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The UFO genre has basically spent the past 80 years stagnant, while consistently telling people unaware of the history of flying saucers that paradigm-shifting events are currently unfolding.

“Instead of focusing on the real and enduring secrets surrounding MKUltra, there are strong indications that Luna will use the hearing as a platform to incite panic about vaccines, something she has done time and time again… “It’s important to understand what Project Artichoke was.”

When I tell people that I’ve been fascinated by the UFO topic since childhood, I wasn’t kidding.

This episode of Wayward Sons Book Group is stacked with intriguing FOIA documentation of activities of Cold War era CIA assets adjacent to the UFO community. Read a summary and view some of the records cited. www.patreon.com/ExpandingFro...

TIMESTAMP: Saucer interest as a tripwire for counterintelligence. youtu.be/_el05i59sjw?...

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Utah prison officials said Rossi, who was extradited from Scotland after years of denying his identity, died Thursday.

"Disclosure" peeps, you're getting played. You might want to brush up on the history of the subject.

Over the years, I’ve have purchased and received donations to help build something special. Many thanks to Fran Ridge, Rich Vitello, Barry Greenwood, Norm Gagnon, Jim Klotz, Mary Castner, Jan Aldrich Gordon Lore, Emma Woods and the Druffel family. @expandingfrontiersresearch.org

That about sums it up. Go Tinker!

"Hereticon... bills itself as... convening 'persecuted weirdos' on the premise that 'dissent is worth protecting.' "Where Dialog’s edginess ends, Hereticon picks up with sessions on UFOs, immortality, doomsday, natalism, parapsychology, genetic modification, 'sex, God' – and 'existential risk.'"

This song just came to mind. It’s one of my favorites. youtu.be/7--4cFoBZN0?...

Our FOIA request submitted to FBI revealed existence of over 5,000 pages & 4+ hours of video media responsive to Michael Aquino. We reduced the request to 50 pages & share the FBI final response, along with some 169 pages it previously posted at The Vault, in a free Patreon post.

Supporting material and resources here on the dubious Otis Carr and his relationship with the dubious Wayne Aho. www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/post/fbi-rec...

Otis T. Carr was a businessman and fraudster back in the 1950s. Here are a few things from Ann Druffel’s file on Carr.

“Crackpots” part deux. @expandingfrontiersresearch.org

I’m thrilled to be a part of this. I wish that I could person. www.creepykingdom.com/events

Meanwhile, in the "CRACKPOTS” file…@expandingfrontiersresearch.org

Stay safe my SLC friends. The smoke is thick and the fire is a mile away. www.fox13now.com/news/utah-wi...

I opened the Dr. Frank Stranges file. Here are a few things that caught my eye.

How Do Academics Handle Conspiracy Theorists? contingentmagazine.org/2026/06/18/h...

A 22-year-old just got a $30 million investment valuing his new futures exchange at $300 million. He graduated Stanford, wrote for Thiel's Stanford Review, interned at Andreessen Horowitz. His mom? Pro-crypto Sen. Gillibrand, D-NY. Bipartisan capture in full bloom. fortune.com/2026/06/18/t...

The EFR archive is a goldmine.

Look, it’s a UFO over the LDS temple. 😳

Erica Lukes shares a January 1976 Richard Hall letter to UFO investigator Ann Druffel. "Heaven knows," he wrote, "the CIA in recent months has been shown to be capable of almost anything," quite possibly alluding to circumstances documented in the 1975 Church Committee hearings.

🧵1/3 Thousands of educational filmstrips are deteriorating faster than they can be digitized. 🎞️ Archivist Mark O'Brien explains why preserving these overlooked materials has become a race against time. 📚 Read the essay in VANISHING CULTURE from the #InternetArchiveL archive.org/details/vani...

The online Expanding Frontiers Archive hosts thousands of digital files resulting from records requests & collections donated by UFO investigators. It is freely offered in order to support research efforts, as well as recreational learning of the topics. www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/items-1

You never know what you’ll find in Ann Druffel’s files. @expandingfrontiersresearch.org

CLIP: Complexities of CIA-UFO connections - and realistically knowing our limitations to discern motives as researchers - considered during a meeting of the Wayward Sons Book Group. youtu.be/CV6FPJd6t9Y

I’m going to miss my baby.

The UFO topic has long involved intelligence officers & apparent cover-ups. I'm just unconvinced any of it has anything to do with purported nonhuman entities. My research suggests counterintelligence & relatively properly classified records are much more likely. www.patreon.com/ExpandingFro...

Well, I didn’t have this on my dance card.

Abi Loeb’s new UAP science advisory board consists of none other than Michael Shermer. The man accused of rape and sexual abuse.

On this week's episode of The AP Strange Show, I had a fascinating conversation with Joseph L. Flatley about his book New Age Grifter: The True Story of Gabriel of Urantia and his Cosmic Family. The lesser known (and still operating) cult investigated in the... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I love spending time in the EFR archive. Thanks to all of you that support our work. @expandingfrontiersresearch.org

Was The Center for UFO Studies ever interested in anything but promoting conspiracy theories? Asking for a friend.

Long before Disclosure Day, UFO investigators were concerned the entertainment industry was tainting the well, per @ericalukes.bsky.social & the Ann Druffel collection. www.patreon.com/ExpandingFro...

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Here are a few more documents about NICAP from the Ann Druffel collection. @expandingfrontiersresearch.org

New Wayward Sons Book Group video just dropped! Our recent research carries more strong implications of the UFO topic as a Cold War counterintelligence tool; the Condon Committee; Keyhoe activities; a discussion of the Betty & Barney Hill case & lots more. youtu.be/cBb4cANxvEg

Here is a little gem from Dr. Richard Haines to Ann Druffel voicing his concerns about Close Encounters of the Third Kind. @expandingfrontiersresearch.org

Who is going to see "Disclosure Day” this weekend? @expandingfrontiersresearch.org

Check out meetings and clips of the Wayward Sons Book Group in our YouTube playlist. Find how to become involved in the discussion and request a free pdf of the book in the video descriptions of the weekly virtual meetings. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I wanted to take a minute to thank all of my friends. I feel blessed to have you all in my life.

Jack, I love this series. It is great to see a lively and thoughtful conversation. You couldn’t have a better group of people joining you. I’m learning news things. Thank you❤️