Michael Ryan

UFO Talker

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UFO Talker will be available every Wednesday. It will be a mixture of discussion, interviews and people describing their sightings of unidentified flying objects. You can contact the podcast by email: ufotalker@bell.net

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Michael Ryan

Episodes

Sky Canada - The Canadian governments report on UFOs is released/ What it got right and what it got wrong 23.07.2025 1:13:16

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 32. New Show! Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into Sky Canada's UFO report "Management of Public Reporting of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in Canada". We discuss what Chief Science Advisor of Canada, Mona Nemer, got right and what she got wrong. If you would like to read the report and see the survey go here....

Aviation expert Todd Curtis talks about UFOs, Drones and a UFO that caused electrical malfunctions on a commercial aircraft/Should there be rules of engagement for UFOs? 16.07.2025 1:43:49

Send us Fan Mail Summer rerun series. In this episode that originally aired on November 20, 2024 host Michael Ryan interviews aviation expert Todd Curtis. They talk about Curtis' appearance at Contact in the Desert last June and his five categories that help define what a UAP is. They also talk about the fact that drones are making it harder to tell what's a UFO and what isn't. ...

Irish ufologist Chris Gaffney talks about the 2004 Aer Lingus Boeing 737 that was damaged in flight by a triangle UFO/ Also Betty Meyler, Project Morrigan and more! 09.07.2025 1:38:39

Send us Fan Mail Summer rerun series. In this episode that originally aired on April 10, 2024 host Michael Ryan interviews Irish ufologist Chris Gaffney. Chris Gaffney takes us on a deep dive of all things relating to UFOs in Ireland. From the 2004 encounter that an Aer Lingus 737 had with a triangle UFO. The encounter caused damage to the wing of the aircraft. We also play a conversation betw...

Interview with UK UFO investigator Dave Hodrien who discusses the case of 3 black helicopters and a huge UFO seen near Staffordshire, England/ Also CLASSIFIED report of a black triangle UFO that hovered over an Air Force base 02.07.2025 1:09:27

Send us Fan Mail Summer rerun series. Season 1 Episode 39. In this episode that originally aired on May 24, 2023 host Michael Ryan interviews UK UFO investigator and Chairman of the Birmingham UFO Group, Dave Hodrien. They discuss three military cases that Dave has investigated. The first is a 300 yard long UFO this is surrounded by 3 black helicopters near Staffordshire, England in 2014. The...

Part 2 of the Gary Heseltine interview on his book Non-Human/ A deep dive into the Rendlesham Forest Incident/ The OSI used drugs and intimidation during the interrogation of witnesses 25.06.2025 1:55:03

Send us Fan Mail Summer repeat series. In this episode that originally aired on March 15, 2023 Michael Ryan interviews British detective Gary Heseltine about his book Non-Human. The book takes a deep dive into the Rendlesham Forest Incident. In part two Gary Heseltine talks about Sgt. Penniston and Airman Burroughs both had missing time during the incident. Officers from the Air Force Office o...

British Detective Gary Heseltine talks about his 5 year investigation into the Rendlesham Forest Incident/ Christine Scott's book review of Non-Human 18.06.2025 2:05:50

Send us Fan Mail Summer repeat series. In an episode that originally aired on March 8, 2023 host Michael Ryan interviews British detective Gary Heseltine about his book Non-Human. It's his 5 year investigation of the Rendlesham Forest Incident. This is part one of a deep dive into RFI. Gary Heseltine goes over the timeline like never before. It's almost told like a crime scene invest...

INTERVIEWS: Two eyewitness accounts of UFOs that altered their view of this world/ Two people, one from Melbourne, Australia and one from Regina, Canada. 11.06.2025 43:18

Send us Fan Mail Summer repeat series. In this episode that originally aired on October 4, 2023 (Season 2 Episode 5) two eyewitness accounts of UFOs that were closer than 30 feet away. Each sighting has changed the witness and the way they view the world. Julie is from Melbourne, Australia and she talks about her encounter that was witnessed by her and three of her friends as they drove down th...

Did UFOs cause the sinking of the patrol boat PCF-19 during the Vietnam War?/ Also Christine Scott's book review of Against The Odds/ The Donald Keyhoe biography 04.06.2025 1:21:56

Send us Fan Mail Summer repeat series. In a show that was originally broadcast in Season 2 (Season 2 Episode 14) host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott look into the sinking of patrol boat PCF-19 during the Vietnam War. In June of 1968 the DMZ was plagued by low flying bright lights. Were they UFOs or were they North Vietnamese helicopters? If you would like to know more about this...

A UFO lights up an 8 acre field like it's daytime while a family of 4 looks on/ Was Arthur Bray the most important ufologist in Canada? 28.05.2025 1:06:35

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 31. In the season 3 finale Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott analyze an RCMP report from November 18, 1978. In central British Columbia the O'Brian family stand motionless looking out their front window at a large UFO hovering over a field and lighting up 8 acres like it's daytime. Michael Ryan and Christine Scott also talk about Canad...

The 5PM 1969/02/02 Encounter/ 5 people in a small Manitoba town encounter a UFO at close range and may have experienced the Oz Factor/ Investigated by the RCMP 21.05.2025 1:05:54

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 30. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott discuss another UFO report taken from the files of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In the small town of Ste. Rose du Lac, Manitoba 5 people have an encounter with a UFO. From their account of what happened that day it is possible to draw the conclusion that the Oz Factor was at play during their sighting...

INTERVIEW: Retired RCMP Sergeant Craig Cochrane talks about his investigation into the Island Lake Incident/ The case of a family of 5 being chased by a UFO while in their boat for 30 minutes 14.05.2025 45:17

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 29. Host Michael Ryan interviews retired RCMP Sergeant Craig Cochrane about his investigation into The Island Lake Incident which occurred on the night of October 3rd, 1981. Albert Punch and his wife and three children were in their small boat when a large UFO (200 feet wide) chased their boat for over 30 minutes. When it got too close to the boat, the boat mot...

Did Harald Malmgren just kick the UFO secrecy door down?/ From Bluegill Triple Prime to his death bed confession that he saw a filmed interview with an alien/ Christine Scott's book review of The Flying Saucer Investigators 07.05.2025 1:00:41

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 28. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott discuss the recent interview of the late Harald Malmgren. Malmgren spent a lifetime working with four U.S. Presidents and advising the heads of state in Europe and Japan. In the Jesse Michaels interview he talks about many accounts of UFOs in a far ranging interview that seems to kick the door down on UFO se...

INTERVIEW: David Oranchak who helped crack the Zodiac 340 Cipher talks about Zodiac and he decodes our Bernie Official UFO Cipher/ Is it possible to decode symbols written on UFOs? 30.04.2025 1:14:41

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 27. Host Michael Ryan interviews cryptologist David Oranchak. David Oranchak along with Australian mathematician Sam Blake and Belgium computer programmer Jarl van Eycke cracked the Zodiac 340 Cipher which had been unsolved for 51 years. Oranchak talks about Zodiac and discusses how he decoded the Bernie Official UFO Cipher. He also talks about the possibilit...

The Island Lake Incident/ A family of 5 is chased in their boat by a UFO for 30 minutes/ At times the UFO was 5 feet above the water/ Investigated by the RCMP 23.04.2025 54:59

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 26. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott discuss another case taken from the files of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. On a chilly night October 3, 1981 Albert Punch, his wife and 3 children went by boat to Cochrane Bay in Island Lake to chop some fire wood. What they encountered was a large UFO that at times chased them and followed them for 30...

Conversation with author Charles Lear about his book The Flying Saucer Investigators/ He also talks about Leonard Stringfield, James Moseley and Ted Bloecher/Also Florida Everglades UFO encounter that caused physical harm 16.04.2025 1:17:23

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 25. Host Michael Ryan interviews author Charles Lear about the second edition of his book The Flying Saucer Investigators. The book tells in great detail the early days of ufology. Some of the legends discussed are Leonard Stringfield, James Moseley, Ted Bloecher and Gray Barker. Charles Lear also talks about the case of James Flynn who went deer hunting in th...

The PTH 212 Encounter/ A family of 5 has encounters with a UFO over 3 nights at their farm near Selkirk, Manitoba/ Investigated by the RCMP 09.04.2025 58:27

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 24. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott discuss another case taken from the files of The Royal Canadian Mounted Police. On the nights of July 26, 27th and August 5th a family of 5 had close encounters with the same UFO in the early morning hours at their family farm near Selkirk, Manitoba. Constable R. A. Sparks investigated the encounters for the...

INTERVIEW: Bernie O'Connor talks about his days as editor of Official UFO Magazine and hiring writers Raymond Fowler, Kevin Randle and Walter Andrus/ He also remembers his friendship with legendary APRO investigator Richard Ruhl 02.04.2025 1:31:29

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 23. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Richard Ruhl February 26, 1931 - April 6, 2022. In this episode host Michael Ryan interviews Bernie O'Connor. Mr. O'Connor talks about his days as the editor of Official UFO Magazine. He talks about hiring writers like Raymond Fowler, Kevin Randle and Walter Andrus among others. He also talks about his...

A UFO shoots a beam of light at a horse as a woman looks on/ She calls for help and the UFO is witnessed by 12 people/ RCMP investigated this case from Northern British Columbia 26.03.2025 46:48

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 22. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott discuss this case from 1978. On the night of April 6, 1978 a woman was putting her horses away for the night when a beam of light shot from a UFO and went through the window of her barn. The three horses in the barn went crazy and she called for help. Eventually 12 people came to the farm and saw the UFO. ...

INTERVIEW: Retired RCMP Sgt. Carl Lentowicz talks about his investigation into a 1971 UFO sighting witnessed by 4 people who saw the UFO hover for over 15 minutes 19.03.2025 1:07:20

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 21. On episode 16 host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott discussed an RCMP report from 1971 in which 4 people saw a UFO hover near a compressor station in Success, Saskatchewan. Host Michael Ryan was able to find and contact the investigating officer, Sgt. Carl Lentowicz and Carl talks about the investigation. As a bonus, after host Michael Ryan and...

On a night shift a nurse sees a UFO hovering outside a third floor hospital window/ She sees two humanoid figures in the craft/ Sighting confirmed by several other nurses/ Christine Scott's book review of Jacques Vallee's new book Forbidden Science 6 12.03.2025 1:13:30

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 20. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into a case taken from an RCMP report. On January 1, 1970 nurse Doreen Kendall saw a UFO hovering just 60 feet from her third floor window at the Cowichan District Hospital. She saw two humanoid figures through a clear dome on the UFO. At one point both of the figures were looking back at h...

INTERVIEW: The one and only Jacques Vallee/ He talks about his new book Forbidden Science 6/ His wife seeing a huge white light at their cabin in Northern California/ Underwater UFOs/ His friendship with Dr. J. Allen Hynek and Dr. James McDonald and more 05.03.2025 1:32:43

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 19. Host Michael Ryan interviews Jacques Vallée. Dr. Vallee talks about his new book Forbidden Science 6: Scattered Castles. They discuss many topics including alien/human hybrids, UFOs and the Lawrence Livermore Labs, underwater UFOs and his friendship with Dr. J. Allen Hynek and Dr. James McDonald. Forbidden Science 6: Scattered Castles can be purchased on A...

INTERVIEW: Retired RCMP officer talks about a UFO encounter in the Northwest Territories in 2011/ UFO with a beam of light disrupts communication and is witnessed by 3 RCMP officers and civilians/ NORAD scrambles 2 fighter jets/ It's our 100th episode! 26.02.2025 1:29:42

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 18. This episode of UFO Talker marks our 100th episode! Host Michael Ryan interviews retired RCMP officer Elliott Van Dusen about his organization Paranormal Phenomena Research and Investigation. Van Dusen talks about his own UFO experience and his knowledge of a UFO sighting from 2011 in Deline, Northwest Territories. Witnessed by 3 RCMP officers and hundreds...

3 women see a massive UFO hover above them for over 10 minutes/ Their screams seem to go unnoticed in an encounter that may have involved the Oz Factor and missing time 19.02.2025 54:22

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 17. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott review another case from the RCMP files. This encounter took place on January 2, 1975 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Sometime around 11:15 pm Mrs. Verna Strachan, her daughter Wendy Strachan and Linda Marino see a UFO over their apartment building that is approximately 180 feet long by 120 feet wide hovering a...

What happened at Success, Saskatchewan?/ 4 power plant employees see a strange, shape-shifting UFO hovering near their power station for 15 minutes 12.02.2025 57:04

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 16. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott discuss another RCMP file from January 9, 1971. A power plant employee left for work at 7:35 and as he approached Cantuar, Saskatchewan he noticed a UFO. He followed it all the way into work where it hovered for 15 minutes and changed shapes multiple times. If you would like to know more about the MUFON Symp...

The Tuxford Light/ On a lonely back road 2 people see a UFO that sparks a 2 hour encounter witnessed by 4 RCMP officers 05.02.2025 1:04:17

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 15. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott look into The Tuxford Light. On the night of April 18, 1975 Boyd Geisler and Tracy Dobrescu see a very bright light in the sky near Tuxford, Saskatchewan. They call the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) and over the next two hours 4 RCMP officers see and follow the light which at one point lights up a pat...