What if there's more to the UFO phenomenon than little green men? What if humanity has yet to grasp what it really means? In this episode, we peel back the familiar alien narrative to uncover stranger possibilities—psychological twists, folkloric echoes, and theories that feel more like riddles than answers. Along the way, we tell the story of the extraordinary national UFO wave of 1896–1897, when reports of mysterious airships made headlines from coast to coast and left the nation buzzing about strange visitors from outer space.
Links:
Aurora, Texas, UFO Incident
Mystery Airship
Aurora, TX, Crash 1897 (MUFON)
Sleep Paralysis and Alien Abduction Experiences – Sleep Foundation
Jacques Vallée – Wikipedia
Alien–Human Hybrid Program – The Contact Report
Aliens, Eros, and Life After Death - An Interview with Whitley Strieber
US military 'made up' UFOs to hide its advanced stealth weapons, report finds
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