The Saucer Life

A Podcast of Flying Saucer History and Lore

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The End

We advise all those engaged in saucer work to please be very cautious. https://pinecast.com/listen/497a557a-5eb8-422a-a05d-9fc8f7071d9b.mp3  

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Reading Togeter

A quick one this time, with an exploration of how some UFO books just… go together really well and how they provide a level of understanding that is often more than the sum of their parts. https://pinecast.com/listen/43294e59-294c-417e-b4c6-bd4db72839f9.mp3

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Listener Feedback: The Mysterious RN Hernandez

We had a couple of really interesting emails/comments about the identity of the star of UFO Contact from Andromeda and I thought they were neat enough they deserved their own spot rather than sandwiched in the middle of another episode. The FREE foundation mentioned can be found here: https://ccri2019.wixsite.com/free https://pinecast.com/listen/05ce1807-9a77-40ca-9780-822052dc2871.mp3

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The Nevada and California Road Trip

It’s the annual Road Trip episode as Simpson J. Hanover III and I head west to the desert, taking in the environs of Area 51 and the ET Highway, Giant Rock, a fleeting glimpse of the Integration, and Desert Center, California. https://pinecast.com/listen/87be9854-c529-4db6-a40c-6eb8a44cbf0a.mp3

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UFO Contact from Andromeda, Part 2

We’re finishing our exploration of the book UFO Contact from Andromeda by getting into the nuts and bolts (or not) of Lya’s message to the semi-mysterious Professor R.N. Hernandez! As a reminder, this book and its message seems to have had a bit of a confusing journey from experiencer to reader so for a rundown of that, be sure to check out part 1 of the story in the archives.   You can find…

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UFO Contact from Andromeda, Part 1

It’s a Contact tale from Mexico, filtered through the typewriter of American UFO figure Wendelle Stevens. This is one of those contact stories that seems to have gotten very little attention in the broader UFO world so it’s a delight to be able to share it with you! In this first part, we’ll take a look at where the story came from and meet Professor R.N. Hernandez: a respected scientist who had…

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The Zine Scene- UFO Magazine Vol 3, No 1 (Part 2)

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The Zine Scene- UFO Magazine Vol 3, No 1 (Part 1)

In this episode, we’re starting our look at Volume 3, Issue 1 of UFO Magazine. This is an issue jam packed full of great UFO stories and history, including a key piece of the UFO Conspiracy narrative of the late 80s, the dawn of the Mr. Ed photos, and a surprising rabbit hole that led me to a “sonic xenolinguistics performance art group” (including this great…

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Gray Barker, Books, and Saucers- an Interview with author Gabriel Mckee

It’s a rare Saucer Life interview! In this episode, we talk to author Gabriel Mckee about his new biography of Gray Barker: The Saucerian: UFOs, Men in Black, and the Unbelievable Life of Gray Barker. It comes out on April 22, 2025 and—having read an advance copy—I can say it is an astounding and thoroughly researched work. Here are some links to get the book: Amazon (this affiliate link helps…

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Outer Space Christ Communism!

We conclude our look at Allen Michael and his outer space hippy communism!   Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! https://pinecast.com/listen/cc7a964f-757e-43b5-af50-b29a69052c75.mp3

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Life in a UFO Commune

As we continue our look at Allen Michael’s One World Family Commune UFO group from the 1960s, we talk about a woman named Del Rainer, who joined the commune in 1967 at the age of 40 and wrote about her experiences decades later. https://pinecast.com/listen/527f44df-47f9-4c7e-afab-e1805ab6c242.mp3

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Allen Noonan's Strange Experience

We are beginning a multi-part journey that is going to take us to the end of the year. Contactees, UFOs, the counterculture of the 60s, communes, weird space music, a new messiah for a new age… it’s wild. We begin, in this episode, with Allen Noonan, a sign painter from California who has an enlightening experience and begins building a community around…

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Art Gatti's Alien Sex Book

Art Gatti’s 1978 book UFO Encounters of the Fourth Kind? is a tour de force of supposed alien-human sexual encounters. Going all the way back to the dawn of time, Gatti makes the case for long-term alien sexual interference with humanity. I’d like to say he does it with tact and class but that would be a lie. Listen along as we cover the book, detail some of his very 1970s turns-of-phrase, and…

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It’s another installment in our Zine Scene series! This time, we’re looking at the February, 1969 issue of Flying Saucers Magazine. This was a long-running publication from the prolific Ray Palmer, who co-founded Fate Magazine and brought us the dubious glory of the Richard Shaver hollow Earth tales. This issue is rife with interesting ads, a condemnation of the Allende Letters, and…

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Elmwood, Wisconsin

In 1975and 1976 retired police chief George Wheeler had two extraordinary UFO sightings. He was not alone in this, as witnesses came out of the woodwork and corroborated his story in remarkable detail. In this episode of the Saucer Life, we’ll look at these sightings and the UFO culture that grew up around them in this tiny Wisconsin town. Get information about Elmwood’s UFO Days here:…

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West Virginia 2024

It’s time for the (mostly) annual Saucer Life Saucer Road Trip and, as with 2020’s visit to the Kelly and Hopkinsville areas, Associate Producer Simpson J. Hanover III is with me to provide an everyperson perspective to the things we see and do. We hit Point Pleasant and Braxton County, retrace my path through the TNT area where I saw the Mysterious Black Cadillac in 2021, and check out new-to-us…

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The Woodrew Update Update Update

This is a bit of a sequel to our 2020 episode about Greta Woodrew, “Why do Birdlike Aliens Suddenly Appear?” and focuses on some newly available issues of her Woodrew Update newsletter from the 1980s. From Earth Changes to prepper-behavior, to the (not so) subtle bragging on her genius children, these newsletters provided an interesting window into a woman who was one of the most atypical…

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