Event Schedule

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Tuesday, September 8

9:00 AM-11:00 PM

EBE Film Festival Judging

This is the judging screening of the film finalists. Anyone can volunteer to be a judge as long as they plan to VIEW ALL ENTRIES!

Wednesday, September 9

10:45 AM-11:45 AM

Experiencer Session with Rebecca Hardcastle Wright

1:00 PM-1:15 PM

Conference Welcome & Announcements

Opening Announcements and This Year in UFO News with Karen Brard, President of Out of This World Media and Events Inc, and producer of The International UFO Congress, and Alejandro Rojas, UFO researcher, journalist, podcaster, and emcee.

1:15 PM-2:30 PM

Nick Pope: The British are Coming!

With the current focus on the Pentagon’s AATIP program, the US Navy sightings and related issues, the UFO community’s spotlight is understandably on the US. But what’s going on in the UK, where the British government quietly announced the release of further UFO files?

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

Chad Lewis: UFOs and Mysterious Creatures – Exploring possible correlations

For decades witnesses have reported spotting mysterious creatures before, during, or after sightings of UFOs. Are credible reports of weird lights accompanying these seemingly unknown creatures somehow related to the broader UFO phenomenon?

4:15 PM-5:30 PM

Salma Siddick: Interview- The Ruwa, Zimbabwe Ariel school Encounter

In 1994, Salma was one of sixty school children at the Ariel school in Zimbabwe who claim to have witnessed the landing of a strange craft in their schoolyard, in which unusual beings emerged and communicated with the children telepathically. Salma will participate in a one-on-one interview.

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Virtual Cocktail Hour, Prizes & entertainment!

Join us for a virtual cocktail hour and prizes with the organizers and select guests.

Thursday, September 10

7:45 AM-8:45 AM

Experiencer Session with Gwen Farrell, Experiencer Therapist

9:00 AM-10:15 AM

Deep Prasad: Complexities of Understanding Alien intelligences

It is difficult to understand the language, species-specific rules and biology of the diverse fauna of life found on Earth from octopii to humans. Understanding the language, species-specific rules and biology of Alien intelligences poses a set of similar challenges.

10:30 AM-11:45 AM

Stacey Wright and Marianne Robb (members of Phoenix MUFON) will relay both historical and real-time information on our planet’s main investigative source for UFOs: MUFON, and will explain how a sighting report progresses into an actual field investigation.

11:50 AM-1:05 PM

Workshop: Alejandro Rojas: In depth analysis of the latest revelations of government UFO investigations and TTSA’s role

In an interactive forum, Alejandro Rojas will share details about the recent revelations behind the multi-agency investigations into UFOs that have been revealed by the US government. Members of To The Stars Academy (TTSA) played an integral role in getting this information out.

11:50 AM-1:05 PM

Workshop: Nick Pope -Ask Me Anything!

Nick Pope’s workshop will take the form of an AMA (Ask Me Anything) where attendees can quiz Nick about any aspect of his British government work on the UFO phenomenon, or on more recent events such as the US Navy sightings and the associated government interest.

1:15 PM-2:30 PM

Rebecca Hardcastle Wright: Exoconscious Humans: Claiming Psychic Intelligence in a Transhuman World

UFO researchers, ET Experiencers, and Exopolitical citizens benefit by answering two essential questions.

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

Diana Walsh Pasulka: Protocols for Contact

4:15 PM-5:30 PM

Interview with Bryan Bender: Is Government transparency happening?

Is government transparency actually happening? Will future disclosures of UFO information continue? Bryan Bender discusses what transpired to culminate into his writing one of the pivotal articles in recent UFO disclosure, and his investigations into the subject since that time.

5:45 PM-6:45 PM

Experiencer Session with Gwen Farrell

Friday, September 11

7:45 AM-8:45 AM

Experiencer Session with Rebecca Hardcastle Wright

9:00 AM-10:15 AM

Kate Thorvaldsen: A Hybrid’s Story

Kate had her first close encounter when she was only three years old during which she met one of the small creatures we have come to know as the Greys. She continued to have encounters throughout her life, which left her sensitive to light and sound, and able to attract magnets on her skin.

10:30 AM-11:45 AM

Lori Rehfeldt: The High Strangeness of RAF Bentwaters and The East Gate Incident (EGI)

In February 1980, during a midnight shift at 0300 hours then-Airman [sic] Major Rehfeldt and her partner Airman [sic] Keith Duffield witnessed a UFO that breached military air space flying approximately 25 feet off the RAF Woodbridge Runway.

11:50 AM-1:05 PM

Workshop: Kate Thorvaldsen

Join Kate Thorvaldsen for an interactive, question and answer session.

11:50 AM-1:05 PM

Workshop: Diana Walsh Pasulka

Join Diana Walsh Pasulka for an interactive session.

1:15 PM-2:30 PM

Linda Zimmermann: Hudson Valley UFOs: Cases That Challenge Perception

The Hudson Valley of New York has had one of the earliest UFO flaps, as well as one of the most prolonged and intense. It is no wonder then, that witnesses in this region have also had some of the most bizarre experiences.

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

Chris Bledsoe: Bledsoe’s Mysterious Experiences

Chris will speak about his original encounter on the Cape Fear River which involved his son and three co-workers. Then he’ll share all about the strange orb and angel interactions he’s experienced in the decade following the 2007 event, leading up to the ‘high strangeness.’

4:15 PM-5:30 PM

Kevin Knuth: A Scientist’s Perspective on UFOs

The body of Scientific Knowledge is littered with ideas and theories that were at first thought not only to be wrong but also to be ludicrous. These include the germ theory of disease, the theory of meteorites, the theory of blood circulation, the theory of evolution, the theory of continental drift…

5:45 PM-6:45 PM

Experiencer Session with Gwen Farrell

Saturday, September 12

7:45 AM-8:45 AM

Experiencer Session with Rebecca Hardcastle Wright

9:00 AM-10:15 AM

Travis Taylor: A Scientific Approach to Analyzing and Preparing for an Alien Invasion

10:30 AM-11:45 AM

Panel: The Hosts From History Channel’s “The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch

Speakers: Travis Taylor, Bryant “Dragon” Arnold, Thomas Winterton

11:50 AM-1:05 PM

Workshop: Travis Taylor – Ask Me Anything!

This popular and entertaining scientist and television personality answers your questions!

11:50 AM-1:05 PM

Workshop: Linda Zimmermann: Animal Reaction Cases

Animal reactions during UFO sightings provide vital information about the nature of the experience. What are these animal sensing, and what can they teach us about creating better instrumentation to study the phenomena? This is an often overlooked topic…

1:15 PM-2:30 PM

David Marler: UFO Burn Victim Case – New Mexico 1964

During an impressive wave of UFO sightings in New Mexico in 1964, one of the most credible and well-documented accounts went hitherto unnoticed.

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

Travis Walton: My Journey to Understanding My Encounter

Travis Walton made history in 1975 when he and his fellow loggers saw a mysterious craft in the sky above the Apache-Sitgreaves National of Arizona, and Travis was subsequently shot with a beam from the craft and taken away for 5 days.

4:15 PM-5:30 PM

Panel- Close Encounters and How They Affect Lives

Speakers: Kate Thorvaldsen, Lori Rehfeldt, Chris Bledsoe, Travis Walton, Salma Siddick

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

EBE Awards Ceremony

Speakers: Karen Brard, Alejandro Rojas

Film Festival and Researcher Awards Ceremony, prizes, and entertainment!

Sunday, September 13

7:45 AM-8:45 AM

Experiencer Session with Gwen Farrell

9:00 AM-10:15 AM

Tim Brigham: UFOs as Agents of Psychic Transformation

Witnesses often report long term, life altering effects of UFO encounters, yet relatively little attention from social scientists has been paid to the experiential and transformative nature of such experiences and their direct impact on human consciousness.

10:30 AM-11:45 AM

MJ Banias: The Subtle Art of Hacking UFOs: Why UFOs may be a “Moon shot”

UFO incidents involving the US Navy and unidentified incursions into American airspace have left us wondering what is going on. Putting aside the Hollywood alien tropes and often silly government conspiracies aside, we are left with an irrefutable issue: Something is up there and enjoying free reign…

11:50 AM-1:05 PM

Workshop: Travis Walton – Ask Me Anything

Travis Walton answers attendees questions.

11:50 AM-1:05 PM

Workshop: David Marler: “Techniques and Tools for Conducting Historical UFO Research

David Marler will review his research techniques and provide examples of research methodologies, based on his own work, that have led to new discoveries. Various tools and sources of information will also be shared. In addition, there will be time for questions and answers.

1:15 PM-2:30 PM

Panel: Is Disclosure Happening Now?

Speakers: Bryan Bender, MJ Banias, Nick Pope, Alejandro Rojas

Join our distinguished speakers as they discuss whether or not the current disclosures by the government are leading to a wider acceptance of UFO study, and whether more information pertaining to UFOS will continue to be released. Audience questions will be taken.

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

Panel: UFO Research and Entertainment

Speakers: Chad Lewis, Linda Zimmermann, David Marler

4:15 PM-5:30 PM

Panel: The State of UFO research in Academia and Education

Speakers: Diana Walsh Pasulka, Kevin Knuth, Timothy Brigham

Join our distinguish speakers as they discuss the current state of UFO research in higher education and in our communities. Are things changing? What can be done to legitimize the study? How will acceptance of the subject change the future landscape of UFO research?

5:30 PM-5:45 PM

Conference Closing Remarks

Karen Brard and Alejandro Rojas bid adieu and provide an update all on upcoming events.