U.F.O.s, fairies and abductions! This week, Ross talks to Diana Walsh Pasulka, a professor of religious studies, about how a deep dive into Catholic archives led her down a path to unravel the connections between religion, extraterrestrial encounters and government secrecy.
- 01:53 - How Pasulka’s religious studies led to the U.F.O. debate
- 06:08 - Modern U.F.O. encounters and telepathic communication
- 13:29 - What are the actual beliefs of the U.F.O. community?
- 19:28 - Whistleblowers and government contradictions
- 31:35 - Angels, demons and “actual things in the sky”
- 45:38 - Disclosure
- 52:51 - “Amazing.”
(A full transcript of this episode is available on the Times website.)
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