S05E03 So Much for the Show Me State

UAPs, “Disclosure,” and the Influence Machine 🔦🛰️
This episode looks at the latest UAP theater around Rep. Eric Burlison’s congressional presentation of the “Hellfire vs. orb” video, how it intersects with long-running media and funding networks (Skinwalker Ranch/NIDS/Las Vegas circle), and why skepticism and provenance still matter. We discuss the hearing, witness line-up, and the ecosystem that amplifies these claims—along with grounded, testable explanations where available.
With Matt Baxter.

🎥 Primary Items from the Episode
• Eric Burlison’s Congressional Presentation of Video (with George Knapp testimony) (google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/yxMeKdqkLlk?…)
• Eric Burlison’s UAP DISCLOSURE ACT (google.com/url?q=https://burlison.house.gov/me…)

🧪 Skeptical Takes & Analysis
• Mick West’s take — It’s a balloon again (google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch…)
• Hank Green’s take — Seriously — it’s just a balloon (google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch…)

🎧 Related Listening from the Episode
• Strange Arrivals (google.com/url?q=https://www.grimandmild.com/s…) podcast (google.com/url?q=https://www.grimandmild.com/s…)
• Toby Ball’s visits to MonsterTalk (google.com/url?q=https://www.monstertalk.org/?…)

📚 Books & Authors Mentioned
• Sarah Scoles — They Are Already Here (google.com/url?q=https://amzn.to/470aR5Q&s…)
• Sarah’s visits to MonsterTalk (google.com/url?q=https://www.monstertalk.org/2…)

🧩 Quick Reference: Acronyms, Players, and Context
• AATIP — Pentagon program often associated with Luis Elizondo (google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/search…)
• TTSA — To The Stars Academy (Tom DeLonge, Hal Puthoff): google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…)&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1761014563276744&usg=AOvVaw2hTVRyw-iYNPuBBQxjVzwq, Tom DeLonge (google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…), Harold Puthoff (google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…)
• UAP — Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (newer terminology): overview (google.com/url?q=https://www.space.com/unident…)
• UFO — Unidentified Flying Object (classic term with cultural baggage): background (google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…)
• Robert Bigelow — hotelier, space entrepreneur, longtime funder in the anomaly space: bio (google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…)

📰 Key Reporting That Shifted the Conversation
• The New York Times story that broke AATIP publicly: read (google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/…)
• The 2020 follow-up from two of the authors (Kean & Blumenthal): read (google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/…)

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