Ep 173: The Fortean Buzzkills and Rich – Roundtable 1
“I don’t know why I agreed to do this episode.”
– From me, Forrest Burgess, which I think I’ve said before about a few other episodes and was also said by Rich Hatem when we first had him on...
Background:
We’re all sequestered in our respective locations these Strange Days, with many of us using teleconferencing applications to connect with co-workers, friends, and family. It’s a tool we use in our regular production of the podcast since we’ve been separated by a continent. But now we thought it was time to put it to even better use to check in with our good friends Rich Hatem and Rob Kristoffersen. We first met Rob in 2016 when he graciously helped us research UFO subjects. He has since gone on to produce his own podcast, Our Strange Skies, a captivating and in-depth program on the phenomenon. Rich was introduced to us through a mutual friend when an uncanny discovery occurred. He was not only the screenwriter of The Mothman Prophecies, a film we often discussed, but he also had a vast knowledge of, and a shared passion for the paranormal. We’ve had both fine gentlemen on past episodes separately, but never with all of us on together. Tonight’s show will be a free-wheeling, casual conversation covering such topics as Charles Hoy Fort, the namesake of paranormal phenomena dubbed “Forteana,” recent developments at Skinwalker Ranch, and even our setups for podcast recording and teleconferencing at home. We hope you’ll find tonight’s episode to be in the same spirit that our show is meant to be for all of our audience. That is, an engaging discussion and enduring camaraderie no matter how strange things get.
Reference Links:
Rich Hatem on Rob’s podcast from 3-29-20, discussing the North Canol Road abduction case
“Deconstructing the Alexander the Great UFO story” by Antonio Huneeus on OpenMinds.tv
“George Knapp: Secret Studies of Skinwalker Ranch” from Jeremy Corbell on YouTube
“Inside the Pentagon's Secret UFO Program” by Tim McMillan for Popular Mechanics
“It's Not an Alien, Says NASA for Millionth Time” on PopularMechanics.com
“A Luminous Extraterrestrial Geometric Message on the Surface of Ceres” on HybridHumans.net
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CREDITS:
Episode 173: The Fortean Buzzkills and Rich – Roundtable 1. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel. Sound Design by Ryan McCullough; Tess Pfeifle, Producer, and Lead Researcher; Research Support from the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a.k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2020 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.