Bio

Tom Van Flandern received his Ph.D. degree in Astronomy from Yale University. He spent 20 years at the U.S. Naval Observatory, where he became the Chief of the Celestial Mechanics Branch. In 1991, Tom formed Meta Research, to foster research into ideas not otherwise supported solely because they conflict with mainstream theories in Astronomy and he is also the editor of the Meta Research Bulletin.

During the past few years, he has been a Research Associate at the University of Maryland Physics Department and a consultant to the Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, MD, working on improving the accuracy of the Global Positioning System (GPS). In addition, Tom organizes the Eclipse Edge Expeditions to optimal solar eclipse viewing sites. He has been honored by a prize from the Gravity Research Foundation; served on the Council of American Astronomical Society's Division on Dynamical Astronomy; taught astronomy at the University of South Florida and to Navy Department employees; and been a consultant to NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.

Past Shows

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UFO Disclosure & Mars Theories

UFO disclosure was addressed by two guests. In the second hour, Disclosure Project witness Dan Willis shared his testimony that he presented at the 2001 conference. In 1969, he was a code operator and translated a coded message from a Navy ship off... more >>
Host: George Noory

Planet Theories & Mars

Research astronomer Tom Van Flandern discussed his exploded planets hypothesis, Big Bang theories, Mars artifacts, and the proposed changes in descriptions of our planetary line up. The definition of a planet is somewhat arbitrary he pointed out in... more >>
Host: George Noory

Deep Impact Special

A variety of guests shared their insights on the momentous Deep Impact mission and the results of the probe's collision with Comet Tempel 1 which occurred the night before. First off, Dr. Sky (aka Steve Kates) offered some background into comets and... more >>
Host: George Noory

Paranormal Bigfoot

Jon-Erik Beckjord (bigfoot.org), the Director for The Bigfoot Investigation Project, discussed his first-hand research into the mystery of Sasquatch, which he believes is paranormal in origin. "Bigfoot talked to me," Beckjord revealed. He said he heard... more >>
Host: George Noory

Mars & Exploded Planets

"There is evidence that the solar system started out with 12 planets of which only six remain today," said maverick astronomer Tom Van Flandern (metaresearch.org) when he appeared on Monday's show. Van Flandern was speaking about his Exploded Planet hypothesis,... more >>
Host: George Noory