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Think Anomalous is an independent media producer and publisher devoted to increasing the public's understanding of anomalous phenomena. We survey the most credible research in anomalistics and make it accessible in the new media environment.

  1. MAY 13

    UFO Disclosure? Part 3 - AARO, Grusch, and the UFO Crash Myth

    Since my previous videos on the subject, there have been many more developments in the push for UFO disclosure - including renewed focus on UFO crash retrieval stories - and several more alleged whistleblowers. However, as I argued in previous videos, none of these developments should inspire confidence that we will learn anything new about UFOs, and some of the “whistleblowers,” I think, are not to be trusted. In this third installment in my “disclosure” series, I will argue that we may be witnessing the birth of a new mythology for the coming American space age. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript, sources & audio: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/ufo-disclosure3.html Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Research and draft writing by Clark Murphy and Jason Charbonneau. Music by Filip Grönlund. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain. Some sources: AARO, https://www.aaro.mil, Accessed April, 2026. Brennan, Mike. “Congressional Hearing Reveals Image Of Cruise Ship-Sized UFO Flying Underneath Commercial U.S. Jet,” Mitechnews.com, May 1st, 2025. Brewer, Jack. “DIA Releases More AAWSAP Files”, March 25, 2022. Brewer, Jack. “DIA FOIA Search Finds No Correspondence With Elizondo Pertaining to AATIP” June 29, 2021. Chouhan, Mahipal Singh. “Who is Lue Elizondo? The ex-Pentagon official behind the controversial ‘1,000-foot UFO’ photo.” Hindustantimes.com. May 03, 2025. Dietrich, Alex. Appears in “UFOs and The Military: A Combat Pilot's Experience with The Unknown | Alex Dietrich,” American Veterans Center, March 18, 2025. Dvorak, Petula. “Comment: How a UFO changed life of working mom, fighter pilot” Heraldnet.com, May 26, 2021. Dwilson, Stephanie. “Congressman Speaks Out: AARO Hiding Truth About UFO Sighting in Florida,” PostapocalypticMedia.com, April 27, 2024. Dwilson, Stephanie. “Fugal’s Proof Disproves Kirkpatrick’s Denial of Secret Skinwalker Ranch Meeting,“ PostapocalypticMedia.com, May 27, 2024. Greenewald, John. “The Black Vault’s AAWSAP/AATIP and Post 2017 UAP/UFO Timeline Project,” January 21, 2023. Greenewald, John. “Pentagon Releases AARO Report on ‘Go Fast’ Video Analysis,” The Black Vault, February 10, 2025. Greenewald, John. “DoD Report Says Aguadilla UFO Was Just Sky Lanterns; Previous Scientific Studies Claim Otherwise.” TheBlackVault.com. March 20, 2025. Greenewald, John. “Defense Department Emails Confirm 2017 UAP Briefings, Further Clarify Luis Elizondo’s Role in AATIP,” TheBlackVault.com, May 28, 2025. Kaufmann, Bill. “Nearly six decades after seminal Montana UFO incidents, air force vets brief Pentagon”, CalgaryHerald.com, March 26, 2023. Randall, T.K. “'1,000ft UFO' photo shown at UAP hearing has already been debunked,” unexplained-mysteries.com, May 6, 2025. Scientific Coalition of UAP Studies, “2013 Aguadilla Puerto Rico UAP Incident: A Detailed Analysis,” Aug 15, 2018. Schectman, Joel, and Aruna Viswanatha. “The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America’s UFO Mythology,” Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2025. Salas testimony, “Incident at Malmstrom - Captain Robert Salas / Disclosure Project Witness Testimony Archive,” Abundance of Energy, June 21, 2013, YouTube video, 25:09. Tingley, Brett. “NASA UFO report finds no evidence of 'extraterrestrial origin' for UAP sightings” September 14, 2023. “Understanding UAP: Science, National Security & Innovation (House Oversight and Government Reform)”, UAP Disclosure Fund, YouTube video, 3:28:37, May 7, 2025. Walsh, Marcus. “Is the Tic Tac ours? UAP experts clash over Lockheed Martin claims and secret tech” July 16, 2025. Wright, Kevin. “Using the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon is Gaslighting the Public on UFOs—Again” June 7, 2025.

  2. 05/10/2025

    Shag Harbour UFO “Crash,” 1967

    In 1967, witnesses in Nova Scotia, Canada, saw something appear to crash into the waters off of Shag Harbour, then watched it travel out to sea. The case is notable for involving a UFO that appeared to travel underwater, and for prompting a secretive investigation - and subsequent coverup - from the US and Canadian militaries. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript & sources: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/Shag-Harbour-UFO.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Correction: At 17:30 the narration mistakenly states “1998” when it should be 1988. Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by V.R. Laurence (https://vrlaurence.com). Research and draft script by Clark Murphy. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Selected Sources: “Canada's Roswell Mystery at Shag Harbour.” UFO Files. Season 3, Episode 5. 44 minutes. https://imdb.com/title/tt0761646, https://youtube.com/watch?v=-YcAfHN6zdQ. Condon, Edward. Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects. New York: Colorado University Press, 1969. https://archive.org/details/scientificstudyo0000cond. Ledger, Don and Chris Styles. Dark Object: The World’s Only Government-Documented UFO Crash. Dell Publishing, New York, NY, USA: 2001. MacDonald, Michael, director. The Shag Harbour UFO Incident. 2000. Ocean Entertainment Limited. 48 min. https://imdb.com/title/tt0386022. Styles, Chris and Graham Simms. Impact to Contact: The Shag Harbour Incident. Arcadia House Publishing, Halifax, NS, Canada: 2013. This podcast uses sound effects downloaded from stockmusic.com. UFO Case Review contains sound design with elements downloaded from Freesound.org. Typewriter_2rows.wav, Uploaded by Fatson under the Attribution License.

  3. 12/03/2024

    Tiwanaku: Ruins of a Lost Civilization

    Tiwanaku is a megalithic stone site in Bolivia that mainstream archeologists believe was erected around the sixth century CE. However, the advanced quality of the stonework, as well as a few clues in the remaining carvings, suggest that Tiwanaku may, in fact, be a monument to a lost civilization thousands of years before the Incas. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript & audio: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/tiwanaku.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Research and draft writing by Clark Murphy. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Selected Sources: Andrade, Marco A. B., Anne L. Bernassau, and Julio C. Adamowski. “Acoustic levitation of a large solid sphere.” Applied Physics Letters, Volume 109, Issue 4. July 26, 2016. Hancock, Graham. Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization. New York, NY, USA: Crown Publishers, 1995. Hancock, Graham. Heaven's Mirror: Quest for the lost civilization. New York, NY, USA: Crown Publishers, 1998. Hancock, Graham. Magicians of the Gods: The forgotten wisdom of Earth's lost civilisation. New York, USA: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2015. Janusek, John Wayne. Ancient Tiwanaku. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Puiu, Tibi. “Scientists levitate largest object yet with an acoustic tractor beam, might one day work for humans.” zmescience.com. January 22, 2018. Sample, Ian. “Archaeologists discover 'exceptional' site at Lake Titicaca.” The Guardian. April 1, 2019. Squier, Ephraim George. Peru: incidents of travel and exploration in the land of the Incas. New York, NY, USA: Harper, 1877. This podcast uses sound effects downloaded from stockmusic.com.

  4. 07/04/2024

    The Trickster and Anomalous Phenomena

    For well over a hundred years, western scholars have struggled to comprehend the prevalence of “trickster” tales in ancient and indigenous mythology. While these tales hold many, hotly debated meanings, recent research suggests that the trickster may, in part, be a coded representation of anomalous phenomena. Watch the video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcyLr480t1g Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript & sources: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/trickster.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Check out more from our illustrator, V.R. Laurence: https://vrlaurence.com Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by V.R. Laurence (https://vrlaurence.com). Some illustrations from earlier videos by Colin Campbell. Research by Jason Charbonneau. Assistance from Clark Murphy. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Selected sources: Babcock-Abrahams, Barbara. ”’A Tolerated Margin of Mess:’ Trickster Tales Reconsidered.” Journal of the Folklore Institute 11, no. 3 (March, 1975), 147-186. Bathgate, Michael. The Fox's Craft in Japanese Religion and Culture: Shapeshifters, Transformations, and Duplicities. New York: Routledge, 2004. Bennett, Jeffrey. When the Sun Danced. London: University of Virginia Press, 2012. Boas, Franz. “Introduction,” in J. Teit, Traditions of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia. Boston–New York, USA, 1898. Brinton, Daniel. “The Chief God of the Algonkins, in His Characters as a Chief and Liar.” American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal 7, (May 1885): 137 – 139. Brinton, Daniel. The Myths of the New World: A Treatise on the Symbolism and Methodology of the Red Race of America. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1896. Brown, Norman. Hermes the Thief: The Evolution of a Myth. Great Barrington, MA: Lindisfarne Press, (1947) 1990. Combs, Allan, and Mark Holland. Synchronicity: Science, Myth, and the Trickster. New York: Paragon House, 1990. Dixon, Roland B. Maidu Texts, Publications of the American Ethnological Society IV. Editor, Franz Boas. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1912. This podcast uses sound effects downloaded from stockmusic.com.

  5. 03/25/2024

    Carl Higdon Abduction, 1974

    In 1974, Carl Higdon met a strange, floating humanoid in the woods, and was taken inside a strange see-through structure, only to be literally dropped back down to Earth. Higdon’s case is a classic UFO abduction, but it may also shed light on other unexplained disappearances and deaths around the world. Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kP8eCbWHg-o Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript & sources: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/carl-higdon.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Sources: Bourke, Frank. “I was kidnapped by a UFO bubble.” Lafayette National Star. March 22, 1975. Article Reproduced in Sprinkle, “A Preliminary Report,” Flying Saucer Review 21, no. 3, 5-7. Dennett, Preston E. UFO healings: True Accounts of People Healed by Extraterrestrials. Mill Spring, NC, USA: Wildflower Press, 1996. Dennett, Preston E. The Healing Power of UFOs: 300 True Accounts of People Healed by Extraterrestrials. USA: Independently published, 2019. Higdon, Margery A. Alien Abduction of The Wyoming Hunter: First person story of Carl Higdon, October 25, 1974. USA, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 2017. Paulides, David, director. Missing 411: The U.F.O. Connection. 1hr, 33min. 2022. Sprinkle, R. Leo. “A Preliminary Report on the Investigation of an Alleged UFO Occupant Encounter.” Flying Saucer Review 21, no. 3, 3 - 5. November, 1975. Supernatural Girlz. “Carl & Margery Higdon | The Carl Higdon Alien Abduction Story.” Inception Radio Network. YouTube video, 1:13:36. November 2, 2017. https://youtu.be/789LVh-GF1Y. Taylor, Sue. “[article title unknown]”. Rawlins Daily Times (vol. LXXXVII, No. 204). October 29, 1974. Article Reproduced in Sprinkle, “A Preliminary Report,” Flying Saucer Review 21, no. 3, 4-5. “UFO Captives.” In Search Of. Season 3, Episode 1. September 14, 1978. Vallée, Jacques. Dimensions: A Casebook of Alien Contact. San Antonio, TX, USA: Anomalist Books, (1988) 2008. This podcast uses sound effects downloaded from stockmusic.com. UFO Case Review contains sound design with elements downloaded from Freesound.org. Typewriter_2rows.wav, Uploaded by Fatson under the Attribution License.

  6. 11/13/2023

    The Science of Near-Death Experiences

    Though western science has long rejected the idea of an immaterial self, modern research into near-death experiences, or NDEs, has now proven that many occur after the point of bodily death, and thus cannot be produced in the brain. Whether they are evidence of the soul, or some other undiscovered phenomenon, NDEs have put Western materialist scientists on the defensive, and led many researchers to embrace bold new theories of consciousness. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript & sources: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/near-death-experiences.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Check out more from our illustrator, V.R. Laurence: https://vrlaurence.com Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by V.R. Laurence (https://vrlaurence.com). Research and draft written by Barry Bates. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Sources: Corazza, Ornella. Near-Death Experiences: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection. London: Routledge, 2008. Du Monchaux, Pierre-Jean. Anecdotes de Médicine… Lille: Chez J. B. Henry, 1766. Egger, Victor. "Le moi des mourants." Revue Philosophique XLI (1896): 26–38. University of Virginia School of Medicine. “Faculty and Staff- Division of Perceptual Studies.” Accessed November 11, 2023. van der Sluijs, Marinus. “Three Ancient Reports of Near-Death Experiences: Bremmer Revisited.” Journal of Near-Death Studies 27, no. 4 (Summer 2009): 225-26. van Lommel, Pim. Endless consciousness: a concept based on scientific studies on near – death experience In Psychological Scientific Perspectives on Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences. New York, NY, USA: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009. van Lommel, Pim. “Near-death experiences: the experience of the self as real and not as an illusion.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1234 (2011): 19–28. Wahbeh, Helané, Dean Radin, Cedric Cannard, and Arnaud Delorme. “What if consciousness is not an emergent property of the brain? Observational and empirical challenges to materialistic models.” Frontiers 13 (September 7, 2022). This video uses sound effects downloaded from stockmusic.com.

  7. 08/14/2023

    The Zaragoza Goblin, 1934

    The so-called "Zaragoza Goblin," a voice that emanated from the walls of a Spanish apartment complex in 1934 , is a rare example of an anomalous entity encounter that seems to have involved no physical entity at all. The case provides strong evidence that consciousness is capable of existing outside the body, and makes us wonder whether other "supernatural" entities like angels and aliens are really anchored to their physical bodies at all. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/a6Lq3awNXfU Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/zaragoza-goblin.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by Colin Campbell. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain. Sources: The Times (London) Newspaper, Nov 24 - December 8. Video by Ghost Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeExnmHv6M4 Writeup By Ghost Theory: http://www.ghosttheory.com/2009/12/06/zaragoza-poltergeist-maniacal-voice-and-my-isolation

  8. 08/13/2023

    Zanfretta Abductions, 1978 - 1981

    Many of the "classic" cases of UFO and entity encounters come from the United States, leading debunkers to dismiss the UFO phenomenon as a creation of the American media. But some of the most fantastic and puzzling abductions occurred in Italy, to a security guard named Piero Fortunato Zanfretta. The abductions were thoroughly documented by his employer, the Italian military police, and a journalist named Rino DiStefano, and yet the details are almost too bizarre to believe. The beings that Zanfretta encountered are unique in the UFO literature, but their behaviours are not entirely unfamiliar in the longer history of anomalous encounters... CORRECTION: Marzano, the location of the first abduction, is not in Lombardy, but in Marzano di Torriglia, near Genoa, in the vale of river Bisagno. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/y0DgGADgAas Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/zanfretta-abductions.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by Colin Campbell. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Special Thanks to Rino DiStefano for reviewing the script and correcting a few inaccuracies, and to my patron, Alexander Torres, for his generous financial support. For more from DiStefano, visit his website: http://rinodistefano.com/en/ Source: Rino DiStefano. "The Zanfretta Case: Chronicle of an Incredible True Story." First International English Edition. CreateSpace Publishing, 2014.

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