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And now, here's Gene Steinberg.

So on this week's episode of The Parcast with Gene and Chris, we honor the passing of a major figure in UFO research by the name of Bud Hopkins.

Bud Hopkins was someone who had spent many years gaining fame, fortune, I don't know, as an abstract artist.

His passing, as a result of liver cancer and other problems, was noted by a large bio and obituary in the New York Times.

And you think someone who is considered prominent in UFO research meriting that,

it was a pretty fair article, as a matter of fact.

They mentioned his artistic background, how he got involved in UFO abduction research,

and some of the conclusions he'd reached.

Now, I have to tell you, I didn't know Bud Hopkins all that well.

He's been on the paracast, I guess, three or four I didn't know Bud Hopkins all that well. He's been on the

paracast, I guess, three or four times. I do know that he was ill, the last couple of times he

was on the show. I did, as a courtesy, excise all the coughing he did when he was talking. He

would frequently break into bouts of coughing. I didn't want to do that to him, you know.

So I cleaned up the recording and just out of respect, whether you agree with him or not.

I never met him. I talked to him on the phone once or twice, exchanged some correspondence.

That was about it. Didn't have a chance to meet him in person. And, you know, when the

Intruder's Foundation became active in New York City I was

already living and as a part of the world didn't have an opportunity but Chris you

had met but Hopkins from time to time over the years you know at various

conferences I would you know sit down and speak with him usually I'm usually, you know, with other groups of people.

I never had any one-on-one time of them. But one thing that I always noticed, he was just such a

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