Case Files Episode 14 – An English Orb and Who Are These People?

Released: 20 January 2019

Duration: 65 minutes

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A silent, truck-sized sphere zips past a startled Englishman; common tricks of the mind MAY explain weird creatures; API Training and Public Outreach videos await you at our website!

Two recently closed Case Files are discussed: Marsha Barnhart presents an investigation that included an interesting early morning encounter in Suffolk, England, and Savannah Dollison dissects a case that proved both elusive and illusionary. Plus, Paul Carr outlines the array of training videos and public outreach informational videos now available on our website.

Links:

Case 18-023 Suffolk, England

Rendelsham Forest UFO Incident

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident

EMP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse

Case 18-027 Pensacola, Florida

Pareidolia and Apophenia

http://59ways.blogspot.com/2012/01/apophenia-and-pareidolia_09.html

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Conversation 15 – Kenny Biddle and Solving Mysteries

Recorded: 13 January 2019

Released: 13 January 2019

Duration: 54 minutes, 49 seconds

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Transcript of this Conversation

Kenny Biddle experimenting

Kenny Biddle has investigated hauntings, cryptids, and UFOs for years, and has solved many of these cases. He is persistent, patient, and creative, just like any good field investigator. We talked about some of the principles he applies to his work and he gives some examples, from ghosts to Elvis Presley. These principles apply broadly to solving any mystery. Our topics included EVP, photography, and serial experiencers.

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Questions for paranormal investigator Kenny Biddle?

Kenny Biddle

Update: the Conversation with Kenny Biddle was recorded on 13 January 2019

Veteran paranormal investigator Kenny Biddle will be on API Conversations soon, and we would like to ask him some of your questions. You can learn more about Kenny by watching some of his YouTube series. We imagine that this may be a bit controversial, since Kenny has debunked many frauds over the years, and not everyone is happy about that.

See if you can stump him, or ask him what he thinks of your favorite cryptid or ghost hunting TV show.

Please get all questions in before 26 December 2018, as we expect to record the Conversation after the Christmas holiday. You can leave your questions as comments to this post, or use the contact form. If you want us to use your name, please state this and provide any guidance we may need to pronounce your name. You can also leave your question in audio form by calling (240) 233-1253.

Conversation 14 – Justin Bamforth

Recorded: 24 November 2018

Released: 3 December 2018

Duration: 70 minutes, 1 second

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While researching his book,  Justin reached out to Marsha in an attempt to get detailed information on API case 12-001. The Witness in this case was the night manager at a hotel on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. On October 14, 2008, both he and the hotel night time security manager were outside talking when they saw a large Triangular UFO rise up from the Horseshoe Falls and silently glide over them.

The most unusual aspect of the case occurred in the early afternoon of May 10th 2009 when two men dressed in black came to the hotel looking for the Manager. Hotel Lobby Security cameras captured a short video snippet of these two men. This footage, made available during the original investigation, is perhaps the ONLY known case of genuine MIB captured on video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xwUUlQMkOE
Justin has written the most complete accounting of this case covering not only the original UFO sighting and the accounts supplied by the hotel employees who interacted with the men in black, but also in-depth information gathered directly from the Witness detailing a long series of unusual paranormal and anomalous experiences. And this fascinating story is but one in a book filled with unusual and provocative true, first-hand accounts of weirdness.
During this podcast, Marsha and the author discuss his book, The Spectrum, and examine a wide range of topics encompassing UFO’s, anomalies, and paranormal experiences.
Justin works in Marketing and Design and lives in the Philadelphia area. He writes a blog and maintains a website, Normal Paranormal.

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Episode 8 – Improving the UFO Database



Released: 22 November 2015
Duration: 53 minutes, 38 seconds

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Martin Willis

This is the 8th episode of API Case Files – the podcast by and for UAP Investigators. In this episode, Marsha Barnhart reports on a small-airplane-sized, orb-like sphere case in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Paul Carr talks with Podcast UFO host Martin Willis. (This is an excerpt from his full interview with Martin Willis, showcased in API’s newest podcast offering API Conversations.) Antonio Paris, Paul Carr and Marsha Barnhart discuss the need to collate well-investigated UFO cases to narrow down information into a solid, usable database. And they talk about the propensity of videos on YouTube that are hoaxed or poorly vetted by people just interested in making money off the UFO side-show.

 

 

  • Intro
  • Marsha Barnhart’s report on Case 15-041: Winston-Salem, North Carolina 2-Witness sighting.
  • Excerpt from Paul Carr’s API Conversations interview with Podcast UFO host Martin Wills.
  • Antonio Paris, Paul Carr and Marsha Barnhart discuss the need for a well-documented UFO database, and lament the hoaxers making money on YouTube.
  • Outro/Closing (DJ Spooky, Check Your Math)

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Conversation 13 – Simone Mendez

Recorded: 19 September 2018

Released: 22 September 2018

Duration: 55 minutes 14 seconds

Simone Mendez in the Air Force in the early 1980s

Transcript for this Episode

Paul Carr welcomes Simone Mendez, whose contact with what appeared to be an official document detailing detection of extraterrestrial spacecraft when she was in the US Air Force caused her several months of grief and resulted in the loss of her Top Secret clearance.

Here we give Ms. Mendez a chance to tell her story and set the record straight. Her story  turns out to have many unanswered questions.

A statement for listeners from Simone Mendez:

After the audio was released, Ms. Mendez e-mailed and asked if I could make public the following statement.

I regret having kept the ufo printout, and having believed the providing co worker.  I know exactly what you listeners are thinking of that.  Just as it was derogatorily repeatedly made known to me in no uncertain terms, over the years, by certain ufo enthusiasts and online commenters.

I have a reason, that is not an excuse.  

In the year 2018, I see and know the truth about me, of 1981.  

I would rather not publicize (in medical vernacular,) a condition.

I am an Autistic person, which I was not awake to that fact, until my mid 40’s.  

We types tend to latch our focus onto one thing, with mental blinders on the sides.

I was naive and socially inept, and my then-unacknowledged condition also did not help me on polygraph exams.

If I could go back in time knowing what I know now, I would never have entered the service

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