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  • The Light Gate Episode #031: Robert "Bob" Peterson (astral traveler)

    The Light Gate Episode #031: Robert "Bob" Peterson (astral traveler)
    Mar 1 2026
    Tonight, “The Light Gate” welcomes author and out-of-body traveler, Robert (Bob) Peterson. Bob will be talking about his OBE experiences and he has had a LOT of them! All amazing! If you have any interest in OBEs, you will enjoy this conversation very much!

    Bob was born on April 14, 1961. He has been studying and inducing out-of-body experiences and psychic experiences since he graduated from high school in 1979. He graduated in 1984 from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, with a B.S. degree in computer science. While attending the University, he became more proficient at out-of-body exploration, while keeping detailed journals of his experiences.

    At the same time, he did volunteer work for a student-based organization called the Minnesota Society for Parapsychological Research (MSPR), which gave him experience as a “Ghost Buster” before the movie made the subject popular. Since college, he has had a very successful career in systems level computer programming.

    He lived in Phoenix, Arizona in 1985 and 1986, where he started editing and occasionally contributing articles for a local spiritually themed newsletter called The Spontaneous Self. In 1987, he moved to Rochester, Minnesota and worked as a contract programmer at the IBM plant until 1996. During that time, he compiled his experiences and journals into his first book, Out of Body Experiences: How to have them and what to expect (Hampton Roads Publishing, 1997) which has been available online for free since 1996.

    His second book, Lessons Out of the Body, was published in 2001. His third book is a novel titled The Gospel According to Mike. He also has other books, “Hacking the Out of Body Experience” and “Answers Within,” and has written many articles about various aspects of OBEs, which you can read on his website.

    Today, Bob works for Linux software leader Red Hat. He lives near Brainerd, Minnesota with his wife and soulmate, Kathy. His hobbies include writing, traveling, biking, woodworking, stained glass, fishing, kayaking, and strategy games.
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  • The Light Gate Episode #030: Contactee Sixto Paz Wells (founder of Rama)

    The Light Gate Episode #030: Contactee Sixto Paz Wells (founder of Rama)
    Feb 28 2026
    onight, The Light Gate” welcomes Sixto Paz Wells.Sixto is a contactee, author, explorer, and speaker. He is the founder of the enormously popular group Rama, and is well known for having successfully called down UFOs on many occasions in front of large groups of people.

    Sixto was born in Lima (Peru) on December 12, 1955. He studied with the Marist Brothers and continued his university studies in history at the Catholic University of Peru and has an Honorary Doctorate from Bircham University in Miami (USA). During his adolescence, he was a restless seeker of truth and spirituality in Yoga and meditation, and since 1974 he claims to have lived experiences of extraterrestrial contact. On ten occasions he has summoned journalists from various countries in advance (including Juan José Benitez author of books such as The Trojan Horse series) to witness the UFO sighting over the Chilca desert, south of Lima. Following these first contacts and instruction from the Elder Brothers and space teachers.

    He founded the “Rama Mission” and led it until the moment of its dissolution, in 1990, to avoid possible sectarianism. Sixto Paz claims to have gone up alone, or sometimes accompanied, on board the UFOs, having direct contact with its crew members, as well as having traveled with them on more than one occasion. Taking on board to visit one of their colonies in the moon of Jupiter, Ganimedes. He had many other interviews with them regarding many topics throughout the encounters and written in his books.

    Sixto has traveled to 64 countries giving conferences, seminars and congresses in the Five Continents, being invited to give two conferences at the headquarters of the United Nations, in the Society of the Americas. Also to important universities such as Columbia in New York, the John F. Kennedy of San Francisco, the University of Montreal in Canada and the Autonomous University Of Mexico. In 2014, it was requested by Congressmen of the United States Senate to Washington D.C. to speak at conferences and was interviewed at the Press Club of that city. He tirelessly continues to investigate the extraterrestrial phenomenon in all its forms and aspects.

    He is the author of 21 books, some translated into English, Italian, Portuguese and German. Among the titles are for example: The Extraterrestrial Guides; Inter-dimensional Contact, The Secret Threshold, “Guardians and Watchers of Worlds”, Messengers of the Cosmos, The Unusual Invitation, The Anti-prophecy, The Instructor of the New Time, Death Does Not Exist, The Sanctuary of the Earth, Egypt the Gate of Orion, Extraterrestrial Contact and more.

    In his research he has explored the Middle East and Africa, having been to 23 times in Egypt, 7 times in Israel and 3 in Jordan. And he has followed the route of the Cathars and the Templars all over Europe. In America he has traveled on foot and along rivers through the Amazon Basin, and the jungles of the Mosquitia in Honduras, and the Yucatán in Mexico. In order to prepare one of his books about the enigmatic Easter Island, he traveled 10 times to that remote place in Polynesia. He is currently writing two new books about his experiences and investigations, as well as the widely prophesied future events and the planetary changes.

    Due to the recent release of information in the United States Senate, Sixto has been requested by many television and radio stations in the world to give his opinion and qualified point of view.
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    1 h et 48 min
  • The Light Gate Episode #029: Raymond Szymanski (author/researcher)

    The Light Gate Episode #029: Raymond Szymanski (author/researcher)
    Feb 28 2026
    Tonight, “The Light Gate” welcomes researcher, author, presenter, Raymond Szymanski. Raymond is A four-decade U.S. Government senior scientist turned paranormal researcher and author, with his book, “Fifty Shades of Greys,” Raymond Szymanski takes you inside the Top Secret Holy Grail of Ufology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, to look at alien visitation possibilities that have never been previously explored. His interest in Extraterrestrials and their connection to Wright-Patt was ignited during his first week of government employment by a mentor who eventually earned promotion to the exclusive ranks of the Senior Executive Service.

    This intriguing back-story and many revelatory adventures are presented as Raymond investigates his way through the UFO/ET phenomena, transforming from a curious, skeptical researcher to a firm believer in the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis. Relying on decades of professional experience, Raymond does his own research, investigating available ‘facts’ and theories all the way to ground – trusting yet verifying. The result is an exclusive, first-person adventure story described in a fast read narrative, illustrated by never-before-published photographs. The Truth is definitely in there.

    The first book is followed up by “Alien Shades of Greys: Victoria’s Secret Truth,” the second non-fiction book in the Alien Shades of Greys trilogy. This book is an in-depth case study of lifelong, multi-generational contact with unidentified visitors. The compelling medical, clinical, physical, photographic, audio, and video evidence is subjected it to critical scrutiny before arriving at unavoidable conclusions. The fast-paced narrative in Victoria's Secret Truth is beautifully enhanced by over 60 photographs which document the corroborative physical evidence and take the reader inside the experiencers' sites. Included in this in-depth study are compelling and revealing transcripts and video captures documenting Victoria's four hypnotic regressions by three world class hypnotherapists - Dr. R. Leo Sprinkle, Barbara Lamb, and Yvonne Smith.

    Ray is also the author of the book, “Swamp Gas, My Ass.” This book is the extraordinary true story of two highly decorated U. S. Air Force fighter-interceptor pilots, fully enmeshed in America’s hidden military history. Together they intercepted the world famous “1966 Michigan Swamp Gas UFO” in supersonic F-106 jets – a history changing story, denied by the government, told here for the very first time.

    So many intriguing and interesting topics are discussed in this engaging episode!
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  • The Light Gate Episode #028: Aerospace Historian and UFO Crash Retrieval Expert: Michael Schratt

    The Light Gate Episode #028: Aerospace Historian and UFO Crash Retrieval Expert: Michael Schratt
    Feb 26 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. He 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.

    Tonight, Michael will be continuing his discussion of UFO crash/retrieval events, and our governments’ efforts to reverse engineer extraterrestrial craft. If you don't believe our government has crashed UFOs and aliens bodies (or if you do!) you will not want to miss this amazing interview. Michael is the best at what he does.
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    1 h et 48 min
  • The Light Gate Episode #027: Experiencer Tony Ditata

    The Light Gate Episode #027: Experiencer Tony Ditata
    Feb 25 2026
    “The Light Gate” welcomes UFO contactee, Tony Ditata.

    Tony Ditata was Born in New York, Tony Ditata had his first UFO sighting at age seventeen, while walking outside his home in Brentwood. A few years later, he experienced a dramatic face-to-face encounter with a gray alien on the local golf course. Before long, he started having memories of being taken onboard a craft. Soon more encounters followed: sightings, missing-time, onboard experiences, and more face-to-face encounters.

    When Tony realized finally accepted that he was a UFO abductee, he sought regressive hypnosis and recalled an incredible experience where he and his girlfriend were taken onboard a massive disc which had landed alongside the road in upstate New York. Tony's encounters span the gamut of the UFO experience, with virtually every type of encounter, some of which are extremely bizarre.

    At one point, he was able to meet with who he believes is his hybrid-ET daughter, or as he calls her, his "Star Daughter." Along with the UFO encounters came various paranormal experiences, such as poltergeist encounters, past life memories and more. Tony's encounters have left him profoundly changed, and have left him a whole new view of life on Earth and beyond. His story provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of a contactee.

    Tonight you will hear his story firsthand as he describes his encounters, and how they have affected him and altered the course of his life.

    Tony's amazing encounters are documented in the book, “Onboard UFO Encounters: True Accounts of Contact with Extraterrestrials."
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  • The Light Gate Episode #026: Rafael Lugo (experiencer/HipHop Artist)

    The Light Gate Episode #026: Rafael Lugo (experiencer/HipHop Artist)
    Feb 24 2026
    The Light Gate welcomes back contactee, speaker, documentarian, podcaster, and Hip-Hop artist, Rafael Lugo.

    He is such a cool dude! Rafael is a Bronx, New York, native Hip-Hop artist with a lifetime of contact experiences with non-human entities. Since the early age of five, Rafael has been visited by a number of ETs, some of which include the Greys, Tall Greys, Insectoid/Mantis Beings, and hybrid children. Although he’s not certain why he is being visited, Rafael strongly believes he is a part of what some would call The Hybridization Program. Rafael, an artist named “Skitz The P.L.K.”(Prophet. Lucid. King.) has gone from Gangster Rap to what he calls “High Vibrational, Multidimensional Hip-Hop.” Using his abilities to make positive music is now his main medium of educating the masses about his contact with our family from the stars. The music conveys a message of peace, love, and positivity while at the same time enlightening those who listen with the knowledge handed down from the stars.

    For the last couple of years now, Rafael has been doing everything in his power to further educate the People in a more personal way with a weekly podcast called, “The Hybrid Podcast,” a Facebook Group called “CE5 - E.T. Connection (Calling All Hybrids,)” and is currently in the post-production stages of a mini-documentary about his contact experiences. All of this is for a mission of sharing with others the Truth about our Star Fam. “Being a Contactee can be lonely if one doesn’t find their Tribe… so start looking!” -Rafael Lugo.
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  • The Light Gate Episode #025: Experiencer/author Dr. Kelly Renee Schutz

    The Light Gate Episode #025: Experiencer/author Dr. Kelly Renee Schutz
    Feb 23 2026
    Tonight, “The Light Gate” welcomes, experiencer, intuitive, researcher, podcaster and author, Dr. Kelly Renee Schutz. About the Guest Kelly is no stranger to experiencing unseen energy. She has sensed unexplained paranormal-extraterrestrial phenomena since the age of 9 with her abilities beginning around age 3-4. She has encountered 100+ paranormal and 3-4 perceived ET visitations with what appears to be no end in sight. She holds five advanced degrees. She is the author of eleven paranormal books, two-series haunted cookbooks, CD-audiobook (Maynard and Mildred). She has been featured in Paranormality Magazine, Haunted Magazine, and was the COVER feature for Paranormal Underground Magazine in the January 2023 issue.

    Dr. Kelly is a sensitive, intuitive, telepathic, and psychokinetic empath. She began having psychic visions (premonitions) of traumatic events at the age of 4 as validated on television (which have continued for 50+ years). Between age 9-17, she experienced paranormal activity in her maternal grandparents’ home. By her mid-30’s, she would be physically attacked by an unseen force in this home. As she entered her 30’s, her enthusiasm for investigating haunted properties became an obsession that unknowingly brought home with her attachments and poltergeist activity.

    By her 40’s, she photographed two apparitions (clearly seen) in a screened window of her paternal grandparents’ home. From age 40-50, increased poltergeist activity and aggressive touching by unseen forces began in and outside of her homes (kicked up into the air, choking, trances, possessions, energy-frequency attacks, trickster luring, cycling mirror, stuck wardrobe doors, etc.). Around age 60, discovered a dark bloodred handprint on her body (elongated, crooked finger) that took 3 hours to disappear. She underwent attachment removal and past life regression therapy to determine causes. Inconclusive.

    Kelly believes she is a “Starseed” child (Indigo). Kelly feels the unexplained is attracted to her because of her varying energy frequencies (neurodivergent beacon). She has clairaudient, clairsentient, psychokinetic, and telepathic abilities. She has accurately predicted sports plays, Kentucky Derby races, won large jackpots in casinos (18 wins in 4 years of 22 visits), and moved objects of various sizes.

    Kelly is the host-producer of the TV Talk Show, Disembodied Voices, as seen on PARAFlixx (video on demand streaming network). She also hosts-produces a highly ranked paranormal show called Paranormal Encounters Podcast Series heard worldwide on various platforms and on Para-X Radio Network. She was exclusively invited as media to interview the entire cast of The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch (History Channel) at the PhenomeCon Conference (Sept 2022), Vernal, Utah.

    Kelly is an educator, voice actor, storyteller, personality interviewer, podcast-tv talk show host-producer, professional photographer, artist, writer, conference speaker, cottage baker, and creator. A former college professor and litigation paralegal (with undercover investigation), she remains a lifelong citizen researcher, contributor, and learner of life … focused on the unexplained. Her popular podcast and tv show theme send a message about delving into the unexplained … “be careful what you wish for.” She and her husband are the voice actors-creators of Maynard and Mildred, a 22-segment audiobook. Kelly is the creator of several cookbooks including “Tastes of the Midwest” series, “Ghoulishly Yummy” and “Hauntingly Good Eats.”

    So much to share in this amazing interview!
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    1 h et 49 min
  • The Light Gate Episode #024: Open Mic - Q&A

    The Light Gate Episode #024: Open Mic - Q&A
    Feb 22 2026
    Tonight, The Light Gate, features a Q&A episode with your hosts, Preston Dennett and Dolly Safran, and you, the audience! We love these episodes because we get to interact with all of you. This is the first of many Q&A's soon to come.

    Preston Dennett began investigating UFOs and the paranormal in 1986 when he discovered that his family, friends and co-workers were having dramatic unexplained encounters. Since then, he has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and investigated a wide variety of paranormal phenomena. He is a field investigator for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), a ghost hunter, a paranormal researcher, and the author of 30 books and more than 100 articles on UFOs and the paranormal. Several of his books have been Amazon UFO bestsellers. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines including Fate, Atlantis Rising, MUFON UFO Journal, Nexus, Paranormal Magazine, UFO Magazine, Phenomena Magazine, Mysteries Magazine, Ufologist and others. His writing has been translated into several different languages including German, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Icelandic. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including Midnight in the Desert with Art Bell, Coast-to-Coast and also the History Channel’s Deep Sea UFOs and UFO Hunters and Ancient Aliens. His research has been presented in the LA Times, the LA Daily News, the Dallas Morning News and other newspapers. He has taught classes on various paranormal subjects and lectures across the United States.

    Dolly Safran has worked as a limo driver, assistant manager at Wendy’s, a zookeeper, a bus driver, a security guard, a nurse, and more, including as a civilian worker for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and also in the Army as an employee for the U.S. Department of Defense. Her UFO contacts began around age one, and are still ongoing today. She is a fully conscious UFO contactee and the subject of the full-length book, “Symmetry: A True UFO Adventure.”
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    1 h et 49 min