Exeter Incident

On July 4th, 1975, journalist and Sydney heiress Juanita Nielsen disappeared. Most assumed she was the victim of foul play. After all, for years she’d been fighting a land developer determined to turn her charming, low-income neighborhood into a bunch of high-rises. She was last ...  Show more

The chupacabra is considered the third most widely known cryptid in the world, behind Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster – kind of mind-blowing, considering the fact that this mythical creature’s origins are relatively recent. Reports of el chupacabras began in Puerto Rico in 1995 ...  Show more

On September 3, 1965, the peaceful town of Exeter, New Hampshire, became the epicenter of one of the most publicized UFO sightings in American history. In this episode, we unravel a night filled with frantic phone calls, unexplained lights, and an encounter that left witnesses qu ...  Show more

Congress just had its first hearings on UFOs in over 50 years. We revisit a 2021 episode where the New Yorker’s Gideon Lewis-Kraus explained why the US government started taking sightings seriously. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked b ...  Show more

New Mexico Highway patrolman Gabe Valdez got more than he bargained for when responding to a cattle rancher's call in June 1976. His career was irrevocably altered as he embarked on a decades-long search to find the connection between UFOs and cattle mutilation. Parcasters - One ...  Show more

In the years since the Woodbridge Royal Air Force Base UFO sightings of December 1980, the witnesses have stood by their claims. However, some of their stories have become more outlandish. Skeptic Ian Ridpath has worked for decades to prove them wrong. Parcasters - Don’t miss all ...  Show more