July 13, 2025 — Roswell Mock Trial: Christopher Johnston, J.D.

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🗓️ 12 July 2025

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Summary

Gene and cohost Tim Swartz present a unique approach to evaluating the 1947 Roswell, NM UFO event: a mock trial. The guest is Christopher Johnston, J.D., a renowned trial attorney and Certified Civil Trial Specialist based at the Law Group of Iowa in Des Moines. He has held a lifelong fascination with UFOs, and this passion has resulted in the publication of his first novel, "Roswell: The Truth on Trial: The Evidence Speaks – You Decide." The novel has been described by D. Boeke, a Senior Researcher with the U.S. Department of Energy (Ret.), as, “The X-Files meets Law and Order!” Beyond the courtroom, Chris, a Founding Member of The Hollywood Disclosure Alliance, is also a lifelong Ufologist with a background in both astrobiology and space law. He has completed certificate coursework in Astrobiology and earned a Certificate in Space Law through the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), bridging the gap between scientific inquiry and legal accountability in the expanding domain of space exploration. Chris is a contributing member of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) and has authored multiple articles for the MUFON Journal, including The Infratempestrial Hypothesis—a provocative exploration of ancient terrestrial intelligence's and their role in shaping humanity’s understanding of the UFO phenomenon. This episode focuses not just on the Roswell trial, but on this fascinating look at the UFO mystery. His website: lawgroupofiowa.com/blog/putting-roswell-on-trial-a-legal-look-at-ufo-evidence-and-government-claims

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0:00.0	You're in the Paracast. You're in the Paracast, the gold standard of paranormal radio.
0:28.2	And now, here's Gene Steinberg.
0:33.1	Court is in session.
0:35.9	Speaking for, I don't know, the defense or the prosecution,
0:39.3	is Christopher Johnston.
0:41.3	And he is author of a book which obviously is fiction.
0:46.3	And of course, it's the main title, is Roswell.
0:49.3	The truth on trial, the evidence speaks, you decide.
0:53.3	Okay? So it's another Roswell book.
0:56.0	But in this case, Christopher, you create a pseudo or foul trial to evaluate the evidence?
1:05.0	Right. I think the easiest way to describe it would be it is a historical mock trial.
1:12.6	And there's a handful out that I've seen them before about like the sinking of the Titanic, things like that.
1:18.6	So it's a historical mock trial, but I think one thing that's really important in my book,
1:24.6	well, a couple things are important, but as it pertains to accuracy, although the book is
1:30.1	fiction, all the witness testimony that is in the book, so be it General Amy, Jesse Marcel,
1:36.9	you know, all the players in my book, I didn't make up any of their testimony.
1:41.9	Everything that you read that they said, I pulled from previous
1:45.9	interviews that those folks had made. So it's very accurate to what they said. Now, the whole deal
1:53.0	with the jury is they got to decide if what they said is true or not. But I took only previous
1:58.4	quotes already made. And I wrote the book around that.
2:02.7	Carl Flock and Philip Class?
2:04.8	Yes.
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