UFOs. What Next? | Ep43

In this episode, I take a grounded and thoughtful look at one of the most debated subjects in contemporary psychology and anomalous experience: the alien abduction phenomenon and the work of Harvard psychiatrist John Mack. Rather than leaning into sensational claims or extravagant speculation, the discussion centers on what Mack actually encountered during his years of research and why the topic continues to challenge the boundaries of conventional understanding. I begin by outlining who John Mack was before he entered this controversial field. As a respected academic known for his work with trauma and resilience, Mack was not someone typically associated with fringe ideas. His eventual interest in abduction reports emerged slowly, shaped by repeated encounters with people who described unsettling experiences that did not fit neatly within existing psychiatric frameworks. This background provides listeners with a sense of the intellectual and ethical landscape Mack navigated as he began taking witness testimonies seriously.From there, the episode moves into the reported experiences themselves. Rather than dramatizing them, the host treats the accounts as personal narratives that mattered deeply to the people who told them. The show examines how individuals described being taken from ordinary settings, often at night, and finding themselves in unfamiliar environments where nonhuman beings seemed to conduct examinations or communicate through impressions rather than speech. The emphasis is not on proving or disproving these accounts but on understanding their psychological impact. Listeners are reminded that, regardless of the cause, the emotional intensity of these experiences was genuine for the people involved.The episode also explores the patterns that emerged across testimonies. Many experiencers described anxiety, confusion, and difficulty making sense of what had happened to them. Others reported long-term shifts in worldview, including a heightened sense of environmental responsibility or a broader spiritual awareness. I highlight these transformations not as evidence for any particular conclusion but as important data points in understanding why Mack regarded the phenomenon as deserving of study rather than dismissal.Mack’s professional challenges are addressed as well. Harvard’s inquiry into his research is discussed with an emphasis on academic context rather than drama. Listeners gain a clear sense of the tensions between scientific conservatism and open inquiry, and how Mack’s willingness to engage with unconventional material placed him at the center of a difficult debate. I approach this history with balance, acknowledging both Mack’s critics and the integrity of his intentions.Throughout the episode, the overarching goal is clarity rather than sensationalism. The show invites listeners to consider the abduction phenomenon as an unresolved area of human experience, one that may not yield simple answers but remains worthy of thoughtful exploration. By framing the subject through Mack’s work and the voices of those he interviewed, the episode offers a calm, measured entry point into a topic often clouded by exaggeration, providing space for curiosity, empathy, and informed reflection. https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcastMy book 'Verified Near Death Exeriences' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXKRGDFP Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

4 Dec 10min

Through cosmic communication, learn how these mysterious beings may hold the key to our spiritual evolution.UFOs and the Extra-terrestrial Message reveals how UFOs are much more than strange shapes in the sky; they may be part of a multi-dimensional universe, which has become a common concept in everything from quantum physics to sci-fi blockbusters. String theory, hyperspace and dark matter have led physicists to realise that the three dimensions we thought described the universe aren't enough – there may actually be numerous dimensions. As this possibility evolves, the real prospect of meeting our extra-terrestrial neighbours emerges. From ancient texts to little-known eyewitness accounts, Richard explores the evidence of extraterrestrial life. He also looks at X-file exposés, fascinating personal experiences of alien contact, channelled messages from cosmic beings – and shows how these messages hold the key to our spiritual advancement and even to world peace.BioDescribed by Kindred Spirit magazine as one “one of the biggest talents in MBS”, Richard is an award-winning, international bestselling author on spirituality, and one of the foremost Disciples of Master of Yoga Dr George King.Richard’s books, DVDs and CDs have been sold in many countries – translations have included Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Estonian.He has taken part in hundreds of radio shows around the world including several appearances on Coast to Coast AM, which broadcasts to 475 radio shows throughout the USA. He regularly appeared as a co-host on Mike Allen’s weekly show on LBC called The Phenomena Files.His TV appearances include GMTV on topics ranging from UFOs to angels, psychic powers and complementary medicine. He has also appeared on TV with Esther Rantzen, Eammon Holmes, Gloria Hunniford, Terry Wogan, Noel Edmonds and James Whale, and a host of documentaries and magazine programmes on all the terrestrial and many of the satellite channels.In addition to having had a column in The Observer, he has written for the Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Sun, Woman’s World, Here’s Health, Health and Fitness, the USA’s Whole Life Times and Phenome-News, New Zealand’s Lifestyle magazine and many other journals. He has appeared in most of Britain’s national newspapers, and many magazines and local papers.As well as in the UK, he has lectured in the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and Nigeria, and for over 30 years, has been a keynote speaker at London’s largest and most prestigious Mind Body Spirit Festival. He has spoken internationally at various venues including churches, synagogues, Buddhist temples, schools, universities, business conventions, charitable meetings and numerous conventions and bookstores, as well as to an audience of thousands at an open-air pop concert.Richard is the Executive Secretary of The Aetherius Society for Europe and a Bishop in The Aetherius Churches. He has devoted his life to the work of his late master and personal friend, Dr George King (1919-1997), who founded the Society.https://www.aetherius.org/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J75NB5K https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcastMy book 'Verified Near Death Exeriences' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXKRGDFP Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

2 Dec 10min

Through cosmic communication, learn how these mysterious beings may hold the key to our spiritual evolution.UFOs and the Extra-terrestrial Message reveals how UFOs are much more than strange shapes in the sky; they may be part of a multi-dimensional universe, which has become a common concept in everything from quantum physics to sci-fi blockbusters. String theory, hyperspace and dark matter have led physicists to realise that the three dimensions we thought described the universe aren't enough – there may actually be numerous dimensions. As this possibility evolves, the real prospect of meeting our extra-terrestrial neighbours emerges. From ancient texts to little-known eyewitness accounts, Richard explores the evidence of extraterrestrial life. He also looks at X-file exposés, fascinating personal experiences of alien contact, channelled messages from cosmic beings – and shows how these messages hold the key to our spiritual advancement and even to world peace.BioDescribed by Kindred Spirit magazine as one “one of the biggest talents in MBS”, Richard is an award-winning, international bestselling author on spirituality, and one of the foremost Disciples of Master of Yoga Dr George King.Richard’s books, DVDs and CDs have been sold in many countries – translations have included Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Estonian.He has taken part in hundreds of radio shows around the world including several appearances on Coast to Coast AM, which broadcasts to 475 radio shows throughout the USA. He regularly appeared as a co-host on Mike Allen’s weekly show on LBC called The Phenomena Files.His TV appearances include GMTV on topics ranging from UFOs to angels, psychic powers and complementary medicine. He has also appeared on TV with Esther Rantzen, Eammon Holmes, Gloria Hunniford, Terry Wogan, Noel Edmonds and James Whale, and a host of documentaries and magazine programmes on all the terrestrial and many of the satellite channels.In addition to having had a column in The Observer, he has written for the Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Sun, Woman’s World, Here’s Health, Health and Fitness, the USA’s Whole Life Times and Phenome-News, New Zealand’s Lifestyle magazine and many other journals. He has appeared in most of Britain’s national newspapers, and many magazines and local papers.As well as in the UK, he has lectured in the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and Nigeria, and for over 30 years, has been a keynote speaker at London’s largest and most prestigious Mind Body Spirit Festival. He has spoken internationally at various venues including churches, synagogues, Buddhist temples, schools, universities, business conventions, charitable meetings and numerous conventions and bookstores, as well as to an audience of thousands at an open-air pop concert.Richard is the Executive Secretary of The Aetherius Society for Europe and a Bishop in The Aetherius Churches. He has devoted his life to the work of his late master and personal friend, Dr George King (1919-1997), who founded the Society.https://www.aetherius.org/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J75NB5K https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcastMy book 'Verified Near Death Exeriences' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXKRGDFP Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

1 Dec 56min

In UFO Case Files of Scotland Volume 3, UFO and paranormal researcher Malcolm Robinson, continues his long-standing investigation into reported UFO encounters across Scotland. The book compiles witness testimony from the Scottish Borders to the far northwest Highlands, focusing on cases of close-proximity sightings that left a significant impression on those who observed them. Notably, Robinson revisits the well-documented Dechmont Woods Incident, supplementing it with new witness accounts that reinforce the original witness claims, including the testimony of a young observer who alleges to have witnessed the event firsthand!Robinson, a leading figure in British UFO and paranormal research, situates these cases within a broader history of unexplained phenomena in Scotland. His work underscores the enduring fascination with UFOs and contributes to ongoing debates about the reliability of eyewitness testimony, the cultural resonance of UFO encounters, and the persistence of the mystery in modern society. A must read.BioMalcolm has given lectures to clubs and societies in the UK, Ireland, Holland and France. He is the author of 10 books on UFOs and the paranormal. He went down to the depths of Loch Ness in a submarine in 1994. He has assisted Television and Radio stations all over the world with info on UFOs and the Paranormal. He is the assistant editor of the British Outer Limits Magazine. He founded the group Strange Phenomena Investigations  in Scotland in 1979 making it Scotland's oldest and still going UFO/Paranormal society with members all over the world.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYX3RR68https://www.facebook.com/malcolm.robinson2 https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcastMy book 'Verified Near Death Exeriences' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXKRGDFP Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

25 Nov 11min

In UFO Case Files of Scotland Volume 3, UFO and paranormal researcher Malcolm Robinson, continues his long-standing investigation into reported UFO encounters across Scotland. The book compiles witness testimony from the Scottish Borders to the far northwest Highlands, focusing on cases of close-proximity sightings that left a significant impression on those who observed them. Notably, Robinson revisits the well-documented Dechmont Woods Incident, supplementing it with new witness accounts that reinforce the original witness claims, including the testimony of a young observer who alleges to have witnessed the event firsthand!Robinson, a leading figure in British UFO and paranormal research, situates these cases within a broader history of unexplained phenomena in Scotland. His work underscores the enduring fascination with UFOs and contributes to ongoing debates about the reliability of eyewitness testimony, the cultural resonance of UFO encounters, and the persistence of the mystery in modern society. A must read.BioMalcolm has given lectures to clubs and societies in the UK, Ireland, Holland and France. He is the author of 10 books on UFOs and the paranormal. He went down to the depths of Loch Ness in a submarine in 1994. He has assisted Television and Radio stations all over the world with info on UFOs and the Paranormal. He is the assistant editor of the British Outer Limits Magazine. He founded the group Strange Phenomena Investigations  in Scotland in 1979 making it Scotland's oldest and still going UFO/Paranormal society with members all over the world. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYX3RR68https://www.facebook.com/malcolm.robinson2 https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcastMy book 'Verified Near Death Exeriences' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXKRGDFP Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

24 Nov 57min

The episode opens with a look at Tehran in the 1970s, a modern city under the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, with one of the strongest air forces in the Middle East. We set the stage for the night of September 18–19, when dozens of residents began calling the control tower at Mehrabad International Airport, describing a brilliant object glowing above the city.The first act covers the initial sightings: how air traffic controller Hossein Pirouzi saw a pulsating multicolored light that moved erratically across the sky, not a star, not a plane, but something entirely different. The Iranian Air Force took the matter seriously and scrambled a U.S.-built F-4 Phantom II interceptor from Shahrokhi Air Base.Listeners will hear how that first pilot’s approach ended in disaster when every instrument in his aircraft failed, radar, communications, and flight controls, only to return to normal as he turned away from the object.In the second act, we follow Major Parviz Jafari, one of Iran’s most skilled pilots, as he takes off in a second F-4. His encounter reads like a movie: a radar lock on a massive object the size of a tanker, a visual sighting of a sphere flashing red, blue, and orange lights, and an attempt to fire a missile that fails the moment he presses the trigger. Then comes the most chilling moment, a smaller, glowing object detaches from the main one and speeds directly toward his jet.Listeners will experience Jafari’s adrenaline and fear as his controls die, his jet goes silent, and the object stops just short of collision before returning calmly to its “mother ship.” We’ll recount the strange descent of another smaller object that seemed to land near the city of Rey, and how a dawn helicopter search found nothing, no debris, no crater, no explanation.The episode closes with the aftermath: how U.S. intelligence took immediate interest, producing a Defense Intelligence Agency report circulated all the way to the White House. The report called the case “a classic” that met every criterion for a genuine study of the UFO phenomenon.I’ll reflect on why the Tehran incident remains one of the most credible military UFO cases ever recorded, a perfect storm of technology, testimony, and mystery, and how its legacy continues to influence today’s discussions about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcastMy book 'Verified Near Death Exeriences' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXKRGDFP Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

20 Nov 18min

Is there life in space? Mainstream science is converging on a positive answer. So why are people still talking about the so-called Fermi paradox?We examine the evidence for some important questions: Is there water beyond our little blue ball? Is there life in space? If so, what do we know about it? Where is everybody? Have they already arrived?BioKen is the author of several books, including UFOs In the Bible, Before Roswell, and Fermi’s Paradox is Bullshit. I have also authored commentaries on two of the major Sumerian creation myths, the Enuma Elish, and the Atrahasis Epic, and am the lead translator and commentator for the Bara Bible, a completely new Old Testament translation like nothing you have seen before, based on a fresh etymological deep dive into the original ancient Hebrew texts. I have also written a couple of novels and a lot of poetry just for fun.As a professional systems analyst, I have come to realize that any system is only as good as its data, and that one of the key factors in data quality is consistency. While my degree from the University of Northern British Columbia is in computer science, I minored in anthropology, and have studied a broad range of other topics including physics and electronics engineering at the College of New Caledonia and Vancouver Island University, religion and philosophy at Briercrest College, and business administration at the University of British Columbia. These further studies cemented the fact that there exists a set of universally consistent patterns, the true essence of which we have only scratched the surface of. Even with our limited understanding, we have developed truly miraculous technologies and have come to understand our place in the universe as a unique one.However, the consistent story that is becoming more and more evident is that this uniqueness may be somewhat misinformed. The big picture of patterns emerging from phenomenology, mythology, archaeology, astronomy, and physics is beginning to form an emergent view of consistency across these varied disciplines – a view where modern man is not the pinnacle of creation as we have been led to believe.My writing thus far has endeavored to begin exploring some of the puzzle pieces, in a way that is consistent with an overarching paradigm that includes seemingly disparate views. It is my hope to continue to bring these viewpoints one step closer together, with an eventual goal of possibly integrating more of them in an explicit way. So far, I am working with a lot of hints, but each of these hints is solidly evidence based. The more I dig, the more amazed I become at where the evidence seems to lead, but only when we have defined a more complete and widespread dataset can we truly draw meaningful conclusions with a foundation stronger than speculation. It is my dream that soon the evidence will coagulate in a truly meaningful and incontrovertible manner, and it is to this end that I will continue to aim my efforts.Please subscribe to Ken's free substack channel for occasional articles on topics including but not limited to conceptual ancient mythology and ancient alien theory… or whatever else catches his eye.You may also like to catch a couple of his Appearances on other channels, or read a couple articles he wrote for Ancient Origins Magazine.He is the host of the Dimensionfold Youtube channel featuring discussions on many fascinating subjects and interviews with authors, researchers, alien abductees and paranormal witnesses.https://ufo.dimensionfold.com/https://dimensionfold.com/authors/ken-goudsward/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2DXDCZX? https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcastMy book 'Verified Near Death Exeriences' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXKRGDFP Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

17 Nov 57min

On the morning of April 6th, 1966, in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton South, hundreds of schoolchildren were enjoying their morning recess when the ordinary became extraordinary. Over the playing fields of Westall High School, a strange silver disc appeared in the sky, silent, gleaming, and moving in ways no aircraft should. Within minutes, one of Australia’s most intriguing UFO mysteries had begun.In this episode, we explore what really happened on that clear autumn day when a whole school witnessed something unexplainable. Students described a metallic disc-shaped object, round with a domed top, gliding across the sky and descending toward a nearby open field known as The Grange Reserve. Some said it landed. Others said it hovered just above the ground before shooting away at incredible speed. And hovering above it all, literally, were several light aircraft, seemingly chasing or circling the mysterious object.More than 200 people, students, teachers, and locals, witnessed the event. Their accounts, though varied in detail, shared a striking consistency: a strange object, a sudden descent, and a rapid, silent departure. In the minutes after it vanished, several students raced to The Grange and found a circular patch of flattened grass, as if something heavy or hot had pressed down upon it. One girl reportedly fainted at the site and was carried away by ambulance, a name that would later vanish from the school’s records.Then, the men in suits arrived.Witnesses recall that uniformed officers and possible air-force personnel showed up soon after. Teachers were told not to speak to the media, and students remember their headmaster warning them to stay silent. But the story leaked anyway. Local papers ran headlines like “Flying Saucer Mystery: School Silent.” Reporters came knocking, and for a short while, Melbourne buzzed with talk of flying saucers over the suburbs.The official explanations came quickly: it must have been a weather balloon, or perhaps a secret military experiment. Some researchers later suggested the HIBAL project, a Cold War program using large silver balloons to monitor radiation, could have been responsible. But no HIBAL launches were logged near Melbourne that day, and witnesses insisted what they saw moved with purpose and speed, nothing like a drifting balloon.Almost six decades later, the Westall UFO incident remains Australia’s largest mass sighting of an unidentified flying object. No official report has ever surfaced, and the mystery has only deepened with time. The children who once looked up from their schoolyard are now adults, still wondering what it was they saw that morning, and why they were told to forget. https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcastMy book 'Verified Near Death Exeriences' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXKRGDFP Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

11 Nov 11min