Released: 11 November 2020 Duration: 60 minutes Lots of cases to discuss! The API team is joined by two new members, Molly and Dan. Paul goes into detail on a dazzling Ohio sighting with terrific night vision camera footage, and talks about a recently reported 2014 close encounter experienced by a woman in San Francisco. Marsha presents cases in TN and GA that COULD be drones, but may be true unknowns. She also highlights the issue of hyper-sensitivity to UFO sightings by some Witnesses. Paul and Marsha discuss a case in Estonia, new Investigator Molly talks about her first case, and the team ruminates on a brief blue flash seen in the sky near Tokyo bay. Links: Case 20-030 Lakeview, OH Footage on API Case Files YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7wVeAM50tY Case 20-023 San Francisco, CA: https://myufowebsite.com/2019/05/27/august-30-2014/ Case 20-038 (Estonia): Full image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jqKDupx94QMclBRKIThYkwlSY_51d28N/view?usp=sharing Zoomed image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kIMJE1ipW8aBRAMi_H95uh3N--u82I7L/view?usp=sharing   Credits:  Host and Producer: Marsha Barnhart Contributors: Molly, Dan, Paul Postproduction: Paul Carr Episode 16 Music: Devildog by Ergo Phizmiz:  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5427375/ Extrapolation by Scott Buckley https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/ Translucent Heart by Rain Sleep https://freemusicarchive.org/curator/Creative_Commons Close to the Distance by Scott Holmes https://www.scottholmesmusic.com/ Biggie by Biggie https://freemusicarchive.org/curator/Creative_Commons Enclosed by Ketsa: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/ BoxCat Games:  https://soundcloud.com/search?q=Box%20Cat%20Games Alien Chronicler:  https://soundcloud.com/search?q=Alien%20Chronicler D J Spooky: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/DJ_Spooky/none_given_1098/14_-_DJ_Spooky_-_Check_Your_Math

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Episode 16 - Lights, Camera, Action!

Recorded: 25 March 2020 Released: 26 March 2020 Duration: 69 minutes, 36 seconds A conversation with UFO blogger and researcher Curt Collins of the blog Blue Blurry Lines. Recently, together with Roger Glassel, Curt has published research into the complicated and ethically thorny relationship between the government's AAWSAP program, Bigelow Aerospace, and MUFON. Links: Blue Blurry Lines Tim McMillan: Inside the Pentagon's Secret UFO Program The Pentagon UFO Program's Secret Partner Breaking the Silence: AATIP's Secret Partner Speaks Keith Basterfield: AATIP or AAWSA Paul Dean: The Advanced Aerospace Weapon Systems Application Program Conversation with Simone Mendez The Carpenter Affair Tyler Rogoway: Tom DeLonge’s Origin Story For To The Stars Academy Describes A Government UFO Info Operation Bigelow Aerospace Lays off All Employees   The Cash-Landrum UFO Case Document Collection   The Roswell Slides Research Group   Host script Report Your UFO sighting Contact API   Credits: Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky

Conversation 18 - Curt Collins

Recorded: 24 January2020 Released: 2 February 2019 Duration: 51 minutes, 27 seconds   Following up on Part 1, Paul Carr and Eric Wojciechowski talk about cyborgs, ageing, self-driving cars, uncanny valleys, narrow vs. general AI, Elon Musk, Shazam, drug dealers, Henry Rollins in Iran, Charlie Hebdo, future fiction plans, Tolkien, virtual conferences, surprising endings to novels, and much more.   Links Eric's Amazon Page Freedom Cocktail Eric on Twitter Jesus and Mo The Postman Always Rings Twice   Credits Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky, George Hrab

Conversation 17 - Eric Wojciechowski, part 2

Recorded: 24 January 2020 Released: 25 January 2020 Duration: 52 minutes, 45 seconds   Part 1 of Paul Carr's lightly edited conversation with author Eric Wojciechowski. We discuss virtual UFO conferences, Eric's early fascination with the Ancient Astronaut theories of Zecharia Sitchin, his difficult choices in writing Chasing Disclosure, sleep paralysis and false memories, a shadow person experience, artificial intelligence, and much more. Eric Wojciechowski lives with his wife and two children in Livonia, Michigan. Usually writing essays and articles in politics, religion, pseudoscience and Woo-Woo. Lover of all things Fortean. Some non-fiction work can be seen at Skeptical Inquirer, Skeptic magazine, American Atheists magazine and Free Inquiry magazine. Also writes on politics at the blog, Freedom Cocktail. Links:  Eric's Amazon Page Freedom Cocktail Eric on Twitter Elizabeth Loftus on Mick West's podcast Credits: Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky

API Conversation #16 - Eric Wojciechowski, Part 1

Released: 15 December 2019 Duration: 80 minutes, 3 seconds Marsha Barnhart deep-dives into a just-closed case in Medina, Ohio of a large V-shaped low-flying craft. Upon closer examination, the Witness in this case displayed common characteristics found in other “high strangeness” witnesses. Paul Carr discusses his presentation at this year’s Mysteries of Space and Sky Conference held in Gambrills, MD November 9th. Savannah Dollison conducted research into psychological barriers that explain why UFO and anomalous experience witnesses are often reluctant to report sightings. For detailed show notes and other information, please apicasefiles.com Links Case 19-0011 Medina, OH Other Witness reports to NUFORC http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/148/S148501.html http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/148/S148576.html Paul's visual aids for Mysteries of Space and Sky talk Savannah Dollison’s Research into Witness Psychology UFO Sightings Are at Record Heights Chris Rutkowski Sharon Hill Crime Reporting and Victim Psychology:   Mark Rodeghier   The script for this Episode API General Links Report Your UFO Sighting API's Video Series Our Investigations Page Credits: Producer and Host: Marsha Barnhart Postproduction: Paul Carr Art: Mel

Episode 15 - Can I Get a Witness?

Released: 20 January 2019 Duration: 65 minutes   A silent, truck-sized sphere zips past a startled Englishman; common tricks of the mind MAY explain weird creatures; API Training and Public Outreach videos await you at our website! Two recently closed Case Files are discussed: Marsha Barnhart presents an investigation that included an interesting early morning encounter in Suffolk, England, and Savannah Dollison dissects a case that proved both elusive and illusionary. Plus, Paul Carr outlines the array of training videos and public outreach informational videos now available on our website. Links: Case 18-023 Suffolk, England Rendelsheim Forest UFO Incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident EMP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse   Case 18-027 Pensacola, Florida Pareidolia and Apophenia http://59ways.blogspot.com/2012/01/apophenia-and-pareidolia_09.html API's Information API YouTube Videos The Supplemental Questionnaire Supplemental Questionnaire Training Video API Website Make a UFO Report API Investigations Page Credits: Producer and host: Marsha Barnhart Post production: Paul Carr Episode 14 Music Frequency Decree: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frequency_Decree/ Bio Unit: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bio_Unit/Content/Bio_Unit Blue Sky Black Death: https://bandcamp.com/search?q=blue%20Sky%20black%20Death Jahzzar: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/ BoxCat Games:  https://soundcloud.com/search?q=Box%20Cat%20Games Alien Chronicler:  https://soundcloud.com/search?q=Alien%20Chronicler D J Spooky: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/DJ_Spooky/none_given_1098/14_-_DJ_Spooky_-_Check_Your_Math   API Case Files and API Conversations are released under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

Episode 14 - An English Orb and Who Are These People?

Recorded: 13 January 2019 Released: 13 January 2019 Duration: 54 minutes, 49 seconds   Kenny Biddle has investigated hauntings, cryptids, and UFOs for years, and has solved many of these cases. He is persistent, patient, and creative, just like any good field investigator. We talked about some of the principles he applies to his work and he gives some examples, from ghosts to Elvis Presley. These principles apply broadly to solving any mystery. Our topics included EVP, photography, and serial experiencers.   Links: Kenny Biddle's YouTube Channel Kenny Biddle on Facebook   Report a UFO Sighting Our subreddit Our Facebook Group Follow us on Twitter Credits: Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky   API Case Files and API Conversations are released under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-alike license.  

Conversation 15 - Kenny Biddle and Solving Mysteries

Recorded: 24 November 2018 Released: 3 December 2018 Duration: 70 minutes, 1 second While researching his book, the Justin reached out to Marsha in an attempt to get detailed information on API case 12-001. The Witness in this case was the night manager at a hotel on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. On October 14, 2008, both he and the hotel night time security manager were outside talking when they saw a large Triangular UFO rise up from the Horseshoe Falls and silently glide over them. The most unusual aspect of the case occurred in the early afternoon of May 10th 2009 when two men dressed in black came to the hotel looking for the Manager. Hotel Lobby Security cameras captured a short video snippet of these two men. This footage, made available during the original investigation, is perhaps the ONLY known case of genuine MIB captured on video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xwUUlQMkOE Justin has written the most complete accounting of this case covering not only the original UFO sighting and the accounts supplied by the hotel employees who interacted with the men in black, but also in-depth information gathered directly from the Witness detailing a long series of unusual paranormal and anomalous experiences. And this fascinating story is but one in a book filled with unusual and provocative true, first-hand accounts of weirdness. During this podcast, Marsha and the author discuss his book, The Spectrum, and examine a wide range of topics encompassing UFO’s, anomalies, and paranormal experiences. Justin works in Marketing and Design and lives in the Philadelphia area. He writes a blog and maintains a website, Normal Paranormal. About Justin Bamforth: https://gilbertspeaks.wordpress.com/2018/08/29/gilbert-speaks-an-interview-with-author-justin-bamforth-on-the-spectrum/ Book Info: https://www.amazon.com/Spectrum-Glimpses-Paranormal-Encounters-Strange/dp/173265400X http://normalparanormal.org/ Normal Paranormal: http://normalparanormal.org/author/normalparanormal/   Other Links: API Website: http://aerial-phenomenon.org/ Report a UFO: http://reportaufo.org API Case Files/API Conversations: http://apicasefiles.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apicasefiles   Credits: Host and Producer: Marsha Barnhart Postproduction: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky/Check Your Math: Quincas Moreira/Trapped   The spoken content of API Conversations is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike 4.0 license, as is the music heard during this program.

Conversation 14 - Justin Bamforth

  Recorded: 19 September 2018 Released: 22 September 2018 Duration:55 minutes 14 seconds   Paul Carr welcomes Simone Mendez, whose contact with what appeared to be an official document detailing detection of extraterrestrial spacecraft by the US Government when she was in the US Air Force caused her several months of grief and resulted in the loss of her Top Secret security clearance.  Here we give Ms. Mendez a chance to tell her story and set the record straight. Her story  turns out to have many unanswered questions. Links: The Greys have Been Framed, by Jack Brewer Conversation 12 with Jack Brewer Project Beta, by Greg Bishop Nevada Test and Training Range The Falcon and the Snowman UFO Coverup Live (1988)   Credits: Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: Josh Lippe and the Overtimers and DJ Spooky   Simone Mendez when in the Air Force

Conversation 13 - Simone Mendez

Recorded: 8 August 2018 Released: 8 August 2018 Duration: 57 minutes, 58 seconds   Host Paul Carr welcomes author and blogger Jack Brewer to talk about everything except alien abductions and Gene Steinberg. In particular, we talk about the recent developments in the UFO field and concerns about disinformation. We also briefly discuss MK-ULTRA and the possible murder of bioweapons expert Frank Olson. Links The UFO Trail blog The Greys Have Been Framed UFO Misinformation Keith Basterfield's Blog To the Stars Academy The Original Tic Tac UFO Video Strike Fight Commander Details Incredible UFO Event Wormwood The Men Who Stare at Goats Credits Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky   API Case Files and API Conversations are released under the Creative Common Attribution Share-Alike license.    

Conversation 12 - Jack Brewer

Released: 15 July 2018 Duration: 1 hour, 41 seconds Host and Producer Marsha Barnhart welcomes API investigators Paul Carr and Savannah Dollison. The three cover a few of their recent investigations in-depth during a round-table discussion. They examine sightings in New Jersey, New York, Utah and Georgia, which covered the gamut from overhead "fly-by's" to unnerving close encounters! What do photos and videos of Unidentified Aerial Objects add to the tangibility of “evidence” within the UFO research field? In fact, what IS “evidence” and what IS "proof"? Paul looks at these issues in episode 10 of his Unidentified Science series. erratum: AP i sno longer using the "director" e-mail address. instead use "UFO", or send via encrypted protonmail.com using the address "Reportaufo". Links Stellar Scintillation API Website Make a UFO Report API Investigations Page API YouTube Channel "director" e-mail retired.   Credits: host and Producer: Marsha Barnhart Postproduction: Paul Carr Episode 13 Music Ergo Phizmiz The Gagarin Project:  Suduaya Broke For Free All India Radio: BoxCat Games:  Alien Chronicler  D J Spooky     

Episode 13 - Rotating Rings, Large Dark Objects, and Strange Lights in the Neighborhood!

Recorded: 11 July 2018 Released: 12 July 2018 Duration: 51 minutes, 35 seconds   Host Paul Carr in conversation with Dr. Kevin Knuth, author of a recent article in The Conversation entitled "Are we alone? The question is worthy of serious scientific study."  The conversation centers around strategies for lifting "the veil of ridicule" that surrounds UFO studies, and Kevin's own experience, and how he came to take the topic seriously himself. Guest Bio Kevin Knuth is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University at Albany. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Entropy. He is a former NASA research scientist having worked for four years at NASA Ames Research Center in the Intelligent Systems Division. He has 20 years of experience in applying Bayesian and maximum entropy methods to the design of machine learning algorithms for data analysis applied to the physical sciences. His current research interests include the foundations of physics, inference and inquiry, autonomous robotics, and the search for and characterization of extrasolar planets. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and has been invited to give over 80 presentations in 13 countries.   Links Are we alone? The question is worthy of serious scientific study The Knuth lab Conversation 10 with Chris Cogswell Robert Hastings - The UFO/Nukes Connection Press Conference   Report a UFO API Case Files Follow us on Twitter API YouTube Channel    The UFO subreddit Credits: Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky   API Case Files and API Conversations are released under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike license.

Conversation 11 - Kevin Knuth

Released: 18 April 2018 Duration: 66 minutes, 2 seconds Paul Carr is  joined by Chris Cogswell, recently resigned director of research at MUFON, about how he and his team are carrying on with an enterprise of scientific research into the UFO phenomena.   Links: The Mad Scientist Podcast MUFON Director of Research Resigns   API Case Files API Main Site Report A UFO   Credits: host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky   API Case Files is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Conversation 10 - Chris Cogswell

Recorded: March 23, 2018 Released: 10 April 2018 Duration: 71 Minutes, 4 seconds   Marsha Barnhart arranged a part two conversation with Cheryl Costa, co-author of UFO Sightings Desk Reference.In part two, they pick up the conversation discussing how Cheryl became interested in writing an on-line UFO sightings column, New York Skies, for the Syracuse New Times, and how she developed mind/consciousness interests via the practices of Shamanism, Buddhism and Remote Viewing. Additionally, Cheryl and Marsha talked about recent media reports of UFO’s by the military and how the media has reacted to this information. Links:  New York Skies Blog Site:https://www.syracusenewtimes.com/author/cheryl-costa/   Remote Viewing: http://farsight.org/WhatIsRemoteViewing.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_viewing https://www.cbsnews.com/news/remote-viewing-up-close/   Shamanism: https://www.shamanism.com/what-is-shamanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism   Buddhism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism   Media reaction to Military UFO Footage: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-military-keeps-encountering-ufos-why-doesnt-the-pentagon-care/2018/03/09/242c125c-22ee-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html?utm_term=.916bcf5d4f90 https://nypost.com/2018/03/10/footage-of-mysterious-object-above-ocean-stuns-military-personnel/ http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/footage-of-mysterious-ufo-above-ocean-stuns-military-personnel/news-story/eb279ca795511c11aaa316da7d0ab400 https://www.livescience.com/61997-pentagon-aliens-investigation.html https://www.theepochtimes.com/footage-released-allegedly-shows-ufo-encounter-by-us-military_2463310.html   API Website: http://aerial-phenomenon.org/ http://reportaufo.org   API Case Files/API Conversations: http://www.apicasefiles.com/ http://apicasefiles.libsyn.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/api-case-files/id783673990?mt=2   Credits:  Host and Producer: Marsha Barnhart Postproduction: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky/Check Your math: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/DJ_Spooky/none_given_1098/14_-_DJ_Spooky_-_Check_Your_Math Scott Holmes/ Colossal Stillness:http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Colossal_Stillness/  

Conversation 9 - Cheryl Costa, Part 2

Released: 24 March 2018 Duration: 62 minutes   Marsha Barnhart talks to Cheryl Costa, co-author of UFO Sightings Desk Reference. This is a one-of-a-kind reference book covering 15 years of UFO sightings within the United States. The information was gleaned from more than 120,000 raw reports made by citizens to either the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) or the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) between the years 2001 to 2015. The information is a statistical bonanza annotating the frequency, distribution and shapes of reported UFO’s, with accompanying graphs charts and charts, and broken down into states and state counties for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.   But this body of work, as amazing as it is, showcases just a portion of Cheryl’s talents: she is a published playwright, a film maker, a blogger with an international following, a talk radio host, an ordained Buddhist Nun, a Disclosure Activist and a devotee of Mind and Consciousness study. Cheryl is a native New Yorker. She is a US Military Veteran. Anyone who reads her blog, New York Skies, can easily reach her at her published email account. Part one of this interview with Cheryl Costa was recorded on February 28th, 2018.   Bio Info/Book Reviews: 1. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/science/ufo-sightings-book.html 2. http://ufocongress.com/cheryl-costa/ 3. http://www.destinationamerica.com/thehauntist/qa-with-ufo-research-expert-cheryl-costa/   New York Skies Blog Site   Music: DJ Spooky/Check Your math Scott Holmes/ Colossal Stillness API Website: http://aerial-phenomenon.org/   API Case Files/API Conversations: http://www.apicasefiles.com/ http://apicasefiles.libsyn.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/api-case-files/id783673990?mt=2    

Conversation 8 - Cheryl Costa, part 1

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