On episode 241 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we hear from you, the listeners, as you recall your personal UFO stories from around the world. From an enigmatic dance of strange lights above a castle to even stranger lights hovering above a graveyard. From a sparking spherical object over a river in Scotland to a blanket of intelligent lights completely covering a young couple in the night sky. These are the mysterious, beautiful, scary, and awe-inspiring accounts from those who looked somewhere in t...
Nov 29, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 241
On episode 240 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we are joined by Luis Jimenez of the Unidentified Celebrity Review, Jazz Shaw, political analyst and writer for The Debrief, and surprise guest, John Greenewald Jr. of The Black Vault! Greenewald shares a breaking story of a new Navy UFO event that he uncovered through FOIA files, and what this could mean for further FOIA requests he's already put in. Then, the guys catch us up on the latest UAP news concerning HR 4350, an amendment, drafted by Sen. Kirs...
Nov 21, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 240
On episode 239 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we peek behind the Iron Curtain to hear extraordinary accounts of UFO pursuits, crashes, and encounters from the former Soviet Union. Crash retrievals with supposed occupants, breaking in to an almost impenetrable craft, UFOs over a nuclear missile site, and an underwater battle with aquatic aliens... these are the sensational, yet sometimes well-documented cases to be unearthed in Soviet UFO files. Are these files merely a game of disinformation during ...
Nov 15, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 239
On episode 238 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we are joined by author, historian, and professor, Aaron Gulyas. With recent conversations in the UFO world circling around a self-proclaimed "contactee" named Anjali, the idea of humans interacting with aliens has resurfaced in the most controversial of ways. As the mainstream begins to simply process the idea of the existence of UFOs, according to the U.S. Government, they now must wrestle with the idea that perhaps those piloting some of these UFOs ar...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 238
On episode 237 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we travel to Bolivia to hear the extraordinary story of a UFO crash in the mountains of Tarija. What exactly was this metallic, saucer-shaped object that many saw come crashing to Earth? Was this crash in South America truly part of a U.S. top secret project to recover foreign space debris, or could this have been a visitor from parts unknown? We dive deep in to this mysterious case, and also many other close encounter cases in Bolivia, Argentina, and va...
Nov 01, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 237
On episode 236 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we are joined once again by host of the Our Strange Skies podcast, and UFO encyclopedia incarnate, Rob Kristoffersen. He works his way through the Close Encounters Classification System to bring us a handful of UFO cases from Africa. From strange lights stalking witnesses to ghost rocket-like craft silently dancing through the skies. From small beings giving a VIP tour of their craft to a man in exchange for some water, and what exactly is a "Dumpy" UFO?...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 236
In this special Halloween season bonus episode, Ryan brings us just outside the North of Prague in the Czech Republic, to a 13th century castle with an ominous and extremely dark history. Houska Castle wasn’t near any water, wasn’t strategically important, and didn’t seem to have anyone living in it. So why was this random fortress built? According to local legend, below the stone floors of the castle's chapel, was a dark, seemingly endless pit that was literally a gateway to Hell. Throughout it...
Oct 19, 2021•14 min
On episode 235 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Ryan joins the Rogue Planet crew in a special panel discussion featuring former USAF Missile Launch Officer, Robert Salas. The panel was hosted by Best-Selling author and radio show host, Peter Robbins. The panel discusses Salas' involvement in the famous Maelstrom Air Force Base Nuclear Missile Incident. On March 24th, 1967, it is alleged that ten of the base's Minuteman ICBMs known as Oscar Flight became inoperative, after UFOs were seen hovering over ...
Oct 18, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 235
It's Halloween season and the boys are back in town to review some of the scariest found footage(ish) films concerning alien abductions. Joining Ryan are TV/Film writer, Andrew Sanford, and Film/Stage actor, Nick Westemeyer to discuss the films below. Did they live up to the hype? Did they follow alien abduction lore? And most importantly... were they any good!? We also hear from cast and crew from several of the films and what their experiences were like working on them, and we hear from YOU, t...
Oct 15, 2021•4 hr 19 min
On episode 234 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we welcome Michael Avon Oeming. Oeming is a comic book artist and writer, currently working on a comic book series based on the files of Project Blue Book. "Blue Book" will recreate stories of real UFO encounters in comic book form, based on the true-to-life testimonies of UFO witnesses with the goal of not sensationalizing or editorializing those accounts. The first chapters explore the circumstances surrounding the 1961 abduction of Betty and Barney Hi...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 234
On episode 233 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we are revisiting one of the most interesting and prolific years in UFO history: 1952. UFOs were being sighted all over the United States, with a concerning wave occurring above Washington D.C, specifically over the nation's Capitol building. Jets were scrambled to try to identify these luminous objects to no avail. Meanwhile, strange saucers and discs were being reported on the other side of the country in California in great numbers. But one of the mos...
Oct 04, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 233
On episode 232 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Bryce Zabel returns to discuss all the latest UFO news, including the development of a permanent UAP office within the Department of Defense, the scientific endeavors being undertaken by various organizations in relation to UAP, and the stunning accuracy in which Zabel's 2010 book, A.D. After Disclosure , mirrors what we are seeing play out in 2021 in relation to possible UFO disclosures. Then, Zabel and Ryan reflect on the 60th anniversary of the Betty ...
Sep 27, 2021•2 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 232
On episode 231 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we are welcomed by former USAF fighter pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Chris Lehto. With over eighteen years of flying, he worked as the Commander of the US Detachment at the Tactical Leadership Programme in Albacete, Spain. As Chief of Flying Branch, he oversaw the execution of three flying courses with no safety incidents. Previous to his final assignment, as Training Systems Assistant Director of Operations for the 56th Training Squadron at Luke Air Force B...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 231
On episode 230 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we dive deep in to the depths of our waters to explore the enigmatic history of Unidentified Submerged Objects (USOs) and their phenomenal brushes with the world's militaries. From the discovery of the New World up until today, these objects have been encountered either going in to or coming out of bodies of water. You'll hear about dramatic sightings reported by military pilots and sub-mariners, with some incidents possibly having fatal consequences. Th...
Sep 13, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 230
On episode 229 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we are welcomed by noted skeptic, debunker, and one of the most controversial figures who has found himself thrust down the rabbit hole of UFOs... Mick West. West describes how he first got in to debunking when it comes to conspiracy theories and UFOs, why it's important to question everything, his personal thoughts on belief v.s. fact, and the cold hard truths about witness testimony, trained observers, and how we can all work towards clawing our way ou...
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 229
On this bonus livestream episode of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we are joined by the entire team behind The Big Phone Home 2, a special FREE livestream event happening September 4th-6th on YouTube! The Big Phone Home 2 is an unprecedented convergence of professionals, scientists, Military members, and activists from across the spectrum of UAP research and activism to request Public Congressional Hearings to key government officials as well as to share the best practices for future success in the fie...
Sep 04, 2021•1 hr 34 min
On episode 228 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Ryan is welcomed by Karen Brard, President of the International UFO Congress and Alejandro Rojas, Master of Ceremonies. They give us the inside scoop on this year's virtual event and who will be speaking, including such names as journalists, Bryan Bender, Ross Coulthart, and Lee Spiegel. Harvard Professor and Astrophysicist, Avi Loeb, and astronomer, Marc D'Antonio, will also be speaking from a scientific perspective on UFOs. Experiencer researchers, NK ...
Aug 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 228
Somewhere in the Skies has been nominated for the 2021 Paranormal Podcast Awards! We have been included in Best Alien/UFO Podcast and Paranormal Podcast of the Year, so head on over to the following link and be sure to VOTE for Somewhere in the Skies! Deadline is midnight EST on September 30th. Thank you for the support and let's win this thing VOTE at: https://forms.paranormalityradio.com/paranormal-podcast-awards-voting/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/somewhere-in-the-skies . Hos...
Aug 24, 2021•3 min
On episode 227 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we welcome actress and UFO enthusiast, Karina Yzobel. Yzobel is an award-winning stage/film/voiceover actress who is also very active in the improv scene with credits from UCB, Groundlings, Acme Comedy theater and LatinX. When she's not acting, she also has a keen interest in UFOs. Today, she joins Ryan to talk about her journey as an actor, what role Hollywood plays in perception management and dissemination of UFO information, and her personal thoughts...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 227
On episode 226 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we drop you in to the eyes and minds of those who stared up in to the skies and had something extraordinary stare back. We hear the dramatic stories of several witnesses who saw UFOs on Halloween night, strange lights dancing enigmatically throughout the skies, and a synchronistic chain of events that brought two complete strangers together who unbeknownst to one another, had the same UFO encounter in the same location and same night. This is another pow...
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 226
On episode 225 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we are joined by Tobias Wayland, co-founder of the Singular Fortean Society. We talk about his extensive research in to a modern-day wave of Mothman sightings throughout the Midwest, winged humanoid encounters with violent implications, commonalities between UFO activity and incidents of high-strangeness, and the power of perception in observers when dealing with the impossible. Visit the Singular Fortean Society at: https://www.singularfortean.com/ Find...
Aug 09, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 225
On episode 224 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Ryan is joined once again by Seth Breedlove of Small Town Monsters and Shannon LeGro of Into the Fray to discuss their latest film, On the Trail of UFOs: Dark Sky. The film picks up where last year’s web series, On the Trail of UFOs, left off. This time, Breedlove and LeGro head to West Virginia to look at the state’s long history of strange objects in the sky, including local UFO sightings, the famous Flatwoods Monster encounter, the terrifyingly bizarr...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 224
On episode 223 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Ryan is joined by award-winning investigative journalist and best-selling author, Ross Coulthart. With an explosive new documentary that released in Australia on 7News Spotlight all about UFOs, and an upcoming book in the same vein, Coulthart walks us through some of the extraordinary information he's uncovered concerning both the United States and Australia's handling of the UFO situation. Coulthart shares several stories from his documentary and upcomi...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 223
On episode 222 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Ryan is joined by Tim McMillan of The Debrief, Zac Cichy of the Project Human podcast, and Britt of the Inference YouTube channel for a very special panel discussion on the enigmatic General McCasland. In 2015, Tom DeLonge, co-founder of Blink 182, walked away from mega-stardom to pursue a subject he was just as passionate about as his music; UFOs. DeLonge would go on to have a series of secret meetings with high-level government insiders, including a ve...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 56 min•Season 1Ep. 222
On episode 221 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Ryan is joined by political analyst, co-host of the Fault Lines podcast, and creator of the Progressive Soap Box YouTube channel, Jamarl Thomas. With Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, and mainstream media involved with the UFO/UAP topic like never before, will this be yet another empty promise from the U.S. Government and their handling of UFOs? Or could this be a paradigm shift we've waited decades for? Thomas gives us his thoughts on where we were, are, and ...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 221
On episode 220 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we are welcomed by a very special panel of former Navy servicemen to discuss their involvement in the now-famous "Tic Tac" event off the West Coast in 2004 and the "Gimbal" and "Go Fast" events off the East Coast in 2015. Gary Voorhis and Jason Turner describe the dramatic string of events that would ultimately lead to fighter jets being scrambled to intercept the mysterious, oblong-shaped object we've seen in the official Navy video released by the Depa...
Jul 05, 2021•2 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 220
On episode 219 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we welcome Walter Bosley for the very first time. Ryan met Bosley in 2018 while both were speaking at a conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. What Ryan didn't know was that Bosley was a certified spook! In this epic conversation, Bosley navigates us through his complex work in counterintelligence with the FBI and his work as a Special Agent in counterterrorism with the Office of Special Investigations with the U.S. Air Force. Bosley also shares the alterna...
Jun 28, 2021•3 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 219
Welcome to a special bonus episode of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES. Well... it's here! The unclassified UFO report for the public released on June 25th... to VERY mixed reviews! The report, a mere nine pages in total, encompasses 144 observations - mostly from U.S. Navy personnel - of what the government officially calls "unidentified aerial phenomenon," or UAP, dating back to 2004. Labeled a preliminary assessment, it was compiled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in conjunction ...
Jun 27, 2021•1 hr 13 min
On episode 218 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we return to UFOs in 2021 with Youtuber, UFO researcher, and member of The Debrief, Cristina Gomez. Gomez walks us through how she first became interested in the unexplained and her exciting and creative ways of bringing these topics to a whole new generation. She also shares several underwater UFO cases with us from centuries ago and her thoughts on where we may be heading in 2021 with the UAP Task Force report and the government's controversial role in...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 218
On episode 216 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we are transported once again in to the eyes, hearts, and minds of those who have experienced those mysteries that lay somewhere in the skies. From black triangles flying slowly and silently over the skies of the U.S. and Europe, to a mass UFO sighting by an entire group of teenagers in a juvenile detention center. We also hear from the youngest voice to ever appear on the podcast, Eva, 11 years old, and a dramatic encounter she had with her father of wh...
Jun 07, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 216
