Across the UK, across continental North America, and around the world on the internet by webcast

and by podcast, my name is Howard Hughes, and this is the return of the unexplained.

Now, I can't tell you as I'm recording these words, things here in London pretty dramatic

we have got a spring storm and I mean a big one. Just kicking off here, I'm looking

out of the window, and the rain is starting to throw itself at the window, hopefully you

can't hear it. I've taken steps to try and make sure that you don't, and leaves and little

bits of branches and things like that are coming this way. I'm very, very unusual for

May here, but that's the way things are. I'll keep you posted as we record. Thank you very

much for all of your emails, I've had some great ones lately. Albert, who asked me about

Howard Hughes, my name's Sake, the American multi-billionaire, asked if I was in any way related.

But I think just looking at my surroundings proves the point that I'm in no way related

to Howard Hughes. I wouldn't be living here and I wouldn't be working if I was, but

it's a lovely thought that I've often entertained. If you've sent an email recently, thank you very

much for it. You can always email me through my website, the unexplained.tv, follow the

link and send me an email from there and thanks to Adam for maintaining, creating, being

the driving force behind the website and getting these shows out to you. Thank you to Haley

for booking the guest. Want to do two things on this edition of the unexplained? First

of all, I want to let you hear a conversation that I actually had last night on my radio

show with former BBC Space and Science editor David Whitehouse. We were reflecting the

life and times of a wonderful man. I think that's the only way I can describe him. Michael

Collins, the command module pilot of Apollo 11, the mission of course that went to the moon

first. Michael Collins was the guy who had to stay behind. The more I researched him,

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