Episode Notes We had a couple of really interesting emails/comments about the identity of the star of UFO Contact from Andromeda and I thought they were neat enough they deserved their own spot rather than sandwiched in the middle of another episode. The FREE foundation mentioned can be found here: https://ccri2019.wixsite.com/free Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website | Instagram...
Jul 04, 2025•11 min
Episode Notes It’s the annual Road Trip episode as Simpson J. Hanover III and I head west to the desert, taking in the environs of Area 51 and the ET Highway, Giant Rock, a fleeting glimpse of the Integration, and Desert Center, California. Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website | Instagram
Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 14Ep. 8
Episode Notes We’re finishing our exploration of the book UFO Contact from Andromeda by getting into the nuts and bolts (or not) of Lya’s message to the semi-mysterious Professor R.N. Hernandez! As a reminder, this book and its message seems to have had a bit of a confusing journey from experiencer to reader so for a rundown of that, be sure to check out part 1 of the story in the archives. You can find UFO Contact from Andromeda at Amazon as an ebook or you can buy a horrifically expensive used...
Jun 13, 2025•55 min•Season 14Ep. 7
Episode Notes It’s a Contact tale from Mexico, filtered through the typewriter of American UFO figure Wendelle Stevens. This is one of those contact stories that seems to have gotten very little attention in the broader UFO world so it’s a delight to be able to share it with you! In this first part, we’ll take a look at where the story came from and meet Professor R.N. Hernandez: a respected scientist who had his worldview expanded by a beautiful, alien woman named Lya. Subscribe to our Patreon ...
May 26, 2025•44 min•Season 14Ep. 6
Episode Notes In this episode, we’re finishing our look at Volume 3, Issue 1 of UFO Magazine. We’re past the news and editorials and into some meatier stuff including an interview with Whitley Strieber, an article by Michael Grosso on his “Paraterrestrial Hypothesis,” want ads, and some poetry. Be sure to check out all the great back issues of this mag up for sale at https://www.ufomag.com Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website | Instagram...
Apr 18, 2025•58 min•Season 14Ep. 5
Episode Notes In this episode, we’re starting our look at Volume 3, Issue 1 of UFO Magazine . This is an issue jam packed full of great UFO stories and history, including a key piece of the UFO Conspiracy narrative of the late 80s, the dawn of the Mr. Ed photos, and a surprising rabbit hole that led me to a “sonic xenolinguistics performance art group” (including this great number! ) Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website | Instagram...
Mar 28, 2025•45 min•Season 14Ep. 4
Episode Notes It’s a rare Saucer Life interview! In this episode, we talk to author Gabriel Mckee about his new biography of Gray Barker: The Saucerian: UFOs, Men in Black, and the Unbelievable Life of Gray Barker . It comes out on April 22, 2025 and—having read an advance copy—I can say it is an astounding and thoroughly researched work. Here are some links to get the book: Amazon (this affiliate link helps the Saucer Life) The book’s page at MIT Press has links to get the book at a wide variet...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 14Ep. 3
Episode Notes We conclude our look at Allen Michael and his outer space hippy communism! Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Twitter Instagram Facebook
Feb 28, 2025•40 min•Season 14Ep. 2
Episode Notes As we continue our look at Allen Michael's One World Family Commune UFO group from the 1960s, we talk about a woman named Del Rainer, who joined the commune in 1967 at the age of 40 and wrote about her experiences decades later. Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Twitter Instagram Facebook...
Jan 20, 2025•37 min•Season 14Ep. 1
Episode Notes We are beginning a multi-part journey that is going to take us to the end of the year. Contactees, UFOs, the counterculture of the 60s, communes, weird space music, a new messiah for a new age… it’s wild. We begin, in this episode, with Allen Noonan, a sign painter from California who has an enlightening experience and begins building a community around it. Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Instagram Facebook...
Nov 11, 2024•58 min•Season 13Ep. 14
Episode Notes It’s the 7 ( and 1/12) anniversary of The Saucer Life! For the occasion, and in response to some messages I’ve received, I’m going to be revisiting my list of top ten important UFO books from four years ago. There are some changes to the list which will doubtless generate controversy (this may be an exaggeration). After listening, you can find the list and links to purchase (which benefit the show) here! Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and mor...
Sep 27, 2024•33 min•Season 13Ep. 13
Episode Notes Art Gatti’s 1978 book UFO Encounters of the Fourth Kind? is a tour de force of supposed alien-human sexual encounters. Going all the way back to the dawn of time, Gatti makes the case for long-term alien sexual interference with humanity. I’d like to say he does it with tact and class but that would be a lie. Listen along as we cover the book, detail some of his very 1970s turns-of-phrase, and talk about the very interesting story of Cynthia Applegate, since Gatti doesn’t spend eno...
Sep 13, 2024•49 min•Season 13Ep. 12
Episode Notes It's another installment in our Zine Scene series! This time, we're looking at the February, 1969 issue of Flying Saucers Magazine. This was a long-running publication from the prolific Ray Palmer, who co-founded Fate Magazine and brought us the dubious glory of the Richard Shaver hollow Earth tales. This issue is rife with interesting ads, a condemnation of the Allende Letters, and more! Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Twitt...
Sep 04, 2024•53 min•Season 13Ep. 11
Episode Notes In 1975 and 1976 retired police chief George Wheeler had two extraordinary UFO sightings. He was not alone in this, as witnesses came out of the woodwork and corroborated his story in remarkable detail. In this episode of the Saucer Life, we’ll look at these sightings and the UFO culture that grew up around them in this tiny Wisconsin town. Get information about Elmwood’s UFO Days here: https://www.wisconsinfrights.com/elmwood-ufo-days/ Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, ...
Jul 25, 2024•44 min•Season 13Ep. 10
Episode Notes It’s time for the (mostly) annual Saucer Life Saucer Road Trip and, as with 2020’s visit to the Kelly and Hopkinsville areas, Associate Producer Simpson J. Hanover III is with me to provide an everyperson perspective to the things we see and do. We hit Point Pleasant and Braxton County, retrace my path through the TNT area where I saw the Mysterious Black Cadillac in 2021, and check out new-to-us museums and attractions in the region. Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, be...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Season 13Ep. 9
Episode Notes This is a bit of a sequel to our 2020 episode about Greta Woodrew, ( Why do Birdlike Aliens Suddenly Appear? )and focuses on some newly available issues of her Woodrew Update newsletter from the 1980s. From Earth Changes to prepper-behavior, to the (not so) subtle bragging on her genius children, these newsletters provided an interesting window into a woman who was one of the most atypical contactees out there. Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, ...
Jun 25, 2024•40 min•Season 13Ep. 8
Episode Notes The Alien Abduction Survival Guide by Michelle LaVigne is... not entirely what it sounds like. While there are several tips for coping with one's abduction experiences, the most interesting aspect of the book is the manner in which the author positions herself within the shared experiences of humans and their alien mentors. Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Twitter Instagram Facebook Show descriptions may contain affiliate link...
May 24, 2024•55 min•Season 13Ep. 7
Episode Notes Recounting a contactee tale that took place in 1955, Oscar F. Knight's booklet "The Wolverton Trail Event" is a unique story that exudes sincerity. Regardless of the saucer content, this is fascinating account! Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Twitter Instagram Facebook...
Apr 26, 2024•42 min•Season 13Ep. 6
Episode Notes In this episode, I asked myself some questions that I’ve always wanted the answers to. Well, at least my answers on this particular day. These answer may change in the future. What’s the deal with Roswell? Least favorite episode of my own podcast? Favorite UFO book? Believe me when I say that I wasn’t sure how I’d answer when I asked myself! Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Twitter Instagram Facebook...
Mar 27, 2024•38 min•Season 13Ep. 5
Episode Notes As we wrap up our deep dive into the third issue of (California) UFO Magazine, we find ourselves knee-deep in tales of UFO talk at the Whole Life Expo. Then, we're off to the wilderness where we make contact with the elusive families of Space Sasquatches. Next, we take a philosophical detour with a mind-bending column by the one and only Terrence McKenna. And then, drumroll, please, we look at a review of Strieber's "Communion". which at the time was so fresh off the presses, you c...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr•Season 13Ep. 4
Episode Notes It’s back to the early days of UFO Magazine or ( California UFO Magazine ) for a fairly lighthearted romp through a publication that did its best to provide insight into all aspects of the UFO culture of the time, much to the chagrin of the buttoned-up nuts-and-bolts time. That tension, between “scientific” and “new age” approaches is very much apparent in this issue! In fact, there’s so much good stuff in here, that we’ll be finishing it up on the next episode! The documentary men...
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 13Ep. 3
Episode Notes Is it an abduction? A contact experience? Both? Neither? The encounter that Carl Higdon had in October, 1974 in Wyoming is one of those strange 1970s encounters that doesn’t get enough attention. After…encountering Margery Higdon’s 2017 book about her husband’s ordeal, I thought it would be a good subject for our approach here on The Saucer Life. Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Twitter Instagram Facebook...
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 13Ep. 2
Episode Notes We're kicking off the new year, and in this episode, we’re going to look at the story of Police Constable Alan Godfrey, whose encounter with a UFO on the dark roads of northern England would have profound effects on his life. You can find Godfrey’s book at https://www.alangodfreyufo.com/product-page/who-or-what-were-they Another key resource for this episode was Rik Moran’s book Chance Encounters in the Valley of Lights. And be sure to check out The Night Monitor and their album “C...
Jan 03, 2024•58 min•Season 13Ep. 1
Episode Notes We're back with a zine scene installment that is going to segue into our next episode--clever, right? This issue of FSR has it all--bizarre humanoid encounters, weirdly shaped UFOs, and complaints about the economy! Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Twitter Instagram Facebook...
Nov 24, 2023•57 min•Season 12Ep. 16
Episode Notes So this is a new thing I've wanted to do forever: there are a lot of early Saucer Life Episodes which are short--really short-- and could use some additional oomph. So we're trying it out with our January 2018 episode on The Robertson Panel. Following the original episode is an examination of some of the ways the Panel was discussed in the newspapers from the 60s to the 21st Century. Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Twitter In...
Oct 12, 2023•43 min•Season 12Ep. 15
Episode Notes This episode is sort of a continuation of our exploration of Bryant and Helen Reeve's Flying Saucer Pilgrimage --we're looking at the story of Salvador Medina, who the Reeves christened "The Mexican Adamski." It's an interesting tale, and deviates a little bit from the contactee norm! Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Twitter Instagram Facebook...
Aug 29, 2023•Season 12Ep. 14
Episode Notes In this episode, we're looking at Flying Saucer Pilgrimage , a 1957 book by Bryant and Helen Reeve that details their 23,000 mile road trip to meet various contactees, their role in promoting Contactee lectures in Detroit, and more! This Techtopia episode has an interview with their grandson that was a valuable resource! Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Twitter Instagram Facebook...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 12Ep. 13
Episode Notes It's the second part of our AMA extravaganza. In this episode: a dinner party, beer choices, UFO novels, my view on the most credible phenomena, and more! Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Twitter Instagram Facebook...
Jul 28, 2023•53 min•Season 12Ep. 12
Episode Notes I got so many questions that I need to stretch this over two episodes (which works out well since I'm going on vacation...). Some GREAT questions here in this first half--nice, thinky questions that I'm going to be reconsidering over and over for a while, which is always nice. Here's the link that I mention at the end of the episode! Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and more! Website Twitter Instagram Facebook...
Jul 11, 2023•55 min•Season 12Ep. 11
Episode Notes It’s a new episode category—join us for Saucer Law! In this installment, we’re going to be looking into the groundbreaking case of Ground Saucer Watch vs. CIA. In the second half of the 1970s, the newly strengthened Freedom of Information Act was put to good use by researchers and advocates of all kinds, including the UFO community. Would the government play ball? Or would THE TRUTH continue to be concealed? Subscribe to our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes action, and...
Jun 26, 2023•47 min•Season 12Ep. 10
