Episodes

  • The Light Gate Episode #082: Frank C. Feschino Jr. (author/researcher)
    Apr 25 2026
    Tonight we welcome researcher and author, Frank C. Feschino Jr. to The Light Gate. This is one episode you will not want to miss. Frank is so amazing and the research he has done (and continues to do) is monumental.

    Frank C. Feschino, Jr. is a graduate of the Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, where he studied illustration, commercial art, and photography. He was trained by several world-famous artists including Kenneth Davies, Rudolph Zallinger and John Massimino and earned his four-year Fine Arts diploma in 1981. Feschino later moved to Florida where he studied film and video production at Phillips Jr. College in Daytona Beach and was trained by Hollywood camera operator Rich Davis. In 1994, Frank graduated with an Associates Degree in Film and Video Production and a minor in Business.

    While visiting family in Braxton County in the early 1990s, Feschino became aware of the "Flatwoods Monster" UFO crash incident in Braxton County that occurred on September 12, 1952 and began to investigate it. This case reportedly involved a UFO and its alien occupant, a 12-foot-tall armor-clad being that crash-landed on a farm in Flatwoods and encountered a curious group of local townspeople shortly after. Subsequently, he began an in-depth investigation into this case, which lasted decades and reveals a massive UFO cover-up implemented by the United States government. After decades of research and investigating the case, Feschino wrote a groundbreaking book that chronicles his investigation into the famous "Flatwoods Monster" incident. It is titled, "The Braxton County Monster - The Cover-up of the Flatwoods Monster Revealed," which was later released into an "Updated and Revised" edition as his investigation continued and additional information obtained.

    Frank has guest appeared on many West Virginia television talk shows, TV news broadcasts and radio programs and was also featured in the first-ever "Flatwoods Monster" cover story and feature article of UFO Magazine. The author/illustrator and UFO investigator also appeared in an episode of "Monster Quest" on the HISTORY CHANNEL that featured the "Flatwoods Monster" and "Frametown Monster" incidents of 1952. Additionally, Feschino produced a documentary that he wrote, shot and narrated, which focuses on his investigation into the "Flatwoods Monster" case and appears on you tube. After spending decades in search of the truth, Frank C. Feschino, Jr. has become the genuine authority on the "Flatwoods Monster" incident and UFO events of September 12, 1952.

    Frank is also the author of the highly acclaimed book, “Shoot Them Down! The Flying Saucer Air Wars of 1952. Today, Frank Feschino, Jr. continues to be involved in UFO his research and currently resides in central Florida.


    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #081: Debz Shakti (experiencer & QHT Hypnotherapist)
    Apr 24 2026
    Tonight, The Light Gate welcomes back Debz Shakti, professional Quantum Hypnotherapist, and Open Channel, offering many other services, including ET Contact & Paranormal Experience Counseling, Energy Alchemy, and extremely accurate Psychic readings. Debz has been on our show before, and she always has so much interesting and new information to share.

    She lovingly hosts a long-standing, local CE-5 Contact & Consciousness group, and is an active member of several international CE-5 Contact teams, leading retreats and researching the infinite nature of Consciousness. She is the Associate Producer of the new, top-rated film, “Alien Abduction: Answers.” Her work as the Quantum Hypnotherapist assisting John Yost, the filmmaker, on his path of self-discovery, as well as the other Experiencers in the film is highly featured. She has many decades of professional service, working with this special population, as well as with people from all walks of life who are seeking self-discovery and clarity about the nature of Consciousness.

    Debz is also the host of The Hidden Variables Podcast, presenting interesting guests from all walks of life who help make our world a better place, and The Vortex, a free, online group where Experiencers of all types of phenomena can gather to share stories, learn coping and enhancement techniques, and support one another. Debz Shakti was born with most Psi gifts - what she affectionately calls her "super powers" switched on. She also cherishes a lifetime of daily (almost constant) contact with the various forms of Non-Local Consciousness, including ETs, Inter-Dimensionals, Orbs, Celestials, Ultra-Terrestrials, and more. She has always perceived and been able to live/work multi-dimensionally. She channels the ultra-wise group entity known as the Star Teachers, as well as other highly advanced Beings, who say they are US, having evolved to a much higher, more positive and co-creative frequency.

    Debz works with many types of Energy Healing modalities, and is a lifelong Yogi and Yoga, Breath Work, Meditation, Mantra Teacher. She also spent much of her life as a competitive athlete, and is a former National Champion Martial Artist, published author and much more. Debz Shakti loves everyone, our planet and everything that makes up LIFE! She is doing her best to work her purpose/dharma - to assist as many as possible to become consciously, balanced and sustained in Self-Awareness. Most of all, to BE, share and teach LOVE.

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #080: Stephen Bassett (disclosure advocate)
    Apr 23 2026
    Tonight, The Light Gate welcomes back Stephen Bassett, pioneering and influential UFO researcher and disclosure advocate. Stephen has so much new information to share in this ever-changing area of ufology.

    Stephen has spoken to audiences in 20 countries about the political implications of UAP/ET phenomena and Disclosure - the formal confirmation by heads of state of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race. He is co-founder of the Hollywood Disclosure Alliance and executive director of Paradigm Research Group, a 501c3 non-profit providing education, consulting, analysis, and political activism for a post-Disclosure world. His advocacy work has been well covered by national and international media including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Washington Post and New York Times. Bassett has appeared in many documentary films and his lectures and interviews are well represented on YouTube. In 2013 PRG organized and conducted a "Citizen Hearing on Disclosure" at the National Press Club in Washington. In November of 2014 PRG launched a two-year political initiative out of Washington, DC that injected the ET issue into the 2016 presidential campaign.

    In December 2023, Steve Co-Founded The Hollywood Disclosure Alliance in Los Angeles, a new, media-centric organization aiming to align those working within the UAP/ET research arena with writers/directors/producers working across every facet of the global entertainment industry. PRG recently launched an activist project - Shift Storm - seeking UAP hearings as soon as possible before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Tonight, Stephen will discuss the latest developments of the ongoing Congressional hearings and movements towards ending the truth embargo on the subject of UFOs and UAPS.

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 53 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #079: Mike Clelland (experiencer, author, researcher)
    Apr 22 2026
    Tonight, "The Light Gate" welcomes researcher, author, illustrator, podcaster, and experiencer, Mike Clelland. Tonight we are going to be talking about Mike's area of expertise, the connections between owls and UFOs. So interesting! You will be amazed.

    Mike is an illustrator and expert backpacker teaching techniques, everything from how to cook, how to climb, how to survive and more. He is the author of the highly praised book, The Messengers, in which he explores the mysterious connections between owls, synchronicities, UFO abductions. In fact, it was his own firsthand experiences with these elusive effects that have been the foundation of his research.

    Besides "The Messengers," he has written the companion book, "Stories from the Messengers" which continues his research into the owl connection. Also "Hidden Experience" about his own personal experiences. As he says, "I about the most difficult time of my life as it was happening, and posted it on a blog. I'd been confronted with a chain of strange events that all pointed to one thing, and I was forced to ask myself, 'Am I a UFO abductee?"

    Most recently he wrote the novel, "The Unseen," which is a paranormal thriller about a town full of mysteries and secrets, ghosts and premonitions and more! He is also podcaster, and hosted "The Unseen" on Whitley Strieber's Unknown Country website, and has appeared on Coast to Coast and most of the major UFO/paranormal podcasts, including now, this one.

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #078: Kathleen Marden (researcher/author/experiencer)
    Apr 21 2026
    Tonight, The Light Gate welcomes back author, researcher, and experiencer Kathleen Marden for another appearance on the show! Kathleen is one of our favorite guests on the show. She always has so many inateresting stories to share.

    Kathleen Marden’s insatiable interest in UFOs and ET contact began in 1961, when her aunt and uncle Betty and Barney Hill had a close encounter and UFO abduction in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. As a family member, Kathleen gained firsthand knowledge of Betty’s and Barney’s UFO encounter on the day they arrived home and two days later she, her parents, and siblings visited the Hill’s home. She has devoted years to painstaking investigation of the Hills' anomalous events and archival research on their UFO abduction case.

    As the trustee of Betty’s estate, she selected files from Betty’s personal archival collection for a permanent collection at the Milne Special Collections Library, UNH Library, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. You will find her case study of the evidence in her book with Stanton Friedman, “Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience” (Updated in 2021).

    Since 1991 she has volunteered for the Mutual UFO Network in various positions such as Director of Field Investigator Training and Founder/Director of MUFON's Experiencer Resource Team. Over a ten-year period, Kathleen expanded her ERT team from three members to forty-five trained, seasoned specialists and attracted PhD and MD psychological and research consultants. Additionally, she sat on the Edgar Mitchell Free Advisory Board. In this period, she worked on three studies on nearly 5,000 experiencers (Marden-Stoner, Edgar Mitchell FREE, MUFON ERT).

    She is presently working on the “Marden-Barton Survey of Religious Belief and Extraterrestrial Life,” which is available on her website. She has appeared as an on-camera commentator on fifty-five television and video productions. Additionally, she has spoken on innumerable radio shows and podcasts and has lectured across the United States and to audiences in foreign countries.

    She has authored and coauthored numerous books and articles in UFO magazines and journals. Two of her books are available in foreign languages. She is the recipient of two major awards (MUFON and the International UFO Congress), for her years of dedicated work. Her books also include, The Alien Abduction Files, Forbidden Knowledge, Extraterrestrial Contact, Science Was Wrong, Fact, Fiction and Flying Saucers, True Stories of Alien Abduction, Making Contact and more. Some of her co-writers include Denise Stoner and Stanton Friedman.

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #077: Michael Schratt (Aerospace Historian and UFO crash/retrieval expert)
    Apr 20 2026
    Tonight, “The Light Gate,” welcomes back Michael Schratt. Michael is private pilot, military aerospace historian, longtime UFO researcher, lecturer, draftsman, an expert on classified ‘black projects,” UFO crash/retrievals, the government UFO coverup and more. In this show we will be discussing some classic historical UFO cases.

    Michael is the author of “DARK FILES: A Pictorial History of Lost, Forgotten and Obscure UFO Encounters.” He is a frequent guest on radio shows and podcasts. He has appeared on Coast to Coast and many other major podcasts, and regularly speaks at UFO conferences including, Contact in the Desert. His book, DARK FILES, presents 61 fully illustrated UFO encounters from around the world. These cases were obtained from real world "boots on the ground" research by gaining access to university archives, multiple UFO research centers, and private collections. All cases presented contain references so that the reader can verify them on their own. Every effort was taken to portray these cases accurately from eyewitness accounts and reports, thereby preserving an important part of our global history. This publication contains never before seen illustrations which make these historically significant UFO cases "come alive.” Tonight, Michael will be presenting a pictorial exploration of significant UFO cases throughout history!

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #076: Karen Swain, Spiritual Teacher, Mentor, experiencer
    Apr 19 2026
    Tonight, The Light Gate welcomes back KAren Swain, Experiencer, Spiritual Teacher, Mentor, Galactic Guide, radio/podcast host, author, inspirational speaker and must more. Karen’s life mission is to help enlighten others to recognize the power of their thoughts and beliefs and to live in alignment with their emotional guidance systems. She’s had a lifetime of extraterrestrial and paranormal experiences. We love having her on the show. She's always amazing.

    Writes KAren, “I’ve had access to exalted higher perspective all my life. Which meant I was always connected to guidance from my spiritual team. Something I didn’t realize as a youngster, as I just called this my common sense. Sometimes I would listen, but most of the time I didn’t, and did what I thought I wanted! Which ultimately lead me into much mischief and emotional turmoil. Something I have explored well in this life. I’ve been able to read people’s energy fields, know their thoughts, vibrational stance and see their fears, or dreams unfolding. I know who you are, why you are here and what you fear. I am aware of your soul plan and can communicate with your spiritual guides. When I first started meditating in my early twenties, I would see a Big Eye staring back at me as I closed my eyes. It was visceral, in colour and as real as looking in a mirror. I was told this is the all-seeing all-knowing eye, (Third-Eye 👁) which has access to broader perspective. I was being shown something about myself I didn’t quite understand at the time. I came in as a teacher of teachers, a seer and healer here to help you remember who you truly are. To awaken the difference makers, the light-weavers and the new world teachers remember their innate intuitive powers of creation and connection to source. To help you see and experience your life through the eyes of your soul’s plan. I am here to support the people who are here to make a difference and shift our world to the next level of human evolution.

    Karen is the founder at Blissful Beings Reminders from Home, Creator at Awakened by Death: Stories of Transformation, ( a book she co-authored with Cyrus Kirkpatrick) and Founder at Sydney Peace Day Festival. She has a growing youtube channel: Awakening and Expanding Consciousness. She resides in Sydney, Australia.

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • The Light Gate Episode #075: Dave Scott (experiencer/researcher/podcaster)
    Apr 18 2026
    Tonight, The Light Gate is delighted to welcome back Dave Scott, UFO, paranormal, and Bigfoot experiencer, researcher and more. We are going to be discussing Dave's amazing research into the mystery of Flight 21, and the unusual events that occurred during this investigation.

    Dave is the creator and host of Canada’s ‘Spaced Out Radio,’ running Monday through Friday nights at spacedoutradio.com. A former radio journalist, Dave graduated with a diploma in Broadcast Communications from one of Canada’s top Broadcasting Schools, BCIT, in 1998. Dave then spent nearly 10 years in radio, mostly working in sports, before leaving the field to pursue other interests.

    Dave’s personal quest into the unknown started in December of 2011, when he had contact from what he calls The Angel of Death, that he saw in his mother’s eyes, which led to his first channeling experience. After this incident, Dave’s personal experiences started becoming more frequent. Paranormal experiences. Premonitions started coming true. A Bigfoot sighting with two of the creatures within 100 feet of him. UFOs started appearing anytime he wanted, even though Dave had no idea what “summoning” was. Personal sightings of five extraterrestrial species, one who he’s nicknamed ‘Carl’.

    On November 30th, 2014, Dave launched ‘Spaced Out Radio’. Dave’s near decade as a journalist helped him craft his style of interview, making it comfortable and personal for his guests and listeners alike. He looks at himself as one of the only trained and experienced radio journalists, who is also a multiple experiencer of the unknown. Join Dave LIVE from 9PM-Midnight Pacific every weeknight on Spaced Out Radio.

    We love Dave, and after you hear his story, we're sure you will love him too!

    Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here.

    You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

    Have fun!
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    1 hr and 47 mins