Historical Occult Mysteries: Walter Bosley

About this episode

Walter Bosley discusses historical occult mysteries and provides insights on UFO phenomena and secret space programs.

Gene and cohost Tim Swartz present a long-time Paracast favorite, the inimitable Walter Bosley. He is an investigator of historical occult mysteries, author of pulp fiction novels and a screenwriter. Bosley is an inactive reserve officer in the United States Air Force for which he served as a Special Agent of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Following his military service, he spent six years as a counter-terrorism operational consultant. He spends his time investigating historical occult mysteries as well as paranormal/UFO phenomena. In this episode, Bosley will pop into pop culture, and then deliver a reality check on the UFO field, especially after the 2017 disclosure of an alleged secret Pentagon program to purportedly investigate UAPs. He'll also cover reports of a secret space program that has allegedly been run by the U.S. for decades. Bosley is the publisher of classic and gothic adventure, steampunk, science fiction, noir thrillers and non-fiction, and has appeared on History Channel’s Ancient Aliens and Gaia’s Beyond Belief. He was also featured in the film “ Mirage Men ,” in which former government agents discussed UFO mythology as a powerful weapon of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Gene Steinberg, Tim Swartz

Guest: Walter Bosley

Topics covered

• historical occult mysteries
• UFO phenomena
• secret space program
• military service
• pop culture

Keywords

• Walter Bosley
• UFO
• occult
• military
• paranormal
• pop culture
• secret program

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United States Air Force, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, History Channel, Gaia

Books & works: Mirage Men, Ancient Aliens

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