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Past Programs

George Knapp

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

 

 

"Hunt for the Skinwalker"

 

Since he first covered stories about the goings-on at Area 51 in 1989, George Knapp has been fearless in going where the news was—even though his willingness to explore UFO subjects has earned him ridicule from some of his mainstream media colleagues. Engineer Bob Lazar chose to reveal what he claimed to know about back-engineering of alien space vehicles to George, who treated the story like any other newsworthy topic—with journalistic integrity.

Most recently, with co-author Colm Kelleher, George penned the riveting book, Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Utah Ranch. Long kept under wraps, the strange events witnessed at a family’s ranch, later purchased by millionaire Bob Bigelow for scientific study, include everything from cattle mutilations, mysterious creatures and UFOs. Now George will share with MUFONOC some of what he learned during his investigation of the “Skinwalker” Ranch.

George Knapp is a 14-time Emmy Award-winning journalist whose reporting on Nevada’s infamous Area 51 military base was selected by UPI as Best Individual Achievement by a Reporter (1989). Other awards include the Associated Press’s Mark Twain Award for news writing and the Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting. George is an anchor and reporter for the CBS affiliate KLAS-TV in Las Vegas and he also writes a weekly column for a Las Vegas newspaper.

 

 

 

 

Richard M. Dolan

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

 

“UFOs and the National Security State”

Richard M. Dolan was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1962. He holds an MA in history from the University of Rochester and a Certificate in Political Theory from Oxford University. He was also a Rhodes Scholar finalist. Prior to his interest in anomalous phenomena, Dolan studied U.S. Cold War strategy, Soviet history, and international diplomacy.

 In 2000, he published a 500-page study, UFOs and the National Security State. This is the first volume of a two-part historical narrative of the national security dimensions of the UFO phenomena from 1941 to 1973. The Book includes records from more than fifty military bases relating to violations of sensitive airspace by unknown objects, demonstrating that the U.S. military has taken the topic of UFOs very seriously indeed.

Apollo 14 astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell called Dolan’s book “monumental,” while Dr. Hal Puthoff, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin, declared it to be “a must-read for serious students in the field.”

Dolan believes recovered alien technology is in the possession of powerful private multinational interests, who may also be pulling the strings of the U.S. government and other governments across the world. He speculates that former President George H. W. Bush  may have knowledge about UFOs. However, he believes most government officials do not. According to Dolan, responsibility for “the UFO problem” was formally removed from the Office of the President in 1969. Dolan believes that multinational corporations have subverted our traditional constitutional government in order to protect the knowledge they’ve acquired about UFOs and alien technology. Such technology includes fiber optics, lasers and integrated circuit chips.

Dolan will tell us about media control and self-censorship of information about UFOs, governmental black budget spending and how elaborate cover-stories  about UFOs have been maintained for so long. Dolan has appeared on numerous television documentaries for the History Channel, Sci Fi Channel, as well as the BBC and European networks. He appears regularly on radio stations throughout the U.S., including Coast to Coast. In 2006, he hosted a six-episode series, Sci Fi Investigates, produced by NBC for the Sci Fi Channel. Dolan has published numerous articles on anomalous phenomena, science and the intelligence community.

Richard Dolan is currently busy researching and writing the second volume of UFOs and the National Security State. He lives with his family in Rochester, New York.    website: www.keyholepublishing.com

 

 

 

Lloyd Pye

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

"The Starchild Skull"

Lloyd Pye is an author, researcher, and lecturer in the field of alternative knowledge. He calls on over 30 years of experience to write and speak about the origins of life, human origins, Hominoids (bigfoot, sasquatch, yeti, and others), and the work of Zechara Sitchin. This broad base of knowledge makes him one of the world's leading proponents of the Intervention Theory of origins, which stands in sharp contrast to Darwinism, Creationism, and Intelligent Design. His classic book about these subjects, Everything You Know Is Wrong -- Origins of Life and Humans, came out of his researches into these subjects. 

Lloyd is an articulate, consistently engaging guest on television, and on radio shows like Coast to Coast and Jeff Rense. His verbal skills and gift for platform presentations combined to vault him from obscurity in late 1997 to being well-established in alternative knowledge circles by late 1998. That reputation brought him to the attention of a Texas couple that had recently acquired a normal human skull and one that looked as if it could fit inside the head of a prototype “Grey” alien. The couple asked Lloyd to take the unusual skull and have it scientifically evaluated.

Thinking he knew something about science and scientists, Lloyd estimated the testing could be completed within six months. And it might have been. However, he soon learned that scientists protect their paradigms every bit as ferociously as religious zealots. It’s been over EIGHT YEARS since the Starchild skull was made public, yet the test results are still not completed. Please visit www.starchildproject.com for two slideshows about this fascinating artifact. 

 Lloyd Pye has written a new book about his eight years of struggle to get  the skull scientifically tested to establish beyond dispute the precise genetic heritage of both of its parents. So far, extensive testing indicates that its mother was a normal human but its father was, in all probability, something other than entirely human. Lloyd will update us on his latest evidence and the conclusions that led him to write his newest book,  The Starchild Skull -- Genetic Enigma or Human-Alien Hybrid?

 

 

 

David Hatcher Childress

Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2008

 

"Atlantis, Megaliths, Tesla and Extraterrestrial Archeology"

Maverick archaeologist and adventurer David Hatcher Childress is a prolific author of books on many subjects: lost cities, vimana aircraft, Tesla Technology Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact and Atlantis. Born in 1957 in France and raised in Colorado, Childress began traveling the world at nineteen to pursue his archeological interests. He is perhaps best known for an 8-volume series of books called “Lost Cities and Ancient Mysteries”, which chronicles his explorations along with legends from forgotten civilizations. He is also the author of “Anti-Gravity and the World Grid” and “Extraterrestrial Archaeology”. His latest book is called “The Mystery of the Olmecs”.

 

Childress founded Adventures Unlimited Press to publish both his own works & those of other authors who write about ancient civilizations and little-known technologies. He is co-founder of the World Explorers Club, a group of like-minded adventurers and researchers into alternative subjects. Childress has appeared on many television shows such as “Sightings” and served as an expert consultant for tv productions on subjects like the Knights Templar and the Bermuda Triangle. His style is an entertaining blend of esoteric details recovered from dusty archives, cultural anthropology 101 and stories brought back from his own travels far afield. His talk will give us some insights into what the ancients, and the ETs, have to teach us.

 

 

 

 

George L.

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008

 

“The Alien Mind”

George L. is a writer and investigative researcher living in Davis, California. After studying U.S. History in graduate school, he traveled the world and worked as a freelance reporter and essayist. Author of books on various topics, his latest book, Alien Mind--A Primer, quotes human contactees and informative aliens in a startling new exploration of the thoughts and assumptions of our extraterrestrial neighbors. It can be found online at www.alienmindbook.org

George’s book is a compilation & analysis of various sources of information on aliens. Done in the manner of Jim Marrs, it is enhanced by L.’s knowledge of science and astrophysics, and informed by his own interactions with aliens. These telepathic encounters began in 1995 and eventually involved communication with extremely ancient & advanced beings that George calls “hyperversals.” Highly capable intellectually, George L. is in a unique position to provide an informed overview of this subject. His powerpoint presentation will address the aliens’ concerns about “universal ecology” and their propensity for group think, along with some glimpses into what he is working on next. This will be an extraordinary meeting, so be there or be square!

 

 

 

Art Campbell

Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008

 

Eisenhower's Secret Trip to Holloman Air Force Base to View ET Craft

Art has gone beyond field research into the San Augustin crash and begun a groundbreaking exploration of the possible role of President Eisenhower in the UFO phenomenon.

The year was 1955. Gasoline was 23 cents a gallon, the minimum wage was 75 cents and President Eisenhower was in the third year of his first term. The world was poised on the brink of international crisis: Eisenhower had just threatened the Red Chinese that if they invaded Formosa (Taiwan), they would face the threat of nuclear war. Our allies were concerned and angry, and the Russians were ready to test their first megaton H-bomb. With all this international tension, what did the leader of the free world do? He went bird hunting in Georgia!

At least, that was the cover story. What really happened was something else entirely, something involving off-world national security issues. Through diligent research, Art Campbell has tracked down eye-witnesses who support the claim that Eisenhower actually detoured to New Mexico’s Holloman Air Force Base to view extraterrestrial craft. Art will be showing us footage from interviews with these witnesses.

Was it a coincidence that on the day of Eisenhower’s visit, the base radar was shut down and two UFOs were seen flying into the base at low altitude? Nuclear Physicist Stanton Friedman claims this veteran researcher “has an exciting story to tell.” You’ll want to be there to hear Art’s information on this new case!

 BIO

Art Campbell has been interested in UFO research since the 1950s. He was an early NICAP investigator in the 1950s in Kansas City, Missouri, where he worked with Donald Keyhoe. In 1994, with a map from a rancher, he visited the site on the Plains of San Augustin, New Mexico, 165 miles west of Roswell, where some believe a UFO crashed in July, 1947. There he found a phenomenal amount of physical material. He subsequently had it scientifically analyzed and was able to identify seven kinds of unusual foil containing high levels of silicon, iron and manganese which were unknown to the foil industry at that time. Much of this compelling research was documented in Art’s book, UFO Crash at San Augustin. In 1958, Art met President Harry Truman, and Donald Keyhoe's subsequent letter to President Truman on this topic is quoted in the beginning of his book.

Art has lectured for many UFO groups throughout the years, and has been a featured guest on dozens of radio shows. Besides being a published author, Art is a Navy veteran who had a productive career as a teacher and school administrator. Now retired, Art and his wife live in Medford, Oregon. Art’s website is < www.ufocrashbook.com >

 

 

 

Eye Witness Accounts from Our Members

Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007

 

Eye Witness Accounts from Our Members

This program will feature our members talking about their own experiences. Some preliminary titles include: “My Personal Experiences”, “Seeing Is Believing”, “A Life-changing Complete Alien Abduction Experience”, “Personal Recollections since Age 4”, “My Three own Personal Experiences”, “My 1965 Daylight Sighting” and “A Close Encounter while in the Navy”. The talks will last 10, 15 or 20 minutes, depending on content, including Q&A.

Each talk will be timed to ensure smooth flow. Each person will relate a specific first-hand encounter they have had either seeing a UFO or interacting with aliens. This has the potential to be one of the best meetings of the year!

 

 

 

Steven Greer MD   

Saturday, Nov 10, 2007

 

" ET DISCLOSURE UPDATE!!! "

Steven M.Greer MD, the well-known founder and director of The Disclosure Project (www.DisclosureProject.org) worked tirelessly to expose the inner workings of the Shadow Government, which has hidden the truth about UFOs, Extraterrestrial Civilizations and related energy and propulsion systems. He will be speaking about his experiences doing this and more in Costa Mesa on Saturday, November 10 at 7pm.

Steven Greer gave up a lucrative career as an emergency room physician to pursue the Disclosure Project. As Director of the Project, he brought together a battery of high-quality witnesses, many of them military personnel, to brief Congress on the reality of UFOs and ETs. Greer’s tell-all memoir, "Hidden Truth Forbidden Knowledge" recounts years of high-level meetings with over 450 military and government-connected insiders and whistle-blowers, including briefings with U.S. Senators, senior UN officials and other governmental officials, including former CIA Director James Woolsey. After Dr. Greer began his efforts to enable disclosure, shadowy figures began to harass, and ultimately murder, members of his team  including a former CIA Director who was offering to help disclose the truth to the world.

In his talk, Greer will give us an in-depth look at what he has found out about ET intelligence--from the secrecy issues to his personal experiences with CSETI teams in the field, including a number of personal stories of his adventures as Director of the Disclosure Project. He will also discuss his campaign to find and implement new hi-tech energy solutions to meet human needs in a time of record high oil prices and dwindling supplies.

Greer will also speak about his own experiences with ETs, which began at an early age. He has had numerous Close Encounters of the 5th Kind, i.e., contacts with ETs that were self-initiated. In 1990, Greer started the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, a nonprofit scientific research and educational organization dedicated to the furtherance of our understanding of extraterrestrial intelligence. During CSETI field trips and trainings, relatively large groups have also had CE-5s.

Dr. Greer says of his book, “Essentially, this is my own personal Disclosure. It is about what I have experienced, on earth, in space and in cosmic consciousness--and my vision of where Earth should be headed at this pivotal time in our history.

The lecture will begin at 7pm, followed by Q&A and book signing. Join us for this intriguing evening with Dr. Greer!

 

 

 

Derrel Sims   

Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007

 

Alien Hunter!!!

Derrel has pursued this subject with a passion since his first “alien encounter” occurred and was consciously remembered at the age of four when “someone” from perhaps another dimension, took interest in this young boy.  Those first memories are not pleasant ones and Derrel now hunts the entities who once hunted him, his son, and now perhaps someone you know or love. 

Who knows better how to do this hunt than the prey of these experiences?

He believes that life must be lived to more than existence and that within each of us are experiences waiting as a part of our own inner guidance to be used to complete the purpose they came for; to be more fully who we are.

Derrel has extensive training and experience in Investigative Approaches as well as Therapeutic Interventions. This allows him to select the right approach for the individual. He applies this knowledge with a well- developed sense of humor; a compassionate approach and the intuition needed to be a good therapist. 

Derrel Sims is a Registered Hypnotic Anesthesiologist, Certified Master Hypnotherapist, Certified Master Neurolinguistic Practitioner, International Speaker,  Licensed Private Investigator and Researcher of Alleged Human/Alien Encounters.   His discoveries of the alleged alien implantation (Circa 1960) and Fluorescence (Circa 1992) found on abductees due to contact by the alien entities are but two finds that his Medical/Scientific Dream Team explores.   His presentations have been to the Medical and Scientific conferences to show compelling approaches to about alleged human/alien contact events.

His discoveries of the alleged alien implantation (Circa 1960) and Fluorescence (Circa 1992) found on abductees due to contact by the alien entities are but two finds that his Medical/Scientific Dream Team explores.   His presentations have been to the Medical and Scientific conferences to show compelling approaches to about alleged human/alien contact events.

 

 

Micheal Schratt   

Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007

 

"THAT'S CLASSIFIED" (USAF secrets revealed)

Michael Schratt  presented a fully illustrated PowerPoint presentation specifically focusing in on USAF classified aircraft and "special access programs". Topics to be covered: Lockheed M-151 (TAV), TR-3A Black Manta, "The Pumkinseed", TR-3B Astra, The real F-19, "Super STOL", "Project Silverbug", USAF jet disc program, Senior Peg, A-12 Avenger II, "The Fluxliner", Boeing Phantom Works "Bird of Prey", Rockwell FV-12, Convair "Project Fish", electro-gravitic propulsion systems.

Michael Schratt (private pilot/military aerospace historian), currently works as an aerospace draftsman near Chicago. Michael has lectured across the country on the unique subject of "Mystery Aircraft", and classified propulsion systems buried deep within the military industrial complex. A recent guest speaker at the “OSHKOSH” AirVenture 2006 event, (world’s largest air show), Michael has developed a number of contacts which have had first hand experience dealing classified “black programs”, including former USAF pilots, retired Naval personnel, and aerospace engineers that have maintained a TOP SECRET Q “MAJIC” clearance. 

 

 

 

Dr. Bob Wood   

Wednesday August 15, 2007

 

“Alien Viruses and Leaked Documents”

Two fictional stories, “The Wars of the Worlds” and “The Andromeda Strain”, link the topic of alien viruses with epidemics, a genuine concern of our space program from the beginning. Dr. Wood, long-time researcher and UFO leaked document examiner,  identified some cases of apparent death caused by exposure to aliens. Working with Nick Redfern and a former Soviet scientist, he will relate cases and concerns about the spread and control of alien pathogens in several countries, and sketch the inevitable linkage with biological warfare issues. The possible relationships to cattle mutilations and mad cow disease will be explored, together with discussion of prions as epidemic sources.

Come hear an advanced version of his upcoming book on this topic!

Dr. Wood, long-time researcher and leaked UFO document examiner, also talked about the answers to the following questions: How have fictional stories controlled US Government UFO policy toward aliens? Which leaked documents describe the deaths of our personnel? What did some aliens look like in 1954 documentation? If aliens wanted to kill us, how would they do it?  What quarantine authority does the US Dept of Health have today? How deeply are US covert forces involved in cattle abductions? Why are cattle being abducted? Would alien viruses be used in bio warfare today? Will the study of retroviruses lead to a cure for AIDS?

Do not miss this thought-provoking talk by one of our own scientists!

Dr. Robert M. Wood has a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Ph.D. in physics from Cornell. In addition to his impressive education, he has 43-years of career experience at McDonnell Douglas where he was in charge of managing research and development projects. He has been investigating UFOs for over thirty years. Dr. Wood is uniquely qualified to provide credible analysis about the nature of the UFO reality. He began reconstructing the (MAJIC) Special Operations Manual in 1995. As an Executive producer of The Secret, he has continued to study, write, and lecture about UFOs and government documents. Dr. Robert Wood has over 20 external publications and is currently an integral part of Wood & Wood Enterprises.

 

 

 

e  Jim Sparks   

Wednesday,July 18, 2007

 

“From Resistance to Cooperation with the Keepers”

Abductee Jim Sparks is one of the most intriguing voices on the UFO scene today. His book, The Keepers, relates his experiences with a variety of alien entities over an eighteen year period. The book features an Introduction by America’s pre-eminent abduction researcher, the late Dr. John Mack. Sparks has an unprecedented 90% recall rate for his abduction experiences, with no reliance on hypnosis. Art Bell called his marathon radio interview with Sparks in December of 2006, “ Clearly the best abductee interview we’ve ever done.”

Sparks was leading a normal life as a successful and happily married business executive when his life was turned upside down by his abduction experiences. Initially very fearful and angry, he did everything in his power to resist and thwart the efforts of his captors. As things progressed, however, Sparks’ attitude toward the aliens deepened in complexity as he underwent training in ET symbol recognition and went through exercises designed to enhance his ability to communicate telepathically. Over time, Sparks relationship with the aliens relaxed somewhat, as began to better understand the purpose of their visits here and their intentions toward humanity. During this riveting talk, Jim Sparks will tell you about his epic journey and the nature of the Keepers’ message for us.

Biographical Information

Born in 1954, Jim Sparks spent his early years in Florida. He studied real estate at a community college there and after that, began working for a major condominium firm. In 1979, his company transferred him to Houston, Texas. After 12 year, he went out on his own and started his own company, J&J Properties, a natural land development company that operated mostly in North Carolina. A conservationist at heart, he made efforts to remove as few trees as possible from the land used in his development projects.

At 34 years old, Sparks’ relatively mundane life was changed forever when he began having encounters with otherworldly beings in 1988. At first, he thought these unexplained incidents were simply very vivid dreams. After eighteen years of interaction with these beings, Sparks’ attitude has changed from one of resistance to one of cooperation. He feels it is important for him to share his experiences with others. Now 53, Jim Sparks lives in Las Vegas, Nevada where until recently, he ran a debt consolidation company. Like many of us, he’s concerned about the declining health of the planet. His favorite environmental campaign is work being done by the Nature Conservancy to preserve critical rainforest in the Atlantic Forest region of South America.

 

Links for Further Investigations

 

www.jim-sparks.com

 

“The Keepers”  Publisher

http://www.5thworld.com/

 

Linda Moulton Howe Interview

 http://www.esolibris.com/articles/ufo/meeting_aliens_01.php

 

Dr. John Mack website

http://www.johnemackinstitute.org/center/center_news.asp?id=309

Interviews with Art Bell-12/9/2006 & 2/25/2007

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/

 

 

 

Paul Stonehill   

Wednesday,June 20, 2007

 

UFO's

Paul Stonehill was just eight years old when he met the retired pilot who would change his life. While flying over the Russian arctic, the pilot told Stonehill he had seen a disk-shaped craft following his plane so closely that his crew opened fire. Intrigued, the youngster began a lifelong quest to learn about UFOs, especially those sighted over his homeland of Kiev. After emigrating to the United States as a teen, Stonehill kept in touch with other Russians interested in the Soviet-banned study of UFOlogy by smuggling messages through friends. Now a 34-year-old executive and naturalized U.S.citizen, Stonehill says his networking has put him in touch with scientists, military personnel, and UFO witnesses and investigators all over the former USSR. In fact, thanks to glasnost and his recently established Russian UFOlogy Research Center in Tarzana, California, Stonehill now openly acts as liaison between UFOlogy contacts in Russia and the new Commonwealth of Independent States and counterparts in the United States. "I want to provide Americans with a true picture of UFOlogy in the former Soviet Union," Stonehill comments, "and I want to help my Russian colleagues discern between tabloid UFOlogy and serious research." 

Toward that end, Stonehill reviews hundreds of Russian UFO cases a year,calling some 60 percent "genuine, backed by witnesses and hard facts." In fact, piecing together information from his Russian contacts, Stonehill says he's come up with evidence that UFOlogy was a focus of the former Soviet regime. For instance, when a large UFO allegedly plummeted to Earth outside the city of Omsk in the late 1980s,the military reportedly moved the wreckage to Moscow. "Soviet academics have confirmed that it was taken to five secret state research sites," Stonehill insists. "My sources say the Soviet government conducted secret research based on the technology devised from this crash." Based on research by underground Soviet UFOlogists such as Anatoly Cistratav, Stonehill now also suspects there must have been some joint U.S.-Soviet programs aimed at developing the so-called Star Wars technology. 

Meanwhile, when it comes to fostering communication between Russian and American UFOlogists, Stonehill isn't alone. Former NASA experimental psychologist Richard Haines of Los Altos, California, recently founded the Joint USA-CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) Aerial Anomaly Federation. The Federation, including more than 160 groups throughout the United States and the former Soviet Union, will sponsor yearly meetings, translate UFO documents, and encourage collaborative scientific research into UFOs. Haines is also studying the difference between alien abductions reported in the United States and the former USSR. After hypnotizing a number of Russians in their native language, Haines has concluded that the "stories are basically the same over there, except that Russians tend to describe aliens taller than those in the West." 

James Oberg, an expert on the Soviet space program and pundit on the UFO scene in the former USSR, however, takes a dim view of UFOlogy as practiced in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. "They're often weirder than the weirdest American group," he comments, "because they've been living in an information vacuum for so long." Stonehill, predictably, disagrees. Russian UFOlogists need help, not criticism, he states. A case in point: Russian researchers don't even have access to equipment for analyzing a film purported to depict a UFO hovering near Odessa last year. "Russian UFOlogists need state-of-the-art research tools," Stonehill concludes. "They need more visits from their Western colleagues and fewer debunkers on their backs."

 

 

e   SNick Begich   

Wednesday,May 16, 2007

 

MIND CONTROL: A BRAVE  NEW WORLD OR HUMAN ENHANCING!!!

Manipulation of the mind, emotions and physical health of people through new applied technologies continues to draw the attention of military planners around the world. Best selling author and lecture, Dr. Nick Begich will present the most startling advances in this area of technology for both military and private sector uses. The presentation will provide in depth information, demonstrations, background and forecasts of development of these areas of science as they affect our society and individual freedom. Enhancing human performance or controlling human outcomes will be the challenge of the century raising serious questions on the ethics of the science of mind control. Control of the human mind by external means is now a reality – how we use this technology is the next challenge for this generation.

Bio

Nick Begich is the eldest son of the late United States Congressman from Alaska, Nick Begich Sr., and political activist Pegge Begich. He is well known in Alaska for his own political activities. He was twice elected President of both the Alaska Federation of Teachers and the Anchorage Council of Education. He has been pursuing independent research in the sciences and politics for most of his adult life. Begich received his doctorate in traditional medicine from The Open International University for Complementary Medicines in November, 1994. He is the Chairman of Earthpulse Press Incorporated, a research, publishing and consulting organization

 

 

Don Ledger   

THE SHAG HARBOR INCIDENT!!!

Don Ledger is a writer and the author of 3 books. His most recent book is "Dark Object", co-authored with Chris Styles, deals with the crash of a UFO into the water off of Shag Harbour , Nova Scotia on October 4, 1967. Mr. Ledger's other two books are, "Swissair Down", which dealt with the crash of Swissair Flight 111 in September of 1998 and "The Maritime UFO Files", a compendium of 145 UFO reports from the 1930s to the present day on the east coast of Canada.

Don is a regular contributor to the Toronto based radio show "Strange Days Indeed", hosted by Errol Bruce-Knapp. He has been involved in half a dozen television documentaries dealing with both the Shag Harbour Incident and UFOs in general, as well as numerous radio shows in both Canada and the United States. He has been an active UFO investigator for over 10 years.

Recently he became the Canadian Technical Affiliate for NARCAP-the National Aviation Reporting Center for Anomalous Phenomena based in the United States.

Don is a pilot and works as a television producer for the Province of Nova Scotia. He currently resides in Bedford, Nova Scotia.

(from Halifax International UFO Symposium)

Don Ledger's website: http://www.donledger.com/ 

 

 

Trevor James Constable   

UFO'S AND INVISIBILITY...THE TECHNICAL CORE OF THE MYSTERY!!!

When Trevor James Constable wrote in his 1957 book, that most UFOs are invisible, he was shunned by ufologists no less by the general public.. That was the time of UFO names like George Adamski, Dan Fry and George Van Tassel - fifty years ago. Trevor based his claim of UFO invisibility on a couple of years of photographic research using INFRARED film in ordinary cameras. Infrared film records light that you cannot see with your unaided physical sight. Working only with a single associate, the late Dr. James O. Woods, together they compiled an amazing gallery of photographs of invisible objects. These were photos of two basic kinds: living organisms and electrically-propelled craft. Trevor advanced the startling theory that both the "critters" and the craft were driven or propelled by the animating life energy. This did not go down well with the ufologists, who were not comfortable with his conclusion the UFOs were part of an invisible, parallel world. to our own...

Barred from the UFO lecture circuit, because he was not willing to subscribe to the notion, 50 years ago, that UFOs were ships from other planets, with men in them, Trevor left the UFO field and took up the engineering of weather, using the late Dr. Wilhelm Reich's famous "cloud buster" invention. In a 26 year  career in the U.S. Merchant Marine as a Radio Electronics Officer. He explored and also greatly modified Dr. Reich's cloud buster. By 1994 he had carried this work into an effective airborne modality and formed a Singapore company for its world expansion.

The fifty years that have passed since his original discoveries, have seen an enormous expansion of science and space technology.  Men have walked on the moon. Yet still, Trevor James Constable hold that most UFO's are invisible. Over whelming government-obtained evidence released into the public domain, now confirms this fact. Even today, it is startling to be compelled, by NASA video, to accept that fifty years ago, in a bold leap into the future-on a research budget of $200 a month-Trevor pointed the way to world science in confronting the UFO  incursion. Most UFOs  are invisible.

Tonight, you can not only see some of Trevor's photos from that long-ago, you can also see the beyond doubt that UFOs come from and return to an invisible state. Maybe this will turn your approach to ufology into new channels.

 

 

eMarsha Adams

HOW DO YOU KNOW IT’S A UFO?

You see a light in the sky.  Is it a star, an airplane, a military flare, or a bona fide UFO?  Marsha Adams, president of the International Earthlight Alliance,  will show you methods to determine if your sighting is truly anomalous.  Adams has done field research for more than a decade taking photographs and geophysical measurements in areas where “earthlights” occur, at sacred sites in the American Southwest, Norway, Scotland and England.  (Earthlights are balls of light that arise spontaneously over the ground. Earthlights are often mistakenly classified as craft). 

Both earthlight researchers and UFOlogists encounter the same challenges determining the validity of their sightings. In order to ensure time is spent studying valid sightings, it is necessary to be your own harsh skeptic.  Although many sightings appear exotic, a very high percentage of sightings are natural or man-made artifacts such as weather phenomenon, aircraft, car headlights, house lights, lens flares, dust particles, and pranks.  Adams will help you recognize these by showing pictures from her data base of numerous “look alike” artifacts and controls.  She will discuss techniques for differentiating true “unknowns” from known artifacts including the now popular “orbs” appearing in digital camera pictures.  She will also show pictures of earthlights she has photographed in the US and Europe.

Occasionally during her expeditions, Adams has photographed unexplained glowing objects that appear to be craft, but do not match known artifacts or aircraft profiles. She will show pictures of  an object on the ground in the Southern Arizona desert.  It was videotaped simultaneously for several minutes in both optical and infrared until it disappeared on camera.  You will be perplexed by what else it does.

 

 

eNancy Talbott

Evidence and other Indications that Crop Circles, UFO,s & Other " Anomalous Phenomena" are Related? 

President of the BLT Research Team Inc., Nancy Talbott will sum up the scientific results of 15 years examination of plants and soils at crop circle sites, and discuss the concepts these facts suggest.  She will then discuss the possibility, based both on plant and soil results and on experiential evidence, that many so-called "paranormal"  and UFO events are in fact related--both to each other and to what we currently call "consciousness."  Many examples taken from her previous, and just completed, field-trips to Europe will be presented, including stunning material from France ( incredible UFO photos) and Holland.

Bio:

Growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, Nancy studied psychology at John Hopkins University and worked as a Research Analyst at the University of Maryland and at Harvard College. Upon discovering the crop circle phenomenon in 1991, she teamed up with Michigan biophysicist Wm. C. Levengood and NYC's John Burke until 2001, organizing  and funding an international crop circle research effort based upon Levengood's laboratory analysis. In 1999 she incorporated BLT Research Team Inc. as a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation in order to expand the scientific inquiry utilizing a financial donation from Laurance Rockefeller.  With this funding she was able to expand the scope of the scientific effort, and the BLT Research Team now includes professional consultants from multiple disciplines. Having many personal unexplained experiences & scientific investigative training, Nancy brings a unique perspective to the crop circle  & paranormal mystery.

 

 

eJoe Burkes

“Report from the Contact Underground”

Dr. Burkes reported on the ongoing amazing encounters occurring within the contact movement. Describing the work of contactee  groups like Mission Rama and Dr. Steven Greer's CSETI, Joseph Burkes MD will emphasize the importance of meditation to interact with non-human intelligence of a presumed ET nature.

The Virtual Experience Hypothesis was  discussed. This radical paradigm proposes that much contact is the result of advanced psi-technology simulating actual experience in human subjects. This mechanism of contact if operational has enormous implications for terrestrial civilization. Check his website for more information at : http://www.contactunderground.com

Dr. Joseph Burkes was born in New York in 1949. After attending UCLA as an undergraduate, in 1976 he received his MD degree from Tufts University in Boston. Since 1979 he has been a staff physician for a large HMO in Southern California. His area of specialization is general internal medicine. Dr Burkes has worked in primary care, geriatrics, occupational medicine and in the emergency room department of his medical group.

Dr. Burkes has participated in a number of peace and social justice movements of the last century. During the 1960's he was a student activist working to end the war in Vietnam. The follow decade as a young doctor he served as an organizer and medical consultant to the Los Angeles Committee on Occupational Safety and Health. That group was part of a nation wide coalition of health and legal professionals who labored to make the American workplace safer. In the 1980's he was a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR). Its educational campaign focused on ending the nuclear arms race. In the Los Angeles chapter of PSR Dr. Burkes served as head of Speaker Training and co-produced the physicians radio show, "Prescription for Survival." He briefly served on the national board of Directors of PSR. During the cold war he traveled to the former Soviet Union four times as part of the umbrella organization international Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. This group received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for its educational campaign to warn world citizens and governments of the growing dangers of the nuclear arms race.

In May of 1992, less than a year after the fall of the Soviet Union Dr. Burkes met fellow ER physician Dr. Steven Greer. For the next five years Dr. Burkes was closely associated with Dr. Greer's Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI). This research organization studied the UFO phenomenon by directly attempting to interact with an extraterrestrial intelligence presumably responsible for the appearance of some UFOs. CSETI under Dr. Greer's leadership devised a set of contact protocols that allowed field investigators to carry out real-time research of the flying saucer phenomenon. On Dr. Burkes' first fieldwork session, with multiple other witnesses present, he observed anomalous nocturnal light that fulfilled his definition of a UFO. Human initiated contact with the presumed intelligence responsible for UFOs is designated by CSETI as a Close Encounter of the Fifth Kind(CE-5). The CSETI project facilitating these encounters has been called the CE-5 Initiative. In August of 1992 Dr. Burkes was named as Los Angeles Working Group Coordinator for the CE-5 Initiative. He held this CSETI post till 1998. In the course of his contact work Dr. Burkes reports witnessing multiple CE-5s in the US, Mexico and England. 

Dr. Burkes views his work with the contact movement as an extension of his past efforts, to establish peace and social justice. If the ET Hypothesis is correct, as CSETI maintains, and non-human intelligence of an Extraterrestrial nature is present on our planet, than a citizens' diplomatic movement will be required to promote peaceful contact with our newly found neighbors.

In 1998 as the result of family and professional responsibilities, Dr. Burkes resigned form his leadership position in the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence. He continues to be of interested in the UFO phenomenon and the need to further peaceful contacts with the non-human intelligence presumably responsible for it.

Dr. Burkes has been married to Yeal Bentovim since 1975. They have two adult offspring, Julia and Jonathan Burkes. The Burkes enjoy the company of 2 dogs. Yogi and Masha, their cat Ricky and a 96 year old desert tortoise called Moishe.

 

 

eEd Sherwood

UFOs over Santa Monica, California!!!

Ed Sherwood provided the latest photos and reports of numerous recent and significant reports from Santa Monica. 

 

Since early childhood Ed has experienced first hand a wide range of parapsychological phenomena, including: clairvoyance, telepathy, precognition, Out of body experiences, remote viewing, psychokinesis, materialization, perception of auras, spirits, and psychic healing. He has also experienced extraterrestrial contact, and could be described as a 'Close Encounter" experiencer of the 'Fifth' Kind. In 1990 Ed began to conduct Crop Circle fieldwork with other known researchers, assisting in surveillance operations and experiments psychically. Come and hear the latest from Ed!

 

Ed is an Internationally known English ‘UFO experiencer’, ‘Crop Circle’ researcher, and psychic. As an International speaker, writer, and researcher of Crop Circles, Ed has studied the subject since 1984, and personally experienced most aspects of the non-manmade phenomenon, including more than 100 ‘anomalous aerial object’ sightings; numerous psycho-interactive and psycho-kinetic events; unusual acoustic, magnetic, and ion effects; plant anomalies, and more inside and near many crop circle sites.

Since early childhood Ed has experienced first hand a wide range of parapsychological phenomena, including: clairvoyance, telepathy, precognition, ‘Out of body’ experiences, remote viewing, psychokinesis, materialization, perception of auras, spirits, and psychic healing. He has also experienced ‘Extraterrestrial’ contact, and could be described as a ‘Close Encounter’ experiencer of the ‘First’ to the ‘Fifth’ Kind’.

In 1990 Ed began to conduct Crop Circle fieldwork  alongside other known UFO/Crop Circle researchers, assisting their surveillance operations and experiments in a psychic capacity. Notable examples he has been peripherally, and directly involved in include: "Operation Blackbird" in 1990, coordinated by Colin Andrews; "Operation Starlight", a ‘CSETI’ experiment (including a crop circle design that was visualized, and later discovered in a wheat field!) coordinated by Dr Steven Greer in 1992, and a similar experiment in 1993; and Andrew Collins "Orgone Project" in 1994.

 

 

Ryan Wood

Majic Eyes Only: Earth's Encounters with Extraterrestrial Technology!!!

Majic Eyes Only represents the last ten years of research by Ryan Wood and the Majestic Documents Investigation Team into the military and intelligence communities' paper trail of UFO classified documents, which tell the clear stories of numerous UFO crashes and subsequent retrievals by elite special operations teams. At the heart of this talk are the 75 cases of UFO of crash retrievals and subsequent military cover-up of tangible physical and cultural evidence in the form of documents, craft wreckage, alien bodies, and damaging witnesses. The cases vary in quality, depth, and sophistication but the audience will come away with new insight, novel information, and a clear perspective that there are many UFO crashes before and after Roswell that are in many ways stronger cases then the famous Roswell events.

Born in Maryland in 1955, Ryan S. Wood first became interested in UFOs when his father, Dr. Robert Wood, was engaged in deciphering the physics of UFOs while managing a research project on anti-gravity for McDonnell Douglas. Ryan is now regarded as a leading authority on the Top Secret classified Majestic-12 intelligence documents and the 1941 Cape Girardeau, Missouri UFO Crash.

A frequent lecturer on the UFO subject, Ryan has taught college courses and made numerous presentations about UFOs to civic organizations and at ufology conferences. He has organized three worldwide UFO crash retrieval symposia  and once presented a UFO lecture to a class on National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School that formed the basis of the final exam. He manages the content of Majestic Documents website along with his father  was the executive producer of a television documentary on the authenticity of the Majestic-12 documents called The Secret.

 

 

Greg Bishop

Paul Bennewitz , National Security & The UFO Myth!

The extremes of wide-eyed belief and closed-minded debunkery has fascinated Greg ever since 1991, when he co-founded a magazine called The Excluded Middle, which was a journal of UFOs, conspiracy research, psychedelia and new science (now online at www.excludedmiddle.com ). Wake Up Down There!, a collection of articles from the magazine, was published in 2000. His newest book, Weird California, was released by Sterling Publishers and Barnes & Noble in 2005. For two years, (until it was shut down by the FCC) Greg hosted The Hungry Ghost, a radio show of interviews and music airing on a pirate FM station in Los Angeles. His current show, Radio Misterioso can be heard on Sundays from 8-10 PM PST at www.killradio.org. Interviews with fringe-topic researchers and weird music are the usual fare.

PROJECT BETA: HOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CREATED AN ALIEN INVASION Greg Bishop will be speaking on his research into the story of electrical physicist Paul Bennewitz, who thought he had stumbled onto evidence of an alien invasion, but in the process was directing attention to secret projects at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico in the early 1980s. The Bennewitz episode provided the blueprint for wild UFO conspiracy tales for the next 20 years or more, and a warning to researchers not to confuse the authority of the messenger with the truth of the message. Wild alien stories cooked up by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations that were fed to Bennewitz, and which began as a simple counterintelligence operation, backfired and led to renewed calls for disclosure of government UFO secrecy. The strangest part of the story is that Bennewitz actually had stumbled onto strange lights and signals that were part of the vast black budget projects that were going on at Kirtland—projects sponsored by the Air Force, Defense Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency.

 

 

Frank Feschino

The Night They Were Here -- The Flatwoods Monster Incident!

Feschino opens up his presentation by speaking about his involvement in the 1952, Flatwoods Monster case. The audience will then see a documentary produced by the author which he narrates. During his research Feschino recorded rare eyewitness testimonies and the many on-site locations involved in the story.

The never before seen eyewitness interviews and location footage are balanced with Feschino's full color Illustrations as he takes the audience on a step-by-step adventure into the story.

Nuclear Physicist and Ufologist Stanton T. Friedman who worked with Feschino and wrote the foreword, and epilog for his book "The Braxton County Monster" makes a guest appearance in this documentary. 

Upon graduation from high school, Frank Feschino Jr. was accepted to Paier School of Art, a private college in Hamden Connecticut. His major field of study was Commercial Art, specialized in Illustration, with a minor in Advertising. Along with these studies, he also studied Photography. After completing a four year program, he received an Art’s Diploma in 1981. After graduation, he worked as an illustrator and assisted in his father’s business.

In the early 1990’s, Feschino became involved in UFO and Crop Circle research in West Virginia. He frequently visited a relative’s farm located in Braxton County, where Crop Circles appeared over night and UFO sightings were frequent. This is when Feschino learned about the 1952 “Braxton County Monster” Incident, which occurred in Flatwoods, near his cousin’s farm. In 1991, he contacted MUFON and was granted a meeting with Crop Circle enthusiast, Colin Andrews. Shortly afterward, Feschino met with MUFON representatives and Colin Andrews and supplied him with his West Virginia UFO and Crop Circle documentation. He continued to collaborate with Andrews about the ongoing anomalies occurring in Braxton County but Frank’s curiosity with the Flatwoods Incident proved to be his calling. He began to investigate this 1952 incident at a deeper level and devoted all of his time to it. Feschino moved to Florida to further his education. In 1993, he enrolled in Phillip’s JR College and studied film and video production. He continued to travel to West Virginia during his schooling but was now armed with camera operation knowledge as well as interviewing and scriptwriting skills. It was during Frank’s two-year training program that the Braxton County Monster evolved into a production project. He combined his strong Art background together with his video production and scriptwriting skills; his story began to take shape.

After graduating from Phillip’s JR College, Feschino began to travel more and expanded his research throughout the eastern United States, continually gathering more information. His investigation gained the attention of television and radio psychic, Gary Spivey. Frank voiced nearly 50 radio shows in Florida discussing the subject of UFOs and his West Virginia research. He made several guest appearances in the Tampa area at conventions and then expanded his radio audience into the Atlanta area as well as the Baltimore area. Meanwhile, Frank was working on his video documentary and piecing it together from his script when he simultaneously began writing a book. This hectic schedule put a temporary end to his public appearances and he again concentrated solely on his book project. After going into seclusion for the next few years, Frank finished his book. In addition to his book manuscript, he also illustrated it with over 40 paintings and drawings as well as hundreds of accompanying photographs. In October of 2001, Frank Feschino JR went public again after his four-year absence. This time he went public in Flatwoods West Virginia as a guest of the town’s mayor. Frank appeared at the Flatwoods Fall Festival with special guests, witnesses Fred and Kathleen May, who made a very rare public appearance. This public appearance marked and celebrated the 49th Anniversary of the Flatwoods Monster Incident. Frank informed several hundred curious visitors who came to Flatwoods inquiring about the story, that a book would soon be made available. Feschino’s dedication and devotion to this story has gained the trust of those involved in this incident to only speak with him and no one else.

Several other key witnesses involved directly with this incident that were interviewed by Feschino have since passed away during the past ten years. Although they are no longer with us, Feschino has their interviews and testimonies on video and audiotape. Frank Feschino JR holds the key to unlocking the truth and the ability to make the public aware of what actually occurred on September 12, 1952.

 

 

   William Henry

STARGATE OF THE GODS!

 

Does ancient art portray extraterrestrials traveling in stargates and wormholes rather than UFO's? In this lavishly illustrated talk investigative mythologist and author William Henry (guest host of Whitley Strieber's "Dreamland" radio show), takes us on a fantistic journey into his latest research concerning the stargates of the gods. Come prepared to explore the most cryptic symbols found in the Sumerian, Egyptian and Mayan artwork and symbolism to reveal their shared ideal - the phenomenal gate to heaven. Then, he compares these images of the scientific and spiritual revolution that is transforming our world.

 

Some of his published works include:

 

         Clock of the Illuminati: Secrets

         Transformations

         Crossing the Stargate(2003)

         The Illuminator: Mary Magdalene

         Solomon's Key

         The Lost Secret of the Templars(2005)

         The Healing Sun Code: Signs

         Symbols

         The Rebirth of 2012(2003)

 

In his temple-quests in Egypt, France, Scotland and America William has uncovered a visual code in ancient art left by beings who came from the light of the vast cosmic ocean. He is in broad agreement with the theory that humanity once possessed a high level of spiritual technology incomprehensible until the present day and that by reclaiming this knowledge we will graduate to cosmic citizenry.

 

 

William Henry is an investigative mythologist and author. His mythological specialty is the Ladder to God (Scala Dei in Latin) which has been featured in myths and scriptures since the beginning of time. In his books William interprets these stories of the Ladder to God on six different levels: the historical, the cosmological, the symbolic/metaphorical, the mythological/allegorical, the anatomical, and the technological.

William's mission is to seek and bring forth this ladder's mysteries. Welcome to an investigation into the blackest secret of all. You are about to experience a secret that has been handed down for millennia. A creation of wise beings who called themselves Shining Ones, who hailed from Planet X, and carried the creation across the darkness of the cosmic ocean.

William parlayed his intuitive understanding and undergraduate study into a position as special projects researcher at the Subliminal Research Foundation in Albuquerque, NM. There, working with a team of psychiatrists and psychologists, he developed self-help technologies. He produced "Bright Images" subliminal tapes and holds a trademark for "Make-up for the Mind," a pioneering self-image enhancement product for women.

Beginning in 1992 with "Junior Cosmic Egg," the story of a cosmic egg named Junior who grows up to become his own universe, William launched a writing and speaking career. Junior won rave reviews and William gained national exposure speaking on "Kids and the New Consciousness" and "Psychic Power between Parent and Child." He gave parents a chance, many for the first time, to tell of their children's secret interactions with angels and other higher dimensional beings.

Since 1992, William has focused on interpreting ancient myths and spiritual mysteries that relate to the empowerment of the human soul. His extensive data base of Egyptian, Sumerian symbolism and mythology enable him to detect the startling ways history is repeating itself today. He regularly appears on radio programs and lectures internationally. He has inspired millions with his interpretations of ancient mysteries, edgy science and the prophecies of the new millennium.

 

   Glenn Steckling

Flying Saucers, "Still Serious Business...

 

For those familiar with Frank Edward's exceptional 1966 book, Flying Saucers-Serious Business, Glenn Steckling, Director of the George Adamski Foundation, discusses this subject with equal seriousness and reverence for its intricate and real history.

The Steckling family brings to this subject over 40 years of information and personal experience pertaining to the existence of UFOs and extraterrestrial visitations. Mr. Steckling's father, the late Fred Steckling, was a close friend and coworker of George Adamski, considered by some THE Pioneer in the UFO field. Due to his association and materials inherited from Adamski, Fred Steckling was privileged to accept invitations to address a panel of 22 scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Center, Col. Freeman and his staff at the Pentagon, and a Select Committee of Britain's House of Lords. Fred Steckling and his son, also participated in numerous lecture tours, TV and radio broadcasts worldwide, and some of the research of his second book published in 1983, We Discovered Alien Bases on the Moon, was updated and expanded by Glenn in 1997. Often replicated but never thoroughly duplicated since, this work helped define lunar anomaly investigation and publications in this field.

Supported with extensive archival data and materials collected since 1947, including original NASA photographs, a variety of slides and motion picture footage, Glenn Steckling, also a professional aviator for over 25 years, focuses on reminding the public about the "tangible proof" behind one of the greatest subjects of our times

 

   Bruce Maccabee

Bruce Maccabee  presented his best and most interesting UFO analysis cases.

Bruce spent his early year in Rutland, Vt. After high school he studied physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass (B.S. in physics) and then at The American University, Washington, DC (M.S. and Ph. D. in physics). 

In 1972 commenced his long career at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, presently headquartered at Dahlgren, Virginia. He has worked on optical data processing, generation of underwater sound with lasers and various aspects of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) using high power lasers. Bruce Maccabee has been active in UFO research since late 1960s when he joined the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) and was active in research and investigation for NICAP until its demise in 1980. He became a member of MUFON in 1975 and was subequently appointed to the position of state Director for Maryland, a position he still holds. In 1979 he was instrumental in establishing the Fund for UFO Research and was the chairman for the about 13 years. He presently