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A very special episode featuring cutting-edge scientific theorist Mac Tonnies, who holds forth on all those ongoing Martian mysteries, the Phoenix Mars probe, the state of paranormal belief systems, and various theories on the reality of UFOs that often extend beyond the concept of visits by ET. Sadly Mac died in 2009.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-paracast-the-gold-standard-of-paranormal-radio--6203433/support.
Long-time UFO investigator and author Kevin D. Randle delivers an update on the 1947 Roswell, NM UFO crash/retrieval case and a number of other important sightings; author Mac Tonnies returns with a startlingly different viewpoint on the possible origin of UFOs. Sadly, Mac died in 2009; still in his 30s. David passed in 2024.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-paracast-the-gold-standard-of-paranormal-radio--6203433/support.
Director Philippe Mora joins Jeff & Jer to talk about his feature-length sendup of remote viewing, Continuity. Naturally, the conversation about RV takes a turn into other topics. Topics like the SS, Hilter, the Vatican, exorcism, UFOs, and Roswell. Philippe is famous for discovering historically important footage from the WWII era in the National Archive. But has he ever looked for Roswell documents? We'll find out what he knows. Then, in a somewhat sensitive afterchat, Jeff & Jer finally tell the whole story behind their October 25th, 2009 UFO sighting at the Baltimore Travel Plaza. Why didn't they talk about it then? Why are they comfortable revealing it now? Find out and hear what may be the most amazing Mac Tonnies anecdote ever. (originally aired: 03.15.2012.)
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: MARCH 12, 2014Aaron John Gulyas is the author of many history, education and scholarly popular culture resources, as well as the 2013 books "Extraterrestrials and the American Zeitgeist: Alien Contact Tales since the 1950s" and "In Fandom's Shadow: Being a Doctor Who Fan from the 1990s to Today." He also contributed a chapter to "Doctor Who in Time and Space" and wrote the foreword to "Posthuman Blues, Vol. I" by Mac Tonnies.Aaron was on the program a few months back for this book "The Chaos Conundrum" and you can find that interview in our archives. This week, we will be talking about his book, Extraterrestrials and the American Zeitgeist: Alien Contact Tales since the 1950s".
Cutting-edge paranormal investigator Mac Tonnies returned to explore space mysteries, particularly related to Mars, and possible Earth-based sources for UFOs. Are the strange things we see in the skies what we're meant to see, or are they something else entirely that eludes our senses? Alas, Mac died in his 30s, his burgeoning career in paranormal research had barely begun before he met his end. His final work, "The Cryptoterrestrials," has fueled provocative revised discussions about possible Earth-based UFOs.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-paracast-the-gold-standard-of-paranormal-radio--6203433/support.
Veteran UFO researcher/scientist Chris Rutkowski returns to talk with Gene and guest cohost Curt Collins about the state of the field. Among the topics discussed: the pop culture influences from such cases as Roswell, that surprising Harvard study about the possibilities of Earth-based UFOs, such as cryptoterrestrials. That's a theory originally suggested years ago on The Paracast by the late Mac Tonnies. Chris is a science writer who has devoted much time to investigating and studying reports of UFOs, writing about case investigations, and offering his insights into the broad UFO phenomenon. He has a Bachelor's degree in Astronomy and a Master's degree in Science Education, specializing in Astronomy. He was always interested in offbeat things and in 1975 there was a rash of UFO sightings in Manitoba that he began investigating. So he reports that: "I went out with friends and one day I started writing up what I had heard from some of the people that had seen things. I had the article published and soon I was getting requests for more articles and more comments and to give lectures, and pretty soon I was the great UFO expert." Two of his books, published by Dundurn, "Abductions and Aliens" and "The Canadian UFO Report," were national bestsellers.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-paracast-the-gold-standard-of-paranormal-radio--6203433/support.
In this episode, we explore the cryptoterrestrial hypothesis as the origin for UFOs, including the ideas of Mac Tonnies, Tom DeLonge, and a recent academic paper published on the theory. Show links: Subscribe to our Patreon and join our Discord community. Visit our website. Read articles by KLAɄЅ. Read articles by GΔRRΞTT.
Seriah is joined by Super_inframan and author, researcher, and experiencer Jeremy Vaeni. Jeremy brings his unique, sarcastic sense of humor. Topics include an experience with the late Jeff Ritzmann, strange light phenomenon, the Paratopia podcast, Project Archivist, UFO disclosure, George Hansen, David Jacobs, Bud Hopkins, Emma Woods, hypnotic regression, alien abduction phenomenon, UFO Magazine, Nancy Burns, Peter Robbins, Carol Rainey, Brooklyn Bridge Abduction, Hopkin's misconduct, Paul Kimball, abduction as a spiritual experience, lack of progress in paranormal fields, a bizarre ghost hunting experience in Gettysburg, electronics in paranormal research, an experience with a Theremin, an encounter with a dark formless entity, a lost tape, Jeff Ritzmann's strange experience with a female apparition, the trickster element in high strangeness, a very weird light incident, Whitley Streiber's novel “2012: The War for Souls”, Mac Tonnies, kundalini energy, a weird encounter in a field, a strange orb/ball of light experience, multiple explanations for paranormal phenomenon, cognitive dissonance, nonsensical actions of entities, aliens with outdated technology, Bigfoot showing up in suburban areas, anomalous ghost hunting EVPs, southern Lizardman sightings, Seriah's bizarre EVP recording, fox sounds, ghost hunters fooled by coyotes, cougar encounters, Saxon's experience with a weird massive snake, an encounter with a bizarre, possibly folkloric entity in Japan, the limits of perception and the human brain, linguistics, Noam Chomsky, the importance of language to forming an understanding, the Lakota language, the Australian Indigenous language, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, the exclusiveness of the discussion about space, “The Infinite Now” podcast, Jeremy's book “Aliens: The First and Final Disclosure”, humor and high strangeness, absurdity in the paranormal, Native Hawaiian worldview, cultural appropriation, George Hansen and Trickster theory, an alleged dancing figurine of the Virgin Mary, ego in the paranormal world, Steven Greer, Kim Carlsberg, Zachariah Sitchin, human/alien hybrid theory, channeling, spiritual grifting, Scott Lilienfeld and hypnosis, and much more! This is a one of a kind, wide-ranging and delightful conversation!
In this episode, I spoke with author, illustrator, and researcher, Mike Clelland. Mike is the author of several books, two of which we'll be discussing directly in this episode. The first is The Messengers: Owls, Synchronicity, and the UFO Abductee. The second is his latest release, The Unseen, which is a fiction book that deals with many of the themes of his other work. He also provided the illustrations for the book The Cryptoterrestrials: A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and the Aliens Among Us by Mac Tonnies, that we'll also be discussing in this episode. You can find links to all of his work below.___________________________TRY BETTERHELPThis episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ RABBITHOLE and get on your way to being your best self.GET ZENCASTRUse my special link zen.ai/rabbit30 and use rabbit30 to save 30% off your first three months of Zencastr professional. #madeonzencastr.WONGO PUZZLESUse my special link [https://zen.ai/rabbit10] to save 10% at wongopuzzles.com. The discount will be applied at checkout!___________________________BOOKS BY MIKE CLELLANDThe Messengers: Owls, Synchronicity and the UFO AbducteeThe UnseenMore Books By Mike ClellandFOLLOW MIKE CLELLANDTwitterWebsiteGET THE EPISODE BRIEFGET THE BOOKGet a SIGNED COPYGet it on AmazonFOLLOWWebsiteTwitterFacebookMUSICTheme: Cabinet of Curiosities by Shaun FrearsonThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5746035/advertisement
Seriah is joined by Super_inframan and author, researcher, and experiencer Jeremy Vaeni. Jeremy brings his unique, sarcastic sense of humor. Topics include an experience with the late Jeff Ritzmann, strange light phenomenon, the Paratopia podcast, Project Archivist, UFO disclosure, George Hansen, David Jacobs, Bud Hopkins, Emma Woods, hypnotic regression, alien abduction phenomenon, UFO Magazine, Nancy Burns, Peter Robbins, Carol Rainey, Brooklyn Bridge Abduction, Hopkin's misconduct, Paul Kimball, abduction as a spiritual experience, lack of progress in paranormal fields, a bizarre ghost hunting experience in Gettysburg, electronics in paranormal research, an experience with a Theremin, an encounter with a dark formless entity, a lost tape, Jeff Ritzmann's strange experience with a female apparition, the trickster element in high strangeness, a very weird light incident, Whitley Streiber's novel “2012: The War for Souls”, Mac Tonnies, kundalini energy, a weird encounter in a field, a strange orb/ball of light experience, multiple explanations for paranormal phenomenon, cognitive dissonance, nonsensical actions of entities, aliens with outdated technology, Bigfoot showing up in suburban areas, anomalous ghost hunting EVPs, southern Lizardman sightings, Seriah's bizarre EVP recording, fox sounds, ghost hunters fooled by coyotes, cougar encounters, Saxon's experience with a weird massive snake, an encounter with a bizarre, possibly folkloric entity in Japan, the limits of perception and the human brain, linguistics, Noam Chomsky, the importance of language to forming an understanding, the Lakota language, the Australian Indigenous language, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, the exclusiveness of the discussion about space, “The Infinite Now” podcast, Jeremy's book “Aliens: The First and Final Disclosure”, humor and high strangeness, absurdity in the paranormal, Native Hawaiian worldview, cultural appropriation, George Hansen and Trickster theory, an alleged dancing figurine of the Virgin Mary, ego in the paranormal world, Steven Greer, Kim Carlsberg, Zachariah Sitchin, human/alien hybrid theory, channeling, spiritual grifting, Scott Lilienfeld and hypnosis, and much more! This is a one of a kind, wide-ranging and delightful conversation! - Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast Outro Music by The Jon Stickley Trio with "Darth Radar". Download
This week we welcome Mike Clelland to the show. We dive into the weirdness of Saranac Lake, NY, a town we both lived in, as well as the nature and meaning of synchronicities, the work of Mac Tonnies; we each dive into some personal stories, and search for the meaning of it all in this wonderful conversation. Mike has a new novel coming out called The Unseen. He is also the author of The Messengers, Stories from the Messengers, and Hidden Experience. Theme song: "Ufo" by Floats, available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify Logo designed by Megan Lagerberg T-Shirt Designs by The Great Desdymona Welcome UFO People Prints Are Now Available! Check out ourstrangeskies.com for all things related to the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode Jay takes us on a journey through the pages of "The Cryptoterrestrials: A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and the Aliens Among Us" by Mac Tonnies. Join us as we discuss the Cryptoterrestrial theory, the ETH dogmatism of some Ufologists, Whitley Striber, and so much more. Join our discord server and discuss all things weird with us:https://discord.gg/PkdZN7K2Want to reach out? Email us at noctivagantpodcast@gmail.comCheck out all our socials:https://linktr.ee/noctivagantpodcasthttps://twitter.com/mxrorywixhttps://twitter.com/midwestundeadhttps://twitter.com/bearishterrorTheme song by Matt Wixson Noctivagant Voice by Mike McGettiganArt by Nichelle Denzel *The views and opinions expressed by guests/books that appear on this show belong to those guests and/or authors, and may not reflect the views and opinions of the Noctivagant crew.*
On this episode Jay takes us on a journey through the pages of "The Cryptoterrestrials: A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and the Aliens Among Us" by Mac Tonnies. Join us as we discuss the Cryptoterrestrial theory, the ETH dogmatism of some Ufologists, Whitley Striber, and so much more. Join our discord server and discuss all things weird with us:https://discord.gg/PkdZN7K2Want to reach out? Email us at noctivagantpodcast@gmail.comCheck out all our socials:https://linktr.ee/noctivagantpodcasthttps://twitter.com/mxrorywixhttps://twitter.com/midwestundeadhttps://twitter.com/bearishterrorTheme song by Matt Wixson Noctivagant Voice by Mike McGettiganArt by Nichelle Denzel *The views and opinions expressed by guests/books that appear on this show belong to those guests and/or authors, and may not reflect the views and opinions of the Noctivagant crew.*
Seriah is joined by Super Inframan and Wren Collier for an Ask Me Anything episode. Topics include Graham Hancock, racism in 19th and 20th century academia, Wisdom Kings from the East, Franz Boas, lost ancient civilizations, Doggerland, great flood myths, catastrophism, solar flares, the Carrington Event of 1859, Oak Island, lost history, treasure hunting, Seriah's choice of hair care products, invoking entities and the veil, the Trinity test site at White Sands NM, magickal practice and geographic location, Wren's encounter with a wasp, animal consciousness, dreams and reality, time dilatation, REM sleep, 10 years of WDTRG, psi research, To The Stars Academy, the state of paranormal research, Greg Bishop, Joshua Cutchin, Allen Greenfield's The Secret Cipher of the Ufonauts, Jack Brewer, UFOs and government psyops, milabs, George Adamski, psychological manipulation and experimentation, Betty and Barney Hill, hypnosis, poltergeist activity, the visible and non-visible light spectrum, facial recognition software, Loren Coleman, the Ape Canyon Bigfoot story, the Bigfoot museum in Georgia, “woo” Bigfoot, dogmatic explanations in the paranormal community, the Extra-Terrestrial Hypothesis as one of many possibilities, alien astral projection, the Seth material, sorcerers from other planets, the nature of time and information traveling into the past, para-causality, multiple dimensions and free will, Seriah's recommendation for a fiction podcast, the relative rarity of ghosts, 16th century physician/astrologer and philosopher Paracelsus and his views on ghosts, the Stone Tape Theory, multiple theories of the nature of ghosts, a time-related bizarre ghost story from John E.L. Tenney, magick and art, ritual magick explained by an analogy to cooking, chaos magick, the Crypto-Terrestrial Theory, Mac Tonnies, nuclear fusion, the importance of open-mindedness and speculation in understanding the paranormal, the fictional podcast “Archive 81”, and much more! This is a free-wheeling discussion that covers some fascinating material! - Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast Outro Music by Worm Quartet with A Worm Quartet Christmas Download
Mac Tonnies's Cryptoterrestrial Hypothesis is a theory first expounded upon in Tonnies's noted book by the same name. It refers to a theory that postulates that our ET visitors are not really what they appear to be, but are actually more humanoid, and more terrestrial than extraterrestrial in nature. In this episode of The Paranormal Nothing podcast, we will discuss Tonnies's seminal work, as well as analyze the validity of this potential theory as an explanation of the origin of the "Others."
Mac Tonnies' book "Cryptoterrestrials: A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and the Aliens Among Us" makes the case that the UFO phenomenon is terrestrial in origin. Tonnies' book posits a breakaway humanoid civilization operating parallel to humanity. The cryptoterrestrials are dependent on us for genetic material, but fear us as an existential threat. They kidnap humans for the material required to replenish their gene pool, while spinning an elaborate and fantastical story of their off-world origins. According to Tonnies, cryptoterrestrials are a better explanation for UFOs and other paranormal phenomena than the more popular extraterrestrial hypothesis, because they explain the nonsensical dimensions of UFO encounters as part of the cryptoterrestrial deception program. Dane outlines Tonnies' arguments in favor of cryptoterrestrials and critiques the idea before making the case that the cryptoterrestrial theory advances UFOlogy by reintroducing the potential role of systematic deception in understanding UFOs and paranormal phenomena.
Nick Redfern has worked as a freelance feature writer for the Daily Express, People, Western Daily Press and Express & Star newspapers, as well as a full-time feature writer for Planet on Sunday. He has been a freelance journalist for the British newsstand magazines The Weekender, Animals, Animals, Animals, Pet Reptile, Military Illustrated, Eye-Spy, The Unopened Files and The X-Factor. With Simon & Schuster of London he wrote of A Covert Agenda: The British Government's UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1997), The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1998) and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story of the UFOs That Fell to Earth (1999).Redfern works the lecture circuit, both in the US and overseas, and has appeared in internationally syndicated shows discussing the UFO phenomenon. Redfern is a regular on the History Channel programs Monster Quest and UFO Hunters, National Geographic Channels's Paranormal and the Syfy channel's Proof Positive, He has been identified as a member of an informal group of friends often called others as the "Paranormal Rat Pack" and "The Cabal"; other members are filmmaker Paul Kimball, and authors Greg Bishop, and the late Mac Tonnies. In 2012 Redfern took on the role of on-air radio talk-show host of a paranormal themed internet radio show Epic Voyages Radio produced by the Inception Radio Network.
Nick Redfern has worked as a freelance feature writer for the Daily Express, People, Western Daily Press and Express & Star newspapers, as well as a full-time feature writer for Planet on Sunday. He has been a freelance journalist for the British newsstand magazines The Weekender, Animals, Animals, Animals, Pet Reptile, Military Illustrated, Eye-Spy, The Unopened Files and The X-Factor. With Simon & Schuster of London he wrote of A Covert Agenda: The British Government's UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1997), The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1998) and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story of the UFOs That Fell to Earth (1999).Redfern works the lecture circuit, both in the US and overseas, and has appeared in internationally syndicated shows discussing the UFO phenomenon. Redfern is a regular on the History Channel programs Monster Quest and UFO Hunters, National Geographic Channels's Paranormal and the Syfy channel's Proof Positive, He has been identified as a member of an informal group of friends often called others as the "Paranormal Rat Pack" and "The Cabal"; other members are filmmaker Paul Kimball, and authors Greg Bishop, and the late Mac Tonnies. In 2012 Redfern took on the role of on-air radio talk-show host of a paranormal themed internet radio show Epic Voyages Radio produced by the Inception Radio Network.
My hypothesis is explored after gathering the recent information from Mac Tonnies' Cryptoterrestrials book and the multiple accounts shared by Beyond Creepy's Mr. Black both add up to present the certainty that there is evidence of human speciation, humanity being a polymorphic species with much more variation and diversity of niche within its own genetic baseline then a singular human species with a singular physoliogy and shared position in the food chain where as I propose that Humanity is a diverse and competitive social species such as the Ant which accounts for 20 percent of the biomass of Earth, has thousands of sub species and individual species spread globally but still uniform in most regards still undeniably scientifically different and alien to one another as we are to them as a competitive lifeform evolved equally within a greater concept known as life on Earth. linktr.ee/beyondtopsecrettexan patreon.com/beyondtopsecretTEX anchor.fm/beyondtopsecrettexan #ufo #ovni #uap #ufos #ovnis #uaps #darkweb --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beyondtopsecrettexan/support
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Through the annals of alien and UFO lore lives a population of beings so vast and different that it confuses the mind and the senses. The vast differences from sighting to sighting leave so much room for speculation, especially as it relates to the origins of these beings. But what happens when the beings among us try to disguise themselves as humans. On this episode, AP Strange returns as we trade off stories of aliens in trench coats and hats, a book editor who confronts a pair of aliens in a book store, an alien woman named Elvira and the snake people that moved in next door. Sources: Flying Saucers Uncensored by Harold T Wilkins “One for the Monster Book” Flying Saucer Review Vol 13 No 6 The Cryptoterrestrials: A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and the Aliens Among Us by Mac Tonnies “The Little Man of Norrbotten by Ake Franzen, Flying Saucer Review: Case Histories Supplement No. 4, April 1971 Strange Intruders by David Weatherly Report on Communion by Ed Conroy Source: Contacto Entre Dos Mundos: Las extraordinarias experiencias OVNI de Próspera Muñoz (Historia Oculta nº 14) by Jorge Sánchez Lamadrid Special thanks to Neo-Rex, Reediciones_Anomalas, and Janet Borkowski for their help with this episode. Theme Song: "Ufo" by Floats, available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify Logo designed by Megan Lagerberg T-Shirt Designs by The Great Desdymona Check out my links here.
Nick Redfern has worked as a freelance feature writer for the Daily Express, People, Western Daily Press and Express & Star newspapers, as well as a full-time feature writer for Planet on Sunday. He has been a freelance journalist for the British newsstand magazines The Weekender, Animals, Animals, Animals, Pet Reptile, Military Illustrated, Eye-Spy, The Unopened Files and The X-Factor. With Simon & Schuster of London he wrote of A Covert Agenda: The British Government's UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1997), The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1998) and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story of the UFOs That Fell to Earth (1999).Redfern works the lecture circuit, both in the US and overseas, and has appeared in internationally syndicated shows discussing the UFO phenomenon. Redfern is a regular on the History Channel programs Monster Quest and UFO Hunters, National Geographic Channels's Paranormal and the Syfy channel's Proof Positive, He has been identified as a member of an informal group of friends often called others as the "Paranormal Rat Pack" and "The Cabal"; other members are filmmaker Paul Kimball, and authors Greg Bishop, and the late Mac Tonnies. In 2012 Redfern took on the role of on-air radio talk-show host of a paranormal themed internet radio show Epic Voyages Radio produced by the Inception Radio Network.
Nick Redfern has worked as a freelance feature writer for the Daily Express, People, Western Daily Press and Express & Star newspapers, as well as a full-time feature writer for Planet on Sunday. He has been a freelance journalist for the British newsstand magazines The Weekender, Animals, Animals, Animals, Pet Reptile, Military Illustrated, Eye-Spy, The Unopened Files and The X-Factor. With Simon & Schuster of London he wrote of A Covert Agenda: The British Government's UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1997), The FBI Files: The FBI's UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1998) and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story of the UFOs That Fell to Earth (1999). Redfern works the lecture circuit, both in the US and overseas, and has appeared in internationally syndicated shows discussing the UFO phenomenon. Redfern is a regular on the History Channel programs Monster Quest and UFO Hunters, National Geographic Channels's Paranormal and the Syfy channel's Proof Positive, He has been identified as a member of an informal group of friends often called others as the "Paranormal Rat Pack" and "The Cabal"; other members are filmmaker Paul Kimball, and authors Greg Bishop, and the late Mac Tonnies. In 2012 Redfern took on the role of on-air radio talk-show host of a paranormal themed internet radio show Epic Voyages Radio produced by the Inception Radio Network.
Even before H.G. Wells wrote his classic War of the Worlds, depicting an alien invasion on behalf of a technologically superior civilization from Mars, human beings have looked to the skies — meaning, more specifically, outer space — as the obvious source for visitation from a group of “Others”. As we’ve grown in our understanding of just how discombobulatingly vast our Cosmos is, populated by countless galaxies, each containing untold numbers of star systems and planets, that assumption has seemed all the more secure. The “final frontier” was clearly “out there” — and so we turned our attention, as well as our most advanced telescopes and technology — to the stars, in hopes of confirming the existence of these “Others”. Ever since the dawn of the Atomic Age, the apparent presence of advanced craft buzzing in and around our skies, combined with reported contact between people and various non-human entities, has led many to conclude that the epoch of contact with advanced non-human intelligence is already upon us. And, of course, following the common-sense thinking of the day, these Others have been assumed to be space travelers, who’ve transversed astounding astronomical distances to arrive on and around our planet. In more recent decades this model, termed the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis, has met with some competition from what is most often termed the “Interdimensional Hypothesis”. This competing notion postulates the visitation of beings who are coming, not necessarily from far-flung star systems, but from parallel dimensions or other universes. This hypothesis has been advanced by well respected ufologists such as Jacques Vallee, who argue that the data best fits with this model. What sometimes flies under the radar in this debate as to the origin of these Others, is a much more close-to-home explanation. It’s an explanation that is so close-to-home, in fact, that some find it downright disturbing. I speak of a model advanced most famously by a researcher named Mac Tonnies, termed “The Cryptoterrestrial Hypothesis”. This hypothesis posits that these Others are actually terrestrial creatures – flesh and blood beings, just like us, co-occupants of our world, who have operated, in stealth, right alongside us, since time immemorial. This hypothesis goes further, arguing that many of the bizarre reported sightings and interactions with beings from distant human history – I speak of faeries, elves, and such – which are of course disregarded/explained away today as mythological constructs of pre-scientific societies by modern historians – are actually incidents of contact with these very same Cryptoterrestrials. Is it possible that the Others we’ve heard so much about, or at least some of them, could actually be terrestrial in origin – perhaps a distant off-shoot of a common human ancestor? And have they, supposed masters of stealth and disinformation, been actively misdirecting us into believing that what we’re solely dealing with are extraterrestrial visitors, simply to throw us off their scent? This is exactly what’s postulated in Mac Tonnies’ much respected book, THE CRYPTOTERRESTRIALS: A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and the Aliens Among Us. Tonnies’ counter-intuitive and disconcerting Cryptoterrestrial hypothesis is the topic of this, the 13th episode of the Point of Convergence podcast.
O fenômeno de observação de OVNIs (Objetos Voadores Não Identificados) data de tempos imemoráveis em nosso planeta. Em toda a história, diversas teorias têm sido usadas para justificar a ocorrência dessas aparições. Neste episódio, vamos falar um pouco sobre cada uma delas. Comentado no episódio: Exopolítica: http://www.humanas.ufpr.br/portal/nepri/files/2018/03/4.pdf) Livro de Mac Tonnies sobre os “Criptoterrestres”: https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B004J176GC Conheça mais sobre as “Luzes de Terremoto”: https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2017/09/08/internacional/1504857500_720913.html
What if the "aliens" are not from other planets? In THE CRYPTOTERRESTRIALS, Mac Tonnies proposes that at least some accounts of alien visitation can be attributed to a humanoid species indigenous to the Earth, a sister race that has adapted to our numerical superiority by developing a surprisingly robust technology. At the same time, this groundbreaking work attempts to reconcile the mythological and contemporary accounts of "little people" into a coherent picture. "For too long, we've called them 'aliens,' assuming that we represent our planet's best and brightest," writes Tonnies. "Maybe that's exactly what they want us to think."Mac Tonnies (20 August 1975 – 22 October 2009) was an American author and blogger whose work focused on futurology, transhumanism and paranormal topics. Tonnies grew up in Independence, Missouri, and attended William Chrisman High School and Ottawa University. He lived in Kansas City, Missouri.Nicholas "Nick" Redfern (born 1964) is a British best-selling author, journalist, cryptozoologist and ufologist.Redfern is an active advocate of official government disclosure of UFO information, and has worked to uncover thousands of pages of previously classified Royal Air Force, Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) dating from the Second World War from the Public Record Office and currently[when?] works as a feature writer and contributing editor for Phenomena magazine.His 2005 book, Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story, purports to show that the Roswell crash may have been military aircraft tests using Japanese POWs, suffering from progeria or radiation effects
Episode Notes Happy Halloween, if you're seeing this on release day. An appropriate topic for the holiday, I think--things that go bump in the night outside of isolated farmhouses, a story that exists in the netherworld of saucer story and monster tale, and one of the few incidents that makes it difficult for me to sleep if I think about it too close to bedtime. Come with us to Christian County, Kentucky. Don't bother to bring your shotgun. Reading and resources Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955, which includes Isabel Davis's indispensable work on the incident, from CUFOS [PDF]. Mac Tonnies's post at Posthuman Blues on Kelly-Hopkinsville: March 16, 2007 and his book The Cryptoterrestrials. Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee. The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry by J. Allen Hynek. A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA's Secret Cold War Experiments by H.P. Albarelli. Greg Newkirk's articles that culminated in the Hellier series include: Have the Kentucky Goblins Returned? A 2015 Update And, of course, the first season of Hellier Support The Saucer Life and get something cool in return! Website: saucerlife.com Twitter: @saucerlife Instagram: saucerlife Facebook Support The Saucer Life by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-saucer-life This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This is a 14 minute clip of various interview with Mac Tonnies. His voice is strong and clear, and his ideas are just as valid now as they were a decade ago. These clips are introduced by Whitley Strieber. More HERE.
Gene and Chris present filmmaker Paul Kimball to talk about ghosts, hauntings, and the other stuff that he's working on as part of my new series for Canadian television called "Haunted," which he hosts along with Holly Stevens. Paul writes, "Whilst I would prefer for this to be a 'UFO free' episode, I'm happy to talk about the 50th anniversary Shag Harbour UFO Festival," and so he does. You'll also learn about the strange ghost-like phenomena that appears to follow the "Haunted" production crew around as they travel to places where ghosts have been reported. And did Paul receive messages from beyond the grave that may have been sent by the late paranormal investigator and author Mac Tonnies?
Nick Redfern has worked as a freelance feature writer for the Daily Express, People, Western Daily Press and Express & Star newspapers, as well as a full-time feature writer for Planet on Sunday. He has been a freelance journalist for the British newsstand magazines The Weekender, Animals, Animals, Animals, Pet Reptile, Military Illustrated, Eye-Spy, The Unopened Files and The X-Factor. With Simon & Schuster of London he wrote of A Covert Agenda: The British Government’s UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1997), The FBI Files: The FBI’s UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1998) and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story of the UFOs That Fell to Earth (1999).Redfern works the lecture circuit, both in the US and overseas, and has appeared in internationally syndicated shows discussing the UFO phenomenon. Redfern is a regular on the History Channel programs Monster Quest and UFO Hunters, National Geographic Channels's Paranormal and the Syfy channel's Proof Positive, He has been identified as a member of an informal group of friends often called others as the "Paranormal Rat Pack" and "The Cabal"; other members are filmmaker Paul Kimball, and authors Greg Bishop, and the late Mac Tonnies. In 2012 Redfern took on the role of on-air radio talk-show host of a paranormal themed internet radio show Epic Voyages Radio produced by the Inception Radio Network.
Nick Redfern has worked as a freelance feature writer for the Daily Express, People, Western Daily Press and Express & Star newspapers, as well as a full-time feature writer for Planet on Sunday. He has been a freelance journalist for the British newsstand magazines The Weekender, Animals, Animals, Animals, Pet Reptile, Military Illustrated, Eye-Spy, The Unopened Files and The X-Factor. With Simon & Schuster of London he wrote of A Covert Agenda: The British Government’s UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1997), The FBI Files: The FBI’s UFO Top Secrets Exposed (1998) and Cosmic Crashes: The Incredible Story of the UFOs That Fell to Earth (1999).Redfern works the lecture circuit, both in the US and overseas, and has appeared in internationally syndicated shows discussing the UFO phenomenon. Redfern is a regular on the History Channel programs Monster Quest and UFO Hunters, National Geographic Channels's Paranormal and the Syfy channel's Proof Positive, He has been identified as a member of an informal group of friends often called others as the "Paranormal Rat Pack" and "The Cabal"; other members are filmmaker Paul Kimball, and authors Greg Bishop, and the late Mac Tonnies. In 2012 Redfern took on the role of on-air radio talk-show host of a paranormal themed internet radio show Epic Voyages Radio produced by the Inception Radio Network.
Presented here is about 14 minutes of clips with my friend Mac Tonnies. These were part of a 2010 appearance on Whitley Strieber's DREAMLAND, where I spoke about my friendship with Mac. I need to than Tim Binnall from Binnall of America for his permission to use these clips. I also need to than Coast to Coast AM. He appeared with George Noory less than two weeks before his passing.
Aaron J Gulyas discusses his latest book, The Chaos Conundrum. In "The Chaos Conundrum," historian Aaron John Gulyas examines how the paranormal has intersected and influenced our culture in myriad ways, from the conspiracy beliefs of William Cooper and Exopolitics to the challenge that the stories of Gray Barker presented to our concept of self and time. He looks at the maelstrom of personalities, agendas, impressions, data, confusion, and contradictions that can be found in the world of the weird, and demonstrates how they have become an integral part of our lives, whether in the form of flying saucers, hauntings, religious revelations, psychic abilities, or dozens of other guises. Gulyas delves into the stories of the people who have attempted to create order out of the chaos. Along the way he recounts his own journey from enthusiastic believer in the "shadow government" and their underground bases to jaded academic skeptic, and then finally to someone who thinks there might just be something to the paranormal after all... but not what we have been led to expect or believe! A teacher, historian, and writer (generally in that order), Gulyas received his BA in History from Hanover College in 1998 and promptly went to work for the state of Indiana assessing disability insurance claims. Wearing out his welcome in the civil service within a year or so, he shifted to the thrilling world of proofreading. Realizing he was only really good at history, he returned to school and was awarded an MA in United States History from Indiana University-Indianapolis in 2003. He then moved into teaching, eventually landing at Mott Community College, where he has taught since 2006. Gulyas's first book, Extraterrestrials and the American Zeitgeist: Contact Tales since the 1950s was published in May 2013 by McFarland Books. His newest book is The Chaos Conundrum, a collection of essays on the paranormal, religion, spirituality, an the atemporal, published by Redstar Books. In Fandom's Shadow, a 50th anniversary retrospective of Doctor Who, Fandom, and its relationship to geography and time, was published in September, 2013 by Deserted Moon Press. He contributed the introduction to Posthuman Blues: Dispatches From a World on the Cusp of Terminal Dissolution, a collection of writings by the late Mac Tonnies edited by Paul Kimball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This was Mac's one and only appearance on Coast to Coast AM. You can hear it in George's voice, he was absolutely smitten by Mac.
On Saturday night, July 28th, I was a call in guest for one hour on Richard Dolan's audio program, called TRUTH OUT RADIO. We spoke together about UFOs, abductions and sychronicities. In the final minutes the topic turned to Mac Tonnies, and i brought up the essays we both wrote about cats and how they are a metaphor fort the UFO contact experience. I added an 11 minute clip from a previous podcast where I put two essays side by side, mine and Mac's. There is also another segment where Richard gives a scathing critique of MUFON. He said what I have been thinking, and it needs to be shared! (link)
Director Philippe Mora joins Jeff & Jer to talk about his soon-to-be-released feature length send-up of remote viewing, ''Continuity.'' Naturally, the conversation about RV takes a turn into other topics. Topics like the SS, Hilter, the Vatican, exorcism, UFOs, and Roswell. Philippe is famous for discovering historically important footage from the WWII era in the National Archive. But has he ever looked for Roswell documents? We'll find out what he knows.Then, in a somewhat sensitive after-chat, Jeff & Jer finally tell the whole story behind their October 25th, 2009 UFO sighting at the Baltimore Travel Plaza. Why didn't they talk about it then? Why are they comfortable revealing it now?Find out and hear what may be the final and amazing Mac Tonnies anecdote.
Redstar Films founder, lecturer, movie maker, writer, blogger, producer Paul Kimball joins us from Halifax Nova Scotia to talk to us about his campaign to fund his new project, 'Beyond Best Evidence:the UFO Enigma', the sequel to 2007's 'Best Evidence;Top 10 UFO Sightings' as well as his other films including, 'Stanton Friedman Is Real' and 'Do You Believe in Magic'- the Majestic 12 investigations with Stanton Friedman. All this as well as his organization of 2006's New Frontiers Symposium that brought not only Mr. Friedman to Halifax, NS, but other great minds like Greg Bishop, Nick Redfern, the the late great Cryptoterrestrial hypothesist Mr. Mac Tonnies. I also propose my own idea for a new film. Find out what he thinks. You don't want to miss this one.
A half hour excerpt of Mac's strong clear voice talking about his final book, The Cryptoterestrials. He was always a welcome guest on a wide variety of esoteric podcasts, but this performance on C2C was particularly impressive. He beautifully conveys his insights to a very mainstream audience. He had a way of articulating EXACTLY what I feel in my bones. He said it better and clearer than I ever could. Mac covers a lot in this first half hour, a great intro to anyone unfamiliar with his work. If you listen, you'll be treated to a remarkable set of ideas. You get the sense that George Noory is unwittingly drawn into a deeper place as he talks with Mac. Recorded September 2009
A short posting where I compare the ideas of Mac Tonnies and an essay I wrote about playing with cats and the UFO phenomenon. Included is Mac reading his own curiously similar story. The written post can be found HERE. Recorded 2009
We continue to explore the mystery of Earth-based UFOs and the frontiers of our reality, as expressed by the late Mac Tonnies and others, with co-host Christopher O’Brien and Walter Bosley, Mike Clelland, T. Allen Greenfield, and William Michael Mott.
We honor the memory of the late Mac Tonnies and his final work, “The Cryptoterrestrials: A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and the Aliens Among Us,” about Earth-based UFOs, with co-host Paul Kimball, Greg Bishop and Nicholas Redfern.
We remember the late Mac Tonnies, author, futurist and Fortean, with a special tribute episode featuring his close friends and colleagues, including Greg Bishop, Patrick Huyghe, Paul Kimball and Nicholas Redfern.
Explore the prospects for life on Mars in the past, present and future. Accompany us on this journey with Robert Zubrin, author of such books as "How to Live on Mars," a satiric look at Mars colonization. Also joining us will be scientific investigator Mac Tonnies.
In this episode we talk about aliens to artificial intelligence with Mac Tonnies.
Cutting-edge scientific theorist Mac Tonnies holds forth on Martian mysteries, the Phoenix Mars probe, the state of paranormal belief systems, and various theories on the reality of UFOs.
Discover the very latest news and views on Martian mysteries, including the Phoenix Mars Lander, and new frontiers of paranormal research, with cutting-edge investigator Mac Tonnies.
Gene and David present special look at the state of paranormal research, featuring cutting-edge commentaries from Mac Tonnies, Jeff Ritzmann and Daniel Brenton. During this conversation, Daniel will deliver a new proposal to reform the UFO field.
In this episode we speak to Mac Tonnies about his theories on the topic of Crypto-terrestrialism as an alternative to the Extra-Terrestrial Hypothesis.
The Paracast presents an all-star Roswell and State of the UFO Field Roundtable. This informative session features Nicholas Redfern, Jeff Ritzmann and Mac Tonnies. Where is the UFO field heading, and what can be done to solve the problems that keep it fractured?
Paranormal investigator Mac Tonnies returns to explore space mysteries and possible Earth-based sources for UFOs. Are the strange things we see in the skies what we're meant to see, or are they something else entirely that eludes our senses?
Paranormal investigator Mac Tonnies returns to explore space mysteries and possible Earth-based sources for UFOs. Are the strange things we see in the skies what we're meant to see, or are they something else entirely that eludes our senses?
This week UFO investigator Kevin D. Randle delivers an update on the 1947 Roswell, NM UFO crash/retrieval case and a number of other important sightings; author Mac Tonnies returns with a startlingly different viewpoint on the possible origin of UFOs.
This week UFO investigator Kevin D. Randle delivers an update on the 1947 Roswell, NM UFO crash/retrieval case and a number of other important sightings; author Mac Tonnies returns with a startlingly different viewpoint on the possible origin of UFOs.
Explore Martian mysteries, such as the "Face on Mars," with Mac Tonnies, author of "After the Martian Apocalypse"; discover crop circles and related mysteries with Nancy Talbott.
Explore Martian mysteries, such as the "Face on Mars," with Mac Tonnies, author of "After the Martian Apocalypse"; discover crop circles and related mysteries with Nancy Talbott.
Part Two of our lengthy interview with esoteric pundit Mac Tonnies. In this installment, we talk about Mac's cryptoterrestrial hypothesis and Ufology in general
Part One of a marathon conversation with esoteric pundit Mac Tonnies. In this installment, we discuss his book ''After the Martian Apocalyps
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