By Tim Binnall
UFOs and religion, the Ouija board, and the legend of Atlantis were among the fascinating topics explored this past week on Coast to Coast AM. Meanwhile, at the C2C website, we told you about an eerie figure filmed by police in Colombia, a 'pet tarot' craze taking South Korea by storm, and UFO summoning in Arizona that went wildly awry. Check out our round-up of highlights from the past week ... In Coast You Missed It.
The Ouija board took center stage on Monday night's program as psychotherapist Karen A. Dahlman shared insights from her decades of research into the infamous divination device. Stressing the importance of intention and respect when using the board, she asserted that the Ouija can be used to not only contact spirits, but also otherworldly beings that may have never manifested in the physical plane. Dahlman mused that the movement of the planchette is akin to a dance between the user's subconscious and external energies; she advised "practice, patience, and perseverance" to master the technique. Once one believes they have made a connection, she suggested advancing beyond yes/no questions to open-ended inquiries to fully develop a conversation.
A pair of spooky videos seemingly showing eerie mysterious figures popped up on our radar this past week, beginning with a weird case out of Colombia. Filmed by a pair of police officers on an overnight patrol in the city of Medellín, the strange video shows what appears to be a shadow figure stalking down the street towards the cops. Later in the week, a similarly strange anomaly was filmed by a security camera in Honduras. The puzzling footage showed a ghostly figure clad in white slowly entering the yard of a home, lingering for a few moments, and then leaving the scene. Some viewers suggested the interloper was a ghost, but others argued that the 'spirit' was simply a would-be thief wearing a disguise.
The UFO phenomenon was once again a hot topic of conversation on Coast to Coast AM this past week with a pair of programs exploring the enduring enigma. First, on Sunday night's show, Professor Diana Walsh Pasulka discussed the convergence of UFOs and religious experience. She noted that faith traditions have long included instances of humans interacting with non-human intelligence and argued that religion provides a framework for understanding anomalous events. Then, on Wednesday night's program, documentary filmmaker James Fox reflected on his decades-long pursuit of UFO disclosure and the current state of that effort, including the ongoing release of government files about the phenomenon.
Two decidedly different takes on fortune telling wound up in the news this past week. In South Korea, it was revealed that soothsayers have seen a surge in business as the country's increasing number of pet owners have begun enlisting mystics to provide tarot card readings for their furry friends. While some consider the practice to be a bit of fun, others believe the sessions provide insight into the animal's mind and troubles it may be experiencing that cannot be detected by veterinarians. Conversely, Japanese netizens were warned against engaging with online psychics due to a new trend of AI chatbots posing as fortune tellers and specifically trained to gain a victim's trust before fleecing them
Atlantis was in the spotlight on Saturday night's program as writer Sian Ingham talked about the enduring legend that has tantalized people for centuries. He posited that, rather than being a real place, the apocryphal lost world was really an allegory meant to serve as Plato's commentary on the political state of Athens at the time. Ingham indicated that it was not until the 19th century that some came to believe that Atlantis had genuinely existed, fueled in part by the discovery of Troy, which had also once been considered merely a myth. The tale continued to evolve from there, he explained, helped by the writings of Helena Blavatsky and the Theosophical movement, until it became the fantastic concept we know today.
Several stories surrounding UFOs spawned headlines this past week, including two instances wherein witnesses filmed some rather curious aerial anomalies. First, in Nevada, a family was left scratching their heads at the sight of three odd orbs that appeared in the sky. Similarly awestruck were multiple people in an Argentine coastal city who observed mysterious lights moving around off the country's coast. Meanwhile, an auction house in England announced the forthcoming sale of a remarkably rare 1953 letter in which a South African woman wrote to her British friend about her recent flying saucer sighting. Finally, in Arizona, a UFO summoning event wound up conjuring the cops when dozens of participants were reported for wandering onto a private country club golf course.
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