Our Strange Skies: UFOs Throughout History

On this week's episode, Seth Breedlove from Small Town Monsters stops by to talk about the origins of Small Town Monsters, the odd creature sightings that the 70s offered up, and his newest project out in March, On the Trail of… UFOs . Theme song by Big Cats Artwork and web design by the Great Desdymona Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this bonus episode, I'm joined by my good friend Brian Hastie to discuss the film adaptation of Travis Walton's story,  Fire in the Sky .  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In February of 1978 the news in northern California was consumed by Ted Bundy’s arrest, coverage of the East Area Rapist, and Roman Polanski’s escape to France following charges of rape. There was one story, however, that took up a lot of page space in The Sacramento Bee , from February to June of that year. It’s the story of five men that went to a basketball game in Chico and never came home. Th...

As above, so below. It’s a phrase that traces itself to the founding of Hermeticism. Those words can be found on the Emerald Tablet, a document that purportedly reveals the secrets of how to make the philosopher’s stone. As above, so below is a phrase that has carried on through generations. It’s found in the Bible, it’s an element in the hit series, Hellier , and in 1975 terror would come from bo...

The Yukon is one of the most remote places in the world. Its untouched wilderness is beautiful to behold, and it offers up some of the best hunting and fishing in the world. In September of 1987, a man using the pseudonym "Kevin" set out for the woods on a three day hunting and fishing trip. On the second day into the trip, he would have a remarkable on a dirt road with a pair of alien beings. I'm...

On this installment of The Meltdown, I'm joined by Brian Hastie of the Double Density podcast to discuss another Jonathan Frakes classic, Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this installment of the Meltdown, I'm joined by Brian and Angelo from the Double Density podcast to talk about the seminal 90s classic, UFOs the Best Evidence Ever Caught on Tape.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with another Metldown. This time I'm joined by Brian Hastie from Double Density and The Coda: A Music Podcast , Chris Cogswell of the Mad Scientist Podcast , and Spencer Wirth-Davis of the What If? Podcast to roast the 2009 pile of dumpsters, The Fourth Kind .  The boys talk briefly about Brian Wilson's lost rap album, what the movie did wrong (P.S. it's most things), from the shitty pl...

When it comes to certain UFO cases, there are images that become indelibly implanted in your head. Whether it's the Adamski style saucers or the alien beings Whitley Strieber encountered in a cabin in upstate New York (what's with all the alien shaming, Angelo?), the saucers that haunt the mind have definite shapes. In the case of Stefan Michalak and the Falcon Lake Incident, it's a set of burns o...

When you think of the term "alien abduction" there are a handful of cases that may come to mind. Betty and Barney Hill, Pascagoula, Travis Walton. These are the holy trinity of abduction cases.  They're also all American. Sometimes it feels as if this phenomenon is purely American, and yet, some of the most fascinating abduction cases come to us from outside our borders. We of course covered the c...

It was an ordinary evening when Deputy Sheriff William E. McCoy, and patrol deputy Robert Goode were on routine patrol in Brazoria county, Texas. It was 11 P.M. when a dazzling set of purple and blue lights caught the two officer’s attention. The lights were coming from a craft the size of a football field. It looked to have a fuselage on one side, and looked like a giant set of wings without a fu...

For those of us that spend hours pouring over UFO books, buried in eyewitness accounts from yesteryear, there are pivotal cases that transform the average human into a UFO enthusiast. Today, we explore the case that made me the UFO researcher and podcaster I am today, the Lonnie Zamora Incident. Full stop, this episode is meticulous, as our list of sources indicates. Our lead researcher, Rory, res...

Inside the heart of every experiencer is the deep seated feeling that something is off. That something is missing, and that what is missing is often terrifying. For Betty and Barney Hill, there were miles they put behind them missing. Though Betty had vague memories of what came after a set of beeps they heard, what she did remember terrified her. It was a roadblock manned by strange men and a mys...

The waters of Shag Harbour in Nova Scotia are dark, deep, and cold, and since 1967 they have held a secret. On October 4th, 1967 an object crashed into the harbor around 11:20 P.M. A massive search ensued, but divers were unable to locate the object that had crashed into the sea.  It's unclear what crashed into the water, but it was observed by numerous eyewitnesses. On this episode I'm joined by...

In the early 1960s, UFO contact began its transformation from benign encounters with human looking beings, to the more terrifying incidents involving non-human entities forcing bystanders on board, and subjecting them to medical examinations. We’ve examined the abduction of Antonio Villas Boas from his tractor early one morning in 1957, but the subject of tonight's episode was groundbreaking. Bett...

WARNING: This episode contains allusions to sexual assault, and descriptions of the phenomenon that may be difficult for some to hear. Listener discretion is advised. Welcome to witness, our brand new series where we open up the podcast to witnesses of the phenomenon and allow them to tell their stories.  I've you've seen the hit series, Hellier, then you know the level of weirdness that Kentucky...

A group of Washington State Forestry Workers witness a UFO come out of the clouds and abduct an elk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johnny Sands was a budding country stare who had moved to Las Vegas to bolster his career. One night while returning home from doing some promotion he had a mysterious encounter with a strange man in the middle of Blue Diamond Road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alfred Burtoo was doing a bit of night fishing with his dog in the early 80s when a pair of alien beings asked him to come on board a UFO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One King Arthur researcher had a strange experience with a mysterious woman while looking for the mythical figures tomb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did Lovecraft dream of dismembering an alien body? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the Mothman flap in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, two police officers had an encounter with a short man that emerged from a UFO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The town of Saranac Lake became a haven for those seeking relief for the disease known as consumption. Known today as Tuberculosis, Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau was one of the earliest to seek a cure for the disease, and in the pine scented air of the Adirondacks found relief. He soon founded a sanitarium and pioneered an early industry in Saranac Lake. Numerous “cure cottages” popped up in its w...

On this edition of the Unsolved Mysteries round-table, I'm joined by Samantha and Liz from Perhaps It's You podcast to discuss a trio of murders. That's right, for the first time on the Our Strange Skies podcast, we're talking about murder. Liz talks about the murder of Audrey Moate , who disappeared in the Bayou of Louisiana. Did she run afoul of the manager of the swamp? Samantha discusses the m...

For the final Unsolved Mysteries roundtable, I’m joined by Scott Philbrook and Forrest Burgess of the Astonishing Legends podcast to relive some of our favorite moments from the show. We discuss how UM influenced their own show, and how much Scott really loves “Lost Loves” segments. Like, a lot, you guys. We discuss some of the why Dennis Farina failed to capture an audience, and pay a little trib...