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The one where we cap off Season 3 (we really mean it this time!) with an essay on the evolution of ufology and how left-wing and right-wing ufologists (e.g., David Icke and Jim Keith) became almost indecipherable.  Inspired by the research of prof. Michael Barkun.  This episode also contains a musical hommage to our favorite Montreal-born space traveller, William Shatner.  Brought to you by the sweet and melodic sounds of the Paranoid Planet Abducted Childen's Choir, Virtual Blues Band, and Space Captain Spoken-Word Musical Theatre Coalition. TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00   Pre-show announcements 00:01:08    Introduction  00:03:34   Chapter 4: Essay: "Conservative Ufologists are from Mars, Liberal Ufologists are From Venus, and How They Hooked Up in Outer Space." 00:03:48   Part 1: Left-wing vs. right-wing paranoia 00:09:05   Part 2: The horseshoe theory 00:11:21      Part 3: Conspiracism's paranoid horseshoe (Stigmatized knowledge, Improvisational millennialism, and Social contagion through media) 00:19:05    Part 4: The two phases of ufologist cross-pollination (1975-85 & 1985-2000) 00:32:41     David Icke v. Jim Keith  00:43:56    Conclusion 00:47:52     End Credits 00:49:44    Theme song (feat. The Paranoid Planet Space Captain Spoken-Word Musical Theatre Coalition)  (WARNING: All of these timestamps were composed by vengeful, bloodthirsty Gorns) Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

The one where we wave goodbye to the mothership (and to our third extended season) with a full-spoiler review of Disclosure Day, Stephen Spielberg's latest messianic alien encounter movie, and discuss the zany world of ufology with the help of UFO skeptic, satirist, and podcaster, The Sneezing Monkey. Brought to you by the sweet and melodic sounds of the Paranoid Planet Abducted Childen's Choir and Virtual Blues Band.   TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Pre-show announcements 00:01:10 Introduction   00:10:46 Chapter 1:  Interview with the Sneezing Monkey 00:28:27 Chapter 2a: Review of Disclosure Day (part 1) 01:03:56 A special offer from our sponsor 01:11:47 Chapter 2b: Review of Disclosure Day (part 2) 01:46:10 Chapter 3: The Monkey Games  01:58:21 End Credits 02:00:29 Theme song (feat. The Paranoid Planet Virtual Blues Band) (NOTE: All of these timestamps originated from a facility that processes space monkeys) Click here to check out the Sneezing Monkey's YouTube channel.  Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

The one where we wave goodbye to the mothership (and to our third extended season) with a full-spoiler review of Disclosure Day, Stephen Spielberg's latest messianic alien encounter movie, and discuss the zany world of ufology with the help of UFO skeptic, satirist, and podcaster, The Sneezing Monkey. Brought to you by the sweet and melodic sounds of the Paranoid Planet Abducted Childen's Choir and blues band.   Click here to check out the Sneezing Monkey's YouTube channel.  Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

The one where we discuss the Skinwalker Ranch, the relationship between ufology and the intelligence community, UFO "abductee" Travis Walton's hoax-busting nemesis, and the darker side of the UFO research community, with archivist, podcaster,  singer, and ex-ufologist Erical Lukes. Brought to you by the B.L.I.P., your newest space-age, New Age, and grossly underaged illicit cosmic community.    TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Pre-show announcements 00:01:20 Introduction   00:10:46 Chapter 3:  Interview with Erica Lukes 01:55:43 End Credits (NOTE: None of these timestamps has yet been purchased by Brandon Fugal... but we're willing to hear an offer.) Erika Lukes' Website:  Expanding Frontiers Research and Archive: https://www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/ Brandon Fugel Interview excerpted from Steven Greenstreet's excellent five part Skinwalker Ranch documentary: (The Basement Office: Skinwalker Ranch, part 4): https://youtu.be/Q9Kwv_p2Cww?si=gxd8_Elo0RfPhOcH   Music Credits: 1. "Tubular Bells" by Mike Olfield.  (Virgin Records, 1973) 2. "I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City", Performed by Erica Lukes.  (Lange & René, 1942) Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

The one where we talk about the influence of science fiction and the art of Margaret Keane on UFO beliefs, and go bushwhacking for the 1994 Ariel School UFO in Zimbabwe (as well as some puppets) with UFO folklore researcher and blogger Gideon Reid. Brought to you by the B.L.I.P., your newest space-age, New Age, and grossly underaged illicit cosmic community.    TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Pre-show announcements 00:03:24 Introduction & Review of Netflix' Encounters, Episode 4   00:25:22 Chapter 2:  Interview with Gideon Reid 02:37:19 End Credits (NOTE: None of these timestamps was painted by Walter Keane) Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

The one where we take a peek behind the curtains and froufrou space bloomers of the alien-adoring Raëlian movement (and other UFO religions) with Sociologist Susan Palmer. Brought to you by the B.L.I.P., your newest space-age, New Age, and grossly underaged illicit cosmic community.    TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction    00:08:34  Chapter 1:  Interview with Susan Palmer 01:36:32    A word from our sponsor  01:39:55    End Credits / Harp music / ode to the space people (NOTE: One of these timestamps has been cloned from a previous timestamp, but since all our timestamps look like every other timestamp, we can't remember which one is which.) Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

The one where we cap off our 20 month-long mission to seek out hard evidence of extraterrestrial visitors and to call out any paranoid nonsense that stands in our way with the help of Sociologist Susan Palmer (re: Raelians and other UFO religions), UFO folklore researcher Gideon Reid (re: science fiction and the 1994 Zimbabwe UFO), and podcaster Erica Lukes (re: MUFON, Skinwalker Ranch, Travis Walton, etc.). Brought to you by the B.L.I.P., your newest space-age, New Age, and grossly underaged illicit cosmic community.      Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

This is an excerpt of More Like Ancient FAILiens podcast, "Relics of Roswell", 19 December 2025, hosted by Brandon R. Reynolds and Toby Ball. Have you ever gone metal detecting and found a twisted piece of wire?  Well, Giorgio Tsoukalos has and it was at a skip site near Roswell, NM! I know, right? Toby and Brandon are joined by podcaster Michel Gagne to get a handle on the Ancient Aliens episode “The Relics of Roswell” (S15:E2). This one has it all: a budding love story, some industrial grade aluminum and explosive cratering! Plus a dramatic Zoom call… More Like Ancient Fail-iens is published early and ad-free over at www.grabbagcollab.com Follow Grab Bag Collab on Instagram and Facebook. To listen to the full episode click on one of these links: for Apple Podcasts, click here.  for Spotify, click here. for Audioboom, click here.  For any other podcast platform, figure it out.  You made it this far, so you're probably pretty smart. To read Michel's illustrated essay on the 1947 Roswell "UFO crash", Project Mogul, and the evolution of the Roswell myth, click here.   Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

The one where we explore the history of ufology in Canada, from Project Magnet and Project Second Storey to the Falcon Lake, Shag Harbour, and Montreal Bonaventure UFO investigations, with the help of Canadian athropologist Matthew Hayes, author of Search for the Unknown: Canada's UFO Files and the Rise of Conspiracy Theory.    TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Pre-show announcement / Le Mooching for les Loonies    00:01:16    Introduction  00:10:49   Chapter 1:  Interview with Matthew Hayes  02:02:06  Chapter 2: The UFO who Shag-ed me 02:33:58   End Credits 02:36:23   Un gros paquet de niaiseries (NOTE: If you drop these timestamps from the sky and simultaneously take a long-exposure photograph from below, you might possibly capture an alien spaceship and get seen on the evening news). Click here to go to our episode blogpage.  Click here to access Prof. Hayes' website.    Click here to order a copy of Prof. Hayes' book. Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

The one where JFK researcher Fred Litwin scrutinizes the conspiracy theories that claim the CIA murdered President Kennedy, and where we chat about Dealey Plaza, conspiracy tourism, Lee Harvey Oswald, General Edwin Walker, and President Lyndon Johnson with veteran Dallas tour guide Daniel Evans.      TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 Pre-show announcement & eulogy 0:03:15   Introduction / Conversation with Dan Evans (part 1) 0:30:44  Fred Litwin Presentation: “‘Kennedy Good, CIA Bad’: History and    Propaganda in the Oliver Stone Cinematic Universe.” 1:21:25    Question & Answer period 1:58:56   Closing Credits 2:01:24   Conversation with Dan Evans (part 2)  (NOTE: Some of these timestamps were spotted distributing mind-expanding literature in Dealey Plaza)   Click here to visit the Fun Dallas Tours website. Click here to visit Fred Litwin's website, blog and podcast: On The Trail of Delusion. FRED'S POWERPOINT SLIDES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.  Contact us at [email protected]. Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

The one where we get visited, prodded, and probed in the middle of night by a gaggle of alien creatures as we review the autobiographical film (and book)  Communion, based on the alleged abductions of horror novelist and armchair metaphysician Whitley Strieber. Brought to you by RectalAid Pro, a revolutionary new line of niche colostomy bags and accessories. Click here to watch Communion on YouTube TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00  Introduction 0:17:33 Chapter 4: Communion Review (part 1)           1:01:58 A message from our sponsor 1:05:26 Communion Review (part 2)    1:49:35 Closing Credits (& and a little extra) (NOTE: One of these timestamps suffers from Temporal Lobe Epilepsy--but we're not allowed to tell you which one.) Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

The one where we conduct a full investigation of the Travis Walton (a.k.a.: "Fire In the Sky") UFO abduction and discuss the methods, ideas, and demise of UFO abduction therapists Budd Hopkins, David Jacobs, and John Mack, with the help of author, journalist, and podcaster Toby Ball. Brought to you by a fashionable new line of gastrointestinal accoutrements. Click here to listen to Toby Ball's Strange Arrivals podcast.  Click here to listen to Toby and Brandon Reynolds' "More Like ancient FAILiens" podcast.  Click here for quick access to our illustrated essay on Travis Walton, complete with footnotes and links. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00  Pre-show announcement 0:00:33   Introduction 0:03:20   Chapter 2: Travis Walton's Big UFO Adventure (Intro) 0:06:52           Part 1: Travis' Story 0:18:08            Part 2: The Rest of the Story 0:39:19            Part 3: Why?  0:44:55           Conclusion 0:53:13    Chapter 3: Interview with Toby Ball (Part 2) 2:17:07     Closing Credits (NOTE: every one of these timestamps is a hypnagogic hallucination) Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

The one where we lay the groundwork for the UFO abduction phenomenon with guest co-host Matthew Newland and contrast the UFO abduction memories of Betty and Barney Hill with the help of author, journalist, and podcaster Toby Ball. Brought to you by a fashionable new line of gastrointestinal accoutrements. Click here to listen to Toby Ball's Strange Arrivals podcast.  Click here to listen to Toby Ball's  Rip Current podcast. Click here to read "Dr.N"'s Imagination and Time Travel blog.   Click here to create your own Toby Ball paper head puppet. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00  Pre-show announcement 0:01:50    Introduction 0:32:50    Chapter 1: Interview with Toby Ball (part 1)                   Excerpts of Betty and Barney Hill 1965 hypnosis sessions (0:32:59)                   Excerpt of Betty Hill 1999 Interview (1:47:40) 1: 49:07    Closing Credits (NOTE: none of these timestamps were hypnotically regressed) PHOTO CREDIT:  Thumbnail photo of Betty Hill and "Junior" (minus the spaceship) courtesy of Robert Sheaffer  Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

The one where we diagnose the UFO abduction claims of Betty and Barney Hill, Whitley Strieber, and Travis Walton, and evaluate the research methods of self-appointed alien abduction therapists Budd Hopkins, David Jacobs, and John Mack with the help of author, journalist, and podcaster Toby Ball. Brought to you by a fashionable new line of gastrointestinal accoutrements. Click here to listen to Toby Ball's Strange Arrivals podcast.  Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca

The one where we shoot down some unidentified objects with a cross section of American East coasters, dig up the remains of the infamous 1947 Roswell crashed "flying disc", and discuss the ideas and influence of Ufologists J. Allen Hynek, Jacques Vallée, Leslie Kean, and Avi Loeb, with Science writer and veteran UFO debunker, Robert Sheaffer.    (This episode was NOT funded by the South Carolina Department of Tourism--though we dare say it should have been.) TIMESTAMPS:  0:00:00  Pre-Show Announcement 0:01:33    Introduction 0:05:35   Word On The Street: Spring Break UFO Edition 0:40:14    Interview with Robert Sheaffer 2:02:05    Essay on the 1947 Roswell crashed “flying disc” 2:43:14     Closing Credits (NOTE: None of these timestamps were reverse-engineered from broken bits of a crashed alien spaceship) Click here to visit Robert Sheaffer's Bad UFOs blog. Click here to watch the 1989 Unsolved Mysteries episode that made Roswell a household name. (Begins at timestamp 19:13) Click here to read our Essay on Roswell, complete with illustrations, links, footnotes, and references. Question Jar (send us a text message) Support the show Visit our website at www.paranoidplanet.ca