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The Saucer Life is a podcast exploring the history and lore of flying saucer and UFO culture, running the gamut from Contactees to the Men In Black and from Underground Bases to Abductions.
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The Saucer Afterlife- A Second Reading from the Book of Zip-Zip
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Episode Notes It's time for more Zip-Zip! In this brief, out of context installment, the kids help Zip-Zip with some repairs and learn about infrared light. Kind of. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar:…
Episode Notes What didn't happen in the Holiday Special.... Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-saucer-life This podcast is powered by Pinecast.…
Episode Notes A conversation with Sasha Gimlinson Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-saucer-life This podcast is powered by Pinecast.…
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Holiday Hiatus Mini #3- Roberta Evangeline Straith
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Episode Notes A conversation with Roberta Evangeline Straith. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-saucer-life This podcast is powered by Pinecast.…
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Holiday Hiatus Mini #2- Sunday Saucer Supper Summary
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Episode Notes We talk to the Saucer Wife about her favorite (and least favorite) Sunday Saucer Suppers. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-saucer-life This podcast is…
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Holiday Hiatus Mini #1- Simpson J. Hanover III
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Episode Notes Our first Holiday Hiatus Mini--we talk to long-time Associate Producer, Simpson J. Hanover III. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-saucer-life This podc…
Episode Notes It's time for the annual Holiday Special and, as usual, our goal was to provide a light-hearted look at some fun, seasonal UFO and related material. We've got what can only be described as "fan fiction," we've got an examination of Bingo newspapers, we've got romance novel blurbs of questionable taste, we've got two actual UFO cases, …
Episode Notes In this Afterlife, we pick up on a little thread from our episode on The Great Debate. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-saucer-life This podcast is po…
Episode Notes It's 1987: 40 years of UFOdom, and where were they? In this episode, we look at a "debate" held on the Paranet BBS, with believers and skeptics alike.Here are the links to the full debate submissions. Note, these are plain text files, but the file extension on these is .dbt (for debate!) so your browser may melt, or something.The Grea…
Episode Notes In this Afterlife mini-episode, we take a look at a book called The Human Cougar, which we mentioned in our 70s Zine Scene episode. No flying saucers, but interesting stories! Thanks so much to the reader who gifted us this amazing tome. Support The Saucer Life! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook …
Episode Notes Please consider supporting the Anomaly Archives, who do important work in preserving our collective weird past. I'll be speaking as part of their weekend Streamathon on Saturday, December 12 (time TBA). You can check out the rest of the schedule at their website! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook…
Episode Notes In this episode we look at some of the many and not-so-varied works of "Commander X" the mysterious rogue intelligence official who shared so many secrets with us and who had absolutely no connection to Jim Keith whatsoever.The illustration from this episode is a detail from an interior plan of the Dulce underground base...The Ultimat…
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The Saucer Afterlife- The Woodrew Update Update 3
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Episode Notes It's the last of our looks at Greta Woodrew's Woodrew Update newsletter from the mid-80s. In this issue: Software! Radon! Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar…
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The Saucer Afterlife- The Woodrew Update Update 2
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Episode Notes It's another look into the world of Greta Woodrew and her Woodrew Update newsletter from the mid 80s. In this issue, odd biology, education reform, and surviving the coming (any day now!) Earth changes. Thanks again to listener Martin K. for sending these my way! Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: sauce…
Episode Notes There are few things that scream "COLD WAR MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX" louder than the RAND Corporation. In this episode, I briefly look at the history of the organization and then delve into their 1968 report "UFOs: What to Do?" "UFOs: What to Do?" at RAND Corporation, including link to a free PDF download The Rand Corporation and U…
Episode Notes We kind of missed an anniversary a few months ago... Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-saucer-life This podcast is powered by Pinecast.…
Episode Notes In this episode, we'll be looking at Dan Sherman and his book Above Black: Project Preserve Destiny, in which he tells the story of his communications with extraterrestrials as an Intuitive Communicator for the National Security Agency. There's also the most ludicrous bookselling scheme ever.A whole load of links to Dan Sherman resour…
Episode Notes This is silly, and yet here it is: a glimpse into Bill Cooper's wonderful world of militia cybersecurity, circa 1994. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the…
Episode Notes Albert Coe's The Shocking Truth is a weird little gem of a Contactee book and we take a look at it in this episode. Here is a link to a PDF version of the book, as it is nearly impossible to find! Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support …
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The Saucer Afterlife- A Reading from the Book of Zip-Zip
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Episode Notes Continuing our look at various saucer-themed kids books with the 1955's Zip-Zip and his Flying Saucer. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-saucer-life Th…
Episode Notes Thanks to a loyal listener, I have a bunch of FBI stuff about Dr. Frank E. Stranges, who we covered in our episode "A Valiant Effort." Here, we take a restrained ramble through these pages (which you can find here). Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerli…
Episode Notes Join me as I look at what the spam filter caught. It's more interesting than it sounds. Honest. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-saucer-life This podc…
Episode Notes In this installment of the Zine Scene, we're going to look at all four issues of my favorite short-lived UFO mag, Alien Worlds, published out of the UK in 2008. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, I was able to complete my collection recently, so I thought I'd share my thoughts with you. A 2006 interview with Stuart Miller by Paul…
Episode Notes So it turns out that Dana Howard mentioned Ron Ormond in one of her books. Here, we look at what that was all about. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-…
Episode Notes This is something a little different. About a month ago, Associate Producer Simpson J. Hanover III and I went on a little field trip to Hopkinsville and Kelly, Kentucky. Our mission? Basically to locate some of the places associated with the legendary goblin encounters described in our Kelly Goblinsville episode from last October. We …
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The Saucer Afterlife- The Woodrew Update Update
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Episode Notes Thanks to listener Martin K., we got our hands on a few issues of The Woodrew Update. This was the newsletter of Greta Woodrew's S.T.A.R. Foundation. In this mini episode, we look at a few goodies from the January/February 1986 edition. Highlights (that may be overselling it) include her classical music tastes, unattributed poetry, an…
Episode Notes So a while back, I got an email from a listener asking what I thought my top ten important UFO books were. Not being one to waste a good idea, I decided that instead of telling them, I'd make it into an episode. I was going to put links to purchase the books here in the show notes, but it's kind of a spoiler, isn't it? So you're on yo…
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Time Sensitive Info- Upcoming (Virtual) Appearances
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Episode Notes I've got some upcoming online presentations (which would have been in person if that was currently an option). While streaming events might not be everyone's cup of tea, they provide a great deal more access to those who can't make it to on-ground, in person events for any number of reasons. So in lieu of putting "commercials" in the …
Episode Notes I first discovered Gray Highway when working on the Ceto's New Friends episode. It's a fun road trip through UFOlogical history. Gray Highway is available cheaply on Kindle at Amazon. Used print copies seem to be priced out of the market for anyone sensible! Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife…
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Dark Skies: An Interview with Matthew Kresal
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Episode Notes It's our first interview! We're talking with Matthew Kresal, who wrote a volume on the classic 90s show Dark Skies for Obverse Books's Silver Archive range on classic cult television. Whether you're familiar with the show or now, we hope you find the interview enjoyable! Also, keep in mind that I've never interviewed anyone before... …
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The Saucer Afterlife- The Poetry of Otis T. Carr
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Episode Notes I don't know how I can make it any clearer than that. Here are few poems from Otis. Let us know which one is your favorite! Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/j…
Episode Notes The story of Wayne Aho and Otis T. Carr is one of those that we've had various requests for ever since starting the show. I think this is a super fun story and I had a lot of fun putting it together. You can find Wayne Aho's Mojave Desert Experience and Otis T. Carr's Dimensions of Mystery at Scribd. You can visit Ralph Ring's website…
Episode Notes John E.L. Tenney's new book, Theoretical Weirdo: A Mish Mash of Ramblings about Weirdness is available and it's great. In this brief Afterlife, I talk about what I like about the book. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer L…
Episode Notes It's movie review time! We're looking at two classic films that you may never have heard of (or maybe you have; I don't know, I'm not the boss of you). Supersonic Saucer is available at the Internet Archive The Bamboo Saucer is available on YouTube Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitte…
Episode Notes I plunder a folder on a hard drive called "1980s UFO Clippings." There will be more of this. Oh yes indeed. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-saucer-li…
Episode Notes A while back, we looked at Ceto's New Friends, a controversial children's book by abductee L.A. Haley. In this episode, we examine the books that came before and after, detailing her experiences with the phenomenon as well as its effect on her life and relationships. Along the way there's a significant presence of government chicanery…
Episode Notes No, not me, silly, Gordon Creighton of Flying Saucer Review. You may remember him from our 90s Magazine Mixtape episode. I'm not kidding, doing my Gordon Creighton voice is pretty tiring. Enjoy! Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support Th…
Episode Notes Sometimes plans change, and a combination of factors have necessitated me pulling out this emergency backup episode. I hope you like it--and it's better than a rerun! We have snippets from Truman Bethurum, George Adamski, and Ivan Sanderson talking about the Flatwoods Monster. I talk a bit about the clips as well, which were chosen fo…
Episode Notes Here's a fun little story from the May-June 1958 issue of Flying Saucer Review. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-saucer-life This podcast is powered b…
Episode Notes Perhaps one of the most infamous UFO books of the 1990s, in this episode we examine whether or not Leah Haley's children's book Ceto's New Friends deserves its reputation or the vitriol with which it was met upon its release. We'll also touch on the wider issue of children and UFOs--particularly a decidedly odd seminar that apparently…
Episode Notes Just a fun little bit of stuff I found concerning our old pal, convicted felon and contactee Reinhold Schmidt. Enjoy! Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the…
Episode Notes We're back to Contactees in this episode where we look at Dana Howard, whose contacts were somewhat unique but whose message was very much in line with what we've seen before. I found her story fascinating and frustrating at the same time. You can get some of Dana's books at Amazon. Warning! My copy of Diane- She Came from Venus had q…
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The Saucer Afterlife- Monsters from Outer Space?
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Episode Notes We're continuing, in our little side series here, to look at some UFO books targeted at children. Today, Monsters from Outer Space, which you will hear in its (very brief) entirety. Look here for a picture of the very haunting cover that I semi-remember from my childhood. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Websi…
Episode Notes In this episode, we begin the first in a series of occasional looks at the crossover between flying saucers and American presidential politics with a couple of updated ideas about the Obama campaign's appeal to the exopolitics crowd. Yes, it's just about the closest thing to "up to date" that we do here on the show. These ideas appear…
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The Saucer Afterlife: A Saucer Synesthisa Sleepytime Story
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Episode Notes We're returning, briefly, to Greta Woodrew, and her third book, which I've just obtained, the children's volume See the Colors! Hear the Music! You can see some pictures of the book here. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Sauce…
Episode Notes So a few months back, we encountered an ad for a flying saucer trivia game called UFOria. This episode is the result. Roberta, Sasha, Nelson, and I had fun doing this one. Maybe too much fun, but this seemed like a good week for this anomaly of an episode. I will not provide a link to buy UFOria. I don't want any of you to blame me if…
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Why do Bird(-like Aliens) Suddenly Appear?
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Episode Notes This was inspired/caused by Jordan from The Nighttime Podcast sending me a copy of Greta Woodrew's 1981 book On a Slide of Light. Used copies of Greta Woodrew's On a Slide of Light may be purchased from Amazon Woodrew's second book, Memories of Tomorrow is available from Amazon or is free to borrow from the Internet Archive. Realtors'…
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The Saucer Afterlife: The Strange but Mild Beauty of a Luminous Feeler
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Episode Notes Something that was cut from our Dan Fry episode: here is a delightful bit from We Come in Peace! A Martian Lands in Austria. I found this excerpt in an article from the BSRA. Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The Saucer Life by don…
Episode Notes So. There's been a clamoring for an episode about Contactee Daniel Fry for a long time. This is it. In the episode I go into a bit of detail about why it's taken me so long to get around to him, but one of the main reasons is that there is so much available information that it's a bit daunting (see the link below to get an idea). Hope…
Episode Notes Here's the section on Bill Cooper's interpretation of the "War of the Worlds" broadcast that I decided just didn't fit with the Radio Daze episode. Enjoy (as much as possible with Wild Bill!) Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.comTwitter: @saucerlifeInstagram: saucerlifeFacebook Support The S…
