Bigelow & Fugal UNITE, Trump’s Underwater ALIEN Claims, UK UFO Controversy, CLEAREST UFO Photo Ever?

Summary

Robert Bigelow and Brandon Fugal, the former and current owners of Skinwalker Ranch, sit down together for the first time on George Knapp's Bigelow podcast and describe a ranch where electronics fail, a calf died beneath an unidentified object, and a jawbone recovered from the creek reportedly matched an extinct dire wolf. Hosts Ryan Sprague and Suzanne Landers also cover Jack Osbourne's secondhand claim that President Trump said unknown beings are living in the oceans, and British MP Clive Lewis's charge that the UK Ministry of Defence misled him about UAP cooperation with Five Eyes allies. Rounding out the show are a new Gallup poll on public distrust, a Calgary anthropologist studying 'techno-shamanism' contact groups, and a new documentary about the 1971 Cote photo from Costa Rica.

Key takeaways

• 1A Gallup poll found 78% of Americans believe the US government knows more about UFOs than it says, up from 68% in 2019; 37% think at least some UFOs are alien spacecraft.
• 2Dr. Shane Dahl of the University of Calgary studies 'techno-shamanism,' groups that combine laser pointers and Geiger counters with meditation and claimed telepathy to contact ETs.
• 3The 1971 Cote photo was taken on frame 300 during a US-funded Costa Rican mapping flight at 10,000 feet. It later appeared on the cover of the French COMETA report, and a documentary by Adam Pillen is due September 4.
• 4Jack Osbourne said on the Cleared Hot podcast that a friend close to Trump heard the president say: 'we have no idea what they are, but they're in the ocean.' The hosts suspect the source may be Tim Gallaudet or Robert Bigelow.
• 5Labour MP Clive Lewis told Peter Skafish of the Sol Foundation he was 'definitely misled' after the MoD denied Five Eyes UAP cooperation and said it stopped investigating UAPs in 2009.
• 6Robert Bigelow reportedly briefed Trump on UFOs for 71 minutes and left seven binders of material.
• 7Brandon Fugal said a jawbone from Dry Gulch Creek on Skinwalker Ranch was a direct match to a 10,000+ year-old extinct dire wolf, according to biologist Ben Woodruff.
• 8Fugal described a healthy calf found dead amid elevated radiation readings and malfunctioning phones, with surveillance footage showing a UFO above the tree line at the time of death.

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What if the world is far stranger than we've been led to believe? This September 12th, step into the virtual world of Anomicon 2026. The premier online conference exploring UFOs, the paranormal, consciousness, cryptozoology, folklore, and all things anomalous. Hosted by me, Ryan Spreck of Somewhere in the Skies, and our leading researcher, Suzanne Landers, and featuring legendary paranormal broadcaster, Jim Herold, Anomicon 2026 brings together researchers, journalists, filmmakers, authors, experiencers, and investigators from all around the world. And best thing about Anomicon, there's no travel, no hotels, no expensive tickets whatsoever. It is 100% free to watch. Join us for fascinating ideas, original presentations, anomalous-themed music videos, and a global community exploring the unknown together. Watch Anomicon 2026 this September 12th on the Somewhere in the Skies YouTube channel. And to learn all about our speakers and their presentations, be sure to visit Anomicon.com. Links are in the video description or the podcast show notes. We hope to see you there September 12th. And remember, the anomalous is waiting for you at Anomicon 2026. The ports of flying saucers are nothing new. From the beginning of recorded time, men have been seeing unexplainable things in the sky. And there's no reason to doubt they saw something. The question is, was what they saw really there? And what was it they really saw? There was nothing to hide. There was nothing to hide at all. What is up, UFO nerds? How's everyone doing? Welcome to Somewhere in the Skies Live. I am one of your hosts, Ryan Sprague, from the Somewhere in the Skies podcast. And this is a show where we break down all the latest UFO and UAP-related news and headlines. And boy, do we have a lot for you tonight. ...

Excerpt from Somewhere in the Skies, Sep 2, 2026. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.