A flashlight, three discs over a Missouri ranch, and a ray that cured fifteen years of back pain. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli follow Buck Nelson from Ozark farmer to saucer celebrity — and to a twist that isn’t funny at all.
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Links for this episode:
- Buck Nelson, My Trip to Mars, the Moon, and Venus (modern paperback): https://amzn.to/3SygFit
- My Trip to Mars, the Moon, and Venus (free PDF of the 1956 booklet): http://gratisenergi.se/buck1956.pdf
- “The Ozarks Spaceman: Buck Nelson in 10 Facts,” Springfield-Greene County Library: https://thelibrary.org/post/the-ozarks-spaceman-buck-nelson-in-10-facts
- Ozarks Alive feature on Buck Nelson: https://www.ozarksalive.com/stories/2iepyyzyl2rk6jkohdpf633ftjaaoc
- Buck Nelson (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Nelson
- Sue Hubbell, “Buck Nelson and the Little Men,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 29, 1977: https://www.newspapers.com/search/?query=Buck+Nelson+Little+Men&dr_year=1977-1977
- Dale Freeman, “Out of This World,” Springfield News-Leader, February 26, 1956: https://www.newspapers.com/search/?query=Buck+Nelson+Out+of+This+World&dr_year=1956-1956
- “Trip to Venus Talk Packs Sunday School,” The Spokesman-Review, March 23, 1956: https://www.newspapers.com/image/568434786/
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Chapters:
- 0:00:12 – Intro
- 0:00:47 – Cold open: The Ozark Spaceman
- 0:01:50 – Today’s Mystery: The UFO Contactees
- 0:02:58 – Mountain View, Missouri
- 0:04:57 – Ozark Caves and Karst Country
- 0:06:00 – Who Was Buck Nelson?
- 0:08:11 – July 1954: Three Discs and a Flashlight
- 0:09:44 – The Healing Ray
- 0:10:28 – The Saucers Come Back
- 0:11:54 – Bucky, Bob Solomon, and Big Bo
- 0:14:04 – The Spacemen Tour the House
- 0:18:01 – The Twelve Laws of God
- 0:19:53 – At the Controls
- 0:22:03 – Mars
- 0:24:10 – The Moon
- 0:27:00 – Venus
- 0:29:21 – Home After Three Days
- 0:29:37 – What the Space People Were Like
- 0:33:26 – Atlantis and the Pyramids
- 0:35:01 – Christmas with Bucky
- 0:37:24 – Thank you to Patrons
- 0:37:56 – Sponsor: Rosary Army and School of Mary
- 0:38:38 – Sponsorship opportunities
- 0:39:26 – The Lecture Circuit and the Booklet
- 0:41:46 – The Spacecraft Conventions
- 0:45:16 – The Men in Black
- 0:47:50 – Trouble With the Government
- 0:48:49 – How the Story Ended
- 0:50:44 – Reason Perspective
- 0:52:46 – Faith Perspective
- 0:53:50 – The Twist
- 0:57:18 – The Civil Rights Backdrop
- 0:58:53 – Racism Is Evil
- 1:03:02 – Bottom Line
- 1:04:11 – Further Resources
- 1:04:43 – Mysterious Feedback: #419 Zombie Marriage, Holy Roman Emperors, Jesus’ DNA, and More Weird Questions
- 1:11:10 – Your mysterious feedback
- 1:11:46 – Thank you to Oasis Studio 7
- 1:11:51 – Jimmy’s YouTube channel
- 1:13:13 – Thank you to Craig Hart
- 1:13:18 – Next Time: Auras
- 1:13:38 – Share the show, write a review
- 1:13:50 – Get your Mysterious merch
- 1:13:58 – Show notes
- 1:14:05 – Become a Patron
- 1:14:12 – Sponsor: The Grady Group
- 1:15:03 – After the Credits: 1956 School Lunch Menus
- 1:17:15 – Outro
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