Podcast UFO

Podcast UFO

Podcast UFO is your destination for compelling audio programs focused on UFOs, close encounters, and the people behind the phenomena. Hear firsthand accounts from eyewitnesses, insights from experts, and discussions on sightings, government secrecy, and more. Want to get involved? Visit our website to learn how to join the conversation. Starting September 2025, we’ll be streaming live on YouTube every Tuesday at 9:00 PM ET and Thursday at 8:00 PM ET. Tune in and be part of the journey!

Episodes

AudioBlog: Dr. J. Allen Hynek and the International Center for UFO Research

October 15, 2025 • 9 mins
by UFO History Buff & Author, Charles Lear In the late 1960s, Dr. J. Allen Hynek was a key figure in getting members of the scientific community to take flying saucers/UFOs seriously. He was a prominent astronomer who was involved in the mystery at the very beginning as a consultant for the Air Force’s investigation, which operated for most of its existence as Project Blue Book until its termination in 1969. He was born in Chic...
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703. Charles Lear

October 14, 2025 • 58 mins
Author, longtime UFO blogger and researcher Charles Lear joins Martin Willis to discuss his deep dive into UFO history. Lear shares how he first became fascinated by UFOs, what drives his meticulous research, and why he believes healthy skepticism keeps the field honest and grounded. Together, Martin and Charles explore some of the most intriguing historical UFO incidents, uncovering how cultural context and government attitudes sh...
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702. Joshua Bertrand

October 9, 2025 • 81 mins
Is the famous “Tic Tac” a home-grown technology? In this deep-dive, Martin Willis sits down with mathematician and technologist Joshua Bertrand to explore the cutting edge—and century-long history—of America’s lighter-than-air programs, vacuum-based aerogels, and the black-budget pathways that may intersect with the Nimitz Incident. Bertrand (B.Math, University of Waterloo; Computer Science honors; former EA/industry engineer) has ...
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701. David Marler

October 7, 2025 • 58 mins
In this exclusive interview, Martin Willis of Podcast UFO speaks with David Marler, Executive Director of the National UFO Historical Records Center (NUFOHRC). Marler has assembled one of the world’s largest collections of UFO books, case files, newspapers, recordings, and government documents—preserving over 75 years of UFO history. We’ll explore: How Marler built his vast UFO archive, The mission of the National UFO Historical Re...
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700. Jensine Andresen

October 2, 2025 • 56 mins
Join Martin Willis in a groundbreaking conversation with Jensine Andresen, PhD, a scholar whose work bridges religion, philosophy, ethics, and the mysteries of UFO/UAP and extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI). In this interview, we explore: What “Acculturation with ETI” means and why it matters for humanity’s future. How UAP and ETI discussions intersect with geopolitics, including the risks and realities tied to nuclear weapons. Wh...
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699. Nugent Cantileno

September 30, 2025 • 40 mins
In this episode, Martin Willis speaks with producer Nugent Cantileno, who shares a remarkable story from his early career as a Fox News intern in 2009. While working on an Apollo 11 documentary, Nugent accidentally came across raw NASA footage that seemed to capture something extraordinary—audio of an astronaut mentioning a UFO and visuals of a perfectly round, fast-moving object crossing Earth’s surface. Nugent describes the momen...
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AudioBlog: The 1979 UFO Case of Val Johnson

September 29, 2025 • 7 mins
by UFO History Buff & Author, Charles Lear In August 1979, a case out of Minnesota that was chock full of trace evidence, including physical effects displayed by the witness in the aftermath, was investigated by Allen Hendry for the Center for UFO Studies. The incident and the related activity are described two days afterwards in the August 29, 1979, edition of the local Warren, Minnesota, Sheaf.According to the article (page 8...
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AudioBlog Part III The Case of Piero Fortunato Zanfretta

September 28, 2025 • 8 mins
This is the last of a three-part series of blogs covering the case of an Italian security guard (with the company Val Bisagno), Piero Fortunato Zanfretta, who reported a number of encounters with UFOs and their occupants.  After the first incident, he described in conscious recall being confronted by “an enormous green, ugly and frightful creature, with undulating skin, no less than ten feet tall.” Under hypnosis the story came out...
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AudioBlog: PART II: The Case of Piero Fortunato Zanfretta

September 28, 2025 • 8 mins
In the last blog, we looked at the first two UFO and occupant encounters reported by Italian security guard Piero Fortunato Zanfretta. The case was investigated by the Carabinieri (Italian Military Police) and evidence was found in the form of possible landing traces in the first and second instances with the addition of huge footprints in the second. In conscious recall, Zanfretta described encountering “an enormous green, ugly an...
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AudioBlog: The Case of Piero Fortunato Zanfretta

September 28, 2025 • 7 mins
In the last couple of blogs, we looked at the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena 1978 UFO Chronology, which was unusual for the large number of humanoid reports with space suits, helmets and antennas in the descriptions. We also noted that there seemed to have been a flap in Italy in December and that one case listed that month is worthy of individual attention. The principal witness/experiencer was Piero Fortuna...
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AudioBlog: Conscious Recall vs Hypnotic Regression

September 26, 2025 • 8 mins
It has been determined by many researchers in the scientific community that during hypnosis, false memories are very likely to be generated, and distinguishing them from real memories is difficult, if not impossible without some means of confirmation. This is, for instance, the conclusion of a report for the U.S. Department of Justice by Martin T. Orne et al. titled “Hypnotically Refreshed Testimony: Enhanced Memory or Tampering wi...
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698. Travis Walton 50th Anniversary

September 25, 2025 • 56 mins
Coming up on the 50th anniversary of his November 5, 1975 encounter, Travis Walton joins host Martin Willis to reflect on five decades of scrutiny, support, and unanswered questions—and to preview the Skyfire Summit in Sedona, Arizona, October 17–20, 2025. We discuss the original events in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, the aftermath for the logging crew, polygraph tests and media storms, evolving interpretations over the y...
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697. UFO Disclosure & AI Future: Dean Alioto Steps In for Tim Ventura

September 18, 2025 • 56 mins
Tim Ventura was unable to make our live show, but filmmaker Dean Alioto stepped in at the last minute. He discussed AI and the future of film and music, then turned to UFO disclosure — covering the September 9 Congressional Hearing witnesses, the video evidence presented, additional testimony, and what it all means for disclosure and beyond. 

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696. Australia’s Leading Ufologist | Bill Chalker

September 16, 2025 • 40 mins
Note: Power outage and phone issue, but still worth a listen) In this episode, Martin Willis welcomes one of Australia’s leading ufologists, Bill Chalker. Bill has been investigating UFOs for over five decades, beginning with the remarkable wave of sightings near his hometown of Grafton, New South Wales in the late 1960s. With a science background in chemistry and mathematics, Bill brings a rigorous analytical approach to the UFO m...
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AudioBlog: Night of the Saucers, Trancas, Argentina, 1963

September 14, 2025 • 12 mins
Many people who have more than a passing interest in the UFO subject might be aware that the scene in Steven Spielberg’s 1977 movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, where several UFOs go speeding by the main character’s stalled car, followed by police cars in hot pursuit, was based on a real case. This was the 1966 incident where police officers Dale Spaur and Wilbur “Barney” Neff reportedly chased a single UFO at high speed ac...
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695. Katie Paige & Tony Angiola | Snippy the Horse & Mystery Ranch

September 11, 2025 • 56 mins
Katie Paige – author, researcher, and leading voice on high strangeness – joins Martin Willis to discuss her groundbreaking work at Rocky Mountain Ranch Research L.L.C., founded in 2024. This historic Colorado property, once known as Clearview Ranch, is one of the most active and well-documented anomalous hotspots in the United States, with a legacy dating back to the mid-1970s and featured in books, documentaries, and popular seri...
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694. UAP Hearing, UFOs & Flight 21 with Dave Scott

September 9, 2025 • 69 mins
Martin Willis welcomes Dave Scott, host of Spaced Out Radio, for a powerful discussion that connects today’s UAP transparency efforts with one of Canada’s most enduring mysteries. We begin with coverage of the U.S. House hearing “Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection”, held on September 9, 2025. This landmark event put UFOs and whistleblower protections at the forefront of public debate, signa...
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693. Marc D'Antonio | 3I/Atlas Truths & Myths

September 4, 2025 • 107 mins
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we had to reschedule guests this week.  Astronomer Marc D’Antonio joins Martin Willis on Podcast UFO to clear up the confusion about the mysterious interstellar object 3i/ATLAS. Many so-called “images” floating around online are nothing more than science fiction art or clips taken from Star Trek. Marc sets the record straight with the real science behind this rare visitor from outside our solar syst...
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AudioBlog: A 1981 Report of an Ohio Family (Part One)

September 4, 2025 • 9 mins
In 1981, there was a highly strange report out of Ohio that involved UFOs, Bigfoot-type creatures, and “black forms,” all of which reportedly besieged a family in Ohio during the months of June and July. Reports of Bigfoot-type creatures and UFOs being seen in the same area at or near the same time are not all that unusual, particularly in the area around Chestnut Ridge in next-door Pennsylvania, focused on by researcher Stan Gordo...
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AudioBlog- Part 2 A 1981 Report of an Ohio Family

September 4, 2025 • 9 mins
A highly strange report out of Ohio that involved UFOs, Bigfoot-type creatures, and “black forms,” all of which reportedly besieged the family of “Robert S.” in Ohio during the months of June and July in 1981. The principal investigator was Dennis Pilichis, who self-published a booklet in 1982 titled, Night Siege: The Northern Ohio UFO-Creature Invasion. The witnesses, Robert S. and his sons, reportedly shot at “black forms” and ha...
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