The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich

The Lead Masks Mystery

In 1966, a young man in Brazil stumbled across a grim scene atop an isolated hill. The bodies of two men dressed in formal suits and seemingly homemade lead eye masks. They had nothing else with them besides two towels, a water bottle, and a notebook containing basic instructions: "16:30 be at the specified location. 18:30 ingest capsules, after the effect protect metals await signal mask" This week we’ll look into who the men were, how they came to be on that hill, the bizarre esoteric practice that led them there, the investigation, and finally the theories as to what really happened. Join us as we examine The Lead Masks Mystery!

The Travis Walton Abduction

On a dark night in November 1975, a seven-man logging crew was traveling the back roads of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona when they saw a glowing craft hovering over the trees. They drove closer to see it better, and when they did, one man jumped out to get even closer. As he approached, a blue-green beam of light fired from the craft, striking the man and throwing him to the ground. Convinced their friend was dead, the rest of the crew sped away, fleeing the scene. What followed was an exhaustive search operation that found no trace of the man, and a police investigation of the crew for the possible homicide of the missing logger. Then, five days later, the missing man called from a pay phone along a highway, disoriented and traumatized, and had no memory of the time he was gone. This week, we’re jumping into one of the most well-known cases in ufology. We’ll look at the night in question, the search and investigation, the man’s return, what memories he recovered through hypnosis, the skeptics who tried to tear him down, and finally the theories as to what really happened in those dark woods in the fall of 1975. Join me this week as we examine The Travis Walton Abduction!

The Philadelphia Experiment/The Montauk Project

In 1943, the US Navy conducted an experiment that some believe pushed the bounds of reality. According to legend, when they attempted to make a ship invisible, they accidentally teleported it away and back, leading to horrifying repercussions for the men aboard. Over 40 years later, a man named Preston Nichols began recovering repressed memories of a secret government project at an officially abandoned Cold War facility, working to amplify psychic abilities in hopes of unlocking mind control and time travel. It sounded far-fetched until more men came forward. This week, we’ll examine both of these events, how they may be connected, and whether or not to believe either of them actually took place. Join us, as we examine both the Philadelphia Experiment and the Montauk Project!

The Silurian Hypothesis

What if mankind were not the first advanced civilization on Earth? Would we be able to detect the remnants of a culture a million years before our own? A 2018 paper authored by an astrophysicist and a climate scientist asked these questions and presented the evidence we might look for. Massive carbon spikes in the geological record from industrial emissions. Atomic signatures of nuclear activity from a billion years ago. Both sound impossible, except that we have found both of those exactly. We’ll cover the men behind the paper, the hypothesis itself, how the evidence lines up with the biggest anomalies in the geological record, and try to decide if an advanced pre-human civilization really walked the earth. Join us as we examine The Silurian Hypothesis!

The Van Meter Visitor

Tune in for our next exciting episode! In the fall of 1903, the town of Van Meter, Iowa, was plagued by a menacing creature. It was 8 feet tall, bat-winged, with a beak and a glowing horn that could emit dazzling beams of light. Multiple witnesses fired upon the strange interloper, to seemingly no effect, save for an intense disarming odor that it seemed to use as a defense. With little recourse left, the residents of Van Meter organized and went on the offensive. We’ll tackle one of the most bizarre pieces of American Cryptozoology, covering the sightings, the creature, the local response, and the theories. Join us this week as we examine The Van Meter Visitor!