The Paracast

Gene and special guest cohost Tim Swartz welcome a return visit from UFO/Fortean investigator Stan Gordon. During this segment, Stan will bring us up to date on the huge number of paranormal encounters he’s investigated in Pennsylvania through the years, including some amazing reports that he received just days before this interview. He’ll include details indicating possible government interest in a Bigfoot case, or was it a visit from the MIB? Stan has been researching UFO sightings, Bigfoot encounters, and other mysterious events since 1959. For many years, he led teams of scientists, engineers, and research specialists to investigate mysterious occurrences. He is the primary investigator of the 1965 UFO crash incident that occurred near Kecksburg, PA that he maintains is still unexplained despite efforts to dismiss it as something conventional.

Gene and special guest cohost Tim Swartz feature UFO author and playwright Ryan Sprague. Ryan is a lead investigator and co-host of the CW television series, Mysteries Decoded and is a regular on the Travel Channel series, Mysteries at the Museum, and will be a regular on the upcoming season of Ancient Aliens, on the History Channel. He is the author of Somewhere in the Skies: A Human Approach to the UFO Phenomenon and is also the creator and host of the Somewhere in the Skies podcast. His UFO research finds him interviewing witnesses in all walks of life about UFO sightings and claimed close encounters. During this episode, Ryan will focus on the state of UFO research. There will also be a pop culture segment about famous musical artists who are interested in the subject.

Gene and special guest cohost Curt Collins present author, astronomer, Internet pioneer and UFO researcher Jacques Vallee. In this episode, Jacques will discuss a controversial book, “Trinity,” that he coauthored with Paola Harris. The book’s main focus is on a possible UFO crash in 1945 in New Mexico, two years before Roswell, as described by the eyewitnesses, two of which were still living as of the time the book was published. He’ll also talk about the database work he did for reclusive hotel magnate Robert Bigelow. Curt also joins Gene in a discussion of the “Voices of the Past,” several prominent UFO researchers from New York and environs from the 1950s and 1960s, and their possible influence to the field. Curt covers the mystery and myths of UFOs at his various sites.

Gene and special guest cohost Bob Zanotti feature Phyllis Galde, Editor and Publisher of FATE magazine. Although many magazines have sadly gone by the wayside, FATE remains the longest continually published paranormal magazine in the world. Six decades before the AMC’s Walking Dead, SyFy’s Paranormal Witness, late-night radio’s Coast to Coast AM, and countless websites, blogs, books, and movies began captivating audiences with true tales of the paranormal — there was FATE — a first-of-its-kind publication dedicated to in-depth coverage of mysterious and unexplained phenomena. This interview focuses on some of the key topics FATE has covered over the years, including UFOs, palmistry, ghosts, auras and other strange and unknown phenomena, including some of Phyllis’ personal encounters.

We present UFO researcher Cheryl Costa, co-author of “The UFO Sightings Desk Reference: United States of America 2001 – 2020,” a book that presents data and analysis for 167,632 sighting reports of UFOs reported by individuals during the first 20 years of the 21st century. Since 1969, the government has claimed no interest in the subject and the press and media either ignore or ridicule mention of UFOs. Yet citizen scientists and nongovernmental organizations have continued to this day the research into this important subject. Cheryl is a native and resident of upstate New York who saw her first UFO at age 12. A military veteran, she’s a retired information security professional from the aerospace Industry. She’s been a speaker at the International UFO Congress and at the MUFON Symposium.

Gene and Randall present one of our favorite Fortean researchers, Micah Hanks. Micah has more than just a passion for knowledge. His study of world history, culture and philosophy over the years have helped shape his nonpartisan outlook on current events, and always with a nod to the lessons history can teach us. Among the topics on the agenda: The Intelligence Authorization Act for 2022 and its UAP provisions, analysis of the UAP Task Force’s recent report to the ODNI, assessment of the situation: What do UFOs/UAP represent? What are the possible sources of UAP? The Galileo Project (Avi Loeb, Harvard University), understanding the significance of historical studies of UAP. Last but not least Micah is a fine musician and a Co-Founder / Creator & Science Writer for The Debrief.

Gene and Randall present prolific Fortean writer/researcher Red Pill Junkie (Miguel Romero). In this episode, RPJ will discuss the latest scuttlebutt in the UFO field, including the possible implications of the recent Pentagon UAP Task Force, and whether it’ll bring us any closer to a solution to the mystery. Agnostic gnostic, walking conundrum and metaphysical oxymoron (with emphasis — by his own admission — on the “moron” part ), the mysterious RPJ leaves a double life: By day he serves as Grand Master in the International Sacred Order of Lucha Libre. At night he pursues his life-long study of everything mysterious and/or “paranormal.” When he’s not exploring the web looking for his daily fix of Forteana, he can be found making artsy stuff, fooling around on social media, or offering his services as writer and news administrator at The Daily Grail.

Gene and Randall present Thomas R. Morrison, the leading artist in New Orleans Carnival and co-host of Physics Frontiers, a podcast dedicated to breakthrough concepts and controversies in the academic literature of theoretical physics. Thomas approaches the subject of UFOs from a scientific standpoint, with an eye on advancements in astrophysics and theoretical physics that can shed light on the origin and the phenomenology of UFOs, and enjoys sharing his findings on social media platforms like The Paracast Forums, and at the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program Discussion Cell on facebook, where he serves as an administrator along with a group of other dedicated researchers. Will his insights offer clues as to the propulsion system the UFOs use?