#57 The Pruning: Dead Scientists, Missing Tech & The Breakaway Civilization ft. Kraken Cast

#60 Roswell Part II: Bodies, Lies, and Majestic 12

Thirty-one years after the Roswell crash disappeared from public conversation, the witnesses started talking. In Part Two of The Roswell Dossier, Paranormal Directive 13 dives into the darkest and most controversial layer of the Roswell mystery: the bodies, the cover-up allegations, Majestic 12, and the possibility that the U.S. government didn't just suppress the UFO story… but actively manipulated it. We examine the testimony of Jesse Marcel, Glenn Dennis, Walter Haut, and the witnesses who claimed they saw something in the New Mexico desert that was never supposed to become public. We break down the infamous MJ-12 documents, the poisoned authentic theory, and the chilling Bennewitz affair that proved intelligence agencies were willing to weaponize UFO mythology for disinformation purposes. But this episode isn't about easy answers. It's about what happens when real secrets and fake secrets become impossible to separate. Were the Roswell witnesses telling the truth? Were they contaminated by decades of UFO culture? Or were some of the stories deliberately shaped by people who wanted the public looking in the wrong direction? By the end of this episode, Roswell stops feeling like a crash story. It starts feeling like something much darker. IN THIS EPISODE: * Stanton Friedman and the reopening of the Roswell case * Jesse Marcel's explosive testimony * The Glenn Dennis body retrieval story * The mysterious missing nurse * Walter Haut's deathbed affidavit * The Barney Barnett second crash site claims * The Bennewitz disinformation operation * Richard Doty and government UFO manipulation * The MJ-12 documents and poisoned authentic theory * The strongest skeptical arguments for Project Mogul * Why Roswell became modern mythology Did something non-human crash in New Mexico in 1947? Or did the government accidentally create the greatest mythology in American history while trying to hide something else entirely? Welcome back to Paranormal Directive 13. Become a supporter on Patreon: https://patreon.com/paranormaldirective13 [https://patreon.com/paranormaldirective13] Follow Paranormal Directive 13: TikTok: @paranormaldirective13 Instagram: @paranormaldirective13 YouTube: Paranormal Directive 13 Music: www.purple-planet.com [https://www.purple-planet.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

#59 Roswell Part I: The Night Something Fell From the Sky

July, 1947. A storm rolls across the New Mexico desert. The next morning, a rancher named Mack Brazel rides out to check his land… and finds something scattered across the scrub that he cannot explain. Within days, the United States military announces it has recovered a “flying disc.” Then suddenly: Never mind. Weather balloon. Nothing to see here. But the story refuses to die. In Part One of this massive three-part Roswell series, we go back to the beginning — before the myths, before the alien autopsies, before Area 51 became a household name. This is the Roswell before the legend fully formed. We examine: * The eerie storm over the Foster Ranch * Mack Brazel’s discovery * The flying saucer panic of 1947 * Kenneth Arnold and the birth of the UFO era * Major Jesse Marcel and the mysterious debris * The infamous military press release * The rapid government reversal * The Fort Worth photographs * Project Mogul and the official explanation * The unanswered questions that still haunt Roswell nearly 80 years later Was Roswell a classified Cold War operation? A catastrophic military misunderstanding? Or did something genuinely unexplained fall from the sky that summer? Tonight, we step into the desert and begin the investigation. Welcome to The Roswell Dossier. A 3-part Paranormal Directive 13 event series. Become a supporter on Patreon: https://patreon.com/paranormaldirective13 [https://patreon.com/paranormaldirective13] Follow Paranormal Directive 13: TikTok: @paranormaldirective13 Instagram: @paranormaldirective13 YouTube: Paranormal Directive 13 Music: www.purple-planet.com [https://www.purple-planet.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

#58 What Is Hiding Inside the War.Gov UFO Files?

This week’s episode is a little different. No heavily scripted story. No polished deep dive. Just a late-night investigation into the increasingly bizarre War.gov UFO file dump that’s been flooding the internet. Tonight, we’re digging through the files together in real time. We go through some of the most talked-about images and videos making the rounds online, including the absolutely insane 8-pointed star-shaped object that has people arguing over whether we’re looking at experimental tech, misinformation, or something far stranger. Along the way, we talk about: * viral UFO footage and where it may have actually originated * questionable files mixed in with genuinely intriguing material * military reports and image releases * why some of these documents feel authentic while others feel manufactured This episode is raw, conversational, and completely unscripted compared to normal Paranormal Directive 13 episodes. Think of it less like a documentary… and more like you’re sitting in the room going down the rabbit hole with me. And next week: Paranormal Directive 13 officially hits ONE YEAR, and we’re celebrating with a massive relaunch episode covering one of the biggest UFO cases of all time: Roswell. Become a supporter on Patreon: https://patreon.com/paranormaldirective13 [https://patreon.com/paranormaldirective13] Follow Paranormal Directive 13: TikTok: @paranormaldirective13 Instagram: @paranormaldirective13 YouTube: Paranormal Directive 13 Music: www.purple-planet.com [https://www.purple-planet.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

#57 The Pruning: Dead Scientists, Missing Tech & The Breakaway Civilization ft. Kraken Cast

What if some technologies are never meant to reach the public? In this episode of Paranormal Directive 13, Matt is joined by Mike and Corey from Kraken Cast to dive into one of the darkest rabbit holes we’ve ever explored. Scientists working in anti-gravity research, fusion energy, exotic materials, and advanced propulsion are dying, disappearing, or turning up under deeply unsettling circumstances. From the chilling final warnings of Amy Eskridge… to the impossible disappearance of Monica Reza… to the growing theories surrounding suppressed technology, black projects, and the so-called “Breakaway Civilization”… this episode spirals from documented reality into territory that feels genuinely dangerous. We explore: * The mysterious deaths of researchers in sensitive scientific fields * The Invention Secrecy Act and classified technology suppression * Anti-gravity and electrogravitics research * Theories about secret aerospace programs * Missing scientists connected to NASA, JPL, MIT, and Los Alamos * Directed energy weapon claims * The “Pruning” theory and the terrifying implications of the Fermi Paradox Some of this is verified fact. Some of it is speculation. By the end, you may not know where the line between them actually is. Featuring Mike & Corey from Kraken Cast. ⚠️ Listener discretion advised. This one gets heavy. Kraken Cans Cast: instagram.com/krakencanscast Patreon patreon.com/ParanormalDirective13 Tiktok tiktok.com/paranormaldirective13 Instagram instagram.com/paranormaldirective13 Youtube youtube.com/paranormaldirective13 Music: www.purple-planet.com [https://www.purple-planet.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

#56 Five Nights of Terror: The Van Meter (Re)Visitor ft Dark Docent

Tonight we're re-opening the vault. Complete with new details, new stories, and a couple friends to help us out. Something appeared in Van Meter, Iowa in 1903. At first, it was just a light. A strange, focused beam moving across rooftops in the middle of the night. Then came the sightings. A massive winged creature. Eight feet tall. A horn on its head that emitted a blinding white light. People didn’t just see it. They shot at it. In this special guest episode, I’m joined by Jake and James from Dark Docent to break down one of the strangest cases in American paranormal history. A doctor fired five rounds at point blank range. No effect. A banker blasted it through a window. Nothing. By the fourth night, the entire town was in panic. Armed men were waiting in the streets. Then on October 3rd, nearly 200 people gathered at a coal mine. What came out of that mine changed everything. They opened fire with everything they had. Rifles. Shotguns. Enough firepower to drop anything alive. The creature didn’t go down. It didn’t even react. Then it turned… and went back into the mine. And the town made a decision. They sealed it. Together with Dark Docent, we dig into the original witness accounts, the newspaper reports, the inconsistencies, and the theories. Was this a hoax fueled by early yellow journalism? A misidentified animal? Something prehistoric that shouldn’t exist anymore? Or something that came from somewhere else entirely? More than a century later, the question still stands: What did they trap underground? Dark Docent: instagram.com/darkdocent Patreon patreon.com/ParanormalDirective13 Tiktok tiktok.com/paranormaldirective13 Instagram instagram.com/paranormaldirective13 Youtube youtube.com/paranormaldirective13 Music: www.purple-planet.com [https://www.purple-planet.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.