UFOs

EPISODE #157: PHANTOM CRASH ON A UTAH HIGHWAY

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What happened to Army Private Gerry Irwin on a Utah two-lane, way back in February 1959? There was no plane crash. No passengers. Nothing but Pvt. Irwin, unconscious in the Utah night. Strange things happen on the desert highways. It’s EPISODE #157: PHANTOM CRASH ON A UTAH HIGHWAY.

PS — If you turn on KZMU-FM in Moab (or steam online) tomorrow night, there will be some special Desert Oracle audio playing. It’s the KZMU spring Radiothon!

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Listen Fridays 10PM-11PM on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree & across the Mojave High Desert, on Saturdays at 9PM on KZMU 90.1/106.7 FM Moab/Castle Valley, Sundays at 8PM on KAPY Valley 104.9 FM in King County, Washington, and on KFCF 88.1 FM in Fresno at 2:30PM Wednesdays. Written & hosted by Ken Layne, with new soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.

EPISODE #147: THE LIGHT SAW ME

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Jason Boland and the Stragglers: The Light Saw Me

Take a look around, the void is closing in. Jason Boland joins us from Texas to talk about The Light Saw Me, the tale of a cowboy taken up into the sky—a tale told by Jason Boland and the Stragglers on their new record, which features some narration from our host Ken Layne. It’s our first show of the new year, EPISODE #147: THE LIGHT SAW ME. With new soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.

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As Hank Williams sang, “I saw the light.” But what are those strange nocturnal illuminations seen from Joplin, Missouri, to Marfa, Texas? And what crashed in Aurora a century ago. And just what did they bury up on Boot Hill? Listen live tonight on the radio, KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree and the Mojave Wilderness, “from Amboy to Zzyzx.” (There’s a bonus half-hour episode for our Patreon supporters, with more of our UFO/transformative-light conversation with Jason Boland.)

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EPISODE #130: WATCH THE SKIES

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There’s lots of chatter in the media about some Navy encounters with some sort of mystery drones, but meanwhile in the Western United States we’ve been having a good old-fashioned flying-saucer flap. Seen by regular people with their own eyes! On May 15 of this year, dozens of witnesses reported a variety of enormous, luminous craft flying in utter silence over Washington state, Oregon, British Columbia, Idaho, and Montana.

Now is the time for EPISODE #130: “WATCH THE SKIES.” With new sounds from RedBlueBlackSilver.

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Listen on Joshua Tree’s own KCDZ 107.7 FM, from Amboy to Zzyzx, or streaming from Z1077FM.com and Tune In. To hear Desert Oracle Radio on your community and/or public radio station, contact radio@desertoracle.com or get the show via PRX, Public Radio Exchange. Illustration of 1984 incident by Norah Bazzurro.

EPISODE #123: MYSTERY SWARM

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Are the mystery drones back? Did they ever leave? We travel from the desert to the sea and back again, chasing those odd manifestations that have lately been surrounding Navy destroyers. And what does any of this have to do with L. Ron Hubbard? It’s Episode #123: MYSTERY SWARM, with new sounds from RedBlueBlackSilver.

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Tonight at 10 p.m. on Joshua Tree’s own Z107.7 FM, from Amboy to Zzyzx, or streaming from Z1077FM.com and Tune In.

EPISODE #119: ALIEN CORPSES OF THE GREAT BASIN

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You ever drive the “Loneliest Road In America”? That’s what they call U.S. 50, across the Great Basin Desert through the middle of Nevada. Not many people out there, not a lot going on. Just as we like it. The mystery visitors like it, too. They like the quiet. They need the wild mountains and desert valleys of the Basin and Range. We hope em like this: Episode #119: “Alien Corpses of the Great Basin,” with all-new spacey soundscapes by our own RedBlueBlackSilver. (And we’re on Spotify, too.)

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And way back in 1952, so the story goes, 16 little alien friends were found dead in the wreckage of a glowing oval craft that smashed into the side of a copper mine near Ely, Nevada. Find out more, if you dare, tonight at 10 p.m. on Joshua Tree’s own Z107.7 FM, or streaming from Z1077FM.com or Tune In.

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#117: ARMADA OF THE DRAGOONS

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Dragoon Mountains

Do you know about the mysterious Dragoon Mountains of Cochise County? Well get in the truck, we’re taking a night drive to Arizona. Now is the time for Episode #117, so get ready for the weird times. New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver as we cover some difficult terrain with the Apache leader Cochise, the strange granite of his stronghold, and the mystery craft seen on many nights around these mysterious 78-million-year-old mountain spires to this day.

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Tonight at 10 p.m., from Amboy to Zzyzx on Z 107.7 FM, or streaming from Z1077FM.com or streaming via Tune In or get the free podcast. Did you know we’ve got a new hardcover book?

#113 THE SECRET DESERT

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Tonight we share the tale of the Krill Papers, strange legends of Cold War space-alien conspiracies, located right in the very heart of the Nevada desert wilderness.

Speaking of, we are also joined by Patrick Donnelly, Nevada state director of the Center for Biological Diversity, which along with Nevada native tribes and desert lovers everywhere is celebrating a victory. Ever been to the Desert National Wildlife Refuge? Well whether you ever set foot there or not, it’s safe again, for the desert bighorn and desert tortoise and a true wonderland of rare wild lands. For now. Let’s keep it that way.

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And happy book publication week to us!available everywhere, please enjoy responsibly.

New soundscapes from RedBlueBlackSilver, and don’t forget to check out his new album, Five Flora.

#106: THE EIGHTH TOWER

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Is it UFO season in the desert again? People have sure been seeing a lot of strange things up here around Joshua Tree, and “military flares” is never a good enough answer for all the odd activity in the skies.

Tonight we bring you a campfire story about a particular strange sight in the sky we experienced a few years ago, and as our special guest we have the interesting and engaging Michael Hacker, narrator of eight audiobooks by the late, great John Keel. This means we will be talking about the superspectrum and VALIS and The Eighth Tower.

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You can find Michael Hacker’s many paranormal-philosophy audiobook performances at Audible.com. And you can listen to this episode as a podcast, on the radio in Joshua Tree (Fridays at 10 p.m. on Z 107.7 FM), or streaming from Z1077FM.com or Tune In. New sounds from RedBlueBlackSilver. Thanks to everybody who supports the show on Patreon.

#101: MOUNTAIN OF THE STARS

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We are back in the scorching hot radio studio with an all-new episode of the radio show that Palm Springs Life magazine named the “Best Freaky Radio Program.” Sure, fine, we’ll take it.

Tonight, it’s all about the mysterious place names of the desert southwest, in particular the 1.6-billion-year-old 30-mile-long slab of rock called Sierra Estrella. The Estrellas. Home of the “Estrella Lights.”

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Listen on the radio tonight at 10 p.m., KCDZ 107.7 FM in the Mojave High Desert, or stream from the station.

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#098: THE MYSTERY PIG

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DESERT ORACLE MYSTERY PIG
Photos by Derek in Yucca Valley.

What is this weird creature that turned up dead in Yucca Valley, in the Mojave High Desert? Wildlife biologists are baffled, and so are we. “Derek” sent these photos. You’ll hear the story tonight. The REST of the story. (Or listen to the podcast but NOT UNTIL DARK.)

What sort of cruel god would create such a useless (and dead) animal? Well probably the same one that’s behind the coronavirus and police violence and million-dollar hospital bills. Makes the Trickster spirits seem absolutely benign in comparison.

Our July 17 live broadcast at Pappy & Harriet’s, is sold out so if you didn’t get tickets, you won’t be able to get tickets at the door. But don’t worry, don’t despair, you can always hang out in Pioneertown and listen on your car radio, or whatever radio you’ve got. We’ll have a frequency for you soon, stay tuned.

You can listen to tonight’s program at 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM, across the High Desert. E. Morricone memorial soundscapes from RedBlueBlackSilver. Thanks to everybody who supports the show on Patreon. Just click below to support our desert institute:

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MYSTERY PIG

Mojave Desert Mystery Pig

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