-of-three-stars-vanished-astronomers-still-cant-find-them/
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7 Assumptions UFO Skeptics Make
May 27, 2024Send us a text
They don't teach UFOs in school, so most people don't know much about them. Because of that, most people make a series of assumptions about UFOs that aren't necessarily well-founded.
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Duration: 00:34:46If UFOs Weren't NHI, What Else Would Have To Be True?
May 27, 2024Send us a text
If UFOs aren't NHI, some other weird things must be happening. Given what we know is definitely true, we imagine the potential alternate explanations for UFOs, creature encounters, and coverup allegations. To cap it off, we use our trusty Occam's razor to cut through the chaos.
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We Should Be Humble and Curious About UFOs
May 27, 2024Send us a text
The general attitude about UFOs is dismissive, but is that what the facts suggest? We lay out an argument for humility and curiosity about this intriguing subject.
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Duration: 00:37:0919 Mass UFO Sightings
May 27, 2024Send us a text
We go through some of the biggest sightings of UFOs in history, from objects above cities to waves of reports in one location over several years.
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Duration: 01:48:45UFO Deathbed Confessions
May 27, 2024Send us a text
Over the years several people have made claims about UFOs near the end of their lives. We talk about some of the most famous cases, including several from people who worked at Roswell, and one, Phil Corso, who wrote a book about working on a secret reverse engineering program for the Pentagon.
These confessions range from simple to complex and from believable to unusual. We cover the confessions and then go a little deeper on Corso's book, The Day After Roswell.
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1952 DC UFOs and Losing the Thread
May 27, 2024Send us a text
In 1952, two waves of UFOs flew over DC, shocking America. It was big news at the time, but in the years since then, it's faded from memory. We talk about what happened and ponder how this major moment slipped into the dust of history.
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Talking to Friends About UFOs
May 27, 2024Send us a text
Once you start thinking about UFOs, it can be hard to talk with people who don't know much about them.
We explore ideas about how to approach the tricky topic and share some stories about how this has gone for us so far.
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12 UFO Scenarios From Worst to Best
May 26, 2024Send us a text
We go headfirst down the bunny hole and imagine what the UFO phenomenon might be. The possibilities range from extremely unsettling to profoundly exciting.
One heads up: this episode is what you could call advanced. It's entirely speculative and most of it will sound full on bananas if you're not already into ufology.
If that sounds fun to you, you're going to have a good time with this one.
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Why Are UFOs Kind of Careful?
May 26, 2024Send us a text
Why do we see UFOs frequently but not all the time? It seems like they must be hiding to some extent, but they've still made many appearances over the years. We go through all the explanations we can think of to explain this semi-cautious behavior.
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Why UFOs Are Probably Nonhuman
May 26, 2024Send us a text
To some people, this is obvious. To others, it seems unbelievable. In this episode, we explain why we lean heavily toward non-human explanations for UFOs.
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UFOs Are Real ~ John's Priors
May 26, 2024Send us a text
John's turn to tell you what he thinks!
As we get more information, our views may change, but as of recording, this was our understanding of the phenomenon and situation around it.
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Original Air Date: January 14, 2024
The Pentagon's Big Non-Denial
May 26, 2024Send us a text
News writers have routinely reported on the Pentagon's careful statements as if they were broad denials. We dig into the details, talk about the legislation that established AARO, and consider how journalists can improve their coverage.
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UFOs Are Real ~ Caleb's Priors
May 26, 2024Send us a text
We figure it's fair to start the show with what we think so far.
As we get more information, our views may change, but as of recording, this was our understanding of the situation. Caleb lays out his takes in the first episode and John follows in the second.
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Finally, Caleb says the word "militarial" in this episode, and you can rest a...