Somewhere in the Skies

On a special holiday edition of the livestream, we’re diving into the latest UFO news. All Buy Me a Coffee and PayPal donations for this episode will benefit Seventh Heaven Rescue and FOUR PAWS International, helping animals in need both locally and around the world. We’ll cover cryptic Steven Spielberg billboards, efforts to bring UFO research into academia, new Disclosure Foundation appointments...

In 1974, in the woods near Jacksonville, Florida, the Betz family stumbled upon a mysterious metal sphere that seemed to move on its own and defy explanation. What began as a strange curiosity quickly spiraled into a media sensation, drawing the attention of scientists, UFO researchers, and even the U.S. Navy and Marines. In this audio documentary, we revisit the reports, investigations, and unset...

In 1970, two Finnish skiers paused in a quiet winter glade near Imjärvi when a buzzing sound, a descending fog-wrapped light, and a ten-foot disc-shaped craft changed their lives forever. What followed was one of the strangest UFO encounters ever recorded: a glowing three-foot imp-like being emerging from a fiery circle of light, a mist smelling of sulfur, physical paralysis, burns, illness, and y...

We recently teamed up with SUSTO Podcast to drop an episode on oneanother's feeds. So I hope you enjoy this incredible episode and give SUSTO a subsbcribe wherever you get your pods! Learn more at: https://www.sustopodcast.com/ "It's a bird! It's a plane! It's extraterrestrial! In this episode, Ayden shares multiple accounts of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP aka UFO) over the ancient and my...

On the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Kecksburg UFO incident, Ryan teams up with fan-favorite Rob Kristoffersen to revisit the fiery object that fell into the woods of Pennsylvania and the controversy that followed. Together they unpack eyewitness accounts, the acorn-shaped craft, the swift military response, and why the case still fuels debate decades later. With Rob’s humor and sharp insight, this...

In this episode, we dive into one of the most famous UFO cases ever recorded: the Rendlesham Forest incident. Known as “Britain’s Roswell,” the event unfolded over three nights in December 1980 between the twin U.S.–U.K. bases at RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge. With Cold War tensions high and American nuclear weapons secretly stored on-site, security personnel witnessed strange lights on radar...

In 1978, a young woman in Auckland, New Zealand, stopped her motorcycle to watch strange lights overhead, only to see two robed beings staring back from inside a wedge-shaped craft. In this episode of Just Another Tin Foil Hat, Zelia Edgar explores the eerie “Auckland Anomaly,” connecting it to patterns of light phenomena, phantom monks, and John Keel’s theories of perception and reality. Subscrib...

The 1970s became a defining era for alien abduction reports, and this episode explores four of its most unforgettable cases drawn from Alien Abduction Files: The 1970s. We look at Steve Kilburn’s recovered memories from a terrifying night on a Maryland road, the famous Pascagoula encounter where Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were taken aboard a glowing craft, the bizarre Meccano Mummy case inv...

In 1966, six Denver high school students went camping at Daniels Park — and stumbled into one of the strangest cases of UFO and paranormal crossover ever recorded. Known as The Campfire Creep, the group reported buzzing noises, footsteps on the roof, a tall man in a black coat who vanished before their eyes, and glowing egg-shaped craft that disabled their car as they fled. In this episode of Just...

Ryan gathers listener reactions from around the globe to review Dan Farah’s The Age of Disclosure. From thoughtful praise to blunt criticism, you’ll hear written and audio feedback from longtime researchers, skeptics, experiencers, and supporters of the show, all weighing in on the documentary’s strengths, weaknesses, and impact on the modern disclosure movement. Ryan closes with his own full revi...

In this in-depth conversation, Ryan sits down with historian, author, and host of The Saucer Life, Aaron Gulyas. They break down the fascinating exploration of the Contactee Movement, those early UFO claimants who said they met benevolent “Space Brothers” from Venus, Mars, and beyond. From George Adamski’s iconic photographs and cosmic philosophy, to George Van Tassel’s channelings of Ashtar and t...

In August of 1963, under the moonlit skies of Brazil, three young boys cleaning a coffeepot by a cistern found themselves at the center of one of the strangest UFO encounters in South America. A glowing, transparent orb descended from the night sky, carrying four bizarre beings within. As the sphere cast two powerful beams of light, one of the entities emerged and approached the boys—an unforgetta...

A decorated U.S. Air Force nuclear security specialist breaks his silence. Yoshua Shelton takes us deep inside his chilling experiences while stationed at Nellis Air Force Base’s Area 2, one of the most heavily guarded nuclear storage sites in America. What began as routine patrols soon turned into encounters beyond comprehension. Glowing orbs over the desert, a possible UAP crash, shadow entities...

In this episode of Just Another Tin Foil Hat with Zelia Edgar, we uncover one of the most extraordinary UFO cases in Midwestern history. On a quiet night in Elmwood, Wisconsin, police officer George Wheeler was on routine patrol when something incredible interrupted the calm. Spotting an orange glow near the Tuttle Hill quarry, Wheeler assumed it was a fire — until he got closer. What he saw would...

Ryan and Suzanne break down the biggest UFO and high-strangeness stories of the week, including: - Chinese astronauts stranded in orbit after their capsule was struck by an unknown object. - SETI Institute integrates cutting-edge AI to search for extraterrestrial signals in real-time. - Harvard’s Avi Loeb connects new data on the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS to possible non-gravitational accelerat...

We had boots on the ground at the 2025 SOL Symposium in Italy, and now we’re bringing you the full story. Our incredible moderator, Suzanne Landers, takes you behind the scenes of this historic event, from the fascinating keynotes and speaker sessions to the thought-provoking panels and special moments that defined the weekend. Join us for an in-depth breakdown and honest review of one of the most...

In this eerie episode of Just Another Tin Foil Hat, host, Zelia Edgar brings us to New South Wales, Australia, to explore the chilling UFO case known as the Bents Basin Bizarrerie. Six young friends ventured to the basin one evening to investigate the area’s mysterious reputation for paranormal activity. After a picnic by the lake, their car suddenly refused to start — and that’s when one of them...

Join Ryan & Suzanne for a community-driven UAP news roundup and a full SOL Symposium breakdown and review! 00:00 – 🎬 Intro & Opening Montage 02:20 – 👋 Welcome to Somewhere in the Livestream 07:40 – 🏆 Parapod Podcast Awards Win 13:58 – 🚨 Area 51 Crash Update | George Knapp & George Arnu 25:59 – 🌊 Enigma Labs Report | Eerie Green Lights Underwater (USOs) 40:46 – ✨ VASCO Project | Peer-Reviewed...

In this powerful installment of Witness Accounts, real people from around the world share their most profound and terrifying UFO encounters. From childhood abductions and mysterious metallic crafts to massive triangles hovering overhead. From telepathic connections with beings beyond our understanding to those struggling to find that understanding. These are first-hand experiences that will leave...

In this special Halloween edition of Somewhere in the Skies, Ryan takes a seat at the virtual campfire with none other than Jim Harold, the godfather of paranormal podcasting and host of the legendary Jim Harold’s Campfire. Together, they share real ghost stories, true tales of the unexplained, and firsthand accounts of the supernatural that blur the lines between our world and beyond. Jim brings...

Ryan is currently in London for MCM Comic Con, so the boys over at Bigfoot Collectors Club have taken over the podcast! Bryce Johnson, Michael McMillian, and Riley Bray have a lively roundtable about what it really means to believe in the unexplained. From Bryce’s on-the-ground investigations for Expedition Bigfoot to the team’s personal brushes with “The Phenomenon,” this conversation dives deep...

Retired U.S. Army Colonel Karl Nell — a key figure in the Pentagon’s UAP research efforts — recently made waves by declaring that UAP disclosure is dead. In this episode, Ryan Sprague unpacks Nell’s remarks through his essay “Frankenstein and Flying Saucers” from the acclaimed book UFOs: Reframing the Debate (edited by Robbie Graham). Drawing on the insights of Carl Jung, Jacques Vallée, Jenny Ran...

In another Alien Abduction Omnibus collection, we explore some of the most compelling, terrifying, and awe-inspiring encounters ever recorded. From the lifelong abduction saga of Denise Stoner, whose chilling experiences span decades and challenge every notion of reality, to the harrowing abduction of the Ahren’s family, this episode dives deep into the personal and emotional impact of alien conta...

Ryan and Suzanne return with an out-of-this-world lineup of breaking UFO and space news you don’t want to miss! 🌌 Topics include: Astronomers detect “exceptionally strong” radio signals from deep space linked to a black hole tearing apart a star — and possibly mimicking alien fast radio bursts (The Debrief). The UK’s top UFO hotspot revealed — find out which small Welsh town beats Manchester and...

Ryan returns to Nova Scotia and dives deep into his unforgettable weekend at the Shag Harbour UFO XPO alongside retired UFOlogist and filmmaker Paul Kimball. Together, they give their brutally honest (yet good-natured) reviews of the event’s standout speakers — including Terry Tibando, Dolly Safran, Preston Dennett, Marc D’Antonio, and Chris Styles, the preeminent Shag Harbour UFO researcher himse...