Australian investigative journalist Ross Coulthart has been intrigued by UFOs since mysterious glowing lights were reported and filmed near New Zealand's Kaikoura mountains when he was a teenager. In the first half, he discussed his investigation into UAPs and UFOs, which is explored in his book and documentary "In Plain Sight." One of the early cases that fascinated Coulthart was the 1980 Rendlesham Forest incident, in which a strange sphere was observed near the Bentwaters military base in the UK. He interviewed witnesses who described seeing an intelligently controlled object hovering over where nuclear weapons were stored, and it was sending a light down, presumably scanning the area.
One of the Rendlesham witnesses, Sgt. Jim Penniston, described seeing a craft in the forest with hieroglyphic symbols and was said to receive a telepathic download at the time, he added. Coulthart recounted an October 1973 incident at the Harold Holt Naval Communication Station (jointly run by the US & Australia), wherein a dark, unidentified sphere hovered over the base during a DEFCON 3 situation. Coulthart also reacted to the recent US congressional hearing on UFOs (the first in over 50 years), commenting that he thought there was some deliberate evasion among witnesses. He expressed surprise that the witnesses were unfamiliar with the Eric Davis memo detailing his meeting with Admiral Wilson, which included a conversation about back-engineering UFO crash materials. For more check out, Coulthart's podcast series, Need to Know, that he hosts with Bryce Zabel.
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In the latter half, C2C's investigative reporter Cheryll Jones presented her interview with historian and archeologist Mark Olly. They delved into his new book Crystal Skulls and Human Heads, which explores the amazing qualities of quartz crystal and how elongated skulls and human heads from ancient civilizations may hold and reveal information about the human race and evolution and extinction. Regarding the elongated skulls in Paracas, Peru, Olly said that genetic testing on them showed they were not alien in nature but rather a recently extinct branch of the human species that lived around the globe. Because they presumably had a larger brain mass than modern humans, they may have been better stewards of the planet, he suggested.
Discussing crystal skulls, Olly told Cheryll that he believed only three genuine ancient crystal skulls exist, including the Mitchell-Hedges skull. The rest of them are likely copies or fakes, he remarked, noting that it's difficult to date objects made of crystal. According to lore, if twelve of the original ancient crystal skulls were brought together, they would create a powerful message or change. He connected this to new technology that allows information to be stored on silica glass discs. During the last hour, Cheryll and George took Open Lines calls.
News segment guests: Christian Wilde, Kevin Randle