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Send us Fan Mail THE FORGOTTEN UFO INVESTIGATOR: WILLIAM STEINMAN, AZTEC AND THE SECRETS OF WHITE SANDS This week’s summer rerun is a very personal episode for host Michael Ryan. Our guest is the late Dr. Frank Thayer—author, UFO researcher, professor emeritus at New Mexico State University and co-author of The Aztec UFO Incident. Long before appearing on UFO Talker, Frank was Michael’s journalism professor and mentor at Centennial College in Toronto. The lessons Frank taught him about journa...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the UFO Talker Podcast, we return to one of the most intriguing—and largely forgotten—chapters in Ontario UFO history: a series of unidentified objects reported over and around the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station during the mid-1970s. Michael Ryan examines the work of Southern Ontario UFO researcher Dennis Prophet, a former member of the Royal Air Force who became deeply involved in UFO investigation after having his own sighting in 1974. Prophet converted a...

Send us Fan Mail What Did Captain Thomas Mantell Chase? An Interview With His Grandson, Terry Mantell This week, UFO Talker returns to one of the most important—and tragic—cases from the early history of the UFO phenomenon. Originally released as Season 1, Episode 21, on January 18, 2023, this episode features an in-depth interview with Terry Mantell, grandson of Captain Thomas F. Mantell. On January 7, 1948, military personnel at Godman Army Airfield in Kentucky observed an unidentified obje...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMER “BEST OF” REPEAT SERIES Season 3, Episode 5 — Originally aired November 7, 2024 Two aircraft. Two encounters near Gander International Airport. Three experienced pilots—and an unidentified object that appeared to pace their aircraft. In this summer repeat, Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott revisit a remarkable series of UFO encounters over central Newfoundland in October 1974, documented in the files of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. On the night of Octo...

Send us Fan Mail Originally released as Season 3, Episode 17 on February 19, 2025. Three women reported seeing an enormous UFO hovering over their Calgary apartment complex on January 2, 1975. According to statements taken by the RCMP, the silent grey craft approached from the distance before stopping approximately 350 feet above them. Using the apartment building as a reference, the investigating officer estimated that the object may have measured approximately 180 feet long and 120 feet wid...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 12 — Originally Aired December 3, 2025 Why was the Canadian military so interested in a UFO sighting over the tiny hamlet of Vidora, Saskatchewan? In this episode of UFO Talker, Michael Ryan and Christine Scott examine a remarkable 1967 RCMP case involving multiple witnesses who observed two mysterious aerial objects over two separate nights. One witness reported that the brilliant orange object flew just 20 to 30 feet above the ground, appeared to pace his v...

Send us Fan Mail The UFO Case That Silenced Airline Pilots What happens when a respected airline captain publicly reports a UFO... and refuses to change his story? In this Summer "Best Of" repeat from Season 2, Episode 16, Michael Ryan and Christine Scott revisit one of the most significant—and often overlooked—cases in UFO history. On the night of February 24, 1959, Captain Peter Killian and the crew of American Airlines Flight 937 watched three mysterious objects pace their DC-6 for more th...

Send us Fan Mail Season 2, Episode 10 (Originally Released on November 8, 2023) What would you do if something enormous, silent, and impossible drifted across the night sky while you were on duty? In this Summer "Best Of" episode of UFO Talker, Michael Ryan is joined by retired Halifax Police officers Rick Prescott and Rob Furlong, who recount one of Canada's most compelling police UFO encounters. While working the night shift in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the two veteran officers observed a massi...

Send us Fan Mail This episode originally aired in Season 4, Episode 19 of the UFO Talker Podcast. In the summer of 1973, two young sisters were playing outside their family home in rural northern Maine when they looked up and saw something extraordinary—a huge, silent, saucer-shaped object hovering above them. The older sister became frightened and grabbed her younger sister, pulling her toward the house. They ran across the lawn and headed for the front porch. Then the memory stops. Thirteen...

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 With Us. Bill describes what he says began when he was just a young boy growing up in...

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 acclaimed book Non-Human. Most documentaries focus on what happened in Rendlesham Forest during the nights...

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, California, have been debated by believers, skeptics, scientists, military investigators, and...

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, and the National Research Council of Canada. According to Adams, what began as the observation of a strange object...

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 developer David Oranchak. In this episode of UFO Talker, David joins host Michael Ryan to disc...

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 by small boat near Island Lake when their quiet evening took a terrifying turn. A massive U...

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 really happened. Marianne Robb shares the story of an Arizona police office...

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 scientific and public interest in the mystery. Featuring researchers, experiencers, journalists, an...

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 from 20kms behind to underneath the warship in less than 30 seconds. At t...

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 that has been missed by the media. Author Lyn Rule has made a dramatic connect...

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 Nha Trang Air Base when a 50 foot wide UFO hovered 300 feet above the base and ...

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 Helicopter Incident which involved Captain Lawrence Coyne and his crew as they...

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 purchased on Amazon sites worldwide. Also in this episode Christine Scott reviews the Budd...

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 extraterrestrials are here now. You can purchase Bill Birnes' book that he co-wrote with Co...

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 bright object floated over them. It was an experience that they would never forg...

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 friend she seemed to disappear from the trail. She was last seen at 9:1...

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 Lyn Rule case and he explains how the case brought forward some very important scie...

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 life. Also included on this episode is Christine Scott's review of Lyn's bo...

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 about the Australian UFO Festival go here. If you would like to find out more about ...

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 hours Cst. Blackwood and a few civilians watched the craft with binoculars a...

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 feet of the craft their car stalled. If you would like to know more abo...

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 only from his documentary Archived: Australia's UFO Files, but from his personal experienc...

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 night sky. Janet and two of her friends walked to the end of shore as the U...

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 new A.I. Assistant tool that will revolutionize their reporting system. Finally she tal...

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 here. If you would like to find out more about the 38th Annual Ozark Mountain U...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 18. On this episode we get to hear Bernie O'Connor's 2008 interview with Jack Weiner. This is the first time this interview has been aired publicly. Jack Weiner is put under hypnosis and he talks about what happened to him and his brother Jim and friends Chuck Rak and Charlie Foltz during the abduction. Christine Scott also does a book review of Raymond Fowler's The Allagash Abductions. If you would like to purchase Bernie O'Connor's b...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 17. Host Michael Ryan talks to Bernie O'Connor about his new book The Official History of Official UFO Magazine and they discuss an interview that Bernie did with Jack Weiner in 2008. The interview was never aired and this will be the first time the interview has ever aired publicly. Jack Weiner along with his twin brother Jim Weiner and their friends Chuck Rak and Charlie Foltz took a canoe trip on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway in 1976.&...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 16. Happy New Year! Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott look into the dark side of UFO encounters. Taken from the pages of CUFORN's (Canadian UFO Research Network) newsletter from their July/August 1984 edition. Today's podcast is inspired by an article by Harry Tokarz: UFOs and their Physiological Effects. We take a look at several cases where witnesses had physical symptoms from their UFO encounters. If you ...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 15. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into another case taken from the files of the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). On the night of April 6, 1976 two teenage girls were sitting in a car in the parking lot of the Skyline Hotel waiting for the mother of one of the girls to get off her shift. While they were waiting they see a large UFO hover over the hotel and disappear behind the building like it was goi...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 14. Host Michael Ryan dives into a RCMP file from January 6, 1974. A person who was living in Rathwell, Manitoba saw a UFO very close to his house on the morning of January 6, 1974 and even got into his car and chased after it. It was while he was driving towards the UFO that he saw it land on the highway 244. If you would like to learn more about the SCU conference in Toronto go here. If you would like to read Maria Stromme's pa...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 13. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott look into the reporting of Quebec UFO investigator Claude Mac Duff. In 1971 Mac Duff looked into the cause of the 1971 Quebec blackouts and he came up with some very interesting information that points at UFOs as a probable cause. Also, is it possible that UFOs tripped the nuclear bomb sensors at the High Point bunkers? The same large scale electromagnetic blast that may have ...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 12. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into RCMP documents from 1967 to try and unfold the mystery of what happened on the nights of October 22nd and October 29th, 1967. On this nights at least five witnesses (possibly as many as eight) saw two UFOs that were hovering 15 feet above the highway. In documents that were uncovered we can clearly see that the Canadian military was very interested in this case. ...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 11. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott give an in depth review of the documentary Age of Disclosure. Who is behind it, who is in it and should you see it or give it a hard pass? We hold nothing back. Neil Bowman gives his eyewitness account of a large UFO that he saw in the late '70s in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Neil felt that time slowed down during the sighting. If you would like to know more about the Pittsburgh...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 10. Host Michael Ryan interviews author Keith Chester on his book Strange Company, one of the most important books written on UFOs. In part 2 of this interview, Keith Chester talks about the importance of Howard Robertson, David Griggs and Dr. Luis Alvarez. Mr. Chester points out that all of the reports that David Griggs wrote on the phenomenon have never been found. He also mentions the case of a bomber that was followed by a Foo Figh...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 9. Host Michael Ryan interviews author Keith Chester about his book Strange Company which details WWII pilot encounters with Foo Fighters/UFOs. In this sweeping interview topics that are covered in part 1 of this 2 part interview include: Chester's friendship with ufologist and WWII veteran Leonard Stringfield, dramatic and documented bomber pilot and crew sightings of objects that were ball shaped, saucer shaped, cigar shaped and many Foo Fighter...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 8. Host Michael Ryan interviews legendary ufologist Stan Gordon. During the interview Stan covers a wide range of topics that include tic tac shaped UFOs, glowing orbs that come into homes and have strange effects on people that come into contact with the orbs. EM effects and many reports of Bigfoot which may turn out to be something we just don't fully understand yet. If you would like to find out more about Stan Gordon go to his amaz...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 7. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott discuss and read several documents from the RCMP UFO files. The documents reveal that in October 1968 a part of what was called a UFO was found on frozen Wollaston Lake in Northern Saskatchewan. Photographs were taken and many experiments were preformed to find out what the metal was. In the end the documents raise more questions than they answer. If you would like to find out more a...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 6. Host Michael Ryan interviews Vietnam veteran Michael Walsh. During the war in Vietnam U.S. Marines Michael Walsh and Ken Broadbent promised each other if they made it out of Vietnam they would go on the adventure of a lifetime. In the Summer of 1971 the Marines took a canoe and spent the Summer on Reindeer Lake. Beautiful and rugged, Reindeer Lake is a very remote lake in Northern Saskatchewan. One evening as they were out on ...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 5. Host Michael Ryan interviews Dr. Richard Tortorella on several topics including: Orbs seen in British Columbia, Satellites that seem to make 90 degree right turns and instantly reverse course. He also talks about Bigfoot and former head of UFOBC Graham Conway. He also gives an update on their investigations into the British Columbia Cabin in Cariboo that was talked about in season 3. If you would like to listen to the radio broadcas...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 4. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a look at a letter that was sent to the RCMP on March, 6, 1960. The sender makes a lot of claims and gives directions to where a crashed UFO is. Deep in the woods of British Columbia. At first take it may be easy to dismiss the letter, but is there something to it? If you would like to find out more about the Lake Superior Paracon go here. If you would like to find o...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 3. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into a case that was investigated by the RCMP in 1976. At 2:55 AM on October 3, 1976 Joseph Robichaud was driving on a dark, deserted road in New Brunswick, Canada. He soon found himself being chased by a red UFO that was as large as a house. Trying to get away from the UFO he reached speeds of 115 mph. The UFO was right above his car. This is anoth...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 2. Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into the strange case of the Three Mile Lake Incident. On the evening of October 7, 1975 Robert Suffern was responding to a call from his sister that his barn might be on fire. On his way to the barn he sees a UFO hovering just above the road and almost runs into a small humanoid. In one of the strangest UFO encounters on record, Robert receives phone calls from peop...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 Episode 1. Trailer for UFO Talker Podcast. New shows begin next Wednesday on September 24th. We're back! Support the show To buy UFO Talker merchandise follow this link here. Female announcer: Joy Ryan Male announcer: Andrew Helbig The National UFO Records Center link here Christine Scott's Centennial Books 1230 Broad Street. Regina, Sask.

Send us Fan Mail Summer rerun series. From Season 3 Episode 22. In this episode that was originally aired on March 26, 2025 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...

Send us Fan Mail Summer rerun series. In an episode that originally aired December 20, 2023 host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott take a deep dive into the Killian Incident. The Killian Incident is named after American Airlines pilot Peter Killian who was Captain of flight 937 flying from Newark, New Jersey to Detroit, Michigan on the night of Tuesday, February 24, 1959. Captain Killian along with co-pilot John Dee witnessed three large UFOs flying off their left...

Send us Fan Mail Summer repeat series. Season 3 Episode 19. In this episode that originally aired on March 5, 2025 host Michael Ryan interviews Jacques Vallee. They discuss many topics including alien/human hybrids, UFOs and the Lawrence Livermore Labs. Vallee also talks about underwater UFOs and his friendship with Dr. J. Allen Hynek and Dr. James McDonald. Vallee's book Forbidden Science 6: Scattered Castles can be purchased on Amazon sites around the world. Su...

Send us Fan Mail New Show! Season 3 Episode 33. In the last new show of Season 3, Host Michael Ryan and commentator Christine Scott discuss the current state of Ufology. Is the research and investigations as good as it once was? What effect are podcast having on the search for truth? If you would like to find out more about the Michigan UFO Contact conference go here. Support the show To buy UFO Talker merchandise follow this link here. Female announcer:&nb...

Send us Fan Mail Summer rerun series. In an episode that originally aired on January 29, 2025 (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 her sighting when she was 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 75 feet above their heads. She...

Send us Fan Mail Summer repeat series. Season 3 Episode 5. From a show that originally aired on November 7, 2024 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 th...

Send us Fan Mail Summer repeat series. In an episode that originally aired on February 19, 2025 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 at about 350 feet above t...

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. There will be one more new Summer show released on Wednesday, August 20th. Support the show...

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. You can check out Todd's company Airsafe.com here. Support the show To buy UFO Talker mercha...

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 between Shannon Air Traffic Control and three passenger aircraft (British Airways...

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 second case involves a British soldier, who in 1962, saw a UFO at close...

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 of Special Investigations used drugs and intimidation during the interrogation...

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 investigation of a cold case file. Also on this episode Christine Scott reviews book No...

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 the highway. The UFO was following their car about 30 feet above the speeding ...

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 incident you can also check out the very well researched book by James Steffe...

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 Canadian ufologist Arthur Bray. Mainly forgotten now, he played an important role in Canadi...

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. Cpl. R. M. Tramley investigated this case for the RCMP. This ca...

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 motor would stop. Sgt. Cochrane talks about the case and what it was like to tr...

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 secrecy. We discuss and talk about the highlights of the interview and why Mal...

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 possibility of decoding symbols that have been written on UFOs. If you would like...

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 minutes. The UFO had the effect of killing their outboard motor. This ...

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 the Florida Everglades at night and is confronted by a UFO. He is physica...

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 RCMP. If you would like to find out more about the 2025 Skyfire Summit go h...

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 friendship with legendary APRO field investigator Richard Ruhl. He discusses...

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. This sighting was investigated by constable J. N. Holyk from the Prince ...

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 Sgt. Carl Lentowicz discuss the case from 54 years ago, Sgt. Lentowicz talks about...

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 her. Several other nurses saw the UFO also and back up Kendall's sightin...

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 Amazon sites around the world. If you would like to visit his website go...

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 of civilians from the town, the UFO had a beam of light pointed at the groun...

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 at about 350 feet above them. This case was investigated by corporal D. J. Ho...

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 Symposium go here. If you would like to find out more about the Alien Expl...

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 patrol car and the surrounding area like it was daytime. What was it? Lis...

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 10 students who see a triangle UFO come out of the Fraser River in British C...

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, Constable Baragar and Constable Martel chase the UFO for almost 3 hours and...

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 of the road. If you would like to find out more about the 2025 Shag Harb...

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 Adams' questioning session. Christine Scott's book review of Raymond E. Fowle...

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 the road. They slow down to take a better look and are shocked when they see one o...

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. Support the show To buy UFO Talker merchandise follow this link here. Female announ...

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 from. Support the show To buy UFO Talker merchandise follow this link here. Fema...

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 man recently called UFOBC and told them about an abduction that happened t...

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 side his train. Mr. Putnam reported to the RCMP and the Canadian Military ser...

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 second night the pilot and co-pilot of a Capital Airlines DC-8 was followed by a...

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 Flight Safety Detectives go here. You can also check out Todd's company Airsafe.com here. Su...

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 UFO and maybe the recovery of a crashed UFO. Do the documents clear up the c...

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 Serling visit the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation here. You can also check out the...

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 1. UFO Talker is finally back with the Season 3 trailer. Next week new shows are on the way. Support the show To buy UFO Talker merchandise follow this link here. Female announcer: Joy Ryan Male announcer: Andrew Helbig The National UFO Records Center link here Christine Scott's Centennial Books 1230 Broad Street. Regina, Sask.

Send us Fan Mail Rerun series. In this episode that originally aired on February 21, 2024 host Michael Ryan interviews author Paul Schatzkin about his biography of Thomas Townsend Brown The Man Who Mastered Gravity: A Twisted Tale of Space, Time and the Mysteries in Between. Townsend Brown was a man of mystery. Were his inventions classified? Why was he dropped behind German lines near the end of WWII? What did he know about UFOs? If you would like to buy T...