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    Saturday, October 24, 2026
    Meeting Time: 12pm - 3pm
    Arizona Heritage Center

    1300 N College Avenue

    Tempe, AZ 85288

    Admission $15 - CASH ONLY.

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    ​Ben Hansen
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    Lecture on October 24th 2026
    Part 1: Social Impacts and Predictions for Different Scenarios of UAP Disclosure
    Part 2: Police and Pilot UAP Encounters

    Ben Hansen is a security and emergency industry professional with a highly diversified background derived from 30 years of service in both the public and private sectors.  He is also an accomplished television host and producer, having contributed to dozens of programs for networks such as Discovery, Travel, History, Syfy, History, and the Smithsonian channels.  Many of the TV shows he has helped create or host deal with the UFO and mystery exploration subjects.  As such, Hansen is frequently interviewed for internationally syndicated radio programs and news media regarding his TV programs and private research endeavors. 


    Hansen brings a unique perspective to UFO studies with decades of years of experience that include investigating national security and criminal cases for government agencies at both state and federal levels, security consulting and risk analysis through his company, and academic research related to disaster and crisis management.  As a licensed airplane, seaplane, and commercial drone pilot, one of his focus areas has been connecting with aviators to improve the UFO reporting process and to remove the UFO reporting stigma. 


    With a background in the behavioral sciences, Hansen’s postgraduate research centered on the possible societal consequences of Reality Compromising Events, such as extraterrestrial contact, and strategies to mollify the negative effects.  In response to the hundreds of UFO reports he regularly receives, in 2024 Hansen formed a private organization comprised of scientists, medical and legal experts, aviators, former law enforcement, military, and intelligence community professionals.  He stays busy following-up on some of the most compelling UFO cases currently being reported, including serving as the pilot case specialist for the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).


    Hansen holds an Executive Master of Professional Studies degree in Emergency and Disaster Management from Georgetown University and a B.A. in Sociology with an abnormal psychology emphasis from the University of Utah. 


Join us as we educate the public with the latest research on the ufo phenomenon!




1300 N College Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85288
12 pm - 3 pm
Admission $15 - CASH ONLY.

David Paulides

Investigative Journalist, Author, & Founder of the CanAm Missing Project


David Paulides is a former law enforcement officer, investigative researcher, and author best known for his work documenting unexplained disappearances across North America.Holding undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of San Francisco, David spent 20 years in law enforcement, working assignments in patrol, street crimes, and detective divisions—including serving on a SWAT team.


Applying his investigative background to anomalous phenomena, David initially focused on cryptozoology before founding the CanAm Missing Project.He is the creator and author of the highly acclaimed Missing 411 book and documentary film series, which analyzes thousands of unusual missing-persons cases in national parks, forests, and remote locations.His work explores geographical clusters, recurring environmental patterns, and mysterious circumstances surrounding missing individuals, making him a frequent speaker and guest on podcasts, radio programs, and television networks worldwide.


*Admission for this event is $20.00 per person, cash at the door. Thank you!

Bryce Zabel

WE ARE WATCHING YOU 

My Journey Inside Hollywood, UFOs and Secrecy


Bio 

Bryce Zabel is a WGA Award-winning writer, producer, journalist and 

longtime chronicler of the UFO/UAP mystery. His work in the field includes 

writing and producing the pioneering Syfy UFO film Official Denial, creating 

and producing NBC’s alien-invasion series Dark Skies, and serving as a 

writer/producer on Steven Spielberg’s Emmy-winning miniseries Taken. 

A former CNN correspondent and public broadcasting investigative reporter, 

Zabel specialized in space journalism, covering both the Voyager and Space 

Shuttle missions. He was later elected Chairman/CEO of the Television 

Academy just days before 9/11, an experience that helped inspire A.D. After 

Disclosure, the book he co-authored with Richard Dolan exploring what 

happens when an unimaginable truth suddenly becomes reality. 

Today, Zabel co-hosts Need to Know with Dolan, after previously hosting the 

award-winning podcast for three years with investigative journalist Ross 

Coulthart. In 2026, iHeart commissioned Zabel to write, produce and host 

Sound, Light & Frequency, an investigative series exploring the relationship 

between Hollywood, UFOs and government secrecy. Co-hosted by his Dark 

Skies creative partner Brent Friedman, the series has uncovered startling 

historical and contemporary connections while opening deeper questions 

about consciousness, perception, human potential and the nature of reality. 

Zabel is also the creator, writer and executive producer of Lionsgate’s 

scripted UAP series Undeniable, currently in production for release in 2027. 

His World War II feature film The Last Battle is also scheduled to begin 

production in Europe in 2027 for Endurance Media, based on Zabel’s 

screenplay adapted from the New York Times bestseller. 

 

Description of Presentation 

While shooting the pilot for his NBC series Dark Skies, Bryce Zabel received 

an anonymous postcard bearing a chilling message: “WE ARE WATCHING 

YOU.” Days later, a studio executive told him he had to get his actors out of 

their black suits or the studio would “shut down your production and burn 

the negative.” Then, at the series premiere party, a man claiming to be from 

the Office of Naval Intelligence crashed the event, demonstrated detailed 

knowledge of the unaired pilot, and drew a strange diagram on the back of a 

bank deposit envelope. He told Zabel and his creative partner Brent 

Friedman that it represented “the secrets of the universe: sound, light and 

frequency.” 

Those events are the springboard for Zabel’s December 5 presentation to 

Phoenix MUFON. They were compelling enough that, nearly thirty years later, 

iHeart asked Zabel to write, produce and host a 36-episode podcast, Sound, 

Light & Frequency. Over the course of the series, Zabel and Friedman have 

conducted an active investigation into the historical and present-day 

connections among Hollywood, UFOs, intelligence agencies and government 

secrecy. Along the way, they have revisited old witnesses and incidents, 

uncovered new connections and reached some startling conclusions about 

what may have been happening around Dark Skies. 

This year, Zabel also publicly released the mysterious Formula drawn by the 

party crasher. Far from resolving the story, the investigation has deepened it. 

The diagram appears to point toward questions involving consciousness, 

perception and the nature of reality itself. Why would a man claiming a U.S. 

intelligence connection come to a Hollywood premiere, leave behind such an 

image, call it the “secrets of the universe,” and offer two television writer-

producers inside information about the phenomenon in exchange for access 

to their network series? What was happening then—and what might it mean 

now? 

Woven through the presentation are Zabel’s own encounters across decades 

of UFO history: conversations about the subject with Steven Spielberg, Stan 

Lee and Dan Aykroyd; exchanges with figures including David Grusch, 

Stanton Friedman and Christopher Mellon; and private, one-on-one 

discussions with Carl Sagan and Buzz Aldrin about the reality—or possible 

reality—behind the UFO mystery. Together, these experiences form a 

personal story about what happens when Hollywood fiction, government 

secrecy and the UFO phenomenon begin to overlap in ways that are 

increasingly difficult to dismiss.

Katie Page

Katie Paigeis an author, field investigator, and researcher specializing in Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), cryptids, and high strangeness, with a focus on anomalous activity in the Rocky Mountain region. Driven by early personal encounters connected to Colorado’s historic "Clearview Ranch" (a high-strangeness hotspot predating Skinwalker Ranch), Paige has dedicated nearly two decades to investigating the unexplained and bridging empirical field research with experiencer advocacy.

She has served in prominent leadership and research capacities within the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), including Colorado State Director, STAR Team Investigator, and Administrator/Team Lead for MUFON’s historical archive project, MARRS (MUFON Anomaly Research and Reporting System). She is also the founder and director of Rocky Mountain Ranch Research.

Books & Publications

  • Letters of Love & Light: Four Decades of UFO Encounters, Experiences & Sightings Shared with Ufologist R. Leo Sprinkle, Ph.D. — An exploration into experiencer accounts and archival correspondence documenting anomalous contact.

  • Snippy the Horse: UFOs, Mutilations, and the Cover-Up That Started It All (co-authored with Tony Angiola) — A detailed re-examination of the watershed 1967 animal mutilation case in Colorado that sparked international attention.

  • The Rocky Mountain Ranch: Crafts, Cattle, Cryptids, and Cover-Ups — Her forthcoming examination of long-term high strangeness at Clearview Ranch.

Television & Film Appearances

Paige’s investigative work and firsthand insights have been featured across multiple major networks and documentary films:

  • Beyond Skinwalker Ranch (The History Channel)

  • The UnXplained with William Shatner (The History Channel)

  • UFO Witness (Travel Channel / discovery+)

  • Beyond Belief with George Noory (Gaia)

  • Ancient Aliens (The History Channel)

  • Accidental Truth: The UFO Revelations & Accidental Truth: Next (Documentary features directed by Ron James)

  • On the Trail of UFOs: Night Visitors and UFOs Revisited (Small Town Monsters)

Radio, Podcasts & Media

  • Broadcast Radio & National Shows: Featured guest on Coast to Coast AM with George Knapp, Spaced Out Radio, and Chinwag with Paul Giamatti.

  • Hosting & Podcasting: Host of The Trifecta (the official Rocky Mountain Ranch Research podcast), co-host of the UAP Studies Podcast, and former co-host of MUFON What's Up Radio on KGRAradio.

Speaking & Past Events

A frequent speaker at major national and international ufology and anomalous phenomena forums, Paige has presented at events including:

  • Contact in the Desert

  • Annual International MUFON Symposium

  • Independent conferences and symposiums across the U.S. and the UK exploring high strangeness, archival UFO research, and cattle mutilation history.


Simeon Hine

Dr. Simeon Hein is an author, researcher, sociologist, and educator specializing in anomalous aerial phenomena, consciousness studies, remote viewing, and crop circle research. Holding a Ph.D. in sociology with a focus on technology, society, and nonlinear research methods from Washington State University, Dr. Hein transitioned from traditional academia into full-time investigative research into boundary sciences.

In 1996, while initially approaching the subject with academic skepticism, Dr. Hein trained in remote viewing protocols. Convinced of its validity as a tool for non-local information gathering, he established the Mount Baldy Institute (and the non-profit Institute for Resonance) in Boulder, Colorado, where he has taught resonant viewing, intuitive training, and field research methods for nearly three decades. His investigative focus links quantum resonance, electromagnetics, and coherent matter to unexplained aerial crafts, non-human intelligences, and anomalous environmental effects.

Books & Publications

  • Dark Matter Monsters: Cryptids, Ball Lightning, and the Science of Secret Lifeforms — An examination of cryptid encounters, electromagnetic and space-time distortions, and the scientific physics of luminous phenomena.

  • Black Swan Ghosts: A Sociologist Encounters Witnesses to Unexplained Aerial Craft, Their Occupants, and Other Elements of the Multiverse — An investigative sociological study based on direct witness accounts of anomalous craft, occupants, and multi-dimensional interactions.

  • Opening Minds: A Journey of Extraordinary Encounters, Crop Circles, and Resonance — An exploration of crop formation anomalies, interactive frequencies, and human consciousness.

  • Planetary Intelligence: 101 Easy Steps to Energy, Well-Being, and Natural Insight — A guide exploring subtle environmental energies and sensory awareness.

Television & Film Appearances

  • In Search Of (The History Channel) — Featured guest in Season 2, discussing UFO phenomena and the electromagnetic signatures of crop circles with host Zachary Quinto.

  • A Flash of Beauty: Paranormal Bigfoot — Documentary feature examining physical anomalies, electromagnetic disruption, and high strangeness.

  • Various investigative appearances and independent documentaries detailing non-local consciousness, UAP physics, and field research.

Radio, Podcasts & Media

  • Broadcast Radio: Longtime recurring guest on Coast to Coast AM (with Art Bell and George Noory) since the late 1990s, discussing remote viewing, Area 51 targets, and crop formations.

  • Featured Guest: Appeared on hundreds of radio shows and podcasts, including Awakening Code Radio, Exopolitics Today with Dr. Michael Salla, and The Hannibal TV.

  • Media & Webcasts: Host of independent lectures and discussions on his platforms NewCrystalMind and the Mount Baldy Institute channel, covering remote viewing methodologies, witness testimonies, and anomalous physics.

Speaking & Past Events

  • IRVA Conferences (International Remote Viewing Association): Featured speaker presenting research on the Aharonov-Bohm effect, non-local communication, and quantum consciousness.

  • Crop Circle Excursions & Field Tours: Longtime organizer and guide for on-site field expeditions and measurement studies in the UK and North America.

  • MUFON & Anomalous Phenomena Conferences: Presenter at regional and national ufology conferences, lectures, and academic seminars covering witness dynamics, UAP disclosure, and subtle energetic fields.

Peter Robbins

Peter Robbins is an investigative writer, author, and lecturer with more than thirty-five years of experience researching anomalous aerial phenomena and their broader societal and political implications. Respected for his rigorous archival research, historical framing, and advocacy for government transparency, Robbins is widely known for his deep involvement with landmark military encounters and his efforts to counter mainstream ridicule of the UFO subject.

He has contributed significantly to ufology's institutional history, serving as Executive Assistant to legendary abduction researcher Budd Hopkins and on the Advisory Board of Hopkins’ Intruders Foundation. Robbins also acted as an official consultant to the City of Roswell, New Mexico (acting as their liaison to Governor Bill Richardson's office on UFO matters), served as an editorial assistant on early United Nations and UK House of Lords UFO initiative papers, and testified before retired members of the U.S. Congress at the 2013 Citizen Hearing on Disclosure at the National Press Club.

Books & Publications

  • Left at East Gate: A First-Hand Account of the Bentwaters-Woodbridge UFO Incident, Its Cover-Up & Investigation (co-authored with Larry Warren) — A British bestseller detailing the December 1980 Rendlesham Forest incident. Robbins later publicly documented discrepancies regarding his former co-author's personal claims in a display of investigative integrity.

  • Deliberate Deception: A Case of Disinformation in the UFO Research Community — An analytical study examining counterintelligence, manufactured narratives, and disinformation efforts within anomalous research.

  • Halt in Woodbridge: An Air Force Colonel's Thirty-Year Fight to Silence an Authentic UFO Whistle-Blower — A focused examination of the military debates surrounding the Rendlesham Forest testimony.

  • Specialized Research & Papers: Leading researcher on the life and work of Dr. Wilhelm Reich (specifically orgonomy, cloudbusting experiments, and early 1950s UFO observations), as well as the historical investigation into the life and death of Defense Secretary James Forrestal.

Television & Film Appearances

Robbins has served as a commentator, writer, and consultant for numerous international television productions and feature documentaries:

  • Ancient Aliens (The History Channel)

  • Britain’s Roswell (The History Channel)

  • UFO Invasion at Rendlesham (The Sci-Fi Channel)

  • The Real Roswell (National Geographic Channel)

  • Unsolved Mysteries

  • Good Day New York (Fox) & The O’Reilly Factor

  • Travis: The True Story of Travis Walton (Feature documentary) — Associate Producer

  • The Extraordinary Life and Suspicious Death of James Forrestal — Writer, director, and producer

Radio, Podcasts & Media

  • Hosting: Host of the weekly live radio talk show and podcast Meanwhile, Here on Earth on the Un-X Network, conducting in-depth interviews with researchers, witnesses, and authors.

  • Broadcast Radio: Longtime guest on Coast to Coast AM (with Art Bell and George Noory), The X-Zone Broadcast Network, and dozens of international broadcasts across North America, Europe, and the UK.

  • Event & Media Coordination: Event Coordinator for the Sci-Fi Channel’s Alien Abduction Phenomenon: A Symposium (tied to Steven Spielberg’s miniseries Taken) and writer/commentator for the Ultimate UFO DVD release series.

Speaking & Past Events

A prominent international speaker and conference organizer, Robbins has presented worldwide:

  • Citizen Hearing on Disclosure (2013): Testified at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., addressing international military UFO encounters and government transparency.

  • Major U.S. & International Conferences: Regular keynote presenter at the Annual International MUFON Symposium, the International UFO Congress, the Ozark Mountain UFO Conference, and the X-Conference (Washington, D.C.).

  • Festival Co-Founder & Advisor: Co-founder of Travis Walton’s Skyfire UFO Summit in Heber, Arizona, co-founder of the Exeter UFO Festival in New Hampshire, and featured speaker at events in the UK, France (as a member of the Académie d'Ufologie), and Australia.