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The Ripple Effect Podcast

Episode 487: The Ripple Effect Podcast (Ralph Blumenthal | Whistleblowers, UFO Programs & Alien Encounters)

The Ripple Effect Podcast

Ricky Varandas

Society & Culture, 6, Philosophy, Bryan, Carlin, Callen, Dave, Bill

4.6603 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Ralph Blumenthal is an author and the investigative journalist, who along with Leslie Kean, broke the story about the Pentagon's mysterious U.F.O. program with United States Air Force officer and former intelligence official, whistleblower David Grusch.

Ralph was a reporter for The New York Times from 1964 to 2009, and has written seven books based on investigative crime reporting and cultural history. His latest book The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack was published by High Road Books of the University of New Mexico Press. It’s the first biography of Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard Psychiatrist Dr. John E. Mack (1929-2004) who risked an esteemed career to investigate stupefying accounts of human abductions by aliens. Ralph and his wife, Deborah, have collaborated on a nonfiction picture book for children, “UFOhs!

RALPH BLUMETHAL
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ralphblu
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NY TIMES ARTICLE: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html?_r=0

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believe in the ripple effect.

0:25.6

The ripple fact. I'm I'm I'm

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I'm

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I'm

0:40.3

I'm What's up, what's up?

1:09.7

Another episode of Ripple Effect podcast.

1:11.5

Of course, I'm your host, Ricardo Vrendous.

1:13.5

Let me try that again.

1:14.6

Ricardo Rundas, also known as Rick Rannis, in a great episode for you today.

1:19.2

Today we have an amazing, amazing conversation with Ralph Blumethal.

1:24.2

And Ralph is a long-time investigative journalist and best-selling author. He was also part of the 2017 article, New York Times article, that brought the UFO conversation into the mainstream by exposing the secret UFO Pentagon program. He's also the author of an amazing book called The Believer, Alien Encounters, Heart Science,

1:47.0

and the Passion of Dr. John Mack.

1:49.8

And if you're not familiar with John Mack, it's a fascinating story of how a popular, famous

1:54.6

Harvard psychologist got involved in the UFO alien encounter conversation.

2:00.4

So we're going to talk about that New York Times article, all the Pentagon whistleblowers,

2:05.6

the secret Pentagon UFO program.

2:08.1

We're going to talk about how Ralph went from a investigative journalist that was writing

2:13.1

and reporting on mafia crimes and war crimes to an investigated journalist that is now writing

2:20.5

about UFOs and alien encounters.

2:24.1

Ralph and his wife also wrote an amazing UFO children's book, and I'll put links to that

2:29.4

and all his work in the show description.

2:31.3

But before we get into this amazing discussion with Ralph

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