696. Australia’s Leading Ufologist | Bill Chalker

Podcast UFO

Host: Martin Willis

Society & Culture, Science, Astronomy

4.4 • 570 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Note: Power outage and phone issue, but still worth a listen) In this episode, Martin Willis welcomes one of Australia’s leading ufologists, Bill Chalker. Bill has been investigating UFOs for over five decades, beginning with the remarkable wave of sightings near his hometown of Grafton, New South Wales in the late 1960s. With a science background in chemistry and mathematics, Bill brings a rigorous analytical approach to the UFO mystery. He has served as the Australian representative for APRO, the NSW representative for MUFON, and the coordinator of the long-running UFO Investigation Centre (UFOIC).
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Transcript

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0:00.0	The The Hello and welcome to the show.
0:28.0	I'm Martin Willisher host.
0:29.4	I'm real excited about our guest tonight.
0:32.6	Bill Chalker, he's been a UFO researcher for many, many years,
0:38.4	going all the way back to the late 1960s in Australia.
0:42.4	He's got quite a reputation and a really good man of integrity.
0:48.0	So I've been really wanting to get him on for a long time,
0:51.0	and it finally happened.
0:53.7	And so just a couple of things here.
0:55.3	The blog this week from Charles Lear is a 1981 men and black report from British Columbia,
1:02.0	Canada.
1:02.8	So check that out on our website, podcast, UFO.com.
1:07.3	A couple of things, the guests coming up this Thursday in a couple of days, Tim Ventura.
1:16.0	He does a podcast of his own.
1:18.4	He's a futurist.
1:19.7	I thought he's done a great job interviewing people.
1:23.2	And anyway, he agreed to be on the show.
1:26.2	Next Tuesday, a week from tonight, we have Dave Marler.
1:29.0	Always a great guest.
1:30.0	I'm looking forward to have him on.
1:32.3	And next Thursday, we have Travis Walton.
1:35.3	He'll be on talking about an upcoming event, actually, that I'm going to be going to.
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