This is Andrew Hall. You're listening to Dead Hand Radio, a podcast about the Cold War, its history,

and the effects it had on our culture, technology, and the future of our world. My guest today is host of that UFO podcast, Andy McGrellan.

Andy is a podcaster, Scottish by birth,

and currently lives in the northeast part of England with his wife and two

children.

Aside from being a podcaster, father and husband, Andy also has a lifelong interest in

UFOs and has interviewed many well-known members of the

UFO community. Andy and I met on Twitter of course, even though we live on different

continents the internet being the most powerful communication medium ever,

has made it possible to connect with people all around the world.

When I discovered that UFO podcast, I reached out to him because of my own fascination with

UFOs. After several texts I figured there's certainly enough Cold War related

UFO incidents worth diving into on this show and I invited

him on to discuss some of these events. This episode will focus on

UFOs and aliens and for listeners who tune in to hear about the Cold War don't run away just yet.

The Cold War era had many UFO sightings and alien encounters.

In fact, the UFO phenomena actually became popular during the Cold War.

To start the Roswell incident which occurred in 1947 involved the crash landing of an unidentified

craft in the New Mexico desert near the town of Roswell.

That incident was preceded by another very well known sighting just a few days earlier by Pilot Kenneth Arnold, who witnessed nine saucer-shaped craft flying

at unimaginable speeds in the skies of southern Washington between Mount Rainier and Mount Adams.

It was this encounter that resulted in the term Flying Sossers.

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