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Andrew Yang Podcast

Close Encounters with the Unknown

Andrew Yang Podcast

Andrew Yang & Audacy

Society & Culture

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Graves, a former Navy F/A-18 pilot, shares stories of close encounters (and near collisions) with UFOs off the coast of Virginia. With the recent Chinese spy balloon incident fueling renewed interest in UFOs/UAPs, Ryan joins Andrew to discuss shifting attitudes surrounding UFOs, the history of UFO sightings, and what we should do about them.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tpMkuwqBsxw

Follow Ryan Graves: https://youtube.com/@merged_podcast | https://twitter.com/uncertainvector

Follow Andrew Yang: https://forwardparty.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyang

Transcript

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0:00.0

People ask me all the time, you know, what do you think it is?

0:02.5

You know, what is it really?

0:04.1

And we're just not there.

0:05.9

We're not at a point where we can necessarily

0:07.9

draw conclusions on it.

0:09.5

Now, you've said it could be ours.

0:11.7

It could be someone else's on this planet,

0:13.7

or it could be something else that we have

0:15.5

and identify that is either from here, from somewhere else.

0:18.9

The end of the day for me, this is very simple.

0:21.0

It's either a national security aviation safety issue,

0:23.6

and we need to deal with that with the mechanisms we have.

0:26.5

Or it's something else, and we need

0:27.9

to have the scientific integrity and the bravery

0:30.9

to go look at and explore it, regardless of the results.

0:33.9

MUSIC

0:55.9

It is my pleasure to welcome to the podcast

0:59.9

for our next podcast,

1:01.9

former Navy fighter pilot, engineer by training,

1:04.9

and now founder of Americans for Safe or Aerospace.

1:08.9

Ryan Graves, welcome, Ryan.

1:10.9

Hey, Andrew, thanks for having me here.

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