Rafael Perez | The Time Aliens Possessed a Pilot

Things I Learned Last Night

Space Tim Media

Comedy, Education, History

4.6 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In 1976, a student pilot named Rafael Perez took off on what was supposed to be a simple solo flight from Mexico City. The plan was to circle a nearby lake, make a brief landing in an open field, and return to the airport. It was meant to last about an hour. But something went very wrong. Moments after takeoff, Rafael Perez disappeared from radar. Air traffic controllers couldn’t contact him. Hours later, his small Cessna appeared hundreds of miles away—over Acapulco—without enough fuel to have made the trip. That’s when things became even stranger. Things I Learned Last Night is an educational comedy podcast where best friends Jaron Myers and Tim Stone talk about random topics and have fun all along the way. If you like learning, and laughing a whole lot while you do, then you’ll love TILLN. Watch or listen to this episode today! Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tilln.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Episode link: https://tilln.com/rafaelperez Support TILLN & Join The Mailing List: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/tillnpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch The Barefoot Bandit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmRF4ZY7hy4 Text TILLN to 66866 to become a patron and gain access to ad-free episodes, the exclusive discord, and earn discounts on TILLN Merch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey man.
0:00.5	What's up?
0:01.2	Happy to be here.
0:02.2	Good.
0:02.7	Have you ever heard of Rafael Pacheco Perez?
0:08.0	Yes.
0:09.0	Really?
0:09.5	Rafael Pacheco.
0:11.1	Where do you?
0:11.9	Pacheco.
0:13.8	Is Pacheco a fighter?
0:16.1	Is that what I know that from?
0:18.2	Oh, you're going to, you're going to actually, you're probably going to want us to take this out, actually, the fact that you don't know, Isaiah Pacheco. That's why, is that what I'm thinking that from? That's what you know that. That's where you know. I'm gonna go. Perez. So, anyway, so he could...
0:38.2	As a professional pilot.
0:40.5	Okay, first of all, you're not a professional pilot.
0:42.2	You're an amateur pilot.
0:43.2	That is too sad to fly.
0:45.0	Too sad to fly.
0:48.0	My wings got clipped by my...
0:50.3	Things I learned last night. mine.
0:57.5	Things I learned last night.
1:06.3	What am I thinking of then?
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