8: Is This Band Ever Going on Stage?: Reverend Gill, a Friendly Wave and the Sightings of Boainai, Papua, New Guinea
12/29/20 • 40 min
In June of 1959, a small missionary on the southern end of Papua, New Guinea experienced a number of UFO events over the course of two days that defy explanation to this day. The story of Reverend William Booth Gill and the 37 additional witnesses who saw a group of four beings walk atop a UFO is considered a classic by many, including our UFO dad, Jacques Vallee, and many more. Tune in to hear about the transformation of Doubting William to Convinced Bill.
Links
Perry Johnson Go Fund Me - In all seriousness, fuck cancer
The UFO Experience by J Allen Hynek
The Hynek UFO Report by J Allen Hynek
Father Gill & the 1959 Papua New Guinea UFO Sighting
UFOs Over Papua - the Same Nights as Father Gill
Cargo of The Gods by Paul Rydeen
Theme Song by Shane Yoder Art and Website by the Great Desdymona
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In June of 1959, a small missionary on the southern end of Papua, New Guinea experienced a number of UFO events over the course of two days that defy explanation to this day. The story of Reverend William Booth Gill and the 37 additional witnesses who saw a group of four beings walk atop a UFO is considered a classic by many, including our UFO dad, Jacques Vallee, and many more. Tune in to hear about the transformation of Doubting William to Convinced Bill.
Links
Perry Johnson Go Fund Me - In all seriousness, fuck cancer
The UFO Experience by J Allen Hynek
The Hynek UFO Report by J Allen Hynek
Father Gill & the 1959 Papua New Guinea UFO Sighting
UFOs Over Papua - the Same Nights as Father Gill
Cargo of The Gods by Paul Rydeen
Theme Song by Shane Yoder Art and Website by the Great Desdymona
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7: Did He Come By UFO?: The Mysterious Disappearance and Rebirth of Jim Sullivan
In March of 1975, a singer/songwriter named Jim Sullivan walked into the desert and was never seen again. He had an unsuccessful career in music to this point and was looking for a chance to begin again. Many theories have been proposed to explain Jim's disappearance. Was he the victim of a family with mob ties? Was he killed by a pair of corrupt cops? Or could he have hitched a ride on a UFO, never to be seen again?
Tune in to hear Jim's story, and the story of Matt Sullivan who journeyed to find out just what happened, and to expose his music to a brand new audience.
Links
Matt Sullivan: My Life's Playlist
The Strange Tale of Jim Sullivan's U.F.O.
Jim Sullivan's Mysterious Masterpiece: U.F.O. on NPR
Double Density Episode 38: Ice Cream Satan
Graveyard Tales Episode 22 Flatwoods Monster
Theme Song by Shane Yoder Art and Website by the Great Desdymona
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9: The Minutes of Our Mythology, Part Two: Searching for a Sign
What's up, ufonauts?!
In Minutes of Our Mythology, Part Two, I look at the government's first examination of the UFO phenomenon: Project Sign. Throughout 1948, people from all walks of life reported UFOs to the government. Some were civilians, some were actual pilots and military personnel. They ran the gamut. By the time Project Sign came to an end, it had seen the death of a pilot pursuing a UFO, reports of all sorts of odd lights in the sky, and an extremely close encounter by two Eastern Airlines pilots who claimed to see an enormous cigar-shaped UFO with windows that shot a 50 foot flame out the end of it. Find out all about Project Sign and more on this episode of Our Strange Skies!
Stray Note:
I forgot to mention on the episode, it is believed that Thomas F. Mantell died of hypoxia when he reached past 20,000 feet, because he didn't have oxygen on board the plane.
Links:
“Majestic 12 Documents” by Loy Lawhorn, UFO Evidence
“The FBI Debunked These UFO Documents in the Most Childish Way Possible” by Eric Grundhauser
Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation by Michael Swords
The Mantell Incident - Above Top Secret
The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs by Mark O’Connell
The Mantell Incident – Events on 7 Jan 1948 - Official Statements by Incident Number
UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973 by Richard Dolan
UFOs: A History 1948 by Loren E. Gross
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward Ruppelt
Project 1947: Watershed, The Chiles-Whitted “rocketship” Sighting
Project 1947 - Air Intelligence Report
Theme Song by Shane Yoder Art and Website by the Great Desdymona
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