Mysterious Universe

Despite Ben spending much of the episode trying to induce diabetes through Easter egg consumption, this episode turned out to be a real cracker.

We look into people who find themselves in possible alternate dimensions, discuss a bizarre poltergeist case, and learn about a diminutive shadow army.

All that and much more coming up on this Easter edition of Mysterious Universe Plus+

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The recent posting of the FBI’s “cattle mutilation file” to its new website, The Vault, has led to a rejuvenated flurry of debate on the nature of, and purpose behind such mutilations – even though the FBI actually declassified this particular collection of documents way back in 1989, and which I published in their entirety in my 2003 book, Strange Secrets. Nevertheless, the fact that the mute-file is getting a new lease on life is a very good thing. But, one of the issues that has long puzzled me is the assumption on the part of many that such weird killings of animals only occur within the borders of the United States. In reality, this is far from the case…

On April 11, 1977, no less than fifteen wild ponies were found dead at Cherry Brook Valley, Dartmoor, Devonshire, England, by a Tavistock storekeeper named Alan Hicks, who had been crossing the wild and desolate moors with his children. It was not until mid-July, however, that the media began reporting on the incident in-depth. Newspaper articles in my possession demonstrate that the story traveled as far as South Africa; however, consider the following story, extracted from Britain’s Western Morning News of July 13, 1977:

“Fears that the mystery deaths of fifteen ponies near a Dartmoor beauty spot were caused by visitors from space were being probed by a Torbay team yesterday. Armed with a Geiger counter, metal detectors and face masks, four men are investigating what leading animal authorities admit seems a ‘totally abnormal happening,’ and are hoping their equipment will throw a new light on the three month old mystery. While other investigators have looked for signs of malnutrition, disease or poisoning – or even gunshot wounds – the four men are seeking proof that extra-terrestrials were responsible for the deaths.”

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Though less famous than theories like whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, many with interest in conspiracies about the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy have also asked if he might have had access to information about UFOs before his death. But of greater importance, perhaps, is the question of whether this interest could have somehow actually been associated with his untimely assassination.

Now, according to an interview with author William Lester, The British Daily Mail has argued recently that this may have actually been the case. “Alien researchers say the latest documents, released to Mr Lester by the CIA, add weight to the suggestion that the president could have been shot to stop him (from) discovering the truth about UFOs,” the piece reads.

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Hey MU Groovers!

We want to wish you all a happy and safe Easter and give an extra big thanks to Plus+ members for supporting the show.

Just a little FYI – There is no regular show this week. The Plus+ episode will come out on Thursday and a Music Special for all listeners will be released on the weekend.

Thanks from all the MU Team

We revisit the FBI vault releases and discover the now infamous Hottel document was released decades ago and isn’t exactly water tight, yet the files on Cattle Mutilations are raising some eyebrows due to their proximity to Dulce, New Mexico.

The latest episode of Fact or Faked gets a well deserved grilling after their abysmal “investigation” of David Eckhart’s home, and we look at a 1983 classic on the Men in Black that has recently been reprinted.

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The idea of there being a six-foot tall headless humanoid with glowing red eyes mounted in it’s chest region is a pretty strange one for most people to have to grasp. Add to that the fact that the curious monster in question had wings mounted on it’s back, and you’ve got a genuine aberration of nature. This description, of course, fits almost exactly the majority of reports of West Virginia’s Winged Weirdo, the infamous Mothman of Point Pleasant.

But if the idea of a Mothman actually existing seems a little hard to swallow, could the critter’s existence become any more palatable if we were to subtract one of his stranger aspects from the equation… namely the wings? Doing so might be rather difficult, since there are so many reports of this creature taking off straight up into the air (often described as lifting like a helicopter) and gliding along at tremendous speeds with its wings outstretched (albeit very small wings for its body size… for more on this, see John Keel’s The Mothman Prophecies). The notion that we might remove wings from the equation altogether might seem irrational with regard to a beast the likes of Mothman… and besides, wouldn’t this make him a “worm-man” or something similar instead?

As strange and even downright heretical as this may sound, when examining a number of the reports lumped in with the Mothman flap that took place in Point Pleasant, West Virginia in the late 1960s, many seem to describe what could have been something altogether different… and yes, something that traveled by land, rather than by air.

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Sightings of UFOs in the skies of our planet have been reported for decades – and perhaps, even, for hundreds, and maybe thousands, of years. But what about the sound of a UFO? Interestingly, there are numerous accounts on-record where UFOs have reportedly emitted deep, resonating, humming noises that seem to exert some form of both physical and mental influence over the witnesses. Not only that, such encounters have also left eyewitnesses feeling distinctly ill and disorientated.

It was the night of 20 August 1957 when a guard was standing watch near a U.S. Air Force aircraft that had crashed near Quilino, Argentina. Suddenly, he heard an “eerie hum” and was amazed to see above him a large, seemingly metallic, disc-shaped UFO. In stark terror, he attempted to draw his pistol, but with the humming sound becoming deeper and deeper, he found himself unable to do so and was certain that his very self-will was under extreme threat. Most fascinating of all, the guard then had an overwhelming sensation that his mind was being “flooded” with information from an intelligence aboard the UFO that revolved around mankind’s misuse of atomic energy – something that he perceived was of great concern to those inside the craft.

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