UFO Talker

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 14.  Host Michael Ryan interviews Linda Rafuse National Director of MUFON Canada.  Linda talks about MUFON in Canada and covers several sightings and encounters including hers in grade 6.  During recess at an elementary school in Weston, Ontario,  Linda and two of her classmates look up and see two UFOs hovering just 75 feet above their heads. She also talks about...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 13.  Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott analyze the Sugarloaf Mountain Flap of 1971. From August into September 1971 a mysterious  UFO appeared over Sugarloaf Mountain in the town of Campbellton, New Brunswick.  The discussion focuses on the RCMP report written by Corporal G. W. Snow.  Several citizens have sightings of the UFO and finally one night...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 12.  Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into an RCMP file from 1971.  On the night of September 19, 1971 brothers Arthur and Alex and their friend Gordon are driving north on Highway 6 near Saint Laurent, Manitoba.  They see a large UFO cross the highway in front of them.  For the next 45 minutes the UFO chases them along the side o...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 11. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into Mr. Gerald Adams  October 23/24, 1970 UFO sighting and his claims that he was within 50 feet of a humanoid in the silver uniform.  The RCMP took his statement, but never sent the report through proper channels.  Captain G. M. Winterburn of the Canadian military made an audio recording of A...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 10.  Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott dive into a case from the RCMP files that took place on the night of August 15, 1968.  On the Trans Canada Highway ex Royal Canadian Navy member Richard Skewes, his wife Ann Marie Skewes and their baby sitter Gail are driving from Truro to Springhill, Nova Scotia when they see several UFOs off to the side of t...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 9.  Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott each pick their top 5 episodes that you should listen to over the holidays.  We also pick the winner of our 2024 Christmas draw.  The winner will receive Linda Powell's biography of Major Donald Keyhoe called Against The Odds.  That person will also win The Paranormal Ranger by Stanley Milford jr.   Suppor...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 8.  Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into this year's drone flap.  What is going on?  Is it all just misidentification, pranks, psychological warfare or could it really be aliens?  This show points out to everyone it's time to take a deep breath and take a long, hard look as to where all this drone information is coming...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 7.  Host Michael Ryan interviews the President of UFOBC.  In a far ranging interview Dr. Tortorella talks about the 1970 Duncan UFO Incident and why recent claims that it was a hoax are incorrect.  Dr. Tortorella also remembers Canadian ufologist John Musgrave and the body of work that he left behind.  They also talk about a case called Cabin in the Cariboo.  A ma...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 6.  Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a look at an internal RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) document that proves that the Canadian Military had or still has a military unit that investigates UFOs.  They also look into The Putnam Incident.  Virtually unknown is the story of train Brakeman Mr. R. C. Putnam who witnessed a UFO flying along s...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 5.  Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into two separate UFO encounters by two aircraft near Gander International Airport on October 10, 1974 and October 11, 1974.  The first UFO was seen by pilot John Breen who was flying his Cessna with his passenger Janice Gould.  The UFO played cat and mouse with them for 25 minutes.  On the sec...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 4.  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.  If you would like to check out Todd's YouTube podcast F...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 3.  Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott review documents that were received from the Canadian Department of National Defence under an Access to Information Request.  Between February 12-19, 2015 the Canadian military was conducting search and rescue training on the western shore of Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Residents reported what they thought was a...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 2.  Host Michael Ryan interviews scientist Bruce Rapuano who talks about his encounters with aliens and being abducted as a child.  He also discusses his research into the 1965 blackout in the eastern U.S. and Canada.  You can purchase Bruce Rapuano's book Dominion Lost on Amazon websites around the world.   If you would like to find out more about Rod Serlin...