Episodes

  • The Light Gate Episode #056: Joshua Cutchin (author/researcher)

    The Light Gate Episode #056: Joshua Cutchin (author/researcher)
    Mar 30 2026
    The Light Gate is delighted to welcome back researcher/author, Joshua Cutchin. He is one of the world's leading experts on "the little people" or fairies, elves, gnomes and yes, ETs!

    A sought-after researcher, author and presenter, Joshua has appeared on a wide variety of paranormal programs discussing his work, including Coast to Coast AM and the hit History Channel television show 'Ancient Aliens.'

    He is the author of seven critically-acclaimed books: 2015's 'A Trojan Feast: The Food and Drink Offerings of Aliens, Faeries, and Sasquatch' (translated into Spanish as 'Banquete Troyano'); 2016's 'The Brimstone Deceit: An In-Depth Examination of Supernatural Scents, Otherworldly Odors, & Monstrous Miasmas'; 2018's 'Thieves in the Night: A Brief History of Supernatural Child Abductions'; and 2020's 'Where the Footprints End: High Strangeness and the Bigfoot Phenomenon,' Volumes I & II, with Timothy Renner.

    In 2022, he released his two-part masterwork: 'Ecology of Souls: A New Mythology of Death & the Paranormal.' 2023 marked the release of his first fictional novel, 'Them Old Ways Never Died,' as well as his curated collection of essays, 'Fairy Films: Wee Folk on the Big Screen.' Joshua has been invited to speak at Georgia MUFON Events, the International Fortean Organization's FortFests (MD 2016 & 2019), X-Filers United! conference (RI 2019), ConCarolinas (NC 2019-2021), Strange Realities Conference (TN 2019-2023), East West Bookshop, Tewksbury Public Library's Fright Nights (2020), Morbid Anatomy (2022), Phenomenacon (2020, hosted by Greg & Dana Newkirk), the Worldwide Metaphysical Tribe (IL 2022), The Midwest Conference on the Unknown (MO 2022), DragonCon (GA 2022-2023), Archives of the Impossible (TX 2023), and An Inquiry Into Anomalous Experiences & the Phenomenon (NYC 2023).

    He’s also an award-winning musician and a really all-around interesting and intelligent guy. This is a good one folks! Joshua is amazing.

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #055: Scott & Suzanne Ramsey and Frank Thayer-UFO Crash at Aztec

    The Light Gate Episode #055: Scott & Suzanne Ramsey and Frank Thayer-UFO Crash at Aztec
    Mar 29 2026
    According to a growing number of sources, on March 14, 1948, a UFO carrying up to twelve aliens crashed in Hart Canyon in Aztec, New Mexico. The case has been shrouded in mystery and controversy since the beginning, but new research is showing that this case is 100% genuine.

    Scott & Suzanne Ramsey & Frank Thayer PhD are the leading researchers of the UFO crash of Aztec, New Mexico. Tonight they share their startling revelations, how they learned about the truth of the UFO crash and what they found out.

    Scott Ramsey first became aware of the Aztec Flying Saucer Story back in 1988 on a business trip to Farmington, New Mexico. Upon returning home to North Carolina he began digging into the story to see if there was anything to the claim. On a return trip to the Four Corners area in 1989 he visited what the locals referred to be the crash/landing site. He found that the deeper he dug into the story, the more there seemed to be truth to the claim.

    Suzanne was introduced to the Aztec Flying Saucer story as a child in South Dakota. It was her mother who while reading Frank Scully’s book, Behind the Flying Saucers, shared the story with the family around the dinner table. Years later Suzanne was reintroduced to the topic when Scott Ramsey, a researcher of the Aztec Flying Saucer, was a guest on her news talk radio show and again when she was assisting as a translator with a Japanese film crew filming Scott’s research. Shortly after this Scott and Suzanne married and reside in North Carolina. Suzanne an entrepreneur, writer, artist, researcher, and interviewer has enjoyed her background in communications/public relations in working on this incredible story with Scott. She is President of Carolina Country Provisions/Uncle Scott’s All Natural Root Beer and farms with organic practices on the Ramsey Farm and Produce.

    The Ramsey’s have been on more than 175 radio/blog shows. Their work has been shown on the History Channel, Telemundo (Mexico), CBS Australia, Japan’s 60 Minutes as well as German and Finnish Television.

    Frank Thayer, Ph.D. was born and raised in New Mexico. He is a writer, editor, photographer, and educator, both in New Mexico and in Canada, where he worked for 11 years. Teaming up with the Ramseys, he was co-author for two major books on the Aztec flying saucer incident. He became dedicated to Aztec research after first meeting the Ramseys in 2006. Thayer earned all three of his degrees at New Mexico State University and is now Professor Emeritus at the university where he also served as journalism department head from 2002-2008.

    This interview is sure to change the way you feel about UFOs!

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #054: Donald Schmitt (UFO Crash at Roswell)

    The Light Gate Episode #054: Donald Schmitt (UFO Crash at Roswell)
    Mar 28 2026
    Tonight on The Light Gate, we welcome back researcher and author, Donald R. Schmitt. He is perhaps the world's leading researcher on the Roswell UFO crash of 1947. It is considered to be the single most famous and well confirmed UFO incident in world history. It is the case that keeps on giving. Even now, decades later, new information is still being discovered and revealed.

    Donald, an author, journalist, lecturer, and former co-director of the J. Allen Center for UFO Studies, CUFOS, founded the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell. The museum aimed to preserve any material or media related to Roswell and to be a source for information on UFO incidents globally. During his time at CUFOS, Schmitt served ten years as the director of special investigations. Along with Thomas J. Carey, he also co-authored the books "Witness to Roswell," "The Children of Roswell," and "Inside the Real Area 51" that all became best-sellers. He is the North American Representative at the International Coalition for Extraterrestrial Researcher, and co-Producer at The Phenomenon Movie. He has appeared on all the big radio shows and podcasts, including Coast-to-Coast, and has spoken at numerous conventions.

    You might think you know the truth about Roswell, but there is more to it than most people know.

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #053: Simon Domville-Musters (podcaster/experiencer)

    The Light Gate Episode #053: Simon Domville-Musters (podcaster/experiencer)
    Mar 27 2026
    Tonight, The Light Gate welcomes experiencer/researcher/podcaster Simon Domville-Musters. Residing in the UK, Simon has experienced UFO encounters, and is working hard to research and educate people about the extraterrestrial presence on our planet, and the UFO coverup. He has some incredibly interesting sightings and a humanoid encounter to share with us tonight.

    Says Simon, “My interest is communicating and learning from ET. The other priority is saving us from the new world order totalitarianism that is being rammed down every orifice possible, and then intravenously. Finally Democracy in the purest conception of the term, for which Socrates perished, as PR had not been conceived in his time, despite being descendants of Atlantis! So, Democracy is majority rule, but with respect for the fundamental rights of minorities, and we are all minorities in one form or another!”

    His youtube channel is called The Ranting Revolutionary.

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #052: Michael Schratt (UFO crash/retrieval researcher)

    The Light Gate Episode #052: Michael Schratt (UFO crash/retrieval researcher)
    Mar 26 2026
    Tonight, by popular demand, “The Light Gate,” welcomes back Michael Schratt for a third appearance. We will be talking about UFO crash/retrievals, which is one of the most important and controversial aspects of UFO research.

    Michael is private pilot, military aerospace historian, longtime UFO researcher, lecturer, draftsman, an expert on classified ‘black projects,” UFO crash/retrievals, the government UFO coverup and more. He is the author of “DARK FILES: A Pictorial History of Lost, Forgotten and Obscure UFO Encounters.” He is a frequent guest on radio shows and podcasts. He has appeared on Coast to Coast and many other major podcasts, and regularly speaks at UFO conferences including, Contact in the Desert. His book, DARK FILES, presents 61 fully illustrated UFO encounters from around the world. These cases were obtained from real world "boots on the ground" research by gaining access to university archives, multiple UFO research centers, and private collections. All cases presented contain references so that the reader can verify them on their own. Every effort was taken to portray these cases accurately from eyewitness accounts and reports, thereby preserving an important part of our global history. This publication contains never-before-seen illustrations which make these historically significant UFO cases "come alive.”

    Tonight, Michael will be continuing his discussion of UFO crash/retrieval events, and our governments’ efforts to reverse engineer extraterrestrial craft, disclosure, and significant UFO events in the history of Ufology.This will change the way you view the extraterrestrial presence on our planet

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #051: Open Mic - Q&A

    The Light Gate Episode #051: Open Mic - Q&A
    Mar 25 2026
    Tonight, The Light Gate, features a Q&A episode with your hosts, Preston Dennett and Dolly Safran, and you, the audience! In this episode we field questions from you, the audience. We answer questions about UFOs, encounters, OBEs, ghosts, the paranormal, and a huge variety of topics. So much fun!

    Preston Dennett began investigating UFOs and the paranormal in 1986 when he discovered that his family, friends and co-workers were having dramatic unexplained encounters. Since then, he has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and investigated a wide variety of paranormal phenomena. He is a field investigator for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), a ghost hunter, a paranormal researcher, and the author of 30 books and more than 100 articles on UFOs and the paranormal. Several of his books have been Amazon UFO bestsellers. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines including Fate, Atlantis Rising, MUFON UFO Journal, Nexus, Paranormal Magazine, UFO Magazine, Phenomena Magazine, Mysteries Magazine, Ufologist and others. His writing has been translated into several different languages including German, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Icelandic. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including Midnight in the Desert with Art Bell, Coast-to-Coast and also the History Channel’s Deep Sea UFOs and UFO Hunters and Ancient Aliens. His research has been presented in the LA Times, the LA Daily News, the Dallas Morning News and other newspapers. He has taught classes on various paranormal subjects and lectures across the United States.

    Dolly Safran has worked as a limo driver, assistant manager at Wendy’s, a zookeeper, a bus driver, a security guard, a nurse, and more, including as a civilian worker for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and also in the Army as an employee for the U.S. Department of Defense. Her UFO contacts began around age one, and are still ongoing today. She is a fully conscious UFO contactee and the subject of the full-length book, “Symmetry: A True UFO Adventure.”

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #050: Kathleen Marden (author/researcher/experiencer)

    The Light Gate Episode #050: Kathleen Marden (author/researcher/experiencer)
    Mar 24 2026
    What a truly amazing guest we have today on The Light Gate! Kathleen Marden! If you know anything about UFOs, you probably have heard of her.

    Kathleen Marden’s insatiable interest in UFOs and ET contact began in 1961, when her aunt and uncle Betty and Barney Hill had a close encounter and UFO abduction in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. As a family member, Kathleen gained firsthand knowledge of Betty’s and Barney’s UFO encounter on the day they arrived home and two days later she, her parents, and siblings visited the Hill’s home.

    She has devoted years to painstaking investigation of the Hills' anomalous events and archival research on their UFO abduction case. As the trustee of Betty’s estate, she selected files from Betty’s personal archival collection for a permanent collection at the Milne Special Collections Library, UNH Library, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

    You will find her case study of the evidence in her book with Stanton Friedman, “Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience” (Updated in 2021). Since 1991 she has volunteered for the Mutual UFO Network in various positions such as Director of Field Investigator Training and Founder/Director of MUFON's Experiencer Resource Team.

    Over a ten-year period, Kathleen expanded her ERT team from three members to forty-five trained, seasoned specialists and attracted PhD and MD psychological and research consultants. Additionally, she sat on the Edgar Mitchell Free Advisory Board. In this period, she worked on three studies on nearly 5,000 experiencers (Marden-Stoner, Edgar Mitchell FREE, MUFON ERT). She is presently working on the “Marden-Barton Survey of Religious Belief and Extraterrestrial Life,” which is available on her website.

    She has appeared as an on-camera commentator on fifty-five television and video productions. Additionally, she has spoken on innumerable radio shows and podcasts and has lectured across the United States and to audiences in foreign countries.

    She has authored and coauthored numerous books and articles in UFO magazines and journals. Two of her books are available in foreign languages. She is the recipient of two major awards (MUFON and the International UFO Congress), for her years of dedicated work. Her books also include, The Alien Abduction Files, Forbidden Knowledge, Extraterrestrial Contact, Science Was Wrong, Fact, Fiction and Flying Saucers, True Stories of Alien Abduction, Making Contact and more. Some of her co-writers include Denise Stoner and Stanton Friedman.

    We are truly honored to have her on the show. She has an encyclopaedic knowledge of this subject, and with her own experiences, she is a true asset to this field.

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #049: Rev Michael JS Carter

    The Light Gate Episode #049: Rev Michael JS Carter
    Mar 23 2026
    Tonight, The Light Gate welcomes back Reverend Michael JS Carter. It is such an honor to have MIchael back on the show. He is such a delightful man and a positive force in this world. And his experiences are literally out of this world!

    Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Michael moved to New York City in 1980 and lived there for 27 years, working as a professional actor before moving to Asheville, North Carolina. Michael is an ordained Interfaith Minister and received his BA Degree in Letters from the College of New Rochelle where he graduated cum laude. He received his Masters In Divinity Degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York City (class of 2000).

    He has served as a Board Certified staff chaplain at various hospitals in NY and in North Carolina. While serving various Unitarian Universalist Congregations in New York, Michael was trained as an anti-racism trainer and has been recognized by President Clinton for his efforts.

    A long time UFO contactee, his Book Alien Scriptures: Extraterrestrials in The Holy Bible, was (in March of 2014) number one on Amazon.com’s list of UFO related books. Author Whitley Strieber calls Rev. Carter’s first book, Alien Scriptures: Extraterrestrials in The Holy Bible, “The best book ever written on the topic.”

    His three other books are: A New World If You Can Take it: God, Extraterrestrials, and The Evolution of Human Consciousness; God Consciousness: A 30 Day Meditation Manual for God-Centered Thinking; The Metaphysics of Spiritual Healing and the Power of Affirmative Prayer. His most recent book is, "Initiation: The Spiritual Transformation of the Experiencer."

    Rev. Carter’s latest book, “Enlightenment,” is a collection of sermons on themes such as Justice, Religion and Spirituality, Race, and what it means to live the good life. Michael has appeared on George Noory’s Coast To Coast radio show, and on George Noory’s TV show, “Beyond Belief” on Gaia Television.

    Other TV appearances include being a regular consultant on The History Channel’s, Ancient Aliens Series, as well as being featured in the UFO TV Documentary, The Real 4400, and UFOs: the Hidden Evidence on the Travel Channel. Rev. Carter was also featured in Steven Spielberg”s TV documentary, Abduction Diaries for the Sci-Fi Channel. “Diaries” was the precursor to the Spielberg’s HBO series, “Taken.” Michael serves as the minister for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Swanannoa Valley, located in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina.

    I am very confident you will enjoy this conversation! Thank you all!

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 48 mins