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Episode 10 – A Few Good Field Investigators

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Released: 5 January 2017
Runtime: 64 minutes, 9 seconds

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API Case Files is the official podcast of Aerial Phenomena Investigations.

In this episode, Marsha Barnhart examines closely an Identified case in Colorado, and a Brooklyn case closed as Unidentified. Paul Carr covers his recently closed-as-Unidentified case in Manhattan, and Prof. Antonio Paris briefly outlines his most recent case still under investigation in Texas.

Antonio, Paul and Marsha discuss the attributes of what they’re looking for in prospective investigators to join the API Team; that discussion began with the scientific and academic communities extreme reticence to engage in UAP and anomalous phenomena research.

Paul Carr presents the 8th installment in the series Unidentified Science, this time on Scientific Skywatching.

Images from Marsha’s Case 16-042 (Colorado):

Case 16-042

Case 16-042




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Conversation 6 – Alexander Wendt

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Recorded: 17 May 2017
Released: 20 June 2017
Duration: 60 minutes

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Host Marsha Barnhart welcomes Alexander Wendt of Ohio State University to talk about Sovereignty and UFOs.

Dr. Wendt is Professor of Political Science at the Ohio State University. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota in 1989, and taught at Yale University, Dartmouth College, and then the University of Chicago before coming to Ohio State in 2004. His research in political science focuses on philosophical aspects of world politics, and he is well known in his field for his book, Social Theory of International Politics (Cambridge University Press, 1999), which won the International Studies
Association’s award for ‘Best Book of the Decade’ in 2006.  He also wrote, in 2008, a provocative paper entitled Sovereignty and the UFO with Dr. Raymond Duvall in the peer reviewed academic journal, Political Theory. Dr. Wendt recently published his latest book, Quantum Mind and Social
Science: Unifying Physical and Social Ontology.

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Conversation 7 – Mark Rodeghier

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Recorded: 12 June 2017
Released: 27 July 2017
Duration: 64 minutes, 58 seconds

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Marsha Barnhart talks to Dr. Mark Rodeghier, President and Scientific Director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies. The Center was founded originally by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, who was a professor of astronomy at The Ohio State University, and later, chairman of the astronomy department at Northwestern University near Chicago, where the Center for UFO Studies is based. It is a privately funded UFO research group.

Dr. Rodeghier—who holds a BS in astrophysics from Indiana University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Illinois at Chicago—has headed the Center since 1986. He was a colleague of Dr. Hynek’s and shares the same passion for approaching the UFO/UAP phenomenon from a scientific point-of-view. His work at the Center for UFO Studies dovetails perfectly into his position as science director with the UFODATA Project, which is the subject of this episode.

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Episode 11 – Michigan Cases and UFODATA

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Released: 3 August 2017
Duration: 61 minutes, 16 seconds

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In this episode of Case Files, host Marsha Barnhart examines two Michigan UFO cases; she provides an excerpt of a recent interview with Dr. Mark Rodeghier on his role in the UFODATA Project.

 API’s Deputy director, Paul Carr, presents another in his series Unidentified Science where he details some of the on-going efforts in the scientific search for intelligent life in the cosmos; 

 Marsha outlines various self-training methods on calculating altitude, distance and speed of aerial objects by using basic apps and a simple Google search.

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Episode 12 – Cylinders, Satellites and Stars, Oh My!

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Released: 10 December 2017

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  • Kiwi UFO—A blazing cylinder over New Zealand.
  • Blank Spots on the Map “outs” spy satellites whose operations may trigger UFO reports.
  • API introduces a new team member, chats about some interesting cases, and discusses explanations for common misidentifications.

In Episode 12 of Case Files, API Director Paul Carr, Chief of Investigations Marsha Barnhart, and new Lead Investigator Savannah Dollison join in a Team Round Table discussion about some of their more recent cases.

Marsha spotlighted her investigation of an unidentified case that was set in New Zealand. She also discussed a book, Blank Spots on the Map, by Trevor Paglen—a book that contains a chapter identifying characteristics of Spy Satellites which researchers might find useful when investigating reports of anomalous lights in the night sky.

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Conversation 5 – Frances Barwood

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Recorded: 11 April 2017
Released: 25 April 2017
Duration: 66 minutes

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Marsha Barnhart in conversation with former Phoenix vice mayor Frances Barwood. The topic is the 1997 Phoenix Lights incident.

Links:

The Script for the Intro and Outro

http://www.ufocasebook.com/phoenixlights.html

Phoenix Lights Wikipedia:

Debunker article by Tony Ortega:

Phoenix Witness Reports and Renderings

USA Today Article on event

Credits:

Host and Producer: Marsha Barnhart
Music: DJ Spooky and Broke for Free
Postproduction: Paul Carr

API Case Files and API Conversations are distributed under the Creative Commons, Attribution/Share-Alike license.

Conversation 4 – Norio Hayakawa

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Interview recorded January 19, 2017
Released 1 February 2017
Runtime:  1 hour 16 min
INTRO:
Welcome to API Conversations. I’m Marsha Barnhart API’s Chief of Investigations and your host for this Conversations episode. My guest today for this edition of API Conversations is Norio Hayakawa.
Norio is a resident of New Mexico and probably best known for his work investigating the anomalous activities in and around the Dulce New Mexico area. He is a blogger, an activist and, as such, the driving force behind a citizen oversight committee…the Civilian Intelligence Central. 
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Conversation 12 – Jack Brewer

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Recorded: 8 August 2018

Released: 8 August 2018

Duration: 57 minutes, 58 seconds

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Transcript of this Conversation

Jack Brewer

Host Paul Carr welcomes author and blogger Jack Brewer to talk about everything except alien abductions and Gene Steinberg. In particular, we talk about the recent developments in the UFO field and concerns about disinformation. We also briefly discuss MK-ULTRA and the possible murder of bioweapons expert Frank Olson.

Jack Brewer writes the blog, The UFO Trail, where he posts credible info on incredible topics. His research interests include social aspects of reported UFO sightings, alleged alien abduction, and the overlapping of the UFO and intelligence communities. Brewer is author of the nonfiction work, The Greys Have Been Framed: Exploitation in the UFO Community, and was a contributor to UFOs: Reframing the Debate, a book edited by Robbie Graham.

Links

The UFO Trail blog

The Greys Have Been Framed

UFO Misinformation

Keith Basterfield’s Blog

To the Stars Academy

The Original Tic Tac UFO Video

Strike Fighter Commander Details Incredible UFO Event

Wormwood

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Jack Brewer on the Unseen Podcast

Credits

Host and Producer: Paul Carr

Music: DJ Spooky

 

API Case Files and API Conversations are released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license.

 

 

 

Episode 7 – Case Files Examined

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Release Date: 16 August 2015

Duration: 50 Minutes

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This is the 7th episode of API Case Files – the podcast by and for UAP Investigators.

In this episode, Marsha Barnhart showcases an investigation of a Washington state case that leads to musings about the 4th state of matter: Plasma; Antonio Paris, Paul Carr and Marsha Barnhart talk about a few of their more-interesting recent cases; Paul Carr presents Episode 7 of Unidentified Science and Marsha files a report from the recent MUFON Erie, PA seminar.

  • Intro

  • Marsha Barnhart’s report on Case 15-001–those elusive orbs!

  • Antonio Paris, Paul Carr and Marsha Barnhart discuss some of their more interesting recent cases.

  • On-scene report on the recent MUFON Erie, PA conference  

  • Unidentified Science 7: The Challenge of High Strangeness Cases

  • Outro/Closing (DJ Spooky, Check Your Math)

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Conversation 2 – Mark O’Connell

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Recorded: 15 February 2016
Released: 15 February 2016
Duration:57 minutes, 58 seconds

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Transcript of this Episode

Blogger, UFO Field Investigator, and J. Allen Hynek biographer Mark O’Connell in conversation with Paul Carr.

Mark O’Connell has written several episodes of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” — one of which, the DS9 episode “Who Mourns For Morn?”, was named by Hugo-winning science fiction writer Charlie Jane Anders as #72 on the io9.com list of the Top 100 Star Trek episodes of all time. Mark has had feature film projects in development with Disney, DreamWorks Animation, Launchpad Productions, Barcelona Films and Al Ruddy Productions. He currently writes the UFO blog “High Strangeness” at www.highstrangenessufo.com and made his reality show debut in 2015 on “Mysteries at the Monument” on The Travel Channel. Mark is writing “The Close Encounters Man,” the authorized biography of UFO scholar Dr. J. Allen Hynek, for Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, for publication in Fall 2016.

Links:

Mark’s Blog – High Strangeness UFO (domain name expired)

The Close Encounters Man

Mark in the IMDB

The Secret Life of J. Allen Hynek

Who Mourns for Morn? Part 1

Credits:

Producer: Paul Carr
Music: DJ Spooky