Podcasts about believer alien encounters

Ralph Blumenthal had a long career working as a reporter for the New York Times. Together with Leslie Kean, he brought the explosive story about a secret government program that had been quietly studying UFOs - regardless of the government's public denials of any such program existing. He later helped bring the incredible story of David Grusch to the public spotlight. His reporting has led to multiple congressional hearings being held on the subject of UFOs. We spoke with him about how he came upon these stories and what the future may hold for disclosure. Visit our website at www.strange-phenomenon.comHosted by Ray TararaWritten & Produced by R.J. Blake and Ray TararaTheme Music by Terra MonkAdditional Music by Totemtag - https://totemtag.bandcamp.com/Special guest: Ralph Blumenthal - https://ralphblumenthal.com/You can find Ralph's book The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mark at: Amazon | Indiebound | Barnes & Noble

On today's show, author and lecturer Ralph Blumenthal explains how he got interested in the UFO phenomenon after learning the fascinating story of Dr. John Mack, a distinguished Harvard-trained psychiatrist. Dr. Mack's bravery in the face of academic and societal ostracization while studying UFO abductees inspired Ralph to write a book about it (THE BELIEVER). Ralph also comments on the paradigm shift occurring worldwide as governments openly admit the existence of UFOs. GUEST OVERVIEW: Ralph Blumenthal, a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College of the City University of New York, and summer journalism instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy, was a reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, and has written seven books based on investigative crime reporting and cultural history. His first book about UFOs, THE BELIEVER: ALIEN ENCOUNTERS, HARD SCIENCE, AND THE PASSION OF JOHN MACK (2021) is the first biography of Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard Psychiatrist John E. Mack (1929-2004) who risked an esteemed career to investigate stupefying accounts of human abductions by aliens. https://ralphblumenthal.com/  

Ralph Blumenthal is an author and the investigative journalist, who along with Leslie Kean, broke the story about the Pentagon's mysterious U.F.O. program with United States Air Force officer and former intelligence official, whistleblower David Grusch. Ralph was a reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, and has written seven books based on investigative crime reporting and cultural history. His latest book The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack was published by High Road Books of the University of New Mexico Press. It's the first biography of Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard Psychiatrist Dr. John E. Mack (1929-2004) who risked an esteemed career to investigate stupefying accounts of human abductions by aliens. Ralph and his wife, Deborah, have collaborated on a nonfiction picture book for children, “UFOhs!RALPH BLUMETHALTWITTER: https://twitter.com/ralphbluWEBSITE: https://ralphblumenthal.com/BOOKS: https://ralphblumenthal.com/books/NY TIMES ARTICLE: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html?_r=0THE RIPPLE EFFECT PODCAST:WEBSITE: http://TheRippleEffectPodcast.comWebsite Host & Video Distributor: https://ContentSafe.co/SUPPORT:PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheRippleEffectPodcastPayPal: https://www.PayPal.com/paypalme/RvTheory6VENMO: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3625073915201071418&created=1663262894MERCH Store: http://www.TheRippleEffectPodcastMerch.comSPONSORS:LMNT Electrolyte Drink Mix (Free Gift With Purchase): http://DrinkLMNT.com/TheRippleEffectTHE UNIVERSITY OF REASON (Autonomy Course): https://www.universityofreason.com/a/29887/ouiRXFoLWATCH:RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/c-745495YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVfy9MXhb5EIciYRIO9cKUwLISTEN:SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4lpFhHI6CqdZKW0QDyOicJiTUNES: http://apple.co/1xjWmlFCONNECT:TeleGram: https://t.me/TREpodcastTWITTER: https://twitter.com/RvTheory6INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/rvtheory6/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRippleEffectPodcast/MINDS: https://www.minds.com/therippleeffectpodcast/THE UNION OF THE UNWANTED: https://linktr.ee/TheUnionOfTheUnwanted

Frank begins the show by talking about the poor air quality from the Canadian wildfires before David Wildstein, Editor of The New Jersey Globe joins to talk about who is Chris Christie? Then, Frank talks about the Saudi backed LIV golf joining forces with PGA golf and also speaks to Ralph Blumenthal, former New York Times Reporter, who broke the story on the UAP whistleblower this week & author of seven books on investigative crime reporting and cultural history including “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the passion of John Mack” about the US government has recovered non-human aircraft. Not long after, Frank  counts his chips with John Boyd, Founder and Principal at the Boyd Company and a thought leader and well-known pioneer of the modern era of corporate site selection for the AC Report. Later, Frank pays his respects to the late great Pat Cooper before Brian Kilmeade, New York Times best-selling author, co-host of Fox and Friends on Fox News and a radio talk show host heard every morning from 10am-Noon on 77WABC joins the show to talk about the news of the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank Morano interviews Ralph Blumenthal, former New York Times Reporter, who broke the story on the UAP whistleblower this week & author of seven books on investigative crime reporting and cultural history including “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the passion of John Mack” about the US government has recovered non-human aircraft Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ralph Blumenthal, the longtime New York Times reporter who got U.F.O.'s on the frontpage of the "Paper of Record"  joins Gaslit Nation to discuss the government's secret X-Files. He is the author of several books, including The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack, the children's book UFOhs, as well as several books on the mafia and Nazis, making him the ideal Gaslit Nation guest! This is an excerpt of an upcoming special two-part episode with Blumenthal on the nature of U.F.O.'s, what the current and potential findings mean for humanity, and the corporations believed to be monitoring research into U.F.O.'s closely for potential profit opportunities and there doesn't seem much that the shadowy government sectors allowing this will do to protect against that. Look out for more of this interview soon! For now, we couldn't wait to share this excerpt as a bit of fun as we gear up for next week's two live tapings.   This coming Tuesday May 23rd at 1:30pm EST, Russian mafia expert Olga Lautman joins Gaslit Nation for a live taping followed by an audience Q&A. The next day Wednesday May 24th at 2pm EST David Pepper, the author of Saving Democracy, joins Gaslit Nation for a live taping to answer questions about how to defeat the fascist threat, especially in so-called "red states." If you're subscribed to the show at the Truth-teller level or higher, check your inbox for details on how to join each event the morning of that event. Joining the live tapings will be as easy as clicking on a link!   Gaslit Nation will be back with an all new Q&A next week answering questions from subscribers at the Democracy Defender level and higher. Keep your questions coming! We always enjoy hearing from you!   Thank you to everyone who supports the show -- we could not make Gaslit Nation without you! If you would like to join our community of listeners and get access to all bonus episodes, including our back catalogue and event invites, sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit

Frank does his Friday show today and begins with Ask Frank Anything. Next, Frank talks about adultery and speaks with Ralph Blumenthal, former New York Times Reporter, author of seven books on investigative crime reporting and cultural history, author of “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the passion of John Mack” and Deborah Blumenthal, award winning journalist and author about UFOs and Ralph's latest book. After, Frank does his Denunciations and also shoots some craps with Scott Cronick, editor of AC Weekly and Director of Entertainment Operations for the Press of Atlantic City, and co-owner of Tennessee Ave Beer Hall. Later, Frank asks listeners what their family home slang is and also speaks to Brian Kilmeade, New York Times best-selling author, co-host of Fox and Friends on Fox News and a radio talk show host heard every morning from 10am-Noon on 77WABC about the news of the day,  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank interviews Ralph Blumenthal, former New York Times Reporter, author of seven books on investigative crime reporting and cultural history, author of his latest book “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the passion of John Mack” and Deborah Blumenthal, award winning journalist and author about UFOs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Award winning investigative journalist and brilliant author Ralph Blumenthal, on his 45 year reporting career with the New York Times, as well as his interest with the UAP topic. Ralph co-wrote the groundbreaking 2017 New York Times article "Glowing auras and 'black money': The Pentagon's mysterious UFO program" which has literally changed the topic of UFO's and unexplained military sightings. HOSTED BY: JASON GUILLEMETTE and LOUIS BORGES Visit our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UAPStudiesPodcast Visit our Website: https://uapstudiespodcast.com Visit our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/uappodcast Video Editing: Sage Skaaning Ralph's Professional Bio: Ralph Blumenthal is a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College of the City University of New York, and summer journalism instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy. He was an award-winning reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, and has written seven books on organized crime and cultural history. He led the Times metro team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the 1993 truck-bombing of the World Trade Center. In 2001, Blumenthal was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to research the progressive career and penal reforms of Warden Lewis E. Lawes, “the man who made Sing Sing sing.” The book on Warden Lawes, Miracle at Sing Sing, was published by St. Martin's in June, 2004. During the coronavirus pandemic he has contributed articles to The Times and other publications, worked from home on his Baruch Archives blog, “An Adventure in Democracy”, and given virtual talks on his new book, “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack.” For more than 45 years, Blumenthal led an extensive and illustrious career at The Times as Texas correspondent and Southwest Bureau Chief (2003-8); arts and culture news reporter (1994-2003); investigative and crime reporter (1971-1994); foreign correspondent (West Germany, South Vietnam, Cambodia, 1968-1971); and metro and Westchester correspondent (1964-1968). He began his journalism career as reporter/columnist for The Grand Prairie Daily News Texan in 1963. Blumenthal earned a Guggenheim Fellowship (2001), a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Alumni Award (2001), and the Nieman Foundation's Worth Bingham Prize for distinguished investigative reporting on USAir crashes. (1994.) He was named a Townsend Harris medalist of the City College Alumni Association in 2012 and inducted into the C.C.N.Y. Communications Alumni Hall of Fame in May 2010. Since 2010 he has taught journalism in the high school international summer program of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., and in 2010 was named a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College where he taught journalism and currently oversees historic collections in the Newman Library Archives.

This week we are honored to have hero Ralph Blumenthal on the podcast! Ralph was a staff reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, is the author of many fascinating books including the incredible book, "The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack." He has a children's book he co-wrote with his wife, Deborah, called 'UFOhs!' that will be out next year. And, he wrote those articles you have seen in The NY Times about UFOs/UAPs such as “Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program” 12/16/17“Navy Reports Describe Encounters With Unexplained Flying Objects” 5/14/20“House Panel to Hold Public Hearing on Unexplained Aerial Sightings” 5/10/22It was amazing to get to talk to someone on the front line, someone who works to get these stories into the paper, where they should be!! So excited for you to hear this episode!!Check out his work here-->https://ralphblumenthal.comEPISODE: https://linktr.ee/DVGpodcastSupport us at https://www.patreon.com/Deathvalleygirlsand please join the DVG Podcast page on Instagram (@DVGpodcast) Facebook (Death Valley Girls Podcast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chuck's out sick this week, so I've got a mini-episode for you. If you've enjoyed the topic so far, you might be interested in going a bit further. If so, here are some books, TV series, documentaries, and podcasts that I'd recommend. Books In Plain Sight: An investigation into UFOs and impossible science by Ross Coulthart, 2021 — Came out just before 2021 UAP report, feels like a good summary UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record by Leslie Kean, 2010 — Covers nuts-and-bolts credible witnesses The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack by Ralph Blumenthal, 2021 — Explores how a well respected Harvard psychiatrist risked his career to study abductees and experiencers Sekret Machines: Chasing Shadows (fiction) by Tom DeLonge and A.J. Hartley, 2016 — Interesting insight into what Tom believes. NOT recommended: Sekret Machines non-fiction series Series Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation, by History Channel, 2019 — The TTSA series focused on Lou Elizondo and Chris Mellon Hangar 1: The UFO Files, by History Channel, 2014 — Netflix series that goes over famous cases in MUFON files UFO by JJ Abrams, 2021 — A four-part Showtime series, good summary Documentaries The Phenomenon by James Fox, 2020 — Well-regarded in the UFO community as a summary Ariel Phenomenon by Randall Nickerson, 2022 — Covers a famous incident at the Ariel School in Zimbabwe Unacknowledged, by Michael Mazzola, 2017 — A bit breathless, but decent summary of what Steven Greer believes Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers by Jeremey Corbell, 2018 — Perhaps overly credible, but interesting Podcasts The UFO Rabbit Hole, by Kelly Chase — Easily my favorite, Kelly is a great speaker, and thoughtful Point of Convergence, by ExoAcademian — Get ready to go deep and weird Need to Know, by Ross Coulthart and Bryce Zabel — Excellent discussion of UFO news by investigative journalists

Ralph joins me to talk about the upcoming open congressional hearings held by a subcommittee of the House Intelligence Committee. Ralph's latest article with Leslie Kean: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/us... Ralph Blumenthal, a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College of the City University of New York, and summer journalism instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy, was an award-winning reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, and has written seven books on organized crime and cultural history. He led the Times metro team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the 1993 truck-bombing of the World Trade Center. In 2001, Blumenthal was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to research the progressive career and penal reforms of Warden Lewis E. Lawes, “the man who made Sing Sing sing.” The book on Warden Lawes, Miracle at Sing Sing, was published by St. Martin's in June, 2004. During the coronavirus pandemic he has contributed articles to The Times and other publications, worked from home on his Baruch Archives blog, “An Adventure in Democracy”, and given virtual talks on his new book, “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack.” For more than 45 years, Blumenthal led an extensive and illustrious career at The Times as Texas correspondent and Southwest Bureau Chief (2003-8); arts and culture news reporter (1994-2003); investigative and crime reporter (1971-1994); foreign correspondent (West Germany, South Vietnam, Cambodia, 1968-1971); and metro and Westchester correspondent (1964-1968). He began his journalism career as reporter/columnist for The Grand Prairie Daily News Texan in 1963. Blumenthal earned a Guggenheim Fellowship (2001), a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Alumni Award (2001), and the Nieman Foundation's Worth Bingham Prize for distinguished investigative reporting on USAir crashes. (1994.) He was inducted into the C.C.N.Y. Communications Alumni Hall of Fame in May 2010. Since 2010 he has taught journalism in the high school summer program of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., and in 2010 was named a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College where he taught journalism and currently oversees historic collections in the Newman Library Archives. Ralph's Website: http://www.ralphblumenthal.com/ Ralph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ralphblu Ralph's article on The Debrief: https://thedebrief.org/the-experience... Ralph's articles with The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/by/ralph-blum... !! SUPPORT DISCLOSURE TEAM !! Disclosure Team Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/disclosureteam Disclosure Team PayPal: https://paypal.me/disclosureteam?coun... Disclosure Team Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disclosure_... Disclosure Team Twitter: https://twitter.com/disclosureteam_ Disclosure Team is part of the Anomalous Podcast Network: https://audioboom.com/channels/5069292 DISCLAIMER: FAIR USE NOTICE: This video MAY contain copyrighted material, the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Disclosure Team distributes this material for the purpose of news reporting, educational research, comment, and criticism, constituting Fair Use under 17 U.S.C § 107. Intro music: • Track Title: Cold Shoulder • Beat by https://chrishayesmusic.co.uk #uap #congress #newyorktimes

Episode 21 of Paranormal Stories. This week the books are 'The In Between: A Trip of a Lifetime' by Jim Bruton and 'The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science and The Passion of John Mack' by Ralph Blumenthal.Jim Bruton, 'The In Between: A Trip of a Lifetime'. Built airplane. Flew airplane. Crashed airplane. Met God. all set.Jim Bruton knows life. His past is marked by relentless curiosity and remarkable achievement. He was an African wilderness guide, Emmy Award-winning wildlife film director, aviator, adventurer, inventor of the satellite videophone, NBC News Middle East war correspondent, a husband, and a father.His passion - building and flying WWI-era aircraft - led him where he never imagined he'd go: a horrific crash that left him for dead. For one week, Jim Bruton hovered in the place that is not life and not death, a place he came to know as the In Between. He came back, and this is his report of what he has seen.Bruton takes us along for a by turns hair-raising and ultimately triumphant story of his coming to grips with what has happened to him. As he heals, his experiences in the In Between become more and more pressing. They download into his mind like rushing movie stills. His life of action turns internal. He uses all he knows - from quantum physics and battlefield memories to scenes of childhood and familial love - for a new deeper understanding of what it means to live.Jim Bruton, the man who fell from the sky, is not the same man who flew into it. And if you walk some of his journey with him, neither are you.About the author: Jim Bruton has lived a life many people dream of but few experience. As a little boy, he lived within an active imagination, including a love for wildlife filming, international travel, science fiction, and vintage aviation. In adulthood, he checked every one of those off his list with internationally recognized achievements, an Emmy for a National Geographic wildlife film, traveling to all seven continents, the Titanic, the North Pole, and Mt. Everest, shrinking a satellite TV truck into a backpack, and transmitting live video from places before impossible and building and flying historical reproduction aircraft from World War I and the early 1930s.For many, any one of these adventures resulted in a single lifetime achievement. For Jim, it was just the beginning, climaxing with the crash of his last aircraft and the near-death experience that followed.Jim is an Emmy award winning journalist and in this episode we talk about his about his Near Death Experience.From Jim's website;Generally, people who have had NDEs aren't trying to “sell” anything, other than perhaps a seminar, book or DVD. We don't try to sell a new religion, because we left all that behind. However, spirituality plays a pretty strong role in the experiences we share. One of the strangest things I've noticed is that for those of us who had our NDEs as a result of some horrific accident, while in most cases the accident and its crazy circumstances would be the focus of any compelling story, an NDE negates that. Once an NDE enters the picture, you almost forget about the accident- it becomes the least important part of the story, next to the NDE. My accident was amazing as accidents go, and I have an NDE friend who is only one of a handful in the world that she knows of who suffered and survived an internal decapitation. But to NDE'ers, the circumstances that nearly, or do, kill us are just a footnote. I'm sure that must be surprising, in some way.https://www.inbetweenproductions.com/https://www.amazon.com/Between-Trip-Lifetime-Jim-Bruton-ebook/dp/B098KQHX57/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1657203432&sr=8-1Ralph Blumenthal 'The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack'.The Believer is the weird and chilling true story of Dr. John Mack. This eminent Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer risked his career to investigate the phenomenon of human encounters with aliens and to give credibility to the stupefying tales shared by people who were utterly convinced they had happened.Nothing in Mack's four decades of psychiatry had prepared him for the otherworldly accounts of a cross section of humanity including young children who reported being taken against their wills by alien beings. Over the course of his career his interest in alien abduction grew from curiosity to wonder, ultimately developing into a limitless, unwavering passion.Based on exclusive access to Mack's archives, journals, and psychiatric notes and interviews with his family and closest associates, The Believer reveals the life and work of a man who explored the deepest of scientific conundrums and further leads us to the hidden dimensions and alternate realities that captivated Mack until the end of his life.BioRalph Blumenthal, a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College of the City University of New York, was an award-winning reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, and has written seven books on organized crime and cultural history. He led the Times metro team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the 1993 truck-bombing of the World Trade Center. In 2001, Blumenthal was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to research the progressive career and penal reforms of Warden Lewis E. Lawes, “the man who made Sing Sing sing.” The book on Warden Lawes, "Miracle at Sing Sing", was published by St. Martin's in June, 2004. His latest, "The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack," is coming out March 15, 2021 from High Road Books of the University of New Mexico Presshttps://www.amazon.com/Believer-Alien-Encounters-Science-Passion-ebook/dp/B08WWZFMMX/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1656670848&sr=8-1http://www.ralphblumenthal.com/https://twitter.com/ralphblu?lang=enhttps://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/pastlivespodcast

This week I'm talking to Ralph Blumenthal about his book 'The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack'.The Believer is the weird and chilling true story of Dr. John Mack. This eminent Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer risked his career to investigate the phenomenon of human encounters with aliens and to give credibility to the stupefying tales shared by people who were utterly convinced they had happened.Nothing in Mack's four decades of psychiatry had prepared him for the otherworldly accounts of a cross section of humanity including young children who reported being taken against their wills by alien beings. Over the course of his career his interest in alien abduction grew from curiosity to wonder, ultimately developing into a limitless, unwavering passion.Based on exclusive access to Mack's archives, journals, and psychiatric notes and interviews with his family and closest associates, The Believer reveals the life and work of a man who explored the deepest of scientific conundrums and further leads us to the hidden dimensions and alternate realities that captivated Mack until the end of his life.BioRalph Blumenthal, a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College of the City University of New York, was an award-winning reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, and has written seven books on organized crime and cultural history. He led the Times metro team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the 1993 truck-bombing of the World Trade Center. In 2001, Blumenthal was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to research the progressive career and penal reforms of Warden Lewis E. Lawes, “the man who made Sing Sing sing.” The book on Warden Lawes, "Miracle at Sing Sing", was published by St. Martin's in June, 2004. His latest, "The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack," is coming out March 15, 2021 from High Road Books of the University of New Mexico Presshttps://www.amazon.com/Believer-Alien-Encounters-Science-Passion-ebook/dp/B08WWZFMMX/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1656670848&sr=8-1http://www.ralphblumenthal.com/https://twitter.com/ralphblu?lang=enhttps://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/pastlivespodcast

Author Ralph Blumenthal discusses his new book The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science and the Passion of John Mack. (2021) https://www.ralphblumenthal.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A very special episode as Gene and guest cohost Tim Swartz present former New York Times reporter Ralph Blumenthal, co-author of the recent series of groundbreaking Times articles. coauthored with Helene Cooper and Leslie Kean, that revealed a secret Pentagon program to investigate UFOs and spurred serious discussions about the phenomenon by politicians, academics, and scientists. He is author of “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack,” about the Harvard psychiatrist who investigated possible UFO abductions. Blumenthal also led the Times metro team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the 1993 truck-bombing of the World Trade Center.

A quick review of the biographical book on Dr. John Mack, written by Ralph Blumenthal. 

John Mack, a respected Harvard psychologist, uses hypnosis to recover memories of alien abductions. Alien abductions and hypnosisLike they say on the X-files, "the truth is out there." Throughout history, people claimed to have seen many unexplainable things. Some have tangible proof, like the leaked U.S. Navy cock pit videos chasing unidentified flying objects. Other experiencers don't have any evidence at all. The only thing they have are their memories. Maybe the answer is buried deep in our subconscious?  In today's episode, we'll introduce you to a Harvard professor who used hypnosis to help people recover memories from possible alien abductions. Sure, there are people out there who claim they encountered beings from another planet just to seek attention. But, others carry these experiences in secret.  John Mac and psychology of alien abductionsJohn Mack was a respected Harvard psychologist who became fixated with people claiming to have been abducted or encountered alien beings. Ralph Blumenthal recently wrote John Mack's biography titled, "Believer: Alien Encounters, hard science, and the passion of John Mack."  Blumenthal says that at first, Dr. John Mack tried to explain these encounters through other means. First, are these people insane? Are they hucksters looking to make some money? But Dr. Mack found their stories to be credible. Most of his patients never came out publicly with their stories. Instead, they sought his help to grapple with their tormented past. In the 1990s, John Mack conducted hundreds of interviews with men and women of all ages who claimed they had not just one but recurring alien encounters. And one method he used during these interviews was hypnosis.  Alien abductions or sleep paralysis?Maybe there's a more straightforward medical explanation for all of this. What if some people weren't experiencing an abduction but sleep paralysis? Sleep paralysis is that feeling you get when you're in between sleep and being awake. You're awake, but you can't control or move your body.  Studies have shown that Sleep paralysis is much more common than we think. Studies suggest at least 40 percent or 50 percent of all people experience sleep paralysis at least once. However, John Mack argues that his patients did not experience sleep. Instead, many of his patients experienced encounters in daylight and were wide awake. Special Thanks toKellette Elliott for the custom collage artwork   You can purchase the Hypnotist t-shirt here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ralph Blumenthal, a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College of the City University of NewYork, was an award-winning reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, and haswritten and co-authored seven books on organized crime and cultural history. He co-authored therecent series of groundbreaking Times articles on the secret Pentagon program to investigateUFOs. He led the Times metro team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage ofthe 1993 truck-bombing of the World Trade Center. In 2001, Blumenthal was named a Fellow ofthe John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to research the progressive career and penalreforms of Warden Lewis E. Lawes, “the man who made Sing Sing sing.” The book on WardenLawes, “Miracle at Sing Sing,” was published by St. Martin's in June, 2004. His most recentbook is “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack,”published by High Road Books of the University of New Mexico Press.For more than 45 years, Blumenthal reported for The Times as Texas correspondent andSouthwest Bureau Chief ; arts and culture news reporter; investigative and crime reporter;foreign correspondent in West Germany, South Vietnam, and Cambodia; and metro andWestchester correspondent. He began his journalism career as reporter/columnist for The GrandPrairie Daily News Texan in 1963.Blumenthal earned a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Columbia University Graduate School ofJournalism Alumni Award, and the Nieman Foundation's Worth Bingham Prize fordistinguished investigative reporting on USAir crashes. Since 2010 he has taught journalism inthe summer program of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., and was named aDistinguished Lecturer at Baruch College where he taught journalism and currently overseeshistoric collections in the Newman Library Archives. He lives in New York City with his wife,Deborah, a children's book writer and novelist.

Ralph Blumenthal is the author of The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack. John Mack was a Harvard Psychiatrist obsessed with alien abduction and the big question - what do we know about UFOs. Ralph Blumenthal was a reporter for The New York Times for 45 years, where he worked as an investigative journalist & crime reporter and has written seven books based on investigative crime reporting and cultural history. His latest book The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack is the first biography of Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard psychiatrist John E. Mack who risked an esteemed career in psychology to investigate stupefying accounts of human abductions by aliens. http://ralphblumenthal.com Subscribe to The Welcome Home Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClI47mgefRuLsOElux1HXjA?sub_confirmation=1 Stream on audio: https://www.liinks.co/welcomehome Connect with Takis: https://www.instagram.com/petertakis/ https://www.instagram.com/welcomehome... https://twitter.com/petertakis https://www.takismusic.com/ Contact Takis: welcomehometakis@gmail.com Takis (real name Peter Takis) is a DJ/ producer from Winnipeg, Canada.

Ralph Blumenthal was a reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, and has written seven books based on investigative crime reporting and cultural history. His latest book The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack was published by High Road Books of the University of New Mexico Press on March 15, 2021. It's the first biography of Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard Psychiatrist John E. Mack (1929-2004) who risked an esteemed career to investigate stupefying accounts of human abductions by aliens. Become a Patreon and gain access to the Unity Community Discord Server: https://www.patreon.com/ProjectUnity

Ralph Blumenthal, a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College of the City University of New York, and summer journalism instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy, was an award-winning reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, and has written seven books on organized crime and cultural history. He led the Times metro team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the 1993 truck-bombing of the World Trade Center. In 2001, Blumenthal was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to research the progressive career and penal reforms of Warden Lewis E. Lawes, “the man who made Sing Sing sing.” The book on Warden Lawes, Miracle at Sing Sing, was published by St. Martin's in June, 2004. During the coronavirus pandemic he has contributed articles to The Times and other publications, worked from home on his Baruch Archives blog, “An Adventure in Democracy”, and given virtual talks on his new book, “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack.” For more than 45 years, Blumenthal led an extensive and illustrious career at The Times as Texas correspondent and Southwest Bureau Chief (2003-8); arts and culture news reporter (1994-2003); investigative and crime reporter (1971-1994); foreign correspondent (West Germany, South Vietnam, Cambodia, 1968-1971); and metro and Westchester correspondent (1964-1968). He began his journalism career as reporter/columnist for The Grand Prairie Daily News Texan in 1963. Blumenthal earned a Guggenheim Fellowship (2001), a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Alumni Award (2001), and the Nieman Foundation's Worth Bingham Prize for distinguished investigative reporting on USAir crashes. (1994.) He was inducted into the C.C.N.Y. Communications Alumni Hall of Fame in May 2010. Since 2010 he has taught journalism in the high school summer program of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., and in 2010 was named a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College where he taught journalism and currently oversees historic collections in the Newman Library Archives

Ralph Blumenthal is an Investigative Journalist who broke the Pentagon's UFO program in 2017 in the New York Times. Avi Loeb is a Harvard Astrophysicist with Decades of Ivy League experience who recently launched the Galileo Project to use the Scientific Method in the hunt for UFOs. In this episode, Ralph and I interview Avi Loeb about the Galileo Project and how science will be used to get to the bottom of this phenomenon. Additional Information about the panel Avi Loeb has published over 900 scientific papers, 8 books, and 3 decades of ivory league experience, Avi is at the top of his field in astronomy and astrophysics. Ralph Blumenthal was a reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009 and helped break the 2017 leaked UFOs story. He has written seven books based on investigative crime reporting and cultural history. His latest book The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack were published by High Road Books of the University of New Mexico Press on March 15, 2021. Financially Support the Show with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesingularitylab ►Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/michaelmataluni​ ►Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/the-singularity-lab/id1578521813?l=en ►Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1gE7LEI8R8v4iExhWVnT7w?si=EIjmEDQ-TeadsC_-IReFqQ&dl_branch=1 ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/singularitymike ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesingularitylab/ ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mataluni/ ►Page: https://www.facebook.com/michaelmataluni ►Discord: https://discord.gg/J2AQxqjusv

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RALPH BLUMENTHAL is a renowned journalist, author, & lecturer. For more than 45 years, he wrote for the New York Times. His career there has been as illustrious as it has been varied, he's previously been an arts and culture news reporter, investigative and crime reporter, and foreign correspondent, amongst other things. More recently at the NYT, he's been working on breaking UFO related stories. He's well known for being part of a small team to publish a 2017 article that changed the conversation on UFOs - "Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious UFO Program". Ralph has written several books, both fiction and non-fiction. His most recent publication though, is a biography of the late great Dr. John Mack, titled "The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack." John Mack was an eminent Harvard psychiatrist who was focused on making a positive difference in his community, and for individuals within it. His career was so diverse, his interests so wide ranging. He was a great mind that not only succeeded in the eyes of his peers, but unlike most people in his situation, he was able to break down the walls of the dominant paradigm of our time and truly think outside the box. He surprised himself by developing an interest in the alien abduction phenomenon, this interest grew and he risked his career and reputation to try to find out as much as he could about it. The later stages of his life and career were spent researching plenty of fringe topics, the kind of topics that most people are afraid to touch. TIMESTAMPS (clickable in some apps): [01:11] Ralph's early career [04:42] Other books & Miracle at Sing Sing [06:37] Ralph's intro to UFOs [07:35] How Ralph became fascinated by John Mack [12:22] Mack's varied interests [17:06] How Mack became hooked on alien abductions [30:37] What convinced Mack that something was going on [38:22] Betty & Barney Hill [40:35] Ariel School [46:50] Brooklyn Bridge abduction [51:21] The Dalai Lama's interest in alien abductions [54:54] Did Mack think abductions were happening in this dimension? [58:20] Other mysteries [01:12:06] NYT 2017 article, UAPs & UFOs [01:14:20] Recovered materials &reverse engineering [01:18:04] How have attitudes in the media towards UFOs? [01:22:45] OUTRO HAVE YOU MET... LINKS: All Links (Linktree) YouTube Full Episodes (out every Thursday) YouTube Clips (out most days) Website Instagram Anchor Twitter Facebook LinkedIn RALPH'S LINKS: Website Twitter Facebook Get The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack, or another of Ralph's book(s): B&N, indie bookstores, Amazon, or here: https://www.ralphblumenthal.com/books/ The most varied mixture of guests. Open minded & curious conversations. Just two people talking... Occasional blue-skying. https://linktr.ee/HaveYouMet

A New York Times reporter chases coincidences to uncover fantastic stories. In this episode, Ralph Blumenthal describes his journey from New York Times crime reporter to writing about alien abduction. He believes in the power of books to "choose their authors," rather than seeing the process as authors always being the ones to choose what books they will write. Ralph gives a sample story of the coincidences revealed in his work: Noted Harvard psychiatrist and alien abduction researcher John E. Mack was run down and killed by a drunk driver in London on the night of Sept. 27, 2004, days before his 75th birthday. At nearly the same time, J. Wesley Boyd, a fellow psychiatrist and protege of Mack's at Harvard, was landing in St. Petersburg, Russia, to attend a medical conference. In a taxi from the airport, Boyd looked out of the window to see a car ram into a crossing pedestrian. Boyd saw the man's head slam onto the sidewalk and his legs crumple under the car. Later Boyd learned that his friend John Mack had been run over and killed in London at almost the same time, and in a very similar way. He was haunted by the painful synchronicity. Connecting with Coincidence with Bernard Beitman, MD (CCBB) is now offered as both an audio podcast--anywhere that podcasts are available--and in video format on the Connecting with Coincidence YouTube channel. Please SUBSCRIBE to our channel to be notified when future episodes are posted! Also available, there are 138 archived episodes of the CCBB podcast available, HERE. We would love to hear from you as well! If you have a coincidence story to share, please leave it in the comments below, and we will respond. Our guest Ralph Blumenthal is a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College of the City University of New York, and was an award-winning reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009. Ralph has written and co-authored seven books on organized crime and cultural history. He co-authored the recent series of groundbreaking Times articles on the secret Pentagon program to investigate UFOs. He led the Times metro team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the 1993 truck-bombing of the World Trade Center. In 2001, Blumenthal was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to research the progressive career and penal reforms of Warden Lewis E. Lawes, “the man who made Sing Sing sing.” The book on Warden Lawes, “Miracle at Sing Sing,” was published by St. Martin's in June, 2004. His most recent book is “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack,” published March 15, 2021 by High Road Books of the University of New Mexico Press. Learn more at www.ralphblumenthal.com. Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity, and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. Learn more at https://coincider.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Once considered a fringe topic, aliens and the possibility of alien encounters are now the subject of considerable mainstream media attention.  Pulitzer Prize winning journalist & author, Ralph Blumenthal, joins host Dr. Pete Kelly, C.Psych for a discussion of his new book The Believer:  Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack.  In this discussion they cover:   how Ralph became interested in the area of UAPs/UFOs, alien abductions & Dr. John Mack's investigation of these phenomena  a brief outline of the news coverage Ralph has done in this area including recent groundbreaking articles that he has written for the New York Times a brief portrait of Mack and his journey into investigating alien abductionconsideration of alien abductions from a psychological/psychiatric lens (i.e., possible differential diagnoses such as parasomnia, psychosis, delusional disorder & substance use)Mack's investigation into whether experiencers had a psychological/personality profile more predisposed to fantasies, suggestibility & beliefs in the paranormal   Mack's conceptualization of the abduction phenomenon with respect to a physical vs. psychological experienceelements common to reported alien abductions, reported prevalence rate, possible culturally bound-features of reported experiences & universal features of reported abduction experiencesRalph's impression if whether in isolation or in aggregate Mack had anything in his personal context that dovetails with or explains his interest in these encountersRalph's reflection on whether there were any major mistakes that Mack made that set his investigations backthe hypothetical link between the UAP/UFO phenomenon and consciousness with a consideration of ongoing psychedelic research societal psychological reaction to increased reporting of UAP/UFO phenomenon in the mainstream media Host note: a big thank you to my very good friend, Michael Leblanc, for his excellent thoughts, suggestions & insights around questions and areas of focus for this episode.Ralph Blumenthal, a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College of the City University of New York, was an award-winning reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, and has written seven books on organized crime and cultural history. He led the Times metro team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the 1993 truck-bombing of the World Trade Center. In 2001, Blumenthal was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to research the progressive career and penal reforms of Warden Lewis E. Lawes, “the man who made Sing Sing sing.” The book on Warden Lawes, Miracle at Sing Sing, was published by St. Martin's in June, 2004. During the coronavirus pandemic he has contributed articles to The Times and other publications, worked from home on his Baruch Archives blog, “An Adventure in Democracy”, and given virtual talks on his new book, “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack.”  Blumenthal earned a Guggenheim Fellowship (2001), a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Alumni Award (2001), and the Nieman Foundation's Worth Bingham Prize for distinguished investigative reporting on USAir crashes. (1994.) He was inducted into the C.C.N.Y. Communications Alumni Hall of Fame in May 2010. Since 2010 he has taught journalism in the summer program of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., and in 2010 was named a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College where he taught journalism and currently oversees historic collections in the Newman Library Archives.https://www.ralphblumenthal.com/

Guest Info/Bio: This week I welcome Ralph Blumenthal. Ralph Blumenthal is a respected name in the world of journalism. He's a distinguished lecturer at Baruch College of the City University of New York, and summer journalism instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy. He was an award-wining reporter for the New York Times from 1964-2009 and over that time he's written 7 books on organized crime and cultural history. He led the Times metro team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the 1993 truck bombing of the World Trade Center. in 2001, he was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to research the progressive career and penal reforms of Warden Lewis E. Lawes, “the man who made Sing Sing sing.” Guest (Select) Published Works: Last Days of the Sicilians: At War with the Mafia: The FBI Assault on the Pizza Connection; Miracle at Sing Sing: How One Man Transformed the Lives of America's Most Dangerous Prisoners; The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack. Guest Website/Social Media:www.ralphblumenthal.comTwitter: @ralphbluStay on top of all the latest by following the show at:Instagram: @thefromthevoidpodastFacebook: @thefromthevoidpodcastTwitter: @thefromthevoidpodcast The From the Void Podcast is written, edited, mixed, and produced by John Williamson. 

My guest for this episode is journalist, lecturer and author Ralph Blumenthal, who joined me to talk about his latest book, The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science and the Passion of John Mack. This is a biography Of John Mack, a Harvard psychiatrist, ardent social reformer and Pulitzer Prize winning author who in the 1990's risked his career and professional reputation investigating the phenomenon of human encounters with alien entities and tried to help a group of people who were adamant about the reality of their experiences of that happening to them. Ralph is no stranger to this kind of subject. In 2017 he co-authored the New York Times article which broke the news about AATIP (Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Programme), the secret US Government body investigating UAPs. In the interview he talks more about the article, as well of course about his interest in John Mack and what prompted him to write a biography on him. We also discuss what led to Mack making the decision to investigate the abduction phenomenon as thoroughly as he did and the importance of that work in the history of Ufology, both at the time as well as it's legacy today. More information on Ralph's work and details on how to get a copy of The Believer can be found at https://www.ralphblumenthal.com/ You can now also support Some Other Sphere via Ko-fi. To buy the podcast a coffee, please visit https://ko-fi.com/someotherspherepodcast. Thank you!   The Some Other Sphere if from Purple Planet Music - 'Hubbub' by Chris Martyn & Geoff Harvey.  

Tony talks with award-winning journalist Ralph Blumenthal, whose latest book, a biography, uncovers the truth of the alien abduction of Harvard scientist John Mack. Ralph Blumenthal, a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College of the City University of New York, was an award-winning reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, and has written and co-authored seven books on organized crime and cultural history. He co-authored the recent series of groundbreaking Times articles on the secret Pentagon program to investigate UFOs. He led the Times metro team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the 1993 truck-bombing of the World Trade Center. In 2001, Blumenthal was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to research the progressive career and penal reforms of Warden Lewis E. Lawes, “the man who made Sing Sing sing.” The book on Warden Lawes, “Miracle at Sing Sing,” was published by St. Martin's in June, 2004. His most recent book is “The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack,” published by High Road Books of the University of New Mexico Press.Please Subscribe and Share This Show! Show our support for TRUTH BE TOLD by purchasing official merchandise on our online store:https://www.truthbetoldworldwide.com/shop

The Stuph File Program Featuring Michael J. Raupp, Professor Emeritus of Entomology and Extension Specialist at The University of Maryland; Ralph Blumenthal, author of The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter Download Michael J. Raupp is Professor Emeritus of Entomology and Extension Specialist at The University of Maryland. He's known as The Bug Guy and he's here to talk about the current extremely noisy mating season of the cicadas. Ralph Blumenthal, a former staffer at The New York Times and the author of The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack, talks about the increased interest in the sightings of UFO's and what the US Government does or doesn't know about them. Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter.  This week's reviewed title is Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor by Art Bell (Ulysses Press, $24.95). You can also read Stuart's reviews in The Montreal Times.   Now you can listen to selected items from The Stuph File Program on the new audio service, Audea. A great way to keep up with many of the interviews from the show and take a trip down memory lane to when this show began back in 2009! This week's guest slate is presented by Carl Blare who runs KDXradio.com, one of the proud homes of The Stuph File Program.

Author Ralph Blumenthal discusses his new book The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science and the Passion of John Mack. https://www.ralphblumenthal.com/We WUV William Wamsey!!!

Todd is joined this week by Ralph Blumenthal, author of the new book "The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science and the Passion of John Mack." "The Believer" is the weird and chilling true story of Dr. John Mack. This eminent Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer risked his career to investigate the phenomenon of human encounters with aliens and to give credibility to the stupefying tales shared by people who were utterly convinced they had happened. For more information on this book and other workings from Bluementhal, click HERE.

Ralph Blumenthal, a staff reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, is the author of The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack. Here he reviews the history of alien abductions, starting with the 1961 case of Betty and Barney Hill. Many related phenomena are addressed, including implants, … Continue reading "Alien Encounters with Ralph Blumenthal"

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Ralph Blumenthal, is a veteran NYT journalist and has written the ultimate biography of John Mack. Click here for Ralph Blumenthal’s Website His new book: The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack  Click here for forum Discussion Skeptiko-499-Ralph-Blumenthal Audio Clip: [00:00:00] Getting in the truck. You put this shit on […] The post Ralph Blumenthal, On John Mack and the Alien Abduction Non-Reality |499| appeared first on Skeptiko - Science at the Tipping Point.

In this episode, Michelle and Joe interview Ralph Blumenthal, 45-year New York Times contributor and author of The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack (which inspired one of our more popular recent blogs). They talk about John Mack: legendary Harvard professor who did breathwork with Stan Grof at Esalen and became interested in the mystery of alien abduction, which led him to write 2 bestselling books, appear on Oprah (who is probably an alien*), become a pioneer in the world of alien abductions, and die while immersed in afterlife studies, only to reportedly visit friends later on. Mack's notoriety came from trusting the stories he was hearing, trying to help people make sense of it all, and taking a big interest in how these experiences seemed to transform so many of the abductees. Sounds a lot like powerful psychedelic experiences and integration work leading towards growth, doesn't it? So sit back, pause that X-Files episode, light one up on this high holiday, and get really deep into the world of aliens. Learn about the government's secret Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, the Ariel school incident, Avi Loeb’s Oumuamua theory, out-of-body experiences, shapeshifters, and more! Ponder how Blumenthal "accidentally" leaves questions unanswered about the government experimenting with DMT as a way of communicating with aliens. Contemplate why the government is suddenly so forthcoming with UFO data. Think about how today is 420 and this is episode 240... The truth is out there, folks.  *This viewpoint is not that of Psychedelics Today, but merely of this high Show Notes writer. Notable Quotes On Mack doing breathwork with Stan Grof: “He was awakened to a different world, a spiritual world, a world of other realities than the one he was familiar with, and as I say in my book, he said, ‘Stan Grof opened up my psyche and the UFOs flew in.’”  “It’s no spoiler to say that my book does not provide the answer to the mystery of alien abduction, and I acknowledge that. I shed some light on it, perhaps, and what I like to say is that at least I’m comfortable saying that I know what it isn’t. It’s not mental illness, it’s not hoaxes (by and large), it’s not fabrication, it’s not the delusion of crowds. It’s something else. It’s something that is very real to a lot of people from different walks of life [and] different ages, and there really is no good explanation for what has happened to these people.”  “What do you say about the 2-year old children who tell these stories? You know, ‘Little man fly me up in the sky.’ ‘I go up in the sky.’ These 2-year-old kids: have they read UFO books? Are they influenced by UFO movies?” “Skeptics have not taken the time to read the literature. They don’t know the cases. So all they can do is say, ‘Ah, that’s ridiculous.’ Of course it’s ridiculous! We all agree it’s ridiculous. We all agree it’s not possible. ...We all agree that these stories that people are telling are not possible in our reality. They’re completely crazy. And yet, there’s no easy way to explain them away.” Links Ralphblumenthal.com The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack, by Ralph Blumenthal NYtimes.com: Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program NYtimes.com: 2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’ NYtimes.com: On the Trail of a Secret Pentagon U.F.O. Program NYtimes.com: Navy Reports Describe Encounters With Unexplained Flying Objects Psychedelics Today: What do Alien Abduction and Psychedelic Experiences have in Common? Let Dr. John E. Mack’s Work Explain Defense.gov: Establishment of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force UFOinsight.com: The Still Unexplained 1994 Ariel School UFO Alien Encounter Cnet.com: Harvard's Avi Loeb more sure than ever we were visited by alien spacecraft Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth, by Avi Loeb Thephenomenonfilm.com Whitley Strieber’s Dreamland Podcast: The Stirring, Heartbreaking and Inspiring Story of Heroic Close Encounter Investigator Dr. John Mack Dancing Naked in the Mind Field, by Kary Mullis Marijuana Reconsidered, by Lester Grinspoon Seti.org About Ralph Blumenthal Ralph Blumenthal was a reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, and has written seven books based on investigative crime reporting and cultural history. His latest book The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack was published by High Road Books of the University of New Mexico Press on March 15, 2021. It’s the first biography of Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard Psychiatrist John E. Mack (1929-2004) who risked an esteemed career to investigate stupefying accounts of human abductions by aliens. Vanity Fair excerpted the work-in-progress in 2013. Support the show Patreon Leave us a review on Facebook or iTunes Share us with your friends Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics  

Ralph Blumenthal, a staff reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, is the author of The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack. Here he presents an overview of John Mack’s remarkable career. Mack won the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of T. E. Lawrence (i.e., Lawrence of … Continue reading "Alien Abductions and the Passion of John Mack with Ralph Blumenthal"

Author Ralph Blumenthal discusses his new book The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science and the Passion of John Mack. https://www.ralphblumenthal.com/

Former New York Times reporter Ralph Blumenthal speaks with ZNN News Director Victor Viggiani about his book The Believer - Alien Encounters, Hard Science and the Passion of John Mack. The most unique insights into the life of the late Dr. John E. Mack - written in a style replete with profound, unforeseen and nuanced revelations about a complicated man and his complex life.