Area 51, the most secretive facility in the US, became the most famous due to the claims of Bob Lazar. He said he worked at a lab near Area 51 where he saw crashed alien spacecraft and was told about alien beings. However, the full story of Lazar and his checkered past has not been fully told. In this episode, I tackle this wild tale of a man who has some serious credibility issues. UFO Articles covered in this episode: Rep. Eric Burlison, David Grusch & AARO walk into a SCIF... (w/ updates ...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Jason McClellan was the original co-host of Open Minds UFO News with Alejandro for over a decade. In this episode, we review recent UFO news while reminiscing about the past and taking a critical look at the current UFO research landscape, including recent bombastic claims. Jason's website: https://www.ufouapwtf.com/ Purchase Jason's book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/44q4hot Find credible UFO news and information at OpenMinds.tv: http://www.openminds.tv/ Open Minds UFO Radio podcast: http://www.op...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 26 min
In this episode we discuss the state of UAP research and the best path forward. We also cover the latest UAP headlines and look at some recent UAP videos. Find credible UFO news and information at OpenMinds.tv: http://www.openminds.tv/ Open Minds UFO Radio podcast: http://www.openminds.tv/radio Check out Alejandro's articles on Den of Geek: https://www.denofgeek.com/author/alejandro-rojas/ JOIN Alejandro on PATREON and help sponsor the show: https://patreon.com/alejandrotrojas?utm_medium=unknown...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 18 min
SpaceX is deploying satellites at an unprecedented rate and using newly developed technology to do it. From lift-off to deployment to orbit, SpaceX satellites and rocket stages are producing spectacular views. It is no wonder even pilots are mystified by what they are looking at. In this video, I review many of the amazing UFO videos submitted to the Enigma Labs app that have turned out to be SpaceX-related. Enigma Labs reports included in this report: https://enigmalabs.io/sighting/294750 https...
Jul 27, 2024•49 min
In this episode, we interview Brandon Fugal, owner of Skinwalker Ranch in Utah. The ranch is the focus of years of paranormal research and the History Channel show The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch Season 5 finale Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024 on The History Channel! The Official Skinwalker Ranch website: https://skinwalker-ranch.com Enigma Labs: Best Enigma UFO Videos for Roswell Daily Record: https://youtu.be/eQSSKrP4jr0 Download the FREE Enigma app here Report your sig...
Jul 20, 2024•31 min
In this episode we discuss UAP Analysis and Science with Dr. Doug Buettner, Deputy Chief Scientist at the Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC). Dr. Buettner has recently joined the board of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies and has been analyzing cases, including the NYC case we recently reviewed on this show. We also cover recent UAP headlines and look at a couple Enigma UFO sighting reports. Enigma UFO Sightings Dr. Buettner’s bio: https://acqirc.org/airc-appoints-new-deputy-ch...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 26 min
In this episode we cover the latest news including the passing of Dr. Bruce Maccabee, UAP and Congress news, an interview on ball lightning with Dr. Karl Stephan, and we look at more UAP videos from Enigma Labs. Read more about Dr. Stephan’s work ENIGMA LABS UAP VIDEO ANALYSIS Link to Enigma Labs UAPs: Known object: https://enigmalabs.io/sighting/290972 Possibly identified object: https://enigmalabs.io/sighting/282353 Link to our Twitter Spaces on the La Guardia NYC UAP case: https://twitter.com...
May 25, 2024•1 hr 17 min
On today’s episode we discuss the latest UAP news, including updates from congress and former AARO chief Sean Kirkpatrick. We also discuss journalist Sarah Scoles’ experience coving UFOs over the last few years. Sarah Scoles’ website Link to our upcoming Twitter Spaces on the La Guardia NYC UAP case: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1gqxvQVQZmOJB/peek Link to Enigma Labs UAPs: Known object: https://enigmalabs.io/sighting/288257 Possibly identified objects: https://enigmalabs.io/sighting/292420 https...
May 10, 2024•1 hr 5 min
In today’s episode: We talk to John Greenewald, founder of The Black Vault. For decades John has been using FOIA to get formerly classified documents from the government. Recently he received documents showing the correspondence between the DoD and alleged UFO whistleblower David Grusch. Grusch has claimed, including on the record during a congressional hearing, that DoD’s AARO UAP program has not reached out to him. New documents may show otherwise. We also cover the latest UFO/UAP News and loo...
Apr 19, 2024•58 min•Ep. 356
In today’s episode: We talk to Brett Tingley, Managing Editor at Space.com who has covered UAP as a journalist on other outlets such as Scientific American, The War Zone, Popular Science, the History Channel, Science Discovery, and The Debrief. We also cover the latest UFO/UAP News and look at a couple weird videos from the Enigma app. PLUS…ENIGMA LABS UAP VIDEO ANALYSIS: Link to Enigma Labs UAPs: Known object More curious object Download the FREE Enigma app here Report your sighting to Enigma h...
Mar 30, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 355
In today’s episode: We’ll look at more Enigma UAP video submissions, cover the latest news including the controversial report released this week from the Pentagon’s UAP research team. We also have a special guest, Dr. Michael Masters, professor of Biological Anthropology, to discuss an alternative to the Extraterrestrial hypothesis he calls The Extratempestrial Model. PLUS…ENIGMA LABS UAP VIDEO ANALYSIS: Link to Enigma Labs UAPs: Known object More curious object Download the FREE Enigma app here...
Mar 15, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 354
We are back! Open Minds UFO Radio is now Open Minds UAP News. It has been a wild ride the last few years for those interested in UFOs, or UAP? In this episode, we will talk about the difference. We'll also talk about how we got to this place of stagnation when it comes to UAP research, the players (The Pentagon, Congress, NASA, and the UFO Community) and their current positions, and how we’ll be moving things forward...together. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcas...
Mar 05, 2024•45 min•Ep. 353
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week’s guest: Martin Willis. Items we discussed: Watch my interview with Dr. Avi Loeb: https://youtu.be/60ixc725nIQ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support ....
Mar 13, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 352
I interview Dr. Avi Loeb about the first interstellar object we have detected to enter our solar system and the potential that it was built by an advanced extraterrestrial civilization. Video interview can be seen here: https://youtu.be/60ixc725nIQ For more about Dr. Loeb, you can visit is Harvard website: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support ....
Mar 13, 2021•49 min•Ep. 351
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week’s guest: Martin Willis. Items we discussed: Airliner Encountered Unidentified Fast-Moving Cylindrical Object Over New Mexico Virgin Galactic Announces Aerospace Systems and Engineering Leadership Appointments Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support ....
Mar 06, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 350
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week’s guest: Martin Willis. Items we discussed: Alejandro's William Shatner Interview on its own (YouTube) The UFO Legend of Unknown “Metal Alloys” Housed in a Secret Las Vegas Warehouse (The Black Vault) Dr. Eric Davis on Open Minds UFO Radio: Investigating and Experiencing the Paranormal – April 30, 2019 TTSA Advisor Chris Mellon tells CNN potential UFO crashes should be taken seriously Become a supporter of...
Feb 21, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 349
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week’s guests: William Shatner and Martin Willis. That's right! I will be playing a recording of an interview I did with William Shatner this week on Ancient Aliens and UFOs. Items we discussed: William Shatner On Looking For Ancient Aliens (Den of Geek) Pentagon Admits it has UFO Debris, Releases Test Results (UFO Explorations) VIDEO Did the Pentagon just admit to having UFO Debris? (Spoiler Alert: No) - Here'...
Feb 13, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 348
oin us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week’s guest: Martin Willis. Items we discussed: Register for AlienCon UFO Panel FREE with Thursday, February 11 - 8:00 PM ET with me, Nick Pope, John Greenewald, and Chase Kloetzke Astronomer Avi Loeb Says Aliens Have Visited, and He’s Not Kidding The Uncensored Guide To ‘Oumuamua, Aliens, And That Harvard Astronomer It’s Never ‘Aliens’ Unless Your Claim Passes This One Scientific Test What is Doug Reading? Ep ...
Feb 07, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 347
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week’s guest: Martin Willis. Items we discussed: The Proof is Out There (History Channel) Resident Alien (SYFY) Robert Bigelow clears the air about Bob Lazar (Mystery Wire) The Big Phone Home (Unidentified Celebrity Review effort to call/message lawmakers and DoD regarding UAP transparency) Leaked UFO Photo Surfaces Showing Purported "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" (The Debrief) Become a supporter of this podca...
Jan 30, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 346
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week’s guest: Douglas Smythe. Items we discussed: Ben Hansen Talks Discovery+'s UFO Witness (Den of Geek) Skinwalker Ranch, UFOs, and life after death discussed in exclusive interview with Robert Bigelow (Mystery Wire) Can Robert Bigelow (and the Rest of Us) Survive Death? (NY Times) Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) Shocking Documents Show Government Paid Millions to Chase UFOs and Werewolves ...
Jan 23, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 345
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the latest UFO news. Items discussed: Object that whizzed by Earth probably came from alien world, Harvard professor asserts (CBS News) The Proof is Out There interview (Den of Geek) Deadline Looms for Pentagon UFO Report(Mystery Wire) Lue Elizondo Speaks to George Knapp about TTSA (Silva Record) Strategic Doubt (Adam Kehoe) The Debrief UFO Witness promo Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/sup...
Jan 18, 2021•56 min•Ep. 344
ETs and Religion: How the belief in extraterrestrial life has influenced religions and inspired new ones. It is often said that if we found intelligent extraterrestrial life, religions would be devastated. However, most religions already discuss extraterrestrial life, and have for hundreds of years. In this presentation we discuss the many ways alien life has been addressed by the world’s major religions, and how they are currently dealing with this issue. We also look at studies which reveal in...
Jan 05, 2021•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 343
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week’s guest: Martin Willis. Items we discussed: Rojas Report: Presentation: ETs & Religion - How belief in ET life has influenced religions & inspired new ones CIA Operative Joins the Search for Answers to the Roswell Mystery John O. Brennan, head of the CIA for four years under President Obama, on UFOs Senior Government Officials Keep Saying That UFOs and Aliens Are Real Emails Show Navy's 'UFO' Paten...
Dec 20, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 342
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week’s guest: Douglas Smythe. Items discussed: Monoliths: Why are these strange monuments appearing around the world? OLD LEAKED PHOTO SURFACES OF PURPORTED UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA My twitter thread on the status of the investigation of the above photo: https://twitter.com/alejandrotrojas/status/1336753666351456258?s=20 The Philip Corso Document: Dawn of a New Age Become a supporter of this podcast: https...
Dec 13, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 341
Tim McMillan is a retired law enforcement official and investigative writer focused on national security, the intelligence community, and defense technologies. You can find him online at lttimmcmillan.com or on Twitter @lttimmcmillan. Items referenced: The Debrief website: www.thedebrief.org ‘FAST MOVERS’ AND TRANSMEDIUM VEHICLES – THE PENTAGON’S UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA TASK FORCE LEAKED PHOTO SURFACES OF PURPORTED UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA Washington Examiner – Confirmed: Navy’s previ...
Dec 06, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 340
MJ Banias is a journalist and author who writes about technology and culture. You can find him online at mjbanias.com , or on Twitter @mjbanias. The Debrief website: www.thedebrief.org ‘FAST MOVERS’ AND TRANSMEDIUM VEHICLES – THE PENTAGON’S UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA TASK FORCE LEAKED PHOTO SURFACES OF PURPORTED UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA Washington Examiner – Confirmed: Navy’s previously unreported 2019 Triangle UFO incident Politico coverage – OUTER LIMITS: ‘IT RATTLED A LOT OF CAGES’ Da...
Dec 06, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 339
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week’s guest: Martin Willis. Articles we referenced: The Debrief website: www.thedebrief.org ‘FAST MOVERS’ AND TRANSMEDIUM VEHICLES – THE PENTAGON’S UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA TASK FORCE LEAKED PHOTO SURFACES OF PURPORTED UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA Washington Examiner - Confirmed: Navy's previously unreported 2019 Triangle UFO incident Politico coverage - OUTER LIMITS: ‘IT RATTLED A LOT OF CAGES’ Danny Si...
Dec 06, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 338
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week’s guest: Adam Kehoe. Info we discussed: The Debrief - New website that will be posting THE "big news" next week Adam Kehoe's twitter Paper we discussed - The Collaborative Construction and Evolution of Pseudo-knowledge in Online Conversations To read Adam's articles visit: blog.adamkehoe.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support ....
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 337
Robert Powell has a BS in Chemistry and is a former collegiate debater. He has 28 years’ experience in engineering management in the semiconductor industry. While working at Advanced Micro Devices he took numerous internal courses related to device physics, design of experiments, and statistical analysis. He helped Advanced Micro Devices develop its first flash memory technology that is used in today’s flash cards for cameras, PCs, video cameras, and other products. His experience includes manag...
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 336
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week’s guest: Martin Willis. Items referenced: Decades of Government UFO Gaslighting Exposed: http://www.openminds.tv/decades-of-government-ufo-gaslighting-exposed/42577 Rojas Report: Filmmaker James Fox on new documentary The Phenomenon: http://www.openminds.tv/rojas-report-filmmaker-james-fox-on-new-documentary-the-phenomenon/42850 Debrief (New MJ Banais, Tim McMillan, Micah Hanks news site): https://www.thed...
Nov 21, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 335
