Episode 9.4: "INVASION: UFO" (part 4), feat. UFO Skeptics Michael Shermer and Robert Sheaffer
- Michel Gagné
- Mar 25
- 4 min read
Updated: Apr 16
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Episode 9.4A
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Episode 9.4B
UFOs: Investigating the Unknown, Season 1. (National Geographic, 2023). Dir. by Ricki Stern. Feat. Leslie Kean, Luis Elizondo, Jacques Vallée, and Michio Kaku.
Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal, and Leslie Kean: "Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program", The New York Times, Dec. 16, 2017
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Brian Dunning: "The Stephenville Lights," Skeptoid Podcast #940, June 11, 2024.
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Brian Dunning: "The Day the UFO Deactivated the Nukes," Skeptoid Podcast #842, July 26, 2022.
Brian Dunning: "The Belgian UFO Wave," Skeptoid Podcast #538, September 27, 2016.
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Brian Dunning: "The Hudson Valley UFO Mystery," Skeptoid Podcast #598, November 21, 2017.
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Robert Sheaffer: "JAL 1628: Capt. Terauchi’s Marvelous ‘Spaceship’," Skeptical Inquirer, November/December 2014.
Brian Dunning: "The Tehran 1976 UFO," Skeptoid Podcast #315, June 19, 2012.
Mick West: "Explained: Chilean Navy "UFO" video - Aerodynamic Contrails, Flight IB6830," Metabunk, January 6, 2017.
Brian Dunning: "The Chilean Navy UFO," Skeptoid Podcast #838, June 28, 2022.
The Phenomenon (101 Media, 2020). Dir. by James Fox.
Sean Kirkpatrick: "Here’s What I Learned as the U.S. Government’s UFO Hunter," Scientific American, January 19, 2024.
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Mick West: "Alex Dietrich, Clouds, Critical Thinking, and UFOs," Tales From the Rabbit Hole podcast, Episode 57, August 25, 2023.
Nope (Universal Pictures, 2022), Dir. by Jordan Peele.
Ruben Lianza: "Aguadilla Infrared Footage of 'UFOs' - Probably Hot Air Wedding Lanterns," Metabunk, July 26, 2017.
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Keith Kloor: "Why UFOs Will Never, Ever Go Away," Conspiracies Inc. (Substack), May 13, 2021.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series, 1987-1994). Created by Gene Rodenberry.
Episode 9.4C
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