This week I'm reading from Becky Ferreira's book 'First Contact: The Story of Our Obsession with Aliens'

A narrative and visual exploration of humanity’s age-old search for and fixation with extraterrestrials.

First Contact explores the ancient idea—and epic quest to prove—that we are not alone in the universe. Presented in a heavily illustrated cabinet of curiosities format, the book explores our fascination with aliens from early history to present day, including chapters on alien conspiracy theories, aliens in science fiction, the actual science behind our search for aliens, and what happens if and when they come…or, if we are in fact descended from them.

Each chapter is filled with bite-sized explainers and longer sections on meatier topics such as habitable zones, xenolinguistics, and UFO religions. Smaller topics include alien abductions, ancient astronauts, exodinosaurs, Project Cyclops, and the Great Moon Hoax.

Bio

Becky is a science writer based in Ithaca, New York.

She is a regular contributor to the journalist-founded site 404 Media, where she writes the weekly science newsletter the Abstract.

​She has her own newsletter, The BeX Files, which covers science, culture, and more.

I have bylines in The New York Times, WIRED, MIT Technology Review, National Geographic, Motherboard, Supercluster, and many more. I have appeared as an expert guest on the Science Channel and hosted the Motherboard video series "Space Show."

https://www.beckyferreira.com/

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https://bexfiles.ghost.io/

https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/

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My book 'Verified Near Death Exeriences' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXKRGDFP

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This week I'm talking to Allan Lavigne about his UFO experiences.

Bio

Allan Lavigne is a former investigator for the Aerial Phenomenon Research Organization from 1974-1980. He went on to a two-pronged career path spanning more than 45 years, as both a Physical Security Specialist and Intelligence Analyst in the private sector, working closely with the Joint Terrorist Task Force, FBI and Homeland Security. He is also an entertainment artist. His early work can be seen in the 1979 documentary UFOs are Real for which A.P.R.O. was the sole technical advisor.

Allan went on to create Make-up Special Effects appliances, masks, and props for NBC’s Jack Web's TV series Project UFO for two seasons.

He won the DC Comics Industry Award for his Arkham Asylum Batman costume.

In more recent years, Allan has done work for Sony Pictures on Iron Man 1 and 2, Marvel Entertainment, Disney, Lucas Films and others. There are permanent exhibits of his work at the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum, and San Diego Comic-Con Museum in San Diego's Balboa Park.

https://www.hollywooddisclosurealliance.org/allan-lavigne

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In this episode, I talk about one of Britain’s most fascinating UFO mysteries: the Berwyn Mountains UFO incident of 23 January 1974, often called the Welsh Roswell. On a cold winter night in North Wales, residents near Llandrillo and Bala reported a huge bang, a tremor, and strange lights over the Berwyn range. But what makes the case so compelling is what some witnesses said they saw on the mountain itself.

I explore the reports of a bright red light on the hillside, described by witnesses as “coal-fire red,” a “large perfect circle,” and “like a big bonfire.” Some accounts also spoke of white lights moving nearby and of the glow changing in intensity and colour. District nurse Pat Evans is closely associated with seeing a large glowing object on the mountain after driving toward the scene, believing there had been a crash. Other witnesses described the area as pulsating with strange light, adding to the enduring mystery of what happened in the Berwyns that night.

Was it a crashed UFO? A military recovery? Or something even stranger? In this episode, I focus on the witness testimony, the atmosphere of the night, and why the Berwyn Mountains incident remains a fascinating case in UK UFO history.

If you’re interested in UFO sightings in Wales, British alien encounters, classic UFO cases, and the mystery of the 1974 Berwyn Mountains UFO crash, this episode is for you.

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