Alien Encounters With The Real Life X-Files Agent - Nick Pope - DEBRIEFED ep. 34

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This podcast delves into the nuances of advertising choices and their implications for listeners. It brings attention to the impact of ad-driven content on media consumption. By addressing how ads influence listener experiences, it sheds light on the broader conversation surrounding media ethics.

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What is one sort of fringe encounter that still kind of troubles you to this day? We had a case in 1993, well actually a wave of sightings collectively known as the Cosford incident. One guy was so stunned by this huge triangular shaped craft that he leapt into his car and started trying to chase it with his family in the back screaming at him to stop. In this same encounter, there was a a farmer who saw this this craft very low and he thought it's so low he thought it maybe it landed and he went up to the field and all the cows in the field were standing in a circle like facing each other straight out of the axe files. Wa! a whole bunch of normallooking people all walked into an art shop in central London were there for like a long time and and she she just felt there was something weird about these people and then after a long time they made a big show of coming up and buying a single pencil like it was like a big thing and then they handed over a very high denomination bank note and when the woman went to give them their change. They they looked confused like they didn't understand the concept of getting their change bag and she was so struck by this that she phoned somebody afterwards and said, "There are aliens in my shop." So, you said you got to know this woman quite well. Um, was that afterwards? Did she have any other encounters? One that I would say was more of a time slip. missing time, seeing somebody that looked like herself from the future. ...

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