Did Astronauts See UAPs - The Paranormal Podcast 938

The Paranormal Podcast

Jim Harold

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

What did the one of the first private astronauts really see during the dawn of commercial spaceflight? In this fascinating conversation, filmmaker Kevin Curran joins Jim to discuss Beyond Blue Sky: The Untold Story of the First Private Astronauts and the extraordinary experiences of astronaut Brian Binnie during the historic SpaceShipOne program. From high-risk experimental flights to mysterious glowing figures just days after a devastating crash, this is a story that blends aerospace history with one of the most compelling UFO encounters we’ve heard in years. Kevin shares the behind-the-scenes story of how the documentary came together, why Binnie chose to reveal his experience, and what other astronauts and test pilots may have encountered over the years. Along the way, Jim and Kevin explore the changing conversation around UAPs, disclosure, and what it all could mean for humanity’s place in the universe. Interestingly, this interview was recorded before the recent UAP file releases. During the conversation, Jim speculated that the Apollo astronauts may have witnessed things they never fully disclosed publicly, based on little breadcrumbs left over the years. Recent revelations appear to lend weight to those suspicions. No psychic powers required, Jim was just paying attention. A remarkable discussion that will leave you looking at the night sky a little differently. Beyond Blue Sky is currently available on Apple TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The story of the first private astronauts. What did they see? You'll be amazed. Up next on the
0:06.6	Paranormal podcast. Welcome to the paranormal podcast. I am Jim Harold, and we are honing in on our 21st
0:28.0	anniversary of doing this show. So thanks for being with us for all of those years. And this is one of the
0:34.5	most amazing stories we've covered. And frankly, I wasn't familiar with it until we got some outreach.
0:40.4	And we found out the story of this documentary.
0:44.5	It's called Beyond Blue Sky, the untold story of the first private astronauts.
0:49.3	And you're going to be amazed by what they saw.
0:53.3	And our guest today is the director of said documentary,
0:58.3	Kevin Kern. He was telling me before he was director of photography, editor, director,
1:04.4	wore many different hats and wore them very well during this. And Kevin has a very distinguished
1:09.8	background, including being, I believe,
1:12.3	director of photography on that famous TV series, Naked and Afraid. And he's taken on this story
1:18.3	of the first private astronauts and what was seen in the sky, some very strange things. Kevin,
1:25.7	welcome to the show, and thank you so much for joining us today. You've been
1:29.1	very gracious with your time. Thank you so much for having me, Jim, and I'm eager to share the
1:35.3	story with the world. So let's talk about this story. I mean, you know, you've worked for the big
1:41.5	companies in many different kind of areas and had a great career.
1:48.8	What got you interested in saying, hey, this is something I want to make a documentary on, and this is an important story.
1:56.0	How did you get looped into it?
1:58.7	It's a little bit of a story.
2:00.0	I'll try to make it concise, but basically I've been
2:02.4	a cinematographer for about 30 years in Los Angeles, and COVID came about. There was a lot of
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