Lakes Area Paranormal Interest Group
Sorry, we're no longer meeting in person. You can follow us on FB at Lakes Area Paranormal Interest Group
2018!
Meeting dates, and place, to be determined!
Stay tuned!
APRIL 28, 2018! GIANTS - 1 - 4 pm Meeting will be in the banquet room of the American Legion, 17 2nd Ave. N., Waite Park, MN Admission $5 per person
We learned that there is no end to the Giant myth - or truth - just go to amazon.com books and you'll find many, many books on giants throughout history. Bob is now working on a presentation about the Sumerians.
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2017
Feb. 6: NO Meeting - Scheduling conflict
Apr. 3: FIRST meeting of the year!! Discussion topic "Men in Black." We had someone fantastic to skype in with us! (Until the MIB got to them.) If you missed the meeting and want to learn more about MIB read Nick Redfern's "The Real Men in Black" (and google this title and his name to find videos of his presentation)
June 5: Skype guest - All about UFOs and crashes........ We had a great time chatting with Kevin Randle!
Aug. 7: Monsters - Shapeshifters - ET or something else?
Oct. 2: 10th Anniversary!! Woo Hoo!! We'll celebrate with some ET games, test your psychic abilities, and have deep discussions about aliens, and the like. We ended up hearing a book report about a new 9/11 theory, and discussion of giants.
Dec. 4: NO meeting!
For more information and agenda updates:
Email: admin@lapig.org
Lakes Area Paranormal Interest Group is also on Facebook
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2016 in review:
Feb. 1: Video on planet Nibiru, or Planet X - followed by orbital information provided by Bob E.
Apr. 4: Videos hot off the presses from the 2016 IUFOC (International UFO Congress) we can take our pick of many interesting presentations.
June 6: Video and discussion - Paul and Karen running the show!
Aug. 1: Video, discussion, games - we'll be helping ET phone home...... ;-) Bob showed up with a few short videos about Giants, as his research continues. He will still be bringing us a PPT presentation on Giants in the future.
Oct. 3: Our 9th anniversary! Time flies! Because the Vikings are playing tonight, we're going to keep it low-key and have open discussions, and maybe a video - we have several good ones! (Appropriately enough, the Vikes are playing the Giants!) And they won!!
Dec. 5: We will Skype with some guests - to celebrate our anniversary! We have some of the best in the UFO field lined up to join us via Skype!! This was a blast - our guests asked to do it again in 2017!
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2015
Feb. 2: Special Ground Hog day meeting! Stay tuned for details! ;-)
To honor the rodent, we'll have some discussion, and video, on cryptozoology.
Dan DeBaun of WJON Radio joined us to film a segment for "Join the Club," a new feature on the WJON website.
"Join the Club" features a different local group each week. Thanks for stopping by, Dan!
April 6: Hot off the presses! Videos from the 2015 International UFO Congress
We'll watch a presentation by Derrel Sims, The Alien Hunter: "Profiling the Alien."
His 38+ years of field research has focused on physical evidence, and led to his groundbreaking discoveries of alien implants and alien fluorescence. As a former military police officer and CIA operative, Sims has a unique insight to the alien organization which he believes functions similarly to an intelligence agency. We called Derrel after the video and had an hour and a half long Q & A session with him. VERY interesting! You can hear Derrel on PANG Radio May 31st on IRN! 8pm Central
June 1: Patty Greer video "Crop Circle Update - the Wake-up Call" followed by Patty joining us via Skype for Q and A!! This movie won the “2010 Best Feature Film-UFO or Related EBE Award” and the “2010 Best Musical Score EBE” at the International UFO Congress Convention. It also received the “2010 Moondance Audience Favorite Film Award” and “2010 Moondance GAIA Award. ”If you can’t get to England to experience the Crop Circles for yourself, this is surely the next best thing! Savor the journey of a lifetime through the UK Crop Circles and ancient sacred sites of Southern England with a film maker who has visited more than 100 UK Crop Circles personally, Patty Greer. You’ll feel as if you are there in the fields with us!" Bring your crop circle questions to ask Patty after the video. Excellent!! Patty is a vibrant and passionate person who gave us much to think about!
Aug. 3: Re-Cap of Lakes Area Paracon - clips from the presentations. Plenty of time for our own discussion.
Oct. 5: Dan Shaw - All about Vortexes, ley lines, energy lines, and their relationship to sacred places. Dan lives in California, but spends summers as a tour guide in the Montana Vortex. Check out U. S. Vortexes. There may be one lurking near you!
Check out this Youtube clip from Dan's appearance on History Channels' Brad Meltzer Decoded: The Golden Vortex
Dec. 7: Paul and Karen will be running the show! I trust whatever they come up with will be very interesting!
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In Case you missed it:
2014 meetings:
Jan. 6: CANCELLED due to extreme COLD!
Feb. 3: Niara Terela will tell her story of alien abduction and the profound affect it has had on her life. Niara will join us via Skype, and we will have signed copies of her new book on hand.
Facing the Shadow, Embracing the Light.
"Facing the Shadow, Embracing the Light: A Journey of Spirit Retrieval and Awakening is the story of one woman's induction into the world of extraterrestrials, flying saucers, shadow government operations and finally, her own transformation."
In 1994, Niara Terela Isley discovered a disturbing three-month block of missing time from her time in the USAF. Undergoing hypnosis with the late Budd Hopkins to investigate this and other memories and strange dreams from childhood, what she discovered turned her life inside out for many years. This book is not only the story of her traumatic experiences, but also of her journey through understanding and healing.
Did you miss this meeting? Listen to an interview Niara did on Late Night in the Midlands, 2-6-14.
(The interview with Niara begins around 23 minutes in)
March 3: Video "Who are the Aliens?" This is a panel discussion from the 2012 International UFO Congress featuring 5 of the top UFO/abduction researchers of our time: Dr. Steven Greer, Whitley and Anne Strieber, Yvonne Smith, and Peter Robbins. (Their views on who or what the aliens are, and why they're coming here and how, differ drastically.) This very informative discussion covers everything from ancient aliens, to disclosure, to US Govt. involvement. Very interesting to hear the "expert" views!
There will be plenty of time following the video for discussions on the topic of your choice!
April 7: Chad Lewis will be here with a presentation based on his book "The Van Meter Visitor." The true tale of strange creatures, mysterious lights, and more in a small town in Iowa. * Update 1-12-14 - Chad made the news! "Interest in paranormal leads to TV gig" Be sure to watch "Monsters and Mysteries" on Sunday nights on Destination America. (DVD now available)
May 5: Roger Phillips, author of "The Gray Zone" comics and sci-fi thriller "Divine Providence," will be our guest.
For your daily dose of fun, follow Close Encounters Studio on FB. (Roger will join us via Skype) Roger was a witness to the famous "Hudson Valley Sightings" back in the '80s. Will Roger reveal the secret behind his obsession with the grays? Roger's sculptures (of the greys getting into mischief) can be seen on "The Big Bang Theory" TV show! Watch the book shelves in the background. This meeting is going to be FUN!!
This meeting was a blast!! If you missed it you can hear an interview Roger did with Restricted Airspace radio: http://www.restrictedairspaceradio.com/RestrictedAirspace.html
Or Paradigm Unhinged - Show # 90.
June 2: Video - "Solving the UFO Enigma -How Modern Physics is Revealing the Technology of UFOs" - Robert Schroeder. This presentation is based on his book of the same title. This is the presentation Mr. Schroeder gave at the 2014 International UFO Congress. It focuses on the evolution of modern physics and how recent theories, with the help of the Large Hadron Collider, are pointing toward a likely explanation of UFO physics - ie: why they manuever the way they do, how they can traverse the vast distances of space, how many dimensions are there......Don't be scared off by the techy stuff, Mr. Schroeder puts things in terms even I can understand. Movie and popcorn night!
July 7: Skeptics, Deubunkers, and Believers - with guest Marc D'Antonio presenting the best and worst cases he's worked on, and the evidence investigators need to make a solid case (to quiet the skeptics), the problems with digital vs film photography, and IR video as far as evidence, which movies his special effects have been used in...... Marc has been an investigator for MUFON for 30 years and also serves as their chief photo analyst. He is an astronomer by trade, but also the founder of FX Models special effects company, and an author! Marc was interviewed on Dark Matter Radio June 4th. You can listen to the Podcast for a brief glimpse into the topics we'll be covering in depth at this meeting, including Marc's own experience with aliens, USOs, ghosts....... (Skype)
We wanted Kevin Randle to join us for this meeting too, but he'll be in Canada filming season 2 of Close Encounters for the Science Channel.
Aug. 4: In honour of Terry Hansen, who recently passed away, we'll be revisiting a presentation he gave at MN Mufon on Sept. 1, 2001. (video) That's right, just days before our lives/our world changed forever. Terry's presentation, based on his book The Missing Times: News Media Complicity in the UFO Cover-up is UFO's, National Security and The American News. A fascinating glimpse back in time, and yet so little has changed. The title "The Missing Times" is a reference to what was always missing in the New York Times newspapers - UFO reports, or rather serious UFO reports. The reports they did have were ones that made fun of or discredited the witnesses. Terry dug into why this was happening. What he found was surprising.
Sept. 1: Labor Day! NO meeting!
Oct. 6: Our 7th Anniversary meeting! A variety of guests from the past will be calling in (via Skype) to help us celebrate. Find out what's new and what they've been up to! Ken Storch and Roger Phillips will be calling in. A mystery guest in person! New info on the Tin Can Aliens...... Of course we'll have cake!
Nov. 3: Crystal Skulls -video and experimentation... Lorna and Paul will be testing the properties of quartz crystals, after viewing a documentary on Crystal Skulls, and their reported powers.
Dec. 1st: CANCELLED - NO Meeting!!
Dec. 10th - Adrian Lee - UFOs and Ghosts - one and the same??
Adrian will be our guest talking about the new book he's working on - UFOs and Ghosts. Dec. is also our annual Salvation Army drive. All money raised at the Dec. meeting goes to the local Salvation Army.
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2013 Meetings
Feb. 4: Russ Haywood, author of "The End of HumanSpace" will join us for a presentation and book signing. http://russhaywood.com/ From the website: The End of Human Space: An unexpected new frontier.
This factually grounded science fiction explores a mind-bending second front of Alien contact in a world where human governments have condemned conversations with Aliens as illegal. Yet an unlikely group of adventurers has cut through the wires of a cultural fence to make a stunning discovery of an ancient biotechnology interwoven into their very ecosystem. The Aliens wait patiently for humanity to transcend its ignorance. They’re here, and those who wish to look may now learn Their shy lessons.
OK, we had a bit of a glitch for the Feb. 4th meeting. Both our guest and director were ill. (Dang flu). We'll be rescheduling Mr. Haywood to the April 1st meeting.
And therefore also rescheduling Niara for Oct., hopefully. The group had an open discussion and sharing of paranormal experiences.
April 1: Russ Haywood, author of "The End of HumanSpace" will join us for a presentation and book signing. http://russhaywood.com/ From the website: The End of Human Space: An unexpected new frontier. This factually grounded science fiction explores a mind-bending second front of Alien contact in a world where human governments have condemned conversations with Aliens as illegal. Yet an unlikely group of adventurers has cut through the wires of a cultural fence to make a stunning discovery of an ancient biotechnology interwoven into their very ecosystem. The Aliens wait patiently for humanity to transcend its ignorance. They’re here, and those who wish to look may now learn Their shy lessons.
Russ presented the conclusions he reached after researching for, and writing his book. He offered insight into "first contact" and why science should or should not be involved in UFOs. If you missed it, Russ will give an encore of this thought-provoking presentation on April 13th at the MUFON MN meeting!
www.mnmufon.org (DVDs of the presentation Russ gave at the April 13th MUFON MN meeting are available. Send check or money order for $6 to LaPIG, P.O. Box 25, Long Prairie, MN 56347)
May 6: We'll be showing a video from the 2013 International UFO Congress. Dr. Roger Leir has been removing "implants" from abductees for several years, and now he has a chemist/materials scientist working with him
analyzing the objects which have been removed. In this video, "Alien Implants - the Tip of the Iceberg," Dr. Leir and Mr. Colbern present their latest cases and discuss the latest results surrounding the types and general
characteristics of alien implants. The presentation includes case histories and detailed analyses of specific implants. There will be time for discussion after the video.
June 3: Bill McNeff, co-author of "Extraterrestrial Odyssey" will be our guest for this meeting. He will give a presentation followed by Q & A and book signing. Bill has been investigating UFOs for nearly 60 years, so bring your UFO questions!
July 1: Richard Dolan's video presentation from the 2013 International UFO Congress will be shown, followed by time for discussion. "UFOs for the New Century" addresses the question "Are UFOs and UFO researchers relevant in our present day society?" Mr. Dolan also discusses where UFO research should be going in the 21st Century. I've heard requests for "new" UFO information, not re-hashes of the old stuff. In this presentation, Richard explains why we need to "re-hash" the old stuff and what steps researchers need to take in the future to advance the field of UFO studies. A member of our group has just returned from the Oregon Vortex and will share info on that.
And, because July 2nd is World UFO Day, and just for fun (and because we can all use a little humor in our lives), we'll have a drawing for one of Roger L. Phillips' "The Gray Zone" books of alien cartoons. So, come on in to air conditioned comfort and enjoy coffee and cookies with us!
If you missed this meeting, you can catch an encore of Richard Dolan's video at the July 13th MUFON MN meeting! Dennis was the prize winner!
August 5: Guest Speaker: Lou Greub, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin - River Falls, will present
"Crop Circles: What we Know and Don't Know About Them."
Dr. Greub has been interested in crop circles since they first began appearing in the 1970's. His interest intensified when he attended several presentations on crop circles at the International UFO Congress in 2009, and he went on a Crop Circle Tour of England in 2010. He has worked with both Barbara Lamb and Nancy Talbot. About his presentation, Dr. Greub says "Specifically, I am interested in how crop circles/formations are formed. How are the plants laid down in such precise patterns? What is the force behind this and how is it so precisely controlled? Then of course who or what intelligent entity is controlling it and why? And why do they most often appear in places like remote rural parts of England? Also, do crop circle sites in Wisconsin, other states, and other parts of the world have anything in common with those areas of England where they appear every year?"
If you have questions about crop circles, this is the meeting to attend! There will be time for discussion and Q & A after the presentation. This was a great presentation!
Sept. 2: NO Meeting - Labor Day!
Oct. 7: Ancient Aliens - video and discussion - Electricty? Power tools? Machinery? What technology did they possess and where is the evidence? The discussion after the video turned to Giants and Bigfoot. We'll have more on them in a meeting next year!
Nov. 4: Paul, Popcorn, and Poltergeists! Paul explores poltergeists with Video and open discussion.
(Dec. 2): Annual end of year discussion with guests (via Skype) EXCEPTION TO THE MONDAY RULE!! There will NOT be a meeting on Dec. 2, 2013. We will be meeting on Wednesday Dec. 11th instead!
December 11!! Wednesday, Dec. 11th Lakes Area Paranormal will be joining Paradigm Unhinged for their LIVE Radio Show!! Our guest will be Adrian Lee for: UFOs in MN? You betcha! UFOs in central MN past and present with eyewitness accounts. We'll also be discussing ghost encounters and other paranormal activities taking place in our area.
If you have had an encounter with a UFO, Bigfoot, or ghost in the Central MN area, and you'd like to talk about it live on air, please come to this meeting!
And if you just want to listen and learn about UFOs in our area, please come to this meeting!
December is our annual Salvation Army drive. All proceeds from the meeting admission and merchandise sales will be matched by Lakes Area Paranormal and donated to the local Salvation Army.
If you missed this meeting, listen to it on Paradigm Unhinged archives!! Show # 65
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2012 Meetings:
Feb. 6: Round table discussion on UFOs with Bob Enberg, Bill McNeff, Andre Morin, James Clarkson, and Todd Knurr. Ken Storch also called in to join the conversation. These gentlemen have almost 200 years of combined experience studying and investigating UFOs!
April 2: Ted Phillips (via Skype) and Adrian Lee discuss paranormal investigating. We’ll have some of the equipment on hand that is used in both UFO and ghost investigating, and Ted and Adrian will talk about the differences and similarities between the two fields, and why, after a significant UFO event, poltergeist activity in the area also increases.
June 4: BIGFOOT Discussion with Preston Mattke
August 6: Adrian Lee will give a presentation on the History and Haunting of MN, followed by a book signing of his latest book : "Mysterious Minnesota - Digging up the Ghostly Past at 13 Haunted Sites," in which Adrian highlights 13 of Minnesota’s most haunted locations. The book is now availbable on amazon.com Adrian is the founder of TIPS - The International Paranormal Society. www.intparanormal.net
Oct. 1: We'll play a video from the 2011 International MUFON Symposium - Richard Dolan: A Secret Space Program: From rumor to Reality to After Disclosure. We are a world that lives with two histories: the real and the fabricated. How can we sort out the reality from the fantasy? Historian Richard Dolan examines a wealth of video data, as well as testimony from astronauts and NASA insiders, and provides his own analysis of this controversial topic. Richard then moves on to how the breakdown of secrecy on the UFO subject will deeply affect our world.
Dec. 3: We will have the honor of being joined by the Paradigm Unhinged team for a round table discussion on the hottest UFO news in 2012 and what's in store for 2013. We're excited to announce that Paradigm Unhinged will be recording this meeting to use for their Dec. 5th broadcast!! Keep an eye on our website for updates on additional guests for the evening. Lakes Area Paranormal will be donating all proceeds from this meeting, along with all proceeds from sales through Dec. 31, 2012, to The Salvation Army disaster relief fund. Grab a friend, come on over and join the discussion! What UFO/paranormal event happened in 2012 to shift your paradigm??
Sorry, we're no longer meeting in person. You can follow us on FB at Lakes Area Paranormal Interest Group
2018!
Meeting dates, and place, to be determined!
Stay tuned!
APRIL 28, 2018! GIANTS - 1 - 4 pm Meeting will be in the banquet room of the American Legion, 17 2nd Ave. N., Waite Park, MN Admission $5 per person
We learned that there is no end to the Giant myth - or truth - just go to amazon.com books and you'll find many, many books on giants throughout history. Bob is now working on a presentation about the Sumerians.
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2017
Feb. 6: NO Meeting - Scheduling conflict
Apr. 3: FIRST meeting of the year!! Discussion topic "Men in Black." We had someone fantastic to skype in with us! (Until the MIB got to them.) If you missed the meeting and want to learn more about MIB read Nick Redfern's "The Real Men in Black" (and google this title and his name to find videos of his presentation)
June 5: Skype guest - All about UFOs and crashes........ We had a great time chatting with Kevin Randle!
Aug. 7: Monsters - Shapeshifters - ET or something else?
Oct. 2: 10th Anniversary!! Woo Hoo!! We'll celebrate with some ET games, test your psychic abilities, and have deep discussions about aliens, and the like. We ended up hearing a book report about a new 9/11 theory, and discussion of giants.
Dec. 4: NO meeting!
For more information and agenda updates:
Email: admin@lapig.org
Lakes Area Paranormal Interest Group is also on Facebook
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2016 in review:
Feb. 1: Video on planet Nibiru, or Planet X - followed by orbital information provided by Bob E.
Apr. 4: Videos hot off the presses from the 2016 IUFOC (International UFO Congress) we can take our pick of many interesting presentations.
June 6: Video and discussion - Paul and Karen running the show!
Aug. 1: Video, discussion, games - we'll be helping ET phone home...... ;-) Bob showed up with a few short videos about Giants, as his research continues. He will still be bringing us a PPT presentation on Giants in the future.
Oct. 3: Our 9th anniversary! Time flies! Because the Vikings are playing tonight, we're going to keep it low-key and have open discussions, and maybe a video - we have several good ones! (Appropriately enough, the Vikes are playing the Giants!) And they won!!
Dec. 5: We will Skype with some guests - to celebrate our anniversary! We have some of the best in the UFO field lined up to join us via Skype!! This was a blast - our guests asked to do it again in 2017!
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2015
Feb. 2: Special Ground Hog day meeting! Stay tuned for details! ;-)
To honor the rodent, we'll have some discussion, and video, on cryptozoology.
Dan DeBaun of WJON Radio joined us to film a segment for "Join the Club," a new feature on the WJON website.
"Join the Club" features a different local group each week. Thanks for stopping by, Dan!
April 6: Hot off the presses! Videos from the 2015 International UFO Congress
We'll watch a presentation by Derrel Sims, The Alien Hunter: "Profiling the Alien."
His 38+ years of field research has focused on physical evidence, and led to his groundbreaking discoveries of alien implants and alien fluorescence. As a former military police officer and CIA operative, Sims has a unique insight to the alien organization which he believes functions similarly to an intelligence agency. We called Derrel after the video and had an hour and a half long Q & A session with him. VERY interesting! You can hear Derrel on PANG Radio May 31st on IRN! 8pm Central
June 1: Patty Greer video "Crop Circle Update - the Wake-up Call" followed by Patty joining us via Skype for Q and A!! This movie won the “2010 Best Feature Film-UFO or Related EBE Award” and the “2010 Best Musical Score EBE” at the International UFO Congress Convention. It also received the “2010 Moondance Audience Favorite Film Award” and “2010 Moondance GAIA Award. ”If you can’t get to England to experience the Crop Circles for yourself, this is surely the next best thing! Savor the journey of a lifetime through the UK Crop Circles and ancient sacred sites of Southern England with a film maker who has visited more than 100 UK Crop Circles personally, Patty Greer. You’ll feel as if you are there in the fields with us!" Bring your crop circle questions to ask Patty after the video. Excellent!! Patty is a vibrant and passionate person who gave us much to think about!
Aug. 3: Re-Cap of Lakes Area Paracon - clips from the presentations. Plenty of time for our own discussion.
Oct. 5: Dan Shaw - All about Vortexes, ley lines, energy lines, and their relationship to sacred places. Dan lives in California, but spends summers as a tour guide in the Montana Vortex. Check out U. S. Vortexes. There may be one lurking near you!
Check out this Youtube clip from Dan's appearance on History Channels' Brad Meltzer Decoded: The Golden Vortex
Dec. 7: Paul and Karen will be running the show! I trust whatever they come up with will be very interesting!
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In Case you missed it:
2014 meetings:
Jan. 6: CANCELLED due to extreme COLD!
Feb. 3: Niara Terela will tell her story of alien abduction and the profound affect it has had on her life. Niara will join us via Skype, and we will have signed copies of her new book on hand.
Facing the Shadow, Embracing the Light.
"Facing the Shadow, Embracing the Light: A Journey of Spirit Retrieval and Awakening is the story of one woman's induction into the world of extraterrestrials, flying saucers, shadow government operations and finally, her own transformation."
In 1994, Niara Terela Isley discovered a disturbing three-month block of missing time from her time in the USAF. Undergoing hypnosis with the late Budd Hopkins to investigate this and other memories and strange dreams from childhood, what she discovered turned her life inside out for many years. This book is not only the story of her traumatic experiences, but also of her journey through understanding and healing.
Did you miss this meeting? Listen to an interview Niara did on Late Night in the Midlands, 2-6-14.
(The interview with Niara begins around 23 minutes in)
March 3: Video "Who are the Aliens?" This is a panel discussion from the 2012 International UFO Congress featuring 5 of the top UFO/abduction researchers of our time: Dr. Steven Greer, Whitley and Anne Strieber, Yvonne Smith, and Peter Robbins. (Their views on who or what the aliens are, and why they're coming here and how, differ drastically.) This very informative discussion covers everything from ancient aliens, to disclosure, to US Govt. involvement. Very interesting to hear the "expert" views!
There will be plenty of time following the video for discussions on the topic of your choice!
April 7: Chad Lewis will be here with a presentation based on his book "The Van Meter Visitor." The true tale of strange creatures, mysterious lights, and more in a small town in Iowa. * Update 1-12-14 - Chad made the news! "Interest in paranormal leads to TV gig" Be sure to watch "Monsters and Mysteries" on Sunday nights on Destination America. (DVD now available)
May 5: Roger Phillips, author of "The Gray Zone" comics and sci-fi thriller "Divine Providence," will be our guest.
For your daily dose of fun, follow Close Encounters Studio on FB. (Roger will join us via Skype) Roger was a witness to the famous "Hudson Valley Sightings" back in the '80s. Will Roger reveal the secret behind his obsession with the grays? Roger's sculptures (of the greys getting into mischief) can be seen on "The Big Bang Theory" TV show! Watch the book shelves in the background. This meeting is going to be FUN!!
This meeting was a blast!! If you missed it you can hear an interview Roger did with Restricted Airspace radio: http://www.restrictedairspaceradio.com/RestrictedAirspace.html
Or Paradigm Unhinged - Show # 90.
June 2: Video - "Solving the UFO Enigma -How Modern Physics is Revealing the Technology of UFOs" - Robert Schroeder. This presentation is based on his book of the same title. This is the presentation Mr. Schroeder gave at the 2014 International UFO Congress. It focuses on the evolution of modern physics and how recent theories, with the help of the Large Hadron Collider, are pointing toward a likely explanation of UFO physics - ie: why they manuever the way they do, how they can traverse the vast distances of space, how many dimensions are there......Don't be scared off by the techy stuff, Mr. Schroeder puts things in terms even I can understand. Movie and popcorn night!
July 7: Skeptics, Deubunkers, and Believers - with guest Marc D'Antonio presenting the best and worst cases he's worked on, and the evidence investigators need to make a solid case (to quiet the skeptics), the problems with digital vs film photography, and IR video as far as evidence, which movies his special effects have been used in...... Marc has been an investigator for MUFON for 30 years and also serves as their chief photo analyst. He is an astronomer by trade, but also the founder of FX Models special effects company, and an author! Marc was interviewed on Dark Matter Radio June 4th. You can listen to the Podcast for a brief glimpse into the topics we'll be covering in depth at this meeting, including Marc's own experience with aliens, USOs, ghosts....... (Skype)
We wanted Kevin Randle to join us for this meeting too, but he'll be in Canada filming season 2 of Close Encounters for the Science Channel.
Aug. 4: In honour of Terry Hansen, who recently passed away, we'll be revisiting a presentation he gave at MN Mufon on Sept. 1, 2001. (video) That's right, just days before our lives/our world changed forever. Terry's presentation, based on his book The Missing Times: News Media Complicity in the UFO Cover-up is UFO's, National Security and The American News. A fascinating glimpse back in time, and yet so little has changed. The title "The Missing Times" is a reference to what was always missing in the New York Times newspapers - UFO reports, or rather serious UFO reports. The reports they did have were ones that made fun of or discredited the witnesses. Terry dug into why this was happening. What he found was surprising.
Sept. 1: Labor Day! NO meeting!
Oct. 6: Our 7th Anniversary meeting! A variety of guests from the past will be calling in (via Skype) to help us celebrate. Find out what's new and what they've been up to! Ken Storch and Roger Phillips will be calling in. A mystery guest in person! New info on the Tin Can Aliens...... Of course we'll have cake!
Nov. 3: Crystal Skulls -video and experimentation... Lorna and Paul will be testing the properties of quartz crystals, after viewing a documentary on Crystal Skulls, and their reported powers.
Dec. 1st: CANCELLED - NO Meeting!!
Dec. 10th - Adrian Lee - UFOs and Ghosts - one and the same??
Adrian will be our guest talking about the new book he's working on - UFOs and Ghosts. Dec. is also our annual Salvation Army drive. All money raised at the Dec. meeting goes to the local Salvation Army.
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2013 Meetings
Feb. 4: Russ Haywood, author of "The End of HumanSpace" will join us for a presentation and book signing. http://russhaywood.com/ From the website: The End of Human Space: An unexpected new frontier.
This factually grounded science fiction explores a mind-bending second front of Alien contact in a world where human governments have condemned conversations with Aliens as illegal. Yet an unlikely group of adventurers has cut through the wires of a cultural fence to make a stunning discovery of an ancient biotechnology interwoven into their very ecosystem. The Aliens wait patiently for humanity to transcend its ignorance. They’re here, and those who wish to look may now learn Their shy lessons.
OK, we had a bit of a glitch for the Feb. 4th meeting. Both our guest and director were ill. (Dang flu). We'll be rescheduling Mr. Haywood to the April 1st meeting.
And therefore also rescheduling Niara for Oct., hopefully. The group had an open discussion and sharing of paranormal experiences.
April 1: Russ Haywood, author of "The End of HumanSpace" will join us for a presentation and book signing. http://russhaywood.com/ From the website: The End of Human Space: An unexpected new frontier. This factually grounded science fiction explores a mind-bending second front of Alien contact in a world where human governments have condemned conversations with Aliens as illegal. Yet an unlikely group of adventurers has cut through the wires of a cultural fence to make a stunning discovery of an ancient biotechnology interwoven into their very ecosystem. The Aliens wait patiently for humanity to transcend its ignorance. They’re here, and those who wish to look may now learn Their shy lessons.
Russ presented the conclusions he reached after researching for, and writing his book. He offered insight into "first contact" and why science should or should not be involved in UFOs. If you missed it, Russ will give an encore of this thought-provoking presentation on April 13th at the MUFON MN meeting!
www.mnmufon.org (DVDs of the presentation Russ gave at the April 13th MUFON MN meeting are available. Send check or money order for $6 to LaPIG, P.O. Box 25, Long Prairie, MN 56347)
May 6: We'll be showing a video from the 2013 International UFO Congress. Dr. Roger Leir has been removing "implants" from abductees for several years, and now he has a chemist/materials scientist working with him
analyzing the objects which have been removed. In this video, "Alien Implants - the Tip of the Iceberg," Dr. Leir and Mr. Colbern present their latest cases and discuss the latest results surrounding the types and general
characteristics of alien implants. The presentation includes case histories and detailed analyses of specific implants. There will be time for discussion after the video.
June 3: Bill McNeff, co-author of "Extraterrestrial Odyssey" will be our guest for this meeting. He will give a presentation followed by Q & A and book signing. Bill has been investigating UFOs for nearly 60 years, so bring your UFO questions!
July 1: Richard Dolan's video presentation from the 2013 International UFO Congress will be shown, followed by time for discussion. "UFOs for the New Century" addresses the question "Are UFOs and UFO researchers relevant in our present day society?" Mr. Dolan also discusses where UFO research should be going in the 21st Century. I've heard requests for "new" UFO information, not re-hashes of the old stuff. In this presentation, Richard explains why we need to "re-hash" the old stuff and what steps researchers need to take in the future to advance the field of UFO studies. A member of our group has just returned from the Oregon Vortex and will share info on that.
And, because July 2nd is World UFO Day, and just for fun (and because we can all use a little humor in our lives), we'll have a drawing for one of Roger L. Phillips' "The Gray Zone" books of alien cartoons. So, come on in to air conditioned comfort and enjoy coffee and cookies with us!
If you missed this meeting, you can catch an encore of Richard Dolan's video at the July 13th MUFON MN meeting! Dennis was the prize winner!
August 5: Guest Speaker: Lou Greub, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin - River Falls, will present
"Crop Circles: What we Know and Don't Know About Them."
Dr. Greub has been interested in crop circles since they first began appearing in the 1970's. His interest intensified when he attended several presentations on crop circles at the International UFO Congress in 2009, and he went on a Crop Circle Tour of England in 2010. He has worked with both Barbara Lamb and Nancy Talbot. About his presentation, Dr. Greub says "Specifically, I am interested in how crop circles/formations are formed. How are the plants laid down in such precise patterns? What is the force behind this and how is it so precisely controlled? Then of course who or what intelligent entity is controlling it and why? And why do they most often appear in places like remote rural parts of England? Also, do crop circle sites in Wisconsin, other states, and other parts of the world have anything in common with those areas of England where they appear every year?"
If you have questions about crop circles, this is the meeting to attend! There will be time for discussion and Q & A after the presentation. This was a great presentation!
Sept. 2: NO Meeting - Labor Day!
Oct. 7: Ancient Aliens - video and discussion - Electricty? Power tools? Machinery? What technology did they possess and where is the evidence? The discussion after the video turned to Giants and Bigfoot. We'll have more on them in a meeting next year!
Nov. 4: Paul, Popcorn, and Poltergeists! Paul explores poltergeists with Video and open discussion.
(Dec. 2): Annual end of year discussion with guests (via Skype) EXCEPTION TO THE MONDAY RULE!! There will NOT be a meeting on Dec. 2, 2013. We will be meeting on Wednesday Dec. 11th instead!
December 11!! Wednesday, Dec. 11th Lakes Area Paranormal will be joining Paradigm Unhinged for their LIVE Radio Show!! Our guest will be Adrian Lee for: UFOs in MN? You betcha! UFOs in central MN past and present with eyewitness accounts. We'll also be discussing ghost encounters and other paranormal activities taking place in our area.
If you have had an encounter with a UFO, Bigfoot, or ghost in the Central MN area, and you'd like to talk about it live on air, please come to this meeting!
And if you just want to listen and learn about UFOs in our area, please come to this meeting!
December is our annual Salvation Army drive. All proceeds from the meeting admission and merchandise sales will be matched by Lakes Area Paranormal and donated to the local Salvation Army.
If you missed this meeting, listen to it on Paradigm Unhinged archives!! Show # 65
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2012 Meetings:
Feb. 6: Round table discussion on UFOs with Bob Enberg, Bill McNeff, Andre Morin, James Clarkson, and Todd Knurr. Ken Storch also called in to join the conversation. These gentlemen have almost 200 years of combined experience studying and investigating UFOs!
April 2: Ted Phillips (via Skype) and Adrian Lee discuss paranormal investigating. We’ll have some of the equipment on hand that is used in both UFO and ghost investigating, and Ted and Adrian will talk about the differences and similarities between the two fields, and why, after a significant UFO event, poltergeist activity in the area also increases.
June 4: BIGFOOT Discussion with Preston Mattke
August 6: Adrian Lee will give a presentation on the History and Haunting of MN, followed by a book signing of his latest book : "Mysterious Minnesota - Digging up the Ghostly Past at 13 Haunted Sites," in which Adrian highlights 13 of Minnesota’s most haunted locations. The book is now availbable on amazon.com Adrian is the founder of TIPS - The International Paranormal Society. www.intparanormal.net
Oct. 1: We'll play a video from the 2011 International MUFON Symposium - Richard Dolan: A Secret Space Program: From rumor to Reality to After Disclosure. We are a world that lives with two histories: the real and the fabricated. How can we sort out the reality from the fantasy? Historian Richard Dolan examines a wealth of video data, as well as testimony from astronauts and NASA insiders, and provides his own analysis of this controversial topic. Richard then moves on to how the breakdown of secrecy on the UFO subject will deeply affect our world.
Dec. 3: We will have the honor of being joined by the Paradigm Unhinged team for a round table discussion on the hottest UFO news in 2012 and what's in store for 2013. We're excited to announce that Paradigm Unhinged will be recording this meeting to use for their Dec. 5th broadcast!! Keep an eye on our website for updates on additional guests for the evening. Lakes Area Paranormal will be donating all proceeds from this meeting, along with all proceeds from sales through Dec. 31, 2012, to The Salvation Army disaster relief fund. Grab a friend, come on over and join the discussion! What UFO/paranormal event happened in 2012 to shift your paradigm??