Radio War Nerd EP244 — Pentagon UFOs, with Matthew Phelan

Guest: Matthew Phelan, reporter Recorded: August 30, 2020 We talk to investigative reporter Matthew Phelan about the so-called Pentagon UFO reports and UFO programs. Normally this story would trigger bad 70s memories in your humble podcasters, but Phelan tells us why this story is so much more significant—and downright interesting. Links: "Navy Pilot Who Filmed the ‘Tic Tac’ UFO Speaks: ‘It Wasn’t Behaving by the Normal Laws of Physics,’" by Matthew Phelan, New York magazine. "Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles" by Kevin Knuth, Dept Physics SUNY, Entropy. "Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program", New York Times. "UFOs exist and everyone needs to adjust to that fact", Washington Post. Read Matthew Phelan's articles, and follow Matthew on Twitter. Total time: 2:04:13 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here