Jason McClellan was the original co-host of Open Minds UFO News with Alejandro for over a decade. In this episode, we review recent UFO news while reminiscing about the past and taking a critical look at the current UFO research landscape, including recent bombastic claims.<br /><br />Jason's website: <a href="https://www.ufouapwtf.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.ufouapwtf.com/</a><br /><br />Purchase Jason's book on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/44q4hot" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://amzn.to/44q4hot</a><br /><br />Find credible UFO news and information at OpenMinds.tv: <a href="http://www.openminds.tv/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.openminds.tv/</a><br /><br />Open Minds UFO Radio podcast: <a href="http://www.openminds.tv/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.openminds.tv/radio</a><br /><br />Check out Alejandro's articles on Den of Geek: <a href="https://www.denofgeek.com/author/alejandro-rojas/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.denofgeek.com/author/alejandro-rojas/</a><br /><br /><br />JOIN Alejandro on PATREON and help sponsor the show: <a href="https://patreon.com/alejandrotrojas?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://patreon.com/alejandrotrojas?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink</a><br /><br />New Open Minds article: Pentagon’s UFO Program confusion and how the New York Times got it wrong: <a href="https://openminds.tv/pentagons-ufo-program-confusion-and-how-the-new-york-times-got-it-wrong/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://openminds.tv/pentagons-ufo-program-confusion-and-how-the-new-york-times-got-it-wrong/</a><br /><br />Enigmas of the week:<br /><br />Download the Enigma app: <a href="https://enigma.onelink.me/MtwB/openmindsytapp" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://enigma.onelink.me/MtwB/openmindsytapp</a><br /><br />Report your sighting: <a href="https://enigma.onelink.me/MtwB/openmindsytsubmit" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://enigma.onelink.me/MtwB/openmindsytsubmit</a><br /><br />Enigma #312700<br />2024 Oct 24 • 9:52:00 AM GMT+2<br />Monreale, Palermo, Italy<br />Link to video and report: <a href="https://enigmalabs.io/sighting/312700" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://enigmalabs.io/sighting/312700</a><br /><br /><br />Enigma #312305<br />2025 Apr 15 • 8:55:00 PM EDT<br />Columbia, Maryland, United States<br />Link to video and report: <a href="https://enigmalabs.io/sighting/312305" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://enigmalabs.io/sighting/312305</a><br /><br /><br />Enigma #312486<br />2025 Apr 21 • 8:11:00 PM GMT+1<br />Rossendale, England, United Kingdom<br />Link to video and report: <a href="https://enigmalabs.io/sighting/312486" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://enigmalabs.io/sighting/312486</a><br /><br /><br />Articles discussed in this episode:<br /><br />National Archives Releases UAP Records: <a href="https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2025/nr25-07" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2025/nr25-07</a><br /><br />Are snaps taken by mechanic in 1953 the best 'UFOs' ever caught on camera? - Daily Express: <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/680711/Are-snaps-taken-by-mechanic-in-1953-the-best-UFOs-ever-caught-on-camera" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/680711/Are-snaps-taken-by-mechanic-in-1953-the-best-UFOs-ever-caught-on-camera</a><br /><br />3 ways scientists use math to help debunk UFO videos - PBS: <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/3-ways-scientists-use-math-to-help-debunk-ufo-videos" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/3-ways-scientists-use-math-to-help-debunk-ufo-videos</a><br /><br />SCU Announcement on the AARO Investigation of the Aguadilla Video - SCU: <a href="https://www.explorescu.org/post/scu-announcement-on-the-aaro-investigation-of-the-aguadilla-vide" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.explorescu.org/post/scu-announcement-on-the-aaro-investigation-of-the-aguadilla-vide</a>o<br /><br />Federal government report on UFOs is expected to be made public by June - Ottawa Citizen: <a href="https://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/defence-watch/new-report-canada-ufo-sightings" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/defence-watch/new-report-canada-ufo-sightings</a><br /><br /><br />Enigma’s Canada Sightings: <a href="https://enigmalabs.io/explore/ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://enigmalabs.io/explore/ca</a><br /><br />New details on canceled UAP SCIF briefing: “Grusch could not make it” - Ask a Pol UAP: <a href="https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/luna-dni-tulsi-gabbard-point-on-uaps" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/luna-dni-tulsi-gabbard-point-on-uaps</a><br /><br />John Greenewald’s X posts on Grusch:<br /><a href="https://x.com/blackvaultcom/status/1917413459542864024https://x.com/blackvaultcom/status/1917568826121806005" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://x.com/blackvaultcom/status/1917413459542864024https://x.com/blackvaultcom/status/1917568826121806005</a><br /><br />Grusch’s false congressional testimony: <a href="https://x.com/openmindstv/status/1786575546236682672" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://x.com/openmindstv/status/1786575546236682672</a><br /><br />Immaculate Constellation - UFO Whistleblower Goes Public : WEAPONIZED : Episode #74 : PART 1: <a href="https://youtu.be/ZAxI-LDrDqA?si=HP7MDQ8QPE0Ea___" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://youtu.be/ZAxI-LDrDqA?si=HP7MDQ8QPE0Ea___</a><br /><br />Kirkpatrick response to Brown claim: <a href="https://x.com/MiddleOfMayhem/status/1917364704948937064" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://x.com/MiddleOfMayhem/status/1917364704948937064</a><br /><br />Grusch 2018 Schriever War Game connection: <a href="https://x.com/MiddleOfMayhem/status/1917643355531665816" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://x.com/MiddleOfMayhem/status/1917643355531665816</a><br /><br />2018 Shreiver War Game info: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1kb1f3k/comment/mps0mb7/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1kb1f3k/comment/mps0mb7/</a><br /><br />Weekly World News Soviet aliens article: <a href="https://weeklyworldnews.com/aliens/183093/russians-shoot-down-ufo/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weeklyworldnews.com/aliens/183093/russians-shoot-down-ufo/</a><br /><br />Declassified Cold War-era CIA files detail Soviet clash with aliens who witnesses say turned soldiers to stone - New York Post: <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/world-news/declassified-cold-war-era-cia-files-detail-soviet-clash-with-aliens-who-witnesses-say-turned-soldiers-to-stone/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/world-news/declassified-cold-war-era-cia-files-detail-soviet-clash-with-aliens-who-witnesses-say-turned-soldiers-to-stone/</a><br /><br />CIA document doesn't prove aliens turned Soviet soldiers to stone — and it was never classified - Snopes: <a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soviet-soldiers-cia-aliens/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/soviet-soldiers-cia-aliens/</a><br /><br />Immaculate Deception on IMDB: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4083652/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4083652/</a><br /><br />AARO’s Mt. Etna Object Case Resolution: <a href="https://www.aaro.mil/UAP-Cases/UAP-Case-Resolution-Reports/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.aaro.mil/UAP-Cases/UAP-Case-Resolution-Reports/</a><br /><br />AARO preview of 2017 Taqaddum Air Base report on X: <a href="https://x.com/DoD_AARO/status/1917294137188995106" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://x.com/DoD_AARO/status/1917294137188995106</a><br /><br />UAP Disclosure Fund post on new “UFO” video: <a href="https://x.com/UAPDF/status/1918006945887236115" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://x.com/UAPDF/status/1918006945887236115</a><br /><br />UFO is actually irrigation circles: <a href="https://x.com/MiddleOfMayhem/status/1918029375968296966%C2%A0https://x.com/MickWest/status/1918018307237789803" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://x.com/MiddleOfMayhem/status/1918029375968296966 https://x.com/MickWest/status/1918018307237789803</a><br /><br />Follow<br /><br />Follow on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/openmindsproduction/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.facebook.com/openmindsproduction/</a><br /><br />X (Twitter): <a href="https://twitter.com/openmindstv" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://twitter.com/openmindstv</a><br /><br />LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-minds-uap-news" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-minds-uap-news</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/open-minds-uap-news--6161161/support</a>.