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UFO Talker

By: Michael Ryan
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 UFO Talker will be available every Wednesday. It will be a mixture of discussion, interviews and people describing their sightings of unidentified flying objects. You can contact the podcast by email: ufotalker@bell.net© 2026 Michael Ryan Art
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  • The Carman, Manitoba UFO Wave: Inside the RCMP Files

    The Carman, Manitoba UFO Wave: Inside the RCMP Files
    Nov 11 2026
    Send us Fan MailThe Carman, Manitoba UFO Wave: Inside the RCMP FilesSeason 5, Episode 5In the spring of 1975, residents around Carman, Manitoba, began reporting strange red lights over the prairie. Near Friendship Field, pilot and aircraft engineer Robert Diemert and his wife Elaine described a low, elongated red glow that passed without a sound. Then RCMP Constable Ian Nicholson, who had been taking witness statements, filed a sighting report of his own. He described a red oval with a separate white X visible behind it.Michael Ryan and Christine Scott revisit the wave through the original RCMP files, with Joy Ryan reading from the witness statements. They look at the accounts from Friendship Field, compare the different dates recorded in Irene and Sharon Bourgeois’s statements, and discuss a National Research Council letter identifying one photographed light as Jupiter. Christine also revisits Grant Cameron’s Charlie Red Star for a look at how the sightings drew people out onto the roads around Carman.Featured book review — Bernie O’Connor’s The Official History of Official UFO Magazine, Volume TwoChristine gives Bernie O’Connor’s second volume five out of five discs. The 304-page collection brings together selected articles from issues 7 through 12 of Official UFO, covering May 1975 through November 1976. The volume reproduces the material in colour and high resolution, including vintage ads. It features writers such as Jerome Clark, Kevin D. Randle, Raymond Fowler, Richard Hall and Don Berliner, with a foreword by Stan Gordon and a tribute to John Keel. It also includes Michael’s essay, “Confessions of a UFO Podcaster.”Christine and Michael discuss what the collection preserves from the golden age of UFO magazines, from the original layouts to the depth of the reporting. You can also watch Bernie talk about the magazine and the new volume on That Human Said What?Bernie O’Connor’s Volume Two on AmazonVolume One on AmazonWatch Inside Official UFO Magazine, our interview with Bernie O’ConnorEnter the UFO Talker Christmas drawWe’re giving away a copy of Bernie O’Connor’s Volume Two. To enter, email ufotalker@bell.net with Christmas in the subject line and include your name and mailing address in the body. Entries close Monday, December 21, 2026, at 2 p.m. Eastern time. We’ll announce the winner on our December 23 show.Email your Christmas draw entryAlso in this episodeUFO news. Michael updates the search for missing correspondence connected to the 1952 Catalina Island Boy Scout sighting and discusses Canadian House of Commons petition e-7920. Christine looks at commercial pilot Steve Frazer’s reports of unusual lights during night flights near Brussels.Listener shout-out. We visit Pembroke, Ontario, and talk about Schmecken Bakery’s caramelized onion and cheddar bagels, apple strudel and apple cider Bundt cake.From the archives. Joy recounts a reported 1956 encounter involving an RB-36H Peacemaker crew.Canadian civil aviation reports. Joy reads four reports entered in CADORS from October 26 through November 6, including the reported drone at 20,200 feet, GPS jamming reported by Virgin Atlantic Flight 141, suspected drone contact involving a Cessna near Vancouver, and a drone reported above an Air Canada flight departing Montréal.Events mentionedNovember 14, 2026 — David Paulides on Missing 411 Alaska. Arizona Heritage Center, Tempe, Arizona. Phoenix MUFON event informationDecember 3, 2026 — Let’s Talk UFOs: Canada and the Global UAP Story. Chrissy Newton and Daniel Otis at Pluto in Toronto, with a livestream option. Event details and ticketsFebruary 26–28, 2027 — CA UFO CON: Make Contact on the Bay. DoubleTree by Hilton, Burlingame, California. Conference information and ticketsEpisode sources and further readingGrant Cameron’s Charlie Red StarUFO Talker Season 5, Episode 4, with the earlier Catalina discussionHouse of Commons petition e-7920 on Canadian UAP reporting and oversightSchmecken Bakery on FacebookNew episodes of UFO Talker arrive every other Wednesday. Find That Human Said What? and our mini documentaries on UFO Talker Network. Visit ufotalker.ca, support the show through Buy Me a Coffee, or browse the UFO Talker merchandise shop.Female announcer: Joy RyanMale announcer: Andrew HelbigChristine Scott’s Centennial Books: 1230 Broad Street, Regina, SaskatchewanNational UFO Historical Records CenterSeason 5 is dedicated to the memory of Frank Thayer.Support the showTo buy UFO Talker merchandise follow this link here.Female announcer: Joy RyanMale announcer: Andrew HelbigThe National UFO Records Center link hereChristine Scott's Centennial Books 1230 Broad Street. Regina, Sask.
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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • Three Black Helicopters. One Was Silent - U.S. Army Veteran Derek Condit's Strange Encounter

    Three Black Helicopters. One Was Silent - U.S. Army Veteran Derek Condit's Strange Encounter
    Oct 28 2026

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    Silent Black Helicopters, Prison Ghosts and Bigfoot: Derek Condit’s Encounters with High Strangeness

    Season 5, Episode 4 • October 28, 2026

    Three black helicopters pass overhead—but one reportedly makes no sound and produces no rotor wash. What did Derek Condit encounter while working the night shift outside a Washington State prison?

    Michael Ryan interviews author, U.S. Army veteran and former correctional officer Derek Condit about the experiences that drew him into the world of high strangeness. Derek describes mysterious spirals in the sky near the Washington State Reformatory, an unsettling encounter in the woods near his barracks in Germany, and the prison’s “Baker Unit Ghost.”

    He also recounts seeing an enormous, hair-covered figure cross a Washington highway in just three strides—an experience that changed his views about Bigfoot.

    If you would like to look at or purchase any of Derek Condit's books go here. If you would like to find out more about Derek Condit go to his website here.

    Also in this episode:

    • Michael investigates a possible connection between a newly released government UFO report from Catalina Island and a 1979 APRO Bulletin account describing a sighting reportedly witnessed by 300 Boy Scouts. Why do important details differ, and where are the letters and sketches listed in the government file?

    • Christine Scott discusses unusual lights filmed over West Kelowna and a heavily redacted FBI report describing a dark, triangular aerial object.

    • Upcoming UFO events in Edinburg, Texas, and Fredericton, New Brunswick. If you would like to find out more about the Edinburg UFO Festival go here. If you would like to find out more about the Fredericton UFO Conference and Holistic Fair go here.

    • Our listener shout-out visits Gimli, Manitoba, with a tempting stop at Sugar Me Cookie Boutique.

    • Our dramatized UFO Moment revisits a reported 1966 encounter at Nha Trang Air Base in Vietnam.

    • Joy presents Canadian Civil Aviation Anomalies from the October 12–23 CADORS reports, covering incidents that occurred in May, June and July.

    Were you at Camp Fox on Catalina Island in the summer of 1952, or do you have family letters, photographs or memories connected to the reported sighting? Contact UFO Talker at ufotalker@bell.net.

    Visit www.ufotalker.ca for more information.

    Please share, subscribe and help spread the word about UFO Talker.

    Support the show

    To buy UFO Talker merchandise follow this link here.
    Female announcer: Joy Ryan
    Male announcer: Andrew Helbig
    The National UFO Records Center link here
    Christine Scott's Centennial Books 1230 Broad Street. Regina, Sask.
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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • What Did Frame 300 Capture? The Cote UFO Photo/ Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Adam Pillon

    What Did Frame 300 Capture? The Cote UFO Photo/ Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Adam Pillon
    Oct 14 2026

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    What Did Frame 300 Capture? The Cote UFO Photo

    On September 4, 1971, a Costa Rican government mapping flight photographed something unexpected above Lake Cote. Nobody aboard reported seeing it, but one frame contained a mysterious disc-shaped image that would become the subject of decades of investigation.

    Michael Ryan interviews filmmaker Adam Pillon about his documentary, The Cote Photo, made with Megan Woomer. Adam shares the story behind the film, from researcher Esteban Carranza’s fascination with the photograph to meeting Sergio Loaiza, the cartographer who was aboard the mapping flight.

    They discuss the enormous nine-by-nine-inch film negative, Michael Strickland’s high-resolution drum scan, and what photographic analysis can—and cannot—tell us about the image. Beyond the technical questions, the conversation explores the people whose lives have been touched by UFO experiences and why their stories matter.

    Also in this episode:

    • Michael and Christine continue their discussion of Battelle, nonprofit research organizations, and questions about classified research and public access.
    • Christine looks at other UFO reports surrounding the famous 1967 Shag Harbour incident.
    • Strange lights over New Jersey turn out to have a musical explanation.
    • This week’s listener shout-out goes to Boylston, Massachusetts, with a tempting stop at Darby’s Bakery.
    • Our dramatized UFO moment revisits a sighting near Batawa, Ontario, and unidentified radar targets at Canadian Forces Base Trenton.
    • Joy presents Canadian aviation anomalies from CADORS reports, including unexplained collision avoidance warnings, navigation problems, and reported drone encounters.

    More information:

    If you would like more information on the Lake Superior Paranormal Convention click here.

    If you would like more information on the Halifax Paranormal Symposium click here.

    If you would like more information on Richard F. Haines and Jacques Vallée’s analysis of the Cote photograph in the Journal of Scientific Exploration click here.

    If you would like more information on Adam Pillon’s documentary, The Cote Photo, including how to watch it click here.

    New episodes of UFO Talker arrive every other Wednesday. Find That Human Said What? and our mini documentaries on YouTube at UFO Talker Network.

    Visit www.ufotalker.ca to learn more and support the podcast through Buy Me a Coffee.

    Season 5 is dedicated to the memory of Frank Thayer.

    Support the show

    To buy UFO Talker merchandise follow this link here.
    Female announcer: Joy Ryan
    Male announcer: Andrew Helbig
    The National UFO Records Center link here
    Christine Scott's Centennial Books 1230 Broad Street. Regina, Sask.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
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