Past Speakers

Earl Grey Anderson is the Mutual UFO Network’s State Director of Southern California, Chief Field Investigator, member of MUFON’s STAR Team, and executive committee member of MUFON’s ERT: Experiencer Resource…

Travis Walton was abducted by a flying saucer in November of 1975 in the mountains of Arizona, with six of his co-workers as witnesses. They saw a bright light in…

Director of Travis: The True Story of Travis Walton, Jennifer Stein is also a member of the International Crop Circle Researchers Association and has lectured on crop circles in England,…

Cheryl and Linda Costa are UFO researchers and co-authors of the UFO Sightings Desk Reference: United States of America 2001-2020. This extensive guide book lists over 167,000 UFO sightings in all…

Sev Tok is an ET experiencer and author of You Have the Right to Talk to Aliens. Her alien encounters with “Greys” resulted in mysterious red “X” markings burned into…

Dr. Irena Scott received her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine in physiology, did post-doctoral research at Cornell University, and has had a professorship at St.…

Bryan Bender is a senior national correspondent for POLITICO, where he focuses on the Pentagon, NASA, and the defense and aerospace industries. He was previously the national security reporter for…

The recipient of MUFON’s “Researcher of the Year” award (2013) and the International UFO Congress “Lifetime Achievement Award” (2021), Kathleen Marden is one of the leading UFO contact researchers of…

Dark Becomes Light podcaster Heidi Hollis is a unique, sometimes humorous voice in the world of the paranormal. She has written about the Shadow People® and The Hat Man®, giving…

Dr. Michael Masters, a professor of biological anthropology and author of Identified Flying Objects, explores whether “UFOs” and “aliens” could be our distant human descendants, returning from the future to…

In 2010, Katie Griboski began a journey to unlock the mysteries of her past, having had prior experiences with both UFOs and the paranormal – she has a personal connection…

Alejandro Rojas is a journalist, podcaster, lecturer, and digital content creator focused on science, space, science fiction, and UFOs. He has a keen interest in the unexplained and is frequently…

Author Whitley Strieber is widely known for his mega-bestseller account of his own close encounter, Communion: A True Story. He is also the author of more than 30 bestselling books…

Joanne Clarkson is a psychic medium, actively practicing her calling for many decades. She was taught as a child by her grandmother, a professional psychic, to read playing cards. She…

Leonard Finkelman is assistant professor of philosophy at Linfield College. He received his PhD in philosophy from the City University of New York Graduate Center in 2013. Since then he…

David Paulides is widely known for his work with missing persons cases – notably, those that indicate possible alien intervention. To date, he and the research team he formed have…

Bob Lazar is a former government physicist who made headlines world-wide in 1989 when he came forward via investigative reporter George Knapp with his account of reverse-engineering an alien propulsion…

Scott Schaefer is a three-time national Emmy Award-winning writer (Bill Nye the Science Guy, PBS/Disney) with more than 33 years’ experience in media, including over 20 as a director and producer,…

In 2004, Cmdr. Fravor witnessed what came to be known as the Tic Tac UFO incident on a training run over the Pacific Ocean, 140 miles southwest of San Diego.…

Steve Edmiston works as an independent feature film screenwriter and producer. He is also an attorney with 25 years of experience practicing business, litigation intellectual property and entertainment law. Edmiston…

Jeremy Corbell is an investigative filmmaker and American contemporary artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Corbell documents ordinary individuals and their extraordinary beliefs. This research has taken him into the…

George Knapp is a Nevada journalist who has been honored with the highest awards in broadcast journalism—the Peabody Award (twice), the Dupont Award from Columbia University, the Edward R. Murrow…