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April 10, 2022
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Long-Time Fortean Researcher Lon Strickler Relates Strange Monster Encounters on The Paracast!
The Paracast is heard Sundays from 3:00 AM until 6:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, the Boost Radio Network, the IRN Internet Radio Network, and online across the globe via download and on-demand streaming.
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This Week's Episode: Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present Lon Strickler, a Fortean researcher, author, and publisher of the syndicated "Phantoms and Monsters" blog. He began the blog in 2005, which has steadily grown in popularity and is read daily by tens of thousands of paranormal enthusiasts, investigators. His research and reports have been featured on hundreds of online media sources. Several of these published reports have been presented on various television segments, including The History Channel's "Ancient Aliens," Syfy's "Paranormal Witness," "Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files," and Destination America's "Monsters and Mysteries in America."Lon is the author of such books as: "Mothman Dynasty: Chicago's Winged Humanoids," "Alien Disclosure: Experiencers Expose Reality," and "The Meme Humanoids: Modern Myths or Real Monsters. Lon was born and raised in south central Pennsylvania, near the Gettysburg National Military Park and Battlefield.
After The Paracast — Available exclusively for Paracast+ subscribers on April 10: Fortean investigator and experiencer Lon Strickler rejoins Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz to discuss his own abductions and the possible motives of ET in contacting humans. Is it possible they are creating human/alien hybrids to help their species recover something they lost in their own genetic makeup? What about their souls or lack of souls? He also talks about the frightening experience of one abductee who suddenly disappeared without a trace. Strickler is the publisher of the syndicated "Phantoms and Monsters" blog. He began the blog in 2005, which has steadily grown in popularity and is read daily by tens of thousands of paranormal enthusiasts and investigators. Strickler has been interviewed on hundreds of radio and online broadcasts. He was also featured on Destination America's "Monsters and Mysteries in America" television show for "The Sykesville Monster" episode.
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: https://www.theparacast.com/forum/. Visit our new online shop for great branded merchandise at: https://www.theparacast.shop/, and check out our new YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheOfficialParacastChannel
So What Would I Say to ET?
By Gene Steinberg
Continuing the topic I introduced in the last issue, the question of UFO contacts, abductions and such fills UFO literature. If we are being visited, it would seem logical that they, whatever or whoever they are, might on occasion choose to speak with us.
Of course that assumes that they regard us as sufficiently advanced to deserve a meeting. To them, our cities and towns might not be any more useful than common anthills.
Yet it is true that lots of people are making the claim of physical contact. Or at least, to them, it appears to be physical.
Sometimes they meet up with what appear to be perfectly normal human beings, dressed up in some kind of space uniform. Popular culture may takes control, witness the “man” in a silvery uniform that allegedly met George Adamski in the California desert in 1952.
Consider that the uniform appeared to have been adapted from the one worn by Klaatu, the alien entity — from an unknown planet — who was the main protagonist in the 1951 sci-fi classic film, “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
Adamski said that the being told him his name was “Orthon,” that he came to us from Venus. Well, maybe Orthon didn’t exactly say those things; communication was reportedly done via telepathy and hand signals.
Now in 1952, Saturday morning sci-fi shows on TV did depict the heroes traveling to Venus, or Mars, both of which were apparently Earth-like. So they didn’t even need to wear space suits, and there was plenty of breathable air.
But our own probes of Venus indicate a virtual hot house, with temperatures reported to be 900 degrees. The surface is strewn with mountains and volcanoes.
Something was clearly wrong here. Maybe Adamski did meet a strange individual as he claimed, but that individual clearly lied about his origins.
Or perhaps, as was assumed by serious researchers of the time, Adamski was making it all up, perhaps to advance his own philosophy. If his admonitions of peace and brotherhood came from some unknown guy that his friends called “Professor” despite his third-grade education, few would believe him. But if he was merely the vessel by which ET revealed itself to all mankind, it would surely have more credibility.
It didn’t help that Adamski’s efforts to prove his contacts had questionable outcomes. He claimed that his attempts to take snapshots of his original 1952 encounter failed, because the photographic materials were fogged. A later set of photographs, widely published, was exposed as being nothing more than a model made of common components, such as a surgical lamp and G.E. light bulbs.
Adamski’s alleged witnesses reportedly began to recant their support, with some admitting they were too far away from the scene of the encounter to witness anything. So maybe Adamski hired someone to don a long blond wig, and dress in a space uniform?
While some people still believe Adamski, and continue to spout his beliefs, his claims were long ago debunked rather thoroughly.
Over the years, other individuals made similar claims of ET contact. One of them, Howard Menger, a sign painter from New Jersey, for a time claimed that his visitors were really government agents. He said that he suspected that he was the victim of some sort of experimental program, before later reverting to his previous claims of alien encounters.
It got more involved with abductees, people who said that unknown beings kidnapped them from such places as remote country roads at night, or from their own bedrooms.
While some of these beings did seem human-like, others were small, with gray skin, large bulbous eyes, a thin nose, a thin mouth, and scrawny bodies. Others appeared almost like large insects and were thus labeled, “insectoids.”
And then there were those reptilians.
Some of the beings were described as hybrids, the result of combining extraterrestrial DNA with human DNA.
But while such possibilities seem, well, alien to us, the sci-fi world does depict such possibilities. Consider Star Trek’s Mr. Spock, the result of a union between a Vulcan man and a human woman.
Now some contactees claim that ET is generally closely related to humans and thus they can mate with one another without difficulty. Or perhaps an advanced species might be able to perform genetic tricks that would reduce the possible complications of such unions.
Regardless, the real issue is whether any of these contactees and abductees are telling us the truth about their unworldly encounters.
It’s easy to assume that Adamski and his fellow travelers were all making it up, though some suggest Adamski did have one or more genuine experiences in the 1940s, but couched them in more accessible language to better communicate his message.
I suppose it is also possible that Menger was right after all in suggesting that he was the subject of government experimentation. Maybe the authorities wanted to stage these events in order to understand how we’d react if we were indeed visited by ET.
But would that explain abductions? Sometimes I wonder about the Barney and Betty Hill encounter in 1961. They lived near a military base, had friends in the military. Could it be that, through hypnotic suggestion and possibly the administration of mind-altering drugs, they were made to believe that their abduction was a genuine encounter?
Those who have studied the Hills closely say no. Whatever happened to them, it was a real experience, not something created deliberately by government agents to advance their studies.
I met Ms. Hill a couple of times in the 1970s, and she seemed perfectly sincere. Nothing about her demeanor indicated that she would have stooped to telling tall tales.
So what did happen to them? And what about all the other people who have, over the years, claimed to have been abducted by ET?
UFO historian Jerry Clark, who does believe in physical UFOs, suggests that abductions represent possible non-physical experiential encounters with an unknown force.
Does that mean it’s all in their heads? What about two or more people sharing similar experiences? What about a case involving two people, from different locations and unknown to each other, meeting aboard a spaceship and exchanging contact information? After they are returned to their homes, they seek out each other and share the identical details of that experience?
How is that explained?
When I think of all this, I wonder how I’d react to contact with a flying saucer, or an abduction? While some suggest that one might be rewarded with success if they wish long enough and hard enough for such encounters, I long ago decided that I’d rather be somewhere else — far far away — if such a thing occurs in my neighborhood.
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April 10, 2022
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Long-Time Fortean Researcher Lon Strickler Relates Strange Monster Encounters on The Paracast!
The Paracast is heard Sundays from 3:00 AM until 6:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, the Boost Radio Network, the IRN Internet Radio Network, and online across the globe via download and on-demand streaming.
SUPPORT THE SHOW AND ENJOY THE ULTIMATE PARACAST EXPERIENCE AT A SPECIAL LOW PRICE! We have another radio show and we’d love for you listen to it. So for a low subscription fee, you will receive access to an exclusive podcast, After The Paracast, plus an enhanced version of The Paracast with the network ads removed, when you join The Paracast+. We also offer a special RSS feed for easy updates of the latest episodes on your device. Flash! Use the coupon code ufo20 to receive a 20% discount on five-year or lifetime subscriptions. And PayPal now accepts cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, in payment. And if you don't want to use PayPal, we now also offer a second payment option, from Stripe, that accepts major credit or debit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay. For "qualified users," you can now take advantage of Pay Later options, so act now! For the easiest signup ever, please visit: https://www.theparacast.plus
This Week's Episode: Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present Lon Strickler, a Fortean researcher, author, and publisher of the syndicated "Phantoms and Monsters" blog. He began the blog in 2005, which has steadily grown in popularity and is read daily by tens of thousands of paranormal enthusiasts, investigators. His research and reports have been featured on hundreds of online media sources. Several of these published reports have been presented on various television segments, including The History Channel's "Ancient Aliens," Syfy's "Paranormal Witness," "Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files," and Destination America's "Monsters and Mysteries in America."Lon is the author of such books as: "Mothman Dynasty: Chicago's Winged Humanoids," "Alien Disclosure: Experiencers Expose Reality," and "The Meme Humanoids: Modern Myths or Real Monsters. Lon was born and raised in south central Pennsylvania, near the Gettysburg National Military Park and Battlefield.
After The Paracast — Available exclusively for Paracast+ subscribers on April 10: Fortean investigator and experiencer Lon Strickler rejoins Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz to discuss his own abductions and the possible motives of ET in contacting humans. Is it possible they are creating human/alien hybrids to help their species recover something they lost in their own genetic makeup? What about their souls or lack of souls? He also talks about the frightening experience of one abductee who suddenly disappeared without a trace. Strickler is the publisher of the syndicated "Phantoms and Monsters" blog. He began the blog in 2005, which has steadily grown in popularity and is read daily by tens of thousands of paranormal enthusiasts and investigators. Strickler has been interviewed on hundreds of radio and online broadcasts. He was also featured on Destination America's "Monsters and Mysteries in America" television show for "The Sykesville Monster" episode.
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: https://www.theparacast.com/forum/. Visit our new online shop for great branded merchandise at: https://www.theparacast.shop/, and check out our new YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheOfficialParacastChannel
So What Would I Say to ET?
By Gene Steinberg
Continuing the topic I introduced in the last issue, the question of UFO contacts, abductions and such fills UFO literature. If we are being visited, it would seem logical that they, whatever or whoever they are, might on occasion choose to speak with us.
Of course that assumes that they regard us as sufficiently advanced to deserve a meeting. To them, our cities and towns might not be any more useful than common anthills.
Yet it is true that lots of people are making the claim of physical contact. Or at least, to them, it appears to be physical.
Sometimes they meet up with what appear to be perfectly normal human beings, dressed up in some kind of space uniform. Popular culture may takes control, witness the “man” in a silvery uniform that allegedly met George Adamski in the California desert in 1952.
Consider that the uniform appeared to have been adapted from the one worn by Klaatu, the alien entity — from an unknown planet — who was the main protagonist in the 1951 sci-fi classic film, “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
Adamski said that the being told him his name was “Orthon,” that he came to us from Venus. Well, maybe Orthon didn’t exactly say those things; communication was reportedly done via telepathy and hand signals.
Now in 1952, Saturday morning sci-fi shows on TV did depict the heroes traveling to Venus, or Mars, both of which were apparently Earth-like. So they didn’t even need to wear space suits, and there was plenty of breathable air.
But our own probes of Venus indicate a virtual hot house, with temperatures reported to be 900 degrees. The surface is strewn with mountains and volcanoes.
Something was clearly wrong here. Maybe Adamski did meet a strange individual as he claimed, but that individual clearly lied about his origins.
Or perhaps, as was assumed by serious researchers of the time, Adamski was making it all up, perhaps to advance his own philosophy. If his admonitions of peace and brotherhood came from some unknown guy that his friends called “Professor” despite his third-grade education, few would believe him. But if he was merely the vessel by which ET revealed itself to all mankind, it would surely have more credibility.
It didn’t help that Adamski’s efforts to prove his contacts had questionable outcomes. He claimed that his attempts to take snapshots of his original 1952 encounter failed, because the photographic materials were fogged. A later set of photographs, widely published, was exposed as being nothing more than a model made of common components, such as a surgical lamp and G.E. light bulbs.
Adamski’s alleged witnesses reportedly began to recant their support, with some admitting they were too far away from the scene of the encounter to witness anything. So maybe Adamski hired someone to don a long blond wig, and dress in a space uniform?
While some people still believe Adamski, and continue to spout his beliefs, his claims were long ago debunked rather thoroughly.
Over the years, other individuals made similar claims of ET contact. One of them, Howard Menger, a sign painter from New Jersey, for a time claimed that his visitors were really government agents. He said that he suspected that he was the victim of some sort of experimental program, before later reverting to his previous claims of alien encounters.
It got more involved with abductees, people who said that unknown beings kidnapped them from such places as remote country roads at night, or from their own bedrooms.
While some of these beings did seem human-like, others were small, with gray skin, large bulbous eyes, a thin nose, a thin mouth, and scrawny bodies. Others appeared almost like large insects and were thus labeled, “insectoids.”
And then there were those reptilians.
Some of the beings were described as hybrids, the result of combining extraterrestrial DNA with human DNA.
But while such possibilities seem, well, alien to us, the sci-fi world does depict such possibilities. Consider Star Trek’s Mr. Spock, the result of a union between a Vulcan man and a human woman.
Now some contactees claim that ET is generally closely related to humans and thus they can mate with one another without difficulty. Or perhaps an advanced species might be able to perform genetic tricks that would reduce the possible complications of such unions.
Regardless, the real issue is whether any of these contactees and abductees are telling us the truth about their unworldly encounters.
It’s easy to assume that Adamski and his fellow travelers were all making it up, though some suggest Adamski did have one or more genuine experiences in the 1940s, but couched them in more accessible language to better communicate his message.
I suppose it is also possible that Menger was right after all in suggesting that he was the subject of government experimentation. Maybe the authorities wanted to stage these events in order to understand how we’d react if we were indeed visited by ET.
But would that explain abductions? Sometimes I wonder about the Barney and Betty Hill encounter in 1961. They lived near a military base, had friends in the military. Could it be that, through hypnotic suggestion and possibly the administration of mind-altering drugs, they were made to believe that their abduction was a genuine encounter?
Those who have studied the Hills closely say no. Whatever happened to them, it was a real experience, not something created deliberately by government agents to advance their studies.
I met Ms. Hill a couple of times in the 1970s, and she seemed perfectly sincere. Nothing about her demeanor indicated that she would have stooped to telling tall tales.
So what did happen to them? And what about all the other people who have, over the years, claimed to have been abducted by ET?
UFO historian Jerry Clark, who does believe in physical UFOs, suggests that abductions represent possible non-physical experiential encounters with an unknown force.
Does that mean it’s all in their heads? What about two or more people sharing similar experiences? What about a case involving two people, from different locations and unknown to each other, meeting aboard a spaceship and exchanging contact information? After they are returned to their homes, they seek out each other and share the identical details of that experience?
How is that explained?
When I think of all this, I wonder how I’d react to contact with a flying saucer, or an abduction? While some suggest that one might be rewarded with success if they wish long enough and hard enough for such encounters, I long ago decided that I’d rather be somewhere else — far far away — if such a thing occurs in my neighborhood.
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