UFO Talker

Send us Fan Mail Author Bill Rountree Talks About His 50-Year Journey of Alleged Alien Encounters Season 2 Episode 31.  From the Summer rerun series.  What would you do if you believed something unexplained had been visiting you since childhood? In this episode of UFO Talker , Michael Ryan sits down with author Bill Rountree to discuss the extraordinary experiences detailed in his book, Aliens Are...

Send us Fan Mail Season 2 Episode 8.  From the UFO Talker Summer "Best Of' repeat series What really happened after the witnesses of the Rendlesham Forest Incident reported what they had seen? In this episode of UFO Talker , host Michael Ryan welcomes former British detective Gary Heseltine , one of the world's foremost researchers of the Rendlesham Forest Incident and author of the...

Send us Fan Mail Season 1 Episode 32.  On this Summer rerun episode of UFO Talker, host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into one of the most famous and controversial UFO photo cases ever documented—the Rex Heflin photographs of August 3, 1965. For more than half a century, the four photographs taken by Orange County road maintenance worker Rex Heflin near Santa Ana, C...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 11. As part of UFO Talker's Summer "Best Of" Repeat Series, we revisit one of the most fascinating and little-known Canadian UFO encounters on record. On October 24, 1970, near MacGregor, Manitoba, a young farmer named Gerald Adams reported an extraordinary experience that would eventually attract the attention of the RCMP, the Canadian Military, an...

Send us Fan Mail Summer Rerun Series.  This episode is from Season 3 Episode 27.  The Zodiac Killer's infamous 340 Cipher remained unsolved for more than 51 years. Governments, intelligence agencies, professional cryptologists, and amateur codebreakers all attempted to solve it. In December 2020, a three-person team finally succeeded. One of those team members was cryptologist and software de...

Send us Fan Mail Summer "Best of" repeat Series.  This episode originally aired May 14, 2025.  Season 3 Episode 29.  Host Michael Ryan interviews retired RCMP Sergeant Craig Cochrane about one of the most compelling UFO cases ever investigated in Northern Manitoba—the Island Lake Incident . On the night of October 3, 1981 , Albert Punch, his wife, and their three children were travelling...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 37.  This is our 150th episode of UFO Talker.  Host Michael Ryan interviews the co-founders of UAP-PD, retired Arizona police officers Marianne Robb and Dave Rich.  During this special 150th episode of UFO Talker, Dave Rich discusses a chilling 911 Ghost Call he investigated at an Arizona high school - a case that continues to raise disturbing questions about what...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 36.  Ron James joins host Michael Ryan to discuss his new documentary, Accidental Truth: Next , a follow-up to his acclaimed exploration of the UFO phenomenon and the growing movement toward disclosure. In this new film, James examines the latest developments surrounding UAP investigations, government transparency, whistleblower testimony, and the expanding scient...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 35.  Host Michael Ryan interviews David Barnett who was the sonar operator the night of The Southland Encounter.  During the third week of February 1987 the New Zealand Frigate HMNZS Southland was 175 miles off the coast of the North Island of New Zealand.  At 1 am the ship started tracking a USO that was 20 kms behind the vessel.  After 30 minutes the USO went fr...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 34.  Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take on the mystery of the scientists and military personnel that have been murdered or have just walked away from their lives and have disappeared.  Retired police officers Rick Prescott and Rob Furlong share their thoughts on what has taken place.  From their decades of policing they point out information th...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 33.  Host Michael Ryan interviews retired NASA scientist Dr. Richard F. Haines about cases he researched for his unpublished book on UFOs witnessed during the Vietnam War.  His book covers the time period from June 1966 to October 1973.  Cases include a soldier who is taken aboard a craft near his fire base at Chu Chee.  There is also the incredible incident at Nh...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 32.  Host Michael Ryan interviews Dr. Irena Scott about her new book: Pascagoula-The Ultimate Close UFO Encounter.  The central topic of her book is the UFO Flap of 1973.  This Flap, one of the largest and most intense UFO Flaps ever spread all across North America.  Cases like the Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker Abduction in Pascagoula, Mississippi, The Coyne H...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 31. Host Michael Ryan interviews author Linda Zimmermann about her book Animal Reactions to UFOs.  In her book she asks readers to look at animal/UFO encounters with "new eyes".   In the interview she describes the many cases where animals have a strong reaction to UFOs, reactions that can only be thought of as real.  Linda Zimmermann's books can be...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 30.  In a wide-ranging conversation host Michael Ryan interviews Bill Birnes about his TV series UFO Hunters and how the program came to be and why it was canceled.  He also talks about how he took over UFO Magazine for one dollar.  He also covers the Rex Heflin photos, why Dr. James McDonald was important to ufology and why he is 100% certain that extraterrestria...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 29.  Host Michael Ryan has a conversation with the Director of Michigan MUFON Bill Konkolesky.  Bill talks about the UFO incursion into the nuclear storage facility at Wurtsmith Air Force Base in 1975 and the Bankson Lake Incident that happened on Friday, August 1st, 1986.  Two friends, John Long and Richard Jandura were fishing at night when a very large and brig...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 28.  Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott try to make sense of this mystery by pulling back the curtains on this missing persons intrigue.   On February 27th Major General William McCasland seemed to vanish off the face to the earth.  Scientist Monica Reza went on a hike in the Angeles National Forest just north of Los Angeles.  While hiking with her...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 27.  Host Michael Ryan interviews Roger Stankovic who is Director of MUFON for Australia and New Zealand.  Roger talks about a number of issues including the possibility of Havana Syndrome being connected to Non-Human Intelligence. He also covers cattle mutilations in Australia with some very enlightening observations.  He also talks about his involvement in the L...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 26.  Host Michael Ryan interviews author Lyn Rule about her life changing encounter with a UFO in the Australian outback.  Lyn started off on one of her many journey's into a sunbaked Australian landscape, but instead of finding adventure she came face to face with a phenomenon that was beyond  of all her life experiences.  It was a day that was to change her...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 25.  Host Michael Ryan interviews Bernie O'Connor on High Strangeness and are UFOs Paraphysical, Interdimensional or Ultraterrestrial.  Bernie O'Connor was the editor of The Official UFO Magazine and has been interested in UFOs for many decades.  He brings his wealth of knowledge on the subject matter to this episode.  If you would like to learn more abo...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 24.  Host Michael Ryan interviews retired RCMP Cst. James Blackwood.  At around 2 am on the night of October 26, 1978 he received a call that there was a UFO hovering over the bay in Clarenville, Newfoundland.  When Blackwood drove down to the bay he couldn't believe what he was seeing.  A large UFO hovering roughly 100 feet above the water.  For the next two...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 23.  Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott look into the official RCMP document from October 3, 1969.  On the night of October 3, 1969 RCMP constable Sidney Barrie and his wife Vivian were on vacation.  They were on highway 44 near Whiteshell Provincial Park in Manitoba, Canada.  As they were driving they spotted a UFO and when they got to within 500 f...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 22.  Host Michael Ryan interviews Australian UFO and Paranormal Investigator Attila Kaldy.  Attila covers a great many sightings and encounters including his encounter with a UFO in Sydney's Northern Beaches which included shadow helicopters and the UFO being hit by a beam of light from space.  Attila also talks about several cases of high strangeness not onl...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 21.  Host Michael Ryan interviews Janet Wood, who as a teenager, saw a huge UFO rise from the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada.  What started out as a gathering of about 10 friends on the banks of the Fraser River in Richmond, BC ended up being a night that they all would never forget.  As the huge UFO came towards the group it blocked out the stars in the...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 20.  Host Michael Ryan interviews the Director of MUFON Canada Linda Rafuse.  In a far reaching interview Linda Rafuse talks about trends of UFOs in Canada and Canadian hot spots. She also talks about MUFON's ERT (Experiencer Resource Team) and a case she personally investigated trail cam footage of a suspected UFO.  She also talks about MUFON Canada's n...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 19.  Host Michael Ryan interviews Tabby Rideout, who along with her sister Sue had multiple UFO encounters at their family home in Fort Fairfield, Maine.  The first encounter happened in the Summer of 1973 as they were playing in their front yard.  There were at least two encounters that involved missing time.  If you would like to find out more about UAPCON go he...