Open Minds UAP News

Cameron Pack, Project Blue Book UFO Files

Cameron Pack is the author of the new book The Restored Project Blue Book UFO Files: June 1947 & Before. This volume represents a clear and legible presentation of the US Air Force’s Project Blue Book UFO files. The collection includes sighting cases which date from June 1947 and prior. Cameron began his research into the topic of ufology after a 2003 close encounter of the first kind. The experience led Cameron to begin looking at thousands of different reports of UFOs from around the world. A favorite area of research has always been Project Blue Book and the classic UFO cases from that time period. Cameron has made Freedom of Information Act requests to local law enforcement agencies, the FBI and the US Air Force for specific areas of information on UFOs. He became a certified field investigator for the Mutual UFO Network in 2009. He also served as Assistant State Director for Virginia in the Mutual UFO Network from 2010 to 2013. Also in 2009, Cameron founded the UFO Club of Virginia Beach. He acted as club president until 2013, when he retired from his duties. The club was a tremendous success, with articles about the group featured in the local newspaper on two occasions You can buy Cameron’s book on Amazon.com.

James Carman, UFO Documentary Producer

James Carman lives in New York City and works as a cinematographer and a producer. He shoots features, commercials and documentaries and his work has been showcased at the MOMA and many film festivals. He recently won an EBE award for best documentary with his film, The Hidden Hand: Alien Contact and The Government Cover-up. Currently he is working on a new documentary entitled, Superconscious. Recently The Hidden Hand has been picked up by an online distribution company, and can now be seen on iTunes, Xbox, Google Play, Vimeo, Amazon, Vudu and more. We talk to James about how he got inspired to make his documentary, the contents of the movie, and the feedback he has received. Read more about the documentary at: http://www.hiddenhandthemovie.com/

Peter McCue, Clinical Psychologist and Paranormal Author

Peter worked for many years as a clinical psychologist. He lives in Scotland. His qualifications include a Ph.D., from the University of Glasgow, awarded for a thesis on hypnosis. Peter’s interest in psychical research and UFO phenomena goes back decades. He’s the author of numerous articles on these subjects and a recently published book, entitled Zones of Strangeness: An Examination of Paranormal and UFO Hot Spots. He believes that paranormal phenomena occur, and that many UFO experiences are genuinely anomalous. He contends that if we want to obtain a comprehensive understanding of ourselves and the nature of reality, these enigmatic phenomena can’t be ignored. His book can be found on Amazon.com.

Antonio Huneeus, Peruvian Air Force's UFO Department

The Peruvian Air Force (FAP) announced last week that it would re-instate their UFO department, known officially as the Office of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena Research (OIFAA).  The organization was officially opened in 2001 under the Peruvian Air Forces’ Directorate of Aerospace Interests (DINAE), the equivalent to our US Air Force Space Command. It also works in conjunction with Peru’s National Commission for Aerospace (CONIDA), similar to our NASA. The organization went dormant in 2005, but according to the DINAE is now being reopened “in response to the significant increase in claims and reports on Anomalous Aerial Objects commonly referred to as Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in the skies over Peruvian Territory.” We will talk to Antonio Huneeus about the inception and re-opening of OIFAA. Antonio has interviewed all of the key players associated with other official UFO governmental UFO investigative organizations in South America, including retired FAP Commander Julio Chamorro Flores, who is a founder and current head of OIFAA. Antonio recently interviewed him for the June/July 2013 issue of Open Minds Magazine.

David Marler, Triangular UFOs

Triangular UFOs are one of the types that are most reported and some of these cases have been the most amazing and credible cases of all UFO sightings. Although there have been some investigations and analysis done on triangular UFOs, until now no one had written a book compiling the sightings to take a closer look at this aspect of the UFO phenomenon. David Marler has done this in his book Triangular UFOs: An Estimate of the Situation, and what he has found is astonishing. He has gone about his investigation in a professional and careful manner. He has not made assumptions, but rather brought the data together to show that the Triangular UFO phenomenon represents something very mysterious, and buttresses the argument that the UFO phenomenon presents a genuine mystery that deserves serious attention. Besides talking to David about his book, we also are paid a visit by a casting agent looking for people who have had UFO and other paranormal experiences whom may want to participate in their upcoming TV program. For more on David and his book, visit: richarddolanpress.com/triangles/

Antonio Paris, Aerial Phenomena Investigations

Antonio, the Founder and Director of the Aerial Phenomena Investigations (API), is a former US Army Counterintelligence Officer and Department of Defense Counterintelligence Special Agent. He was awarded a Bronze Star for combat operations in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. API is a team of trained UFO investigators dedicated to conducting investigations, research and analysis regarding unidentified flying objects (UFO) and other aerial phenomena. Their mission is to conduct a systematic search for facts to determine whether or not a UFO sighting can be first attributed to a man-made object, natural phenomena, or perhaps extraterrestrial in nature. We talk to Antonio about his background in Intelligence and how he got involved with UFO investigations. We also talk about why he thinks Ufology needs a reviving, and how he intends to help make that happen. You can read more about Antonio and the PAI at their website: aerial-phenomenon.org.

Rev. Michael Carter, Extraterrestrials in the Bible

Rev. Michael Carter has a BA in Letters from the College of New Rochelle and a Masters in Divinity from the prestigious Union Theological Seminary in New York. He also has had a lifelong interest in UFOs and extraterrestrials. He has had his own amazing experiences that have driven this interest, and has become an author and a lecturer on extraterrestrials in the bible. We will talk to Rev. Carter about his experiences and his new book, Alien Scriptures: Extraterrestrials in the Holy Bible. For more information on Rev. Michael Carter, visit his website at MichaelJSCarter.com.

Jordan Hofer, Evolutionary Ufology

Jordan Hofer is a former university instructor of human evolution and serves as a Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) Research Specialist in Anthropology. He is also an author and has written a book titled Evolutionary Ufology on his theories of the evolution of extraterrestrials and what he believes their motivations may be for abducting people. He has also recently written a young-adult fiction novel titled Saucerville that incorporates famous UFO and abduction cases, and his theories on alien activity. In this interview, we talk to Jordan about his novel and his unique theories. As usual we also discuss some of the recent UFO headlines in mainstream media. For more information about Jordan, visit his website at JordanHoferUFO.wordpress.com.

John Greenewald, Jr., Government UFO Files

John Greenewald has spent the last 17 years filing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for information on UFOs. He also has begun requesting documents on other topics, and in total has amassed a database of over 650,000 pages of declassified material. He has also been producing UFO TV programs, including for the History channel and National Geographic. We talk to John about how he got started filing FOIA requests as a teenager, the media and UFOs, and some of the files he has retrieved including documents he received years ago that named Area 51. For more about John and his FOIA documents visit: TheBlackVault.com.

Jason McClellan, Joe Rogan Questions UFOs

Joe Rogan, a comedian and actor, is also a self proclaimed life-long paranormal mystery addict. He has a new show on the Syfy Channel titled Joe Rogan Questions Everything, in which he explores the evidence for various paranormal phenomena. The latest episode was on UFOs and featured Open Minds editor and writer, Jason McClellan. Jason and I talk about the episode, his experience being on the show, and some of the important topics raised by the show.