12. UFOs, Radical and Conservative

Has "cancel culture" hit the UFO scene? Probably not. But MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) has had a few controversies over the years, including a recent one where the State Director of Vermont and Rhode Island lost his position for some really messed up Facebook posts. To shed some light on what's happening there, I spoke with Eric Smith, a MUFON field investigator based in Rhode Island. He says that the UFO scene is getting increasingly younger and more progressive — and that MUFON doesn't seem to be keeping up. We'll also speak to Andy Gittlitz, host of The Antifada podcast and author of I Want to Believe: Posadism, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism, a book about a strain of communism that isn't afraid to incorporate more outlandish ideas into its philosophy. Tune in and find out what "fully luxury automated communism" is anyways,

Eric Smith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricJamesSmith

Eric's website, Strange Observer: https://strangeobserver.com/

Andy Gittlitz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/spaceprole

The Antifada on Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_antifada

I Want To Believe available *now* from Pluto Books: https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786806208/i-want-to-believe/

What if Aliens Met Racists? (Newsweek): https://www.newsweek.com/ufo-sightings-mufon-2018-john-ventre-alien-extraterrestrial-905060

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