For every UFO sighting reported, how many many go unreported? Even more, how many of them become classic cases that are mentioned and written about for time immemorial? This case is one that has lived in obscurity since it was first written about.  I stumbled upon it while perusing old issues of Flying Saucer Review, and I felt like I couldn’t cover it alone… so I asked my buddies, Marc Storrs and Rob Morphy from the Cryptonaut podcast (https://cryptonautpodcast.com/) to give me a hand. In the late 70s, one family from South Middleton, Massachusetts went through a series of experiences involving strange “prowlers” creeping around their property, a UFO that sat on their property for a few days, grey-like aliens, and poltergeist activity. Show notes (https://www.ourstrangeskies.com/22-the-south-middleton-humanoids-with-marc-and-rob-from-the-cryptonaut-podcast)

In 1975, over the skies of southern Manitoba, a quaint UFO would begin to make regular appearances that would last for nearly two years. Some would camp out and watch the strange red objects fly over their skies and down into Minnesota. The residents would name this UFO, Charlie Red Star, and would characterize the UFO as one that made "beer runs." Many of Manitoba's residents would claim to see Charlie numerous times. He would have encounters with pilots, with RCMP officers. He would be chased by the average citizen, and there is one dramatic encounter witnessed by some teenagers at a dam. I'm joined by Amber (https://twitter.com/AmberRae1992) & Andrew (https://twitter.com/AndrewMckay100) from the Into the Portal (https://www.intotheportal.com/) podcast to discuss one of the least talked about UFO flaps of all time, Charlie Red Star! Show notes (https://www.ourstrangeskies.com/21-charlie-red-start-with-amber-andrew-from-into-the-portal)

In February of 1978 the news in northern California was consumed by Ted Bundy’s arrest, coverage of the East Area Rapist, and Roman Polanski’s escape to France following charges of rape. There was one story, however, that took up a lot of page space in The Sacramento Bee, from February to June of that year. It’s the story of five men that went to a basketball game in Chico and never came home. The mystery of the Yuba County Five, or the boys as their parents called them: Tim Weiher, Jack Madruga, Bill Sterling, Jackie Hewitt and Gary Mathias was forgotten about for nearly 40 years, until the story was posted on Reddit in 2017 on the Unresolved Mysteries subreddit. From there, the story became an internet sensation. Podcasts far and wide have covered the topic ever since, and there has even been new information to emerge 40 years later. But the heart of the mystery still remains where it has always been: in the questions that still need answering. This week, The Our Strange Skies Podcast veers away from UFOs to discuss the ill fated journey of five men, who never came home. What led them to a rural mountain road to ultimately walk to their deaths in the frigid Sierra Nevada mountains. If you would like to contribute to the Native American Community Response Fund you can do so here (https://www.grapevine.org/c/3y6hD5/Liberated-Capital-A-Decolonizing-Wealth-Fund/home) ! Show notes (https://www.ourstrangeskies.com/the-boys-who-never-came-home-yuba-county-five)

Johnny Sands moved from Nashville to Las Vegas, Nevada in order to jump start his country music career. On the night of January 29, 1976, he was on his way home when he had a chance encounter with a pair of "enigmatic entities." (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/6515140-enigmatic-entity-black-on-black?store_id=175678)   This encounter led to an even stranger encounter with a pair of men who may have been the infamous men in black. Grab your guitar and strum along to this fascinating tale of alien contact. Show notes (https://www.ourstrangeskies.com/19-blue-diamond-road)

On this special bonus episode, I welcome author Daniel Kraus (http://www.danielkraus.com/) onto the podcast to talk about his latest novel, Bent Heavens (http://www.danielkraus.com/books/bent-heavens/) , a YA horror novel about a pair of teens that capture an alien in a trap. Daniel talks about how his childhood affected the novels he writes, an eerie experience he had in Scotland, and what the writing process is like when you're collaborating with another writer. Theme song by Big Cats (https://bigcatsbeats.com/)   Logo and Web Design by the Great Desdymona (https://desdymona.com/) Show notes (https://www.ourstrangeskies.com/bonus-interview-with-author-daniel-kraus)

The Yukon is one of the most remote places in the world. Its untouched wilderness is beautiful to behold, and it offers up some of the best hunting and fishing in the world. In September of 1987, a man using the pseudonym "Kevin" set out for the woods on a three day hunting a fishing trip. On the second day into the trip, he would have a remarkable on a dirt road with a pair of alien beings. I'm joined by Rich Hatem (https://twitter.com/RichardHatem) to discuss the baffling North Canol Road abduction.   Show notes (https://www.ourstrangeskies.com/18-the-north-canol-road-abduction-with-rich-hatem)

We're back with another Metldown. This time I'm joined by Brian Hastie (https://twitter.com/BrianHastie) from Double Density (https://www.doubledensity.net/) and The Coda: A Music Podcast (https://thecoda.fireside.fm/episodes) , Chris Cogswell (https://twitter.com/MadScientistPod) of the Mad Scientist Podcast (https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-mad-scientist-podcast) , and Spencer Wirth-Davis (https://twitter.com/BigCatsBeats) of the What If? Podcast (http://whatifpodcast.com/) to roast the 2009 pile of dumpsters, The Fourth Kind (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220198/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) .  The boys talk briefly about Brian Wilson's lost rap album, what the movie did wrong (P.S. it's most things), from the shitty plot, to the lack of character depth. Spencer roasts a blind girl, Brian goes off on the fact that there are too many sources the film uses to try to add validity to it, and Chris points to the fact that this damn film may have led to Ancient Aliens being a thing in popular culture. Theme song by Big Cats (https://bigcatsbeats.com/)   Logo and Web Design by the Great Desdymona (https://desdymona.com/) Show notes (https://www.ourstrangeskies.com/the-meltdown-v-the-fourth-kind)  

When it comes to certain UFO cases, there are images that become indelibly implanted in your head. Whether it's the Adamski style saucers or the alien beings Whitley Strieber encountered in a cabin in upstate New York (what's with all the alien shaming, Angelo?), the saucers that haunt the mind have definitive shapes. In the case of Stefan Michalak and the Falcon Lake Incident, it's a set of burns on his abdomen that became the iconic signature of this case. In May of 1967 Michalak set out for Falcon Lake to mine for silver. Instead he had a UFO encounter that lasted over 30 minutes. It ended when the UFO expelled hot gas, causing the miner to catch fire. He would stumble out of the woods and into one of the best investigated UFO cases in history. Today, I'm joined by Brian (https://twitter.com/BrianHastie) and Angelo (https://twitter.com/angelofioren) from the Double Density (https://www.doubledensity.net/) podcast to explore this incident, and whether or not a UFO farted on a man. Show notes (https://www.ourstrangeskies.com/17-the-falcon-lake-incident-with-brian-and-angelo-from-double-density)

It was an ordinary evening when Deputy Sheriff William E. McCoy, and patrol deputy Robert Goode were on routine patrol in Brazoria county, Texas. It was 11 P.M. when a dazzling set of purple and blue lights caught the two officer’s attention. The lights were coming from a craft the size of a football field. It looked to have a fuselage on one side, and looked like a giant set of wings without a fuselage. The large craft shone a brilliant purple beam down at the patrol car, and disappeared a short time later. Earlier that day deputy Goode had sustained an injury to his index finger from his pet alligator. Minutes after the encounter, the wound was miraculously healed. UFO literature is full of cases like these. In 03 - The UFO Miracle (https://www.ourstrangeskies.com/new-page-2) we detailed the story of a young girl who was cured of cancer because of the intervention of UFO occupants. Author and researcher Preston Dennett has documented 300 plus cases (https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Power-UFOs-Accounts-Extraterrestrials/dp/1792986203) of healing UFOs from across the world. In this episode we explore one of these cases. The case of Dr. X, the French physician is one that survives in the pages of Flying Saucer Review and other such periodicals, but is not widely known. We still do not know the doctor’s true identity, but his story contains a miraculous encounter with a UFO that changed his life forever. Show notes (https://www.ourstrangeskies.com/16-the-curious-case-of-dr-x-show-notes)