Sam Maranto

For 14 years, Sam Maranto has been the State Director for Illinois MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) and a certified field Investigator for over 20 years. Sam has been involved in two major mass sighting investigations (Tinley Park and Rockford) as well as numerous other investigations throughout a period of over 10 years. His research into the UFO phenomenon started in 1964. He is also a UFO witness and had his first sighting in 1959. The latest sighting was in May, 2003 in Orland Park. Sam has been an Independent Insurance Broker for 39 years.

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  • Intuitive Luck / UAP Hearings & Sightings

    Investigative reporter Randall Fitzgerald discussed ways to use intuitive luck. Followed by Sam Maranto of Illinois MUFON on UFO investigations and congressional hearings.More »
  • Movies, Counter Culture, & Zen

    Actor and narrator Peter Coyote discussed his film career, 1960s and '70s counterculture, and his work as a Zen Buddhist priest. Certified Field Investigator Sam Maranto updated his work on Chicago UFO sightings in the first hour.More »
  • Mid-West UFO SIghtings & Tinley Park Lights / Open Lines

    Illinois MUFON Director Sam Maranto, along with witness and investigator T.J. Japcon, discussed the Tinley Park UFO sighting, which involved a trio of color-shifting orbs that moved across the horizon before a crowd of witnesses. Open Lines followed.More »
  • Chicago UFOs & Sleep Talking

    In a special evening of Open Lines, George created a hotline for those who've observed people talking in their sleep or done so themselves.More »
  • UFO Cases

    During the first half of Friday's show, UFO investigator Peter Davenport of the National UFO Reporting Center presented new UFO cases. Joining him on the program were MUFON field investigators Sam Maranto and Vic Conner, who discussed a peculiar mass sighting of three red lights...More »