The Paracast

Gene and cohost Tim Swartz invite you to return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, the dawn of the modern UFO age, with Graeme Rendall discussing his recent book, “Dawn Of The Flying Saucers: Aerial UFO Encounters & Official Investigations 1946-1949.” In addition to being a full time author and a commentator on UFOs, he is also a contributor to the “The Debrief,” an American news website dealing with cutting edge science, tech and defense news, and a frequent guest on various podcasts dealing with UAP. He is also a member of UAP Media UK, a group advocating government transparency on the UAP issue. Between 1990 and 1992, he was the Editor of an amateur aviation magazine. Rendall has also written a critically-acclaimed work looking at the “Foo-Fighters” witnessed during World War Two and the numerous wartime cases that occurred before the term was coined in November 1944, as well as other books dealing with aerial UFO encounters between 1946 and 1954.

Gene and cohost Tim Swartz introduce researcher and podcaster  Peter William Shelley. Born in San Jose, California, hey has had an active interest in UFOs and the paranormal since the 1960s. While still a child in 1969, he had a UFO experience that convinced him that the phenomena was absolutely real. In the late 1970s, he moved to Los Angeles and worked in cartoon animation as an artist. Ultimately, he was employed at Hanna-Barbera Studios and worked on such TV series as “The Godzilla Power Hour” and “Jana of the Jungle.” An avid listener to podcasts on UFOs and the paranormal, he became dissatisfied with the quality of many shows (except ours of course) and in 2020 started his own podcast on YouTube called “Shadowy Spectrums.” His main focus consists of cases outside of the U.S., and he talks about the stories of Ghost Rockets back in the 1940s, and the infamous UMMO UFO hoax that persisted for several decades before its creator exposed it for what it really was.

Gene and cohost Tim Swartz present an evening with Mason Winfield, who was raised in the suburbs near Buffalo, NY, the only child of a middle-class family. Mason read voraciously in junior high and high school. Fantasy, history, adventure, science fiction, paranormal research, fantastic archaeology. His first book was “Shadows of the Western Door” (1997), paranormal survey of Western New York. “Shadows” features chapters on ancient mysteries (including giant skeletons), earth-energies, famous ghosts, occult societies, alternative cults and religions, Native American supernaturalism, and the mysterious Roycroft community in East Aurora. He has written or edited twelve books, including “Ghosts of 1812,” a study of the Niagara war and its folklore (Western New York Wares, 2009), and (with Michael Bastine) “Iroquois Supernatural,” a study of the traditions of the Six Longhouse Nations (Inner Traditions International/Bear & Company, 2011). He is a paranormal generalist, more of a historian/folklorist than he is a psychic or a ghost-hunter. He takes the broad field seriously.

Gene and cohost Tim Swartz take a fascinating journey through the world of Shadow People and the Hat Man with author and podcaster Heidi Hollis. She says she actually named, defined, and trademarked these two otherworldly realities. According to Hollis, such phenomena expose a peculiar bridge between Ufology and the paranormal world that Hollis has been speaking about for years. With her book, she embarked on a unique journey to find answers that led her to inform the world, as told in: “The Secret War: A True Story About a Real Alien War” and “Shadow People.” She has also written several other books on a variety of phenomena touching on cryptozoology to holy encounters. Hollis has been featured globally on various television and radio programs like Strange Evidence, Beyond Belief with George Noory, The Unexplained Files, Mystery Hunters and as a host on The CW for Mysteries Decoded in 2022!

Gene and cohost Tim Swartz present Mark Gober, who focuses his discussion on what he regards as the true nature consciousness, the paranormal and exploring the possible implications of this new way of thinking. He is the author of “An End to Upside Down Thinking” (2018), which was awarded the IPPY award for best science book of 2019. He is also the author of “An End to Upside Down Living” (2020), “An End to Upside Down Liberty” (2021), and “An End to Upside Down Contact — UFOs, Aliens, and Spirits—and Why Their Ongoing Interaction with Human Civilization Matters” (2022); and is the host of the podcast Where Is My Mind? (2019). Additionally, Gober serves on the board of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and the School of Wholeness and Enlightenment. Previously, He was a partner at Sherpa Technology Group in Silicon Valley and worked as an investment banking analyst with UBS in New York.

Gene and cohost Tim Swartz explore the myths, legends and possible reality of fairies with author/blogger John Kruse, who has been fascinated by such lore since his early twenties. In mid-2016 he set up the WordPress blog “British Fairies” and started intensive fairy research and writing. In 2017 his themed examination of fairy-lore, “British Fairies,” was published by Green Magic Publishing. His next book, “Faery” was published by Llewellyn Worldwide in April 2020 and “Beyond Faery,” a companion volume on mermaids, hobgoblins and other faery beasts appeared in November that year. As of this interview, he was working on several other books on faery and he’s published articles in various magazines, including Magical Times, Witches and Pagans, The Wild Hunt and Faerie Mag. And one more thing: Are such tales similar to reports of UFOs and UFO abductions?

Gene and cohost Tim Swartz present Philip Kinsella, a clairvoyant medium and UFO investigator/author. Having had many bizarre UFO/paranormal experiences throughout his life, along with his identical twin brother, Ronald, he began to research the phenomenon on a serious level of investigations after an alien abduction in 1989. This led to him writing several books: “Reaching for the Divine: How to Communicate effectively with your Spirit Guides and Loved Ones on the Other Side,” “Believe: Bridging the gap between the psychic and UFO phenomenon” and “SKY CRASH – Throughout Time: A Continued Investigation into the Rendlesham UFO Mystery” co-authored with UFO investigator Brenda Butler. This title is the main subject of this interview. Philip also wrote another book which he brought out through Amazon entitled: “A Passage Through Eternity: The Enigma of the Dead, UFOs & Aliens.”

Gene and cohost Tim Swartz present UFO and paranormal investigator Brent Raynes , who began researching UFO events in the late 60s and met nearly every major contactee and researcher in the field. He wrote articles for Fate Magazine, Recovery Times, and various other magazines as well as writing a chapter for Dr. Bert Schwarz’s “UFO Dynamics,” sections for Dr. Greg Little’s “Grand Illusions”and “People of the Web.” He has also presented at several major UFO conferences and been a co-leader of tours to American mound sites. Raynes is the author of such books as “Visitors from Hidden Realms” (2004), “On The Edge of Reality” (2009) and “John A. Keel: The Man, The Myths, and the Ongoing Mysteries” (2019). This interview focuses mainly on Keel and the strange phenomena he explored over the years, plus Raynes’ own paranormal experiences, including the possibility of communicating with Keel after the latter’s death.