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Hello listeners. During the history of this show, I've highlighted several major Canadian UFO events and in doing so have attempted to focus on the more reasonable discourse that surrounds them.

I'm thinking about past episodes like the ones about Shag Harbor, Falcon Lake and Clarenville, Newfoundland.

In my opinion, these are some of Canada's most deserving of intelligent discussion and public attention.

But admittedly, they're something they all lack. And I'm of course talking about that tabloid intrigue that features shadowy figures risking life and limb to expose an even shadowy or government cover up.

Well, tonight's UFO case may not be as credible as Canada's big ones. But what it lacks in proof, it makes up for 10 times in pure, unadultered sci-fi tropes.

The carp case, which is also known as the Guardian case, is easily among Canada's most infamous UFO stories.

Although the meat and potatoes of the story is widely considered to be a hoax, it was effective enough to have the story and its central figures featured on a long list of high-profile television documentaries.

The carp Ontario UFO case widely centers on an anonymous whistleblower using the name Guardian, who for a period of time in the late 80s and the early 90s sent strange packages to UFO researchers around the world,

claiming that the world's governments were attempting to cover up the crash of an extraterrestrial craft just outside of Ottawa.

The packages included a rambling manifesto, photographs of what was said to be aliens, and perhaps most interesting, it included a VHS tape that contained video of what was supposed to be a landed flying saucer.

Despite significant attempts at the time, the Guardian, nor any evidence of an extraterrestrial craft were ever discovered, but people sure tried.

In fact, they're still trying today. This case, the carp or Guardian case, is just now almost 30 years later, about to get its moment in the sun.

CBC has just premiered its documentary on the case, titled UFO Town, and, well, it's as fascinating as this bizarre story, and we're about to get into it tonight.

Our guest is just the fella to walk us through this case. At present day, Ian Rogers is an author, but in the early 90s, when the investigation into the Guardian case was active, Ian was a teenage UFO investigator,

well, he managed to walk right into the middle of one of Canada's most bizarre cases. It was filled with egos, half truth, and, of course, allegations of an intergalactic cover-up playing out in small town Ontario.

The CBC documentary, UFO Town, was largely based on Ian's research on the case.

And tonight, in this episode of Ninth Time, Ian Rogers is going to walk us through his experiences with the carp Ontario, aka the Guardian, UFO Case.

Ian, I'm so happy to have you on the show. I guess now you're not only a UFO investigator, but you're like a budding TV star.

I think we're about two or three days out from you being a certified UFO TV star. Is that fair to say?

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