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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

Basement: Marc D'Antonio | UFO Propulsion, The Fifth Dimension, and 40 Billion Habitable Worlds

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files

Science, Life Sciences, Documentary, Society & Culture, Fiction, Science Fiction

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 200 minutes

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Summary

Marc D'Antonio is an astronomer specializing in exoplanets, MUFON's chief photo and video analyst, and the CEO of FX Models — a visual effects company whose clients include Hollywood studios and defense contractors. He co-developed an advanced UFO detection system alongside Douglas Trumbull, the visual effects legend behind 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Blade Runner. Marc operates two remote observatories in Arizona, where he livestreams the night sky to audiences around the world and conducts real exoplanet transit research. He is a recurring on-screen analyst for History Channel's The Proof Is Out There and has appeared across numerous television productions covering anomalous phenomena. He has done project work for the U.S. Navy and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and has spent decades applying genuine scientific rigor to one of the least scientifically respected fields in existence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLqomIh6JDo MARC D'ANTONIO LINKS www.skytourlive.org tiktok - skytourlivestream X - @skytourD Facebook - Marc Dantonio Kick - marcstls Instagram - skytourlivestream twitch - stlsw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today we've got Mark Dantonio. He's an astronomer, Mufan's chief photo and video analyst,

0:05.2

and the CEO of a visual effects company that builds stuff for Hollywood and defense contractors.

0:10.3

He also co-developed a UFO detection camera system with Douglas Trumbull. He's the guy who did

0:15.5

the visual effects for 2001, Blade Runner, Star Trek, Close Encounters, I mean, he's a legend.

0:20.5

So he gets paid to analyze UFO footage and make UFO footage.

0:25.6

It's like hiring a counterfeiter to authenticate money.

0:28.6

I love it!

0:29.6

At nine years old, Mark had a missing time experience on a school field trip.

0:33.6

He came home terrified of the night sky.

0:36.6

So what did he do? He asked his parents for a telescope.

0:39.3

He turned that fear into a career.

0:41.3

So the aliens scared him and his response was, I'm gonna find you?

0:46.3

Well, it's not a career, that's revenge. This guy's like a nerdy Charles Bronson.

0:52.3

Today we're covering exoplanets how life spreads across the universe,

0:56.0

and what Mark heard on a Navy submarine that the government won't talk about.

1:00.0

Oh, he spent some time with semen.

1:02.0

Stop that.

1:03.0

What?

1:04.0

And Mark has a theory that might explain how UFOs actually move, without engines.

1:09.0

And I'm telling you, it's a good theory and backed by real science.

1:12.6

There's also a three-night encounter at his house involving knocking, a flash of light,

1:18.6

and something in his sinus that he can't explain.

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