Talking Weird #200 Seventy-Nine Years of Flying Saucers with David Metcalfe

David Metcalfe is an independent researcher, multimedia specialist, and digital communications strategist whose work explores the cultural dimensions of anomalous experience. Through his research, writing, and public presentations, he examines the ways folklore, religion, technology, media, and belief shape human encounters with the unknown. He is the founder of the Liminal Analytics: Applied Research Collaborative and serves as Scholar in Virtual Residence at the Windbridge Institute.

Metcalfe has taught and collaborated with scholars including Diana Pasulka on projects exploring anomalistics and cultural epistemology. His published and collaborative work spans topics ranging from UFO belief and contemporary mythology to Latin American folk traditions, including extensive research on Santa Muerte.

Visit David online here: https://davidmetcalfe.wordpress.com/

This week marks the 79th anniversary of the modern UFO era, and David returns to Talking Weird for a conversation about the history of flying saucers. How has the phenomenon, and our beliefs about it, evolved since Kenneth Arnold's famous sighting on June 24, 1947?

David is one of the most insightful thinkers and researchers in the UFO/paranormal field today. So do not miss this insightful and captivating conversation, with one of Dean's favourite guests!