"What Planet does God Come From?" ( Paranoid Planet , Episode 9.6A, Introduction) Sociologist (and musician) Susan J. Palmer Today on the program, we will be talking about Ufologist religions with sociologist Susan Palmer , who has spent much of her career researching (and interacting with) new religious movements—or what some might call “cults”—with a special interest in the Raëlian movement , a self-described free-love community that originated in France, which mixes Biblic

click here to skip down to the episode's sources and links Travis Walton’s Big UFO Adventure (And the Lying Liars Who Lied About It!) Around 6:15 p.m. on November 5, 1975, shortly after nightfall, a group of seven woodcutters were travelling in a pickup truck in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in central-eastern Arizona.  They were returning from a day’s work clearing trees, serving out a contract for the U.S. Forest Service, in a secluded valley called Turkey Springs,

The 1947 Roswell Crashed Flying Saucer: Ufology’s Dirty Little Secret   (Paranoid Planet, Episode 9.4, Chapter 5)     The International UFO Museum and Research Center  in Roswell, New Mexico, opened its doors to the public in 1992, and has recently welcomed its five millionth visitor .   Located inside a refurbished 1930s era movie theater, the UFO museum is the hub of a thriving multi-million dollar media and tourism industry that includes an annual UFO festival, lots of UFO

“Following Yonder Spaceship: The first Christmas UFO”    [You’ve just heard opera singer Mario Lanza  singing the traditional Christmas...

and Bonus Episode 9.2B: "SPACE TRIANGLE LOVE BOMB", feat. journalist and amateur astronomer Tony Ortega and Bonus Episode 9.2C: "UNIDENTIFIED FLYING CANUCKS", feat. Anthropologist Matthew Hayes * * * “It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Flying Saucer!  Oh no, Wait, it’s a Bird.” (Paranoid Planet, Episode 9.2, Chapter 2)   Kenneth Arnold poses for the Associated Press. 1947.  At 2:15pm on June 24, 1947, a 32 year-old businessman and private pilot named Kenneth Arnol

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*** See below for references and links for Episodes 8, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 and 8.5*** On the 60th anniversary of JFK’s assassination,...

featuring conversations about cults and cultishness with science writer Paul Jensen , trauma counsellor and ICSA executive director ...

The Grassy Knoll Rifle Delivery Service: The Case of Julia Ann Mercer (Paranoid Planet Podcast, Episode 7.8A, Chapter 2) Actress Jo...