Dreamland: The Edge of the World

On this episode of Dreamland, guest host James Faulk interviews Reddit moderator Oak Draíocht, also known as Conor Sisk, about his long experience of anomalous contact and his downloaded mission to establish a community for experiencers of the phenomenon. Sisk is a founder and principle organizer of the largest online experiencer community, r/experiencers on Reddit. We explore how Sisk first realized the reality of extent of his relationship with non-human intelligence, and came to understand what was at stake in terms of human evolution and the ongoing awakening of global consciousness. A message first received in childhood has unfolded over the years to deliver Sisk an important message about his role and responsibilities in fostering a supportive environment for those who’ve come into contact with the phenomenon. We also discuss how experiencers are often pursued and commodified by corporate and governmental powers, and why Reddit has become a hot bed for disinformation.

Peter Levenda returns to Dreamland for a powerful and unsettling journey into the hidden architecture of history, consciousness, occultism, and the UFO mystery. Where are the hidden threads that connect all this into one great spiderweb, and what is true and what is conspiracy theorist fantasy…if anything? How does Jeffrey Epstein connect to the UFO coverup and who, despite his lack of qualifications, was hired as a math teacher at the Dalton School by headmaster Donald Barr? Barr, the father of William Barr, attorney general under both George H.W. Bush and Donald Trump, also published a science fiction novel called Space Relations, a science fiction novel about a planet ruled by oligarchs who engage in child sex slavery, which anticipates Epstein’s real-life crimes. 

This week on Dreamland, Whitley Strieber welcomes legendary near-death researcher P.M.H. Atwater for a profound exploration of one of the deepest mysteries of all: the strange connection between near-death experiences, alien contact, the dead, and consciousness itself.

In this Dreamland special, Whitley interviews Leslie Kean about the press conference she and James Fox organized on the Capitol Steps on June 9. What did it mean and what’s the next disclosure step…and what about those “plasmoid intelligences” that David Grush talked about? Don’t miss this hard-hitting special!

This week on Dreamland, Whitley Strieber and Lucinda Morrel enter some of the most disturbing territory in the disclosure conversation: the death of Melissa Casias, the disappearance of General William McCasland, and the possibility that people close to hidden knowledge may be facing threats far darker than ridicule or professional ruin. Whitley opens with a chilling comparison to Sippenhaft—the coercive tactic of threatening families developed by the Gestapo—and asks whether modern variants of that pressure could be operating inside rogue, compartmentalized structures connected to secrecy.

On this episode of Dreamland, monthly guest host James Faulk interviews lifelong experiencer Birdie Jaworski about her contact with non-human intelligences, her experience learning how to remote view, and her eventual decision to abandon old nomenclature and design her own RV system: Transdimensional Mapping.  Jaworski describes several contact events, starting in childhood and culminating in an eventual relationship with a grey alien she calls “the grey dude,” who ultimately left her with downloaded information that continues to arise, as needed, during the course of her daily life.  

This week on Dreamland, Whitley welcomes his dear friend and collaborator Dr. Jeffrey Kripal, Rice University’s J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion and creator of the Archives of the Impossible, for a profound discussion of disclosure, consciousness, and the experiencer’s place in the unfolding mystery. Jeff’s new book, How to Think Impossibly, offers a crucial framework for approaching non-human intelligence without reducing it to either conventional science or inherited religion. Together, Whitley and Jeff explore why the testimony of experiencers must not be pushed aside, how imagination can become a disciplined way of knowing, and why the humanities may hold keys that science alone cannot provide.

What happens when serious science confronts the impossible—and refuses to look away? Find out in this mindbending show! In this episode of Dreamland, Whitley Strieber is joined by returning guest Steve Aspin and his collaborator, molecular biologist Andreas Khoury, co-authors of Investigating the Impossible. Together, they dive into some of the most controversial and compelling anomalies of our time.

What if the most famous UFO abduction case in American history is only a fragment of a much larger event? In this episode of Dreamland, Whitley Strieber speaks with Dr. Irene Scott about the 1973 Pascagoula UFO incident—and the shocking new evidence that expands it far beyond  the abduction of two men on a fishing pier.

On this episode, guest host James Faulk from the Neon Galactic podcast interviews Ronny Leblanc from the Travel Channel’s hit show “Expedition Bigfoot,” about his lifetime of experiences, and how he believes cryptids, UFOs, and other anomalies are all manifestations of contact between consensual reality and an as yet unknown but adjacent part of the universe.

What if they aren’t what they seem? As disclosure–and maybe even open contact–draws closer, what if we don’t know what we’re dealing with…at all? In this deeply provocative conversation, Charles Upton joins Whitley Strieber to explore a radically different interpretation of the phenomenon: What if the beings behind UFO encounters are not extraterrestrial visitors at all, but something far more strange and dangerous in ways we can hardly imagine?

The remarkable story of experiencer Lucinda starts in 15th Century Spain when almost her entire family was murdered by unknown persons for unknown reasons. Fast forward to modern times, and her father is first kidnapped by the town witch, then becomes an abductee. Now, this high-level corporate executive is involved, too.  Not an Unknowncountry subscriber? The perfect time to start is always RIGHT NOW. Click here to explore our inexpensive recurring and one-time-only plans.

This week on Dreamland, we speak with Christopher Robinson, known as the “Dream Detective,” a man who has spent decades studying precognitive dreams — including his own. Robinson had a precognitive dream of the Lockerbie bombing so clear that he came under police suspicion. Listen as he tells the agonizing story of what it is like to have clear precogs but be helpless to prevent the disasters that follow. This powerful, heart-rending show goes down into the very depths of what it means to see the future. Deep humanity, deep mystery. 

A child in a ancient castle is terrified by seeing blood on the floor from a long-ago murder. Next, she experiences a lifetime of psychic events. And then the shocking appearance of a sacred presence: The Lady–and she spends years with the Lady in her life. In this unforgettable Dreamland episode, Whitley Strieber speaks with Amanda, whose experiences with a sacred feminine apparition span decades—from the terrifying psychic awakening at age five to a profound encounter at Montségur, in the Cathar country of Southern France. What emerges is not just a story—but a call. A call to rediscover the sacred feminine, the deeper self, and the hidden dimensions of human experience. Is The Lady a Marian presence? A manifestation of the divine feminine? Or something even more mysterious? This is not an ordinary conversation. It is an initiation. ✨ Happy Easter

Dreamland guest host James Faulk interviews Ryan Kralik about his book, “It From Us: An Information-first Framework and the Purpose of Consciousness,” and how his cosmic  framework accommodates anomalous experiences throughout history.

Prior to the retirement of General William “Neil” McCasland in 2013, Monica Jacinto Reza was one of the most important materials researchers at  Rocketdyne, who had developed a material called Monalloy, which freed the United States from the need to use Russian-made rocket engines to move classified satellites into orbit. Listen as Whitley unpacks the ways in which her work as a Technical Fellow at Aerojet Rocketdyne would have been connected to the Air Force Research Lab at Wright-Patterson AFB, which was commanded until mid-2013 by General Neil McCasland, who disappeared on February 27.  The Air Force started funding Reza’s superalloy work in 1999, and McCasland’s budget directly funded the programs that depended on Reza’s alloy — including the AR1 engine, the Hydrocarbon Boost program, and Air Force propulsion. When Reza’s team in California shipped data to the government for qualification, it landed inside McCasland’s laboratory. While law enforcement has not made any connection between the two cases, the question has to be asked: why have both of these people disappeared? Want more of our insight, unique interviews and reporting, plus access to our vast archive of podcasts and news stories rarely covered by mainstream media, and almost never seriously? Subscribe to Unknowncountry today! To get started, click here!

General William McCasland oversaw one of the most sensitive scientific organizations in the United States Air Force, responsible for advanced aerospace research, propulsion systems, and classified technologies. His name surfaced unexpectedly in the now-famous Podesta–DeLonge UFO Email Exchange, where he was referenced in connection with discussions about possible recovered craft and non-human technology. Soon afterward, […] The post The Disappearance of Gen. William McCasland appeared first on WHITLEY STRIEBER'S UNKNOWN COUNTRY.

What happens when reality stops behaving the way we expect? This week on Dreamland, we explore the strange territory where UFO encounters, synchronicities, and mystical experience begin to blur the boundaries of ordinary life. Our guest is Meredith Spearman, creator of the Substack Maze to Metanoia, where she examines what she calls the maze of […] The post Into the Maze: Meredith Spearman and the Transformative Power of High Strangeness appeared first on WHITLEY STRIEBER'S UNKNOWN COUNTRY.

In this episode of Dreamland, guest host James Faulk interviews Matthew Roberts, a former Navy cryptologist who has turned his anomalous experience onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during the Gimbal UFO event into a transformative initiation.

From an early age, she knew something was strange. At the age of 5, she had a disturbing dream about a distraught woman. All of her life, she remembered this woman–how she looked, but not why she was so upset. Then, in her early twenties, she recognized the woman: it was her. She had become the figure in her childhood dream. And then it started… This is the first time this witness has ever spoken publicly about what has happened to her. 

Famed Anunnaki expert Dr. Heather Lynn reveals explosive new findings about their powers and their motives in the distant past, then shows how modern elites are seeking to understand and make use of their secrets. But for what? We were once enslaved by them. So who are the world-ruling elites who are taking such an interest, and why are they doing it?

In this episode, author and journalist Nick Cook discusses his career as a journalist covering defense technologies, his newest book, and where his years of research into consciousness and the UFO phenomenon have led him for fundamental conclusions. Cook is the author of a classic in the UFO field, “The Hunt for Zero Point,” which […] The post Meaning Machines: Author Nick Cook on how Humans, UFOs and the Universe make meaning appeared first on WHITLEY STRIEBER'S UNKNOWN COUNTRY.

Last week, we explored whether or not some GATE programs could involve more than just enhanced learning. THIS WEEK, Desta Barnabe tells us some actual witness stories, including her own and we ask the question: is it STILL going on??  PLEASE NOTE: Subscriber audio streams hosted on Unknowncountry.com are now working. Get Desta Barnabe’s intense […] The post MK-ULTRA and Kids Week 2–Deeply Disturbing appeared first on WHITLEY STRIEBER'S UNKNOWN COUNTRY.

Could there be something deeper, something hidden, going on in some Gifted and Talented (GATE) programs? Researcher Desta Barnabe had some very strange memories associated with her GATE experience and set out to research them–with startling and deeply concerning results. Could at least some of the programs involve finding bright children with unusual abilities such […] The post MK-ULTRA and Children: Week One appeared first on WHITLEY STRIEBER'S UNKNOWN COUNTRY.

Legendary Kennedy researcher Mark Shaw explores the fundamental abuse of power that defines the connection between the  Mafia and hidden forces within the government. He offers explosive new information about the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, including the hidden role of Mafia boss Carlos Marcello and the real assassin […] The post Abuse of Power appeared first on WHITLEY STRIEBER'S UNKNOWN COUNTRY.

Jim Semivan and Leslie Kean share their deep knowledge about the close encounter experience, contact and official disclosure. Don’t miss two of the BEST interviews with these extraordinary individuals ever done! Deep, penetrating analysis and riveting ideas. Jim goes deeper than ever before into his own close encounter experience, and Leslie, with her profound knowledge […] The post CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Jim Semivan and Leslie Kean on Contact and the Future of Disclosure appeared first on WHITLEY STRIEBER'S UNKNOWN COUNTRY.

Incredible discussion with famed UFO reseacher Grant Cameron who opens up about the eerie connection between UFOs, the paranormal, hidden dimensions and the fraught efforts of various administrations to explain what the whole thing is all about. Some amazing comments about what presidents and intelligence offers have said about why no disclosure! We have UFO […] The post Why do UFOs Cause Paranormal Events? Are They Demonic, Angelic or Something even Stranger? appeared first on WHITLEY STRIEBER'S UNKNOWN COUNTRY.

The woman at the heart of Intruders returns—and her story is more powerful than ever.This week on Dreamland, Deb Jordan Kauble joins us for an intimate and revelatory conversation about the extraordinary encounters that shaped her life and helped define one of the most influential contact cases in modern history. Long before the hybrid narrative […] The post Extraordinary Contact: Secrets of a Legendary Close Encounter Witness appeared first on WHITLEY STRIEBER'S UNKNOWN COUNTRY.

In this conversation, guest host James Faulk from the Neon Galactic podcast and noted psi researcher Adam M. Curry explore the nature of consciousness and of reality, working to chart where the two intersect and where they might diverge. Curry describes his decades of research into psi phenomena, both with the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research […] The post Uncovering Reality by Putting the PSI back in Science appeared first on WHITLEY STRIEBER'S UNKNOWN COUNTRY.

In this wide-ranging solo outing Whitley discusses whether or not Trump will disclose, what 3I/Atlas may actually mean and much more, including why Transformation 2025 is being published now. (Kindle due out later in December, physical and audio books soon after.) Transformation 2025 will be available in all formats later in December.

This week on Dreamland, we welcome Dr. Dean Radin to explore one of the most intriguing frontiers in consciousness research: the emerging genetic clues behind psychic perception. We dive into a recent study comparing people who report lifelong psychic abilities with those who don’t—and the surprising discovery of a subtle but consistent genetic difference between them. Dr. Radin explains what this means, why it matters, and how centuries of persecution against mystics and “witches” may have created the modern skeptics community. We also explore the deeper implications for human evolution, intuition, and the hidden capacities of the mind. Along the way, Dean discusses how these findings connect to the themes in his provocative new book, The Science of Magic.

Telepathy is real, but how does it work and is it possible to become telepathic? In this week’s Dreamland, Dr. Max Rempel explains exactly what about the brain makes telepathy possible and how we can take advantage of this innate ability. Then he shows from his research how unknown DNA inclusions in children he has studied must mean that some unseen force (read non-human intelligence) is actively changing the human species. 

Professor Tim Murithi in this interview explains how Africa has always been a central part of the UFO encounter phenomenon. Murithi is an internationally respected advocate for peace, a member of the Society for UAP Studies, and an affiliate of the International Coalition for Extraterrestrial Research, or ICER. He is also head of the Peacebuilding […] The post Ancient and Modern UFOs in Africa, with Professor Tim Murithi appeared first on WHITLEY STRIEBER'S UNKNOWN COUNTRY.

Far to the north of England there is a region so haunted and in such a disturbing way that it is known as the Wolf Lands. Listen and Whitley and Wolf Lands researcher Paul Sinclair adventure into the darkness and supernatural menace of this strange region–and happy Halloween!

wo weeks ago William Sosa showed us a working model of the Dendera Lights. This week he returns with a detailed description of how the ancient Egyptians generated the electricity needed to power it, hows a replica of the light in operation and demonstrates how the Egyptians could generate the electricity needed and shows a working model of the device that they used to do this. He also very clearly explains the use of the Ankh and of the mysterious “pinecones” of the Sumerians–AND shows exactly what Ed Leedskalnin did to create the Coral Castle in Homestead Florida.

Gary Lachman, known for his work with Blondie and later as a writer on consciousness and the Western tradition, tells us about his incredible life journey from the NYC  underground music scene to his current focus on the mystical and occult, including his experiences with various authors and figures like Colin Wilson and Aleister Crowley.  We go deep into the mysteries of chaos magic and beyond in this amazing discussion.

The mysterious objects depicted on the walls of the Temple of Hathor in Dendera have been a source of speculation in the western world ever since they were discovered. Conventional archaeology assumes that they were ritual objects and not what they appear to be, which are lights of some kind. Now engineer William Sosa has created replicas that work as the original objects must have done.

As Whitley puts it in the show, “if we’re trapped here forever then this is a prison. If not, then it’s a school.” But which is it?? Listen to this intense and provocative discussion that begins with a long-ago secret meeting arranged by Laurance Rockefeller between Whitley and Anne Strieber, John Mack, Edgar Mitchell and Joe Lewels. Amazing, powerful and provocative from beginning to end!

Guest host James Faulk from the Neon Galactic podcast interviews anthropologist and author Jack Hunter, a scientist with expertise in the paranormal and its crucial but virtually unknown connection to nature and its power. They cover Hunter’s background in anthropology and his experiences with spiritual phenomena, including his studies of spirituality and religion as they intersect with contemporary human societies and cultures. They explore the connection between anomalous experiences and storytelling, as well as the importance of a phenomenological approach in assessing other people’s experience of reality. They also discuss Hunter’s book, “Spirits, Gods, and Magic: An Introduction to the Anthropology of the Supernatural.” 

We begin an occasional series concentrating on high strangeness encounters with famed CE5 witness Steve Neill.

Lucid dreams are among the most powerful sources of seeing the truth that exist. But why don’t we have them more often, and how can we control them when we do have them? Lucid Dreaming expert Von Braschler shares his vast knowledge of this phenomenon.

John Ramirez has been a friend of Whitley and a friend of Unknowncountry for a number of years. Like Jim Semivan, also CIA (ret.) what drew him to this site was the fact that he has had close encounter experiences of his own. Rather than discussing disclosure and official programs as he does on most shows, here he describes his powerful personal experiences with structured craft and many other things. He also speculates from his unique perspective about the possibility there have been highly intelligent beings here taking an interest in us, and probably manipulating our histories for a very long time. There is also a searching conversation about whether or not there are human-appearing beings from other worlds here on earth. This is a provocative and powerful show! Join this wonderful and unique site right now. Click here.

Dr. Kevin Knuth, physics professor from SUNY Albany and a leading researcher into the UFO phenomenon, explains how the study of UAPs needs to better meet this historical moment by abandoning old, forensic methods of investigation to adopt a new approach he and others have described in a recent scientific paper, “The New Science of Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomenon.”

This extremely unusual show starts with tech entrepreneur Mark Sims describing in the clearest possible terms what it is actually to share one’s body with another entity–not possession, but sharing, that is to say, the classic Communion experience. Then they move on to a discussion of a video the two of them made in 2012 during the Harmonic Convergence. In this video, Whitley describes a completely unique vision of disclosure. As he speaks, some sort of white substance gradually surrounds his face. So far, it has not been  explained as a known phenomenon by any of the video experts we have consulted. Audio users are urged to view the last half of the video on YouTiube @whitleystrieberdreamland.

Most of us believe that OBEs are possible, but it’s only theoretical. Listen as OBE master Samantha Treasure takes us down the path into the reality of a powerful and important human capability that has been tragically suppressed in modern times. Let’s wake up to ourselves!

Is it REALLY possible that the dead are not dead, but simply in another state of being? Given his life with Anne, continuing now for 10 years after her death, and then last week’s stunner of a show with a guest who seems to have returned from the afterlife, Whitley has been on a quest to find a new approach to the whole issue. This show, with Oxford educated researcher Chris Carter, is part of that quest.

Mac Tonnies, who died in 2010 at the age of 35, was  a genius. Simple as that. His 2010 book The Cryptoterrestrials (published shortly after his untimely death) reads, as Whitley and Mac’s friend Greg Bishop say in this show, like a book that should have been published in 2025. And maybe that’s what Mac wanted when an astonishing event happened at the 2025 Contact in the Desert gathering. In the show, Whitley explains the event, and for our video viewers, shows the ultra-high strangeness origin of the haunting image of Mac you can see above. Then Whitley and Greg respect what we believe to be a direct request from Mac, and provide an in-depth discussion of The Cryptoterrestrials. 

In this edition of Dreamland, Whitley covers subjects such as the Jeffrey Epstein case, the danger of making AI your guru, and just why the emergence of non-human entities into our daily lives is going to be so hard to handle–not, perhaps for people who follow this subject, but what about the billions who know nothing about the UAP phenomenon, let alone have ever even entertained the idea that aliens may one day walk among us.

Renowned British paranormal researcher Andy Thomas joins Whitley for an in depth discussion of just what is happening in the world of the strange. Over the past 50 years, what we think of as the paranormal has become more and more a part of life, to the point that, as we move into the next […] The post Strange in the Extreme appeared first on WHITLEY STRIEBER'S UNKNOWN COUNTRY.

We’re so used to claims of something big happening in the near future turning out to be wrong that we hardly notice them anymore. But what happens if one turns out to be right? If nonhumans appear suddenly, the consequences will be at least chaotic, and possibly even catastrophic.