Close Encounter Club

What if aliens weren’t just visiting — but actively planning to replace humanity? In EP 9: The Rising (Part 3), host Justin Gearheart concludes his three-part conversation with Jeff Selver, whose lifelong contact story pushes into the most unsettling territory yet. Traveling alone across Canada in 1998, Jeff was taken in broad daylight by a massive cloaked craft. Inside, he met the Twins — two ide...

What if a voice in your head told you to drop everything and leave — and it ended up saving your life? In EP 8: Escape from Lahaina, host Justin Gearheart speaks with Michaela, a cruise ship bartender whose mysterious intuition led her to quit her job in Hawaii just one week before the deadly Lahaina wildfires. Without warning, a clear voice in her mind urged, “Leave now. Get off the ship. Don’t c...

What if an alien abduction didn’t just take you aboard a craft — but let you pilot one to a hidden city on Venus? In EP 7: The Rising (Part 2), host Justin Gearheart continues his conversation with Jeff Selver, whose story pushes far beyond a typical UFO encounter. After being shown visions of the afterlife in Part 1, Jeff’s experiences escalate into direct, physical contact with extraterrestrial...

What if a dream of your own death wasn’t just a dream — but a memory from another lifetime? In EP 6: I Forgive You, host Justin Gearheart sits down with Michael Clifford, a retired audio engineer whose life has been shaped by vivid dreams, powerful premonitions, and what he believes are glimpses of past lives. From a chilling black-and-white dream of being shot during a robbery in the 1940s to say...

What if the UFO phenomenon isn’t benevolent at all — but something far darker? In this Close Encounter Club bonus episode, host Justin Gearheart sits down with Matt Hurley, founder of BadAliens.info , one of the most controversial and unflinching resources on UFO research. Matt’s work focuses on the disturbing side of the phenomenon: abductions, cattle mutilations, missing persons, and even cases...

What happens when an alien encounter shatters everything you believe about reality? In EP 5: The Rising (Part 1), host Justin Gearheart speaks with Jeff Selver, an author and consciousness researcher whose extraordinary abduction story began when he was just 16 years old. Jeff describes being taken aboard a craft, encountering a female Elder Gray, and experiencing revelations about DNA manipulatio...

What if the scariest moment of your life wasn’t a dream — but something sitting at the end of your bed? In EP 4: Noble Park, host Justin Gearheart speaks with Josh from Melbourne, Australia — the very conversation that would later lead Josh to become the producer of Close Encounter Club. This is where it all began. At just 18 years old, while alone in his family’s creaking, century-old home, Josh...

What if a ghostly black dog could decide your fate? In EP 3: Black Dog of Hanging Hills, host Justin Gearheart explores one of Connecticut’s most enduring legends with guests Tristan and Christina, who encountered something unexplainable on a hike near Castle Craig. The folklore says that if you see the Black Dog once, it brings joy. Twice, it brings sorrow. And the third time… it means death. Tri...

What’s really flying over New Jersey — hobby drones, advanced tech, or something we can’t explain? In this Close Encounter Club bonus episode, host Justin Gearheart speaks with Retired Air Force Major Ben Hewitt, a veteran aviator and former air battle manager with over 20 years of global military experience operating the E-3 AWACS surveillance platform. Ben has tracked drug runners in South Ameri...

What if a single sentence spoken in the middle of the night could predict tragedy? In EP 2: Milford Has Been Shot, host Justin Gearheart speaks with Christopher from Omaha, Nebraska, who shares a chilling family story that has echoed through generations. In the 1960s, Christopher’s mom suddenly jolted awake during The Tonight Show and declared, “Milford has been shot.” Hours later, the phone rang...

What if your faith and your reality collided in the middle of the night? In EP 1: The Miters Hill Incident, host Justin Gearheart introduces the very first Close Encounter Club story — and it’s one of the most unsettling we’ve ever covered. Miriam, a 26-year-old makeup artist from Monterrey, Mexico, describes the night she awoke to find a Gray alien with soulless eyes standing in her home. Alongsi...

Teaser #1 for the Close Encounter Club podcast.