The Hum and the Silence, Vol. 21: The Experiences of Paul Bennet

John Tenney stops by the pod, and we ramble about the sanity of experiencers, how easy it is to feed your delusion on magical thinking, manifestation and doing magic for others instead of yourself, the contactees, the UFO grifters of past and present, and much more! The Aura Rhanes tweet Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955 by Isabel Davis and Ted Bloecher 

What's up, Patrons. I sat down with my buddy, Spencer Wirth-Davis (The What If? Podcast) to talk about David Grusch's appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience. From one man's martyrdom, to a talk about muscle cars and A.I., episode 2065 of the JRE will leave you annoyed as hell and wondering what you just listened to. Don't worry, Spencer and I have got you. From talks about alien life, to talks about muscle cars, orangutans using sticks and AI, this conversation leaves no stone unturned, dives into the "white wing" of ufology, and goes places you don't even see coming.

On this installment of OSS After Dark that is definitely NSFW, Jeff and I bring you the story of one woman's fling with a smelly alien, Claude (who would go on to found the Raelien movement) proudly showing off his baguette to anyone he could, an alien matchmaker that looked like Mega Man, and the story of Rob Krisohperson, who's sexual encounter could best be described as a "mat classic." Special thanks to Jeff Demers for putting in the time on this one. Sources: Sexual Encounters with Extraterrestrials by C.L Turnage  The World's Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries by Alva Press  The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior  Theme song: "Ufo" by Floats, available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify Logo designed by Megan Lagerberg

WARNING: Though this episode is hilariously dumb, it it most definitely NSFW Look, y'all voted for this, so you have nobody to blame but yourselves. In the first, and what I hope is the only volume of this series, we bring you three stories, about people having sex with aliens. In the first story, Susan meets a reptilian alien named Quetyl whom she falls deeply in love with only to have things end tragically.  In the second, truck driver Alvin Guerra finds himself taken on board a UFO by a group of alien women. Before long, they "reward" him with sex. And our third story is about a housewife angry and wronged by a group of aliens who had an orgy with her husband. Special thanks to Kay Gray from The Haunted Mitten Podcast for playing the part of Liberato's scorned wife. Special thanks to Jeff Demers for writing this episode. Music is from Soundstripe  Sources Sexual Encounters With Extraterrestrials by C.L. Turnage "UFO, Occupants and Sex in Colombia" by Ignacio Darnaude, Translated by Gordon Creighton, Flying Saucer Review, Vol 23, No 1, January-February 1977

“This earth is now under close surveillance and profound scrutiny by alien intelligence from distant star systems. I am NOT being silly. I know what I am saying and doing as well as you.” Norman Harrison, 1977 In the early 1970s Norman Harrison started to receive messages from extraterrestrials about such things as... earth's destruction. Were these messages the product of genuine contact, or the result of one man's struggles with life? Research on this episode was done by the great Jeff Demers Source: "A Stranger in the City" by Nigel Watson, MUFOB, New Series 14, Spring 1979  Theme song: "Ufo" by Floats, available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify Logo designed by Megan Lagerberg

Hello patrons! For this bonus episode we dive into the experiences of Vera L. Perry and Millar Faber, two strangers who experienced Bigfoot like activity in association with UFOs, unmarked helicopters, disgruntled police officers, and strange bedroom humanoids. Research for this episode was done by the great Jeff Demers Source: "The Huron Visitations: A Personal Narrative" by Miss Vera L. Perry, Awareness Vol 7 No 1 1978  Theme song: "Ufo" by Floats, available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify Logo designed by Megan Lagerberg

Look, is this project a mistake? Probably, but I will attempt to dethrone Sufjan Stevens and make this 50 states thing work! Anyway, today I bring you some really strange cases from California, including what may be the most terrifying looking UFO of all time, a case reminiscent of the film, The Fourth Kind, a mining couple plagued by a zapping UFO, and some orange stealing aliens! Sources: “Colusa (California) Close Encounter, 10 September 1976: Investigative Report, Part 1” by Brad Sparks, The APRO Bulletin, Vol 25, No 8, February 1977 “Colusa (California) Close Encounter, 10 September 1976: Investigative Report, Part 2” by Brad Sparks, The APRO Bulletin, Vol 25, No 9, March 1977 “Colusa (California) Close Encounter, 10 September 1976: Investigative Report, Part 3” by Brad Sparks, The APRO Bulletin, Vol 25, No 10, April 1977 “Colusa Report Corrections” by Staff Writer, The APRO Bulletin, Vol 26, No 1, July 1977 “The Happy Camp, California, Sightings - Part 1” by Paul Cerny, UFO Research Newsletter,  Vol 5, No 9, December 1977 - January 1978 “The Happy Camp, California, Sightings - Part 2” by Paul Cerny, UFO Research Newsletter, Vol. 5, No 10, February-March 1978 “They like Happy Camp, Part II” by Emilie A. Frank, The Dunsmuir News, September 1, 1976, Pg 3 “Focus: UFOs? You Better Believe It” by Dennis Rowedder, Daily Independent Journal, February 14, 1976, Pg. 61 “Expert: UFO was no phony” by Don West, The San Francisco Examiner, August 14, 1975 “Helen White appears on ‘Real People’” by Hazel Davis, UFO Newsclipping Service, No 126, January 1980 “The Redding, California, Mining Case” by Paul Cerny, The MUFON UFO Journal, No 125, April 1978 “A close encounter with alien claim jumpers: A dynamite tale” by Staff Writer, The San Francisco Examiner, February 5, 1978 “Humanoid Case with ‘Message’” by Richard Hall, The MUFON UFO Journal, No 143, January 1980 Theme song: "Ufo" by Floats, available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify Logo designed by Megan Lagerberg

What's up, patrons! So, I ended up getting Covid, which delayed this episode by a week, and I proudly made it through most of this episode... before coughing (don't worry I edited them all out... I think). On this installment, a Pennine Mystery Addendum, Part 2, so to speak, we look at the experiences of Paul Bennett, one of the investigators of the Alan Godfrey abduction. His story has it all folks, including giant robots, Predator-like "invisible walkers," UFOs and short shadow figures. Also, J Allen Hynek leaves a review of the podcast (didn't see that coming, did ya?) Sources: “Anatomy of a Percipient, Part 1” by Nigel Watson, MUFOB, No. 11, Summer 1978 “Anatomy of a Percipient, Part 2” by Nigel Watson, MUFOB, No. 12, Autumn 1978 Welcome UFO People Prints Are Now Available!  Theme song: "Ufo" by Floats, available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify Logo designed by Megan Lagerberg

On this installment of The Hum and the Silence Jenny Randles gets into an altercation with Peter Robertson, and we look at an article featuring a fae encounter connected to Randles' book The Pennine UFO Mystery.  Special thanks to thePelican on Twitter for pointing me towards the Randles/Rogerson commentaries. Sources: Magonia 13 1983 Magonia 14 1983 “Believing Is Seeing: A question of perception” by Janet Bord, Flying Saucer Review, V 20 N 6, November-December 1974 Theme song: "Ufo" by Floats, available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify Logo designed by Megan Lagerberg

Hello patrons! On this episode of The Hum and the Silence, we return to the pages of Canadian UFO Report to find stories of strange humanoids, flying cars, pursuing UFOs and BIGHEAD!  Sources: “Strange Sights in Yukon Sky,” Canadian UFO Report, V 1 N 1, January-February, 1969 “Roadside Visitors” and “Badland Rovers,” Canadian UFO Report, V 2 N 4, 1971 “Strange Case of ‘Flying Cars,’” Canadian UFO Report, V 2 N 4, 1971 “Star Light, Star Bright,” Canadian UFO Report, V 2 N 5, 1972-73 “Agile Humanoid,” Canadian UFO Report, V 3 N 6, 1975 “Strange Voice Heard After UFO Landing” by Graham Conway, Canadian UFO Report, V 3 N 8, Summer 1976 “Flying Alligator Skin,” Canadian UFO Report, V 4 N 6, Winter-Spring 1978 “‘Bighead’ Reported,” Canadian UFO Report, V 5 N 1, Winter, 1978-1979 “Humanoids Over West,” Canadian UFO Report, V 5 N 2, Spring, 1979 Theme song: "Ufo" by Floats, available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify Logo designed by Megan Lagerberg