# API Case Files API Case Files is the official podcast of Aerial Phenomena Investigations. The API team is out to drain the UFO swamp, bringing a real scientific and skeptical approach to the study of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. We don't have all the answers, so we investigate. Page: Feed: --- ## [Conversation 21 - Rachel Bond](https://apicasefiles.libsyn.com/conversation-21-rachel-bond) _2026-08-18_ Rachel Bond is a licensed psychotherapist in Maryland who helps victims of trauma and other experiences that are difficult to cope with - including anomalous experiences. This Conversation is a lightly edited version of the video Livestream Rachel participated in on April 6th, 2026. Links The API Livestream Episode Rachel's Psychology Today Profile Report your sighting or experience to API Restore… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/apicasefiles/RBConversation21-001.mp3?dest-id=171694) ## [API Case Files Live #4 with guest Erica Lukes](https://apicasefiles.libsyn.com/api-case-files-live-4-with-guest-erica-lukes) _2026-04-01_ Our special guest is Erica Lukes of the Expanding Frontiers organization, and of UFO Classified. Links from the show: Expanding Frontiers: https://www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/ Support Expanding Frontiers on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ExpandingFrontiersResearch The Saucer Life podcast: https://saucerlife.com/ Report your recent UFO sighting: https://reportaufo.org API witness FAQ:… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/apicasefiles/Case_Files_Live_4_with_Erica_Lukes.mp3?dest-id=171694) ## [Live with UFO Historian Jeff Knox](https://apicasefiles.libsyn.com/live-with-ufo-historian-jeff-knox) _2026-02-20_ Episode 2 of API Case Files Live - the audio only version. We were joined by UFO historian Jeff Knox. Jeff Knox's work on Bluebook Unknowns: https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/c/blue-book-unknowns/13 Jeff's show with Rachel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCxSnv17MgEd5BOzIjugSmDQ Video summary of the West Virginia case: https://youtu.be/KfNaWbHxHhs Contact us about becoming a panelist:… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/apicasefiles/API_Case_Files_Live_Episode_2_audio.m4a?dest-id=171694) ## [Case Files Live - a Maryland High Strangeness Case](https://apicasefiles.libsyn.com/case-files-live-a-maryland-high-strangeness-case) _2026-02-16_ We went in depth with Marsha Barnhart on a high strangeness case that was big for us, case 12-058. The events in this case largely took place in Ocean City, Maryland. We play several audio clips from the primary witness and those close to him that had not previously been made public. Contact us about becoming a panelist: https://aerial-phenomenon.org/contact-us/ Become an API investigator:… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/apicasefiles/1771270475571_CFL_1_TP_m1.mp3?dest-id=171694) ## [Conversation 20 - Airman Pat at Cannon AFB in the 70s](https://aerial-phenomenon.org/conversation-20-airman-pat-at-cannon-afb-in-the-70s/) _2023-07-30_ Released : 30 July 2023 Duration : 54 Minutes 21 Seconds This is our first anonymous API Conversation, although we are using his real first name of our Witness. A former Air Force F111 technician tells us his story about a UFO encounter captured on RADAR at Cannon Air Force base in New Mexico in the mid 1970s, and what followed after that. If you served with Airman Pat at Cannon AFB in the mid… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/apicasefiles/API_Conversation_20-001-levelled.mp3?dest-id=171694) ## [Conversation 19 - Dr. Joan R. Bird](https://aerial-phenomenon.org/podcast-2/) _2022-06-25_ Recorded: May 5, 2022 Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes Marsha Barnhart talks to Dr. Joan Bird, author of the book Montana UFOs and Extraterrestrials: Extraordinary Stories of Documented Sightings and Encounters . \\ Dr. Bird is a Zoologist who specialized in animal behavior. She moved to Montana in 1973 to pursue graduate studies in zoology at the University of Montana, and in 1983 she completed her… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/apicasefiles/Conversation19-Bird-levelled.mp3?dest-id=171694) ## [Episode 18 - Orbs 'a Plenty](https://apicasefiles.libsyn.com/episode-18-orbs-a-plenty) _2021-07-26_ Released: 26 July 2021 Duration: 42 minutes, 41 seconds This episode of API Case Files covers three recent cases. Paul reports on a daylight sighting from the Isle of Man (Case 21-023) detailing how two men pursued three orbs until the lights disappeared. This encounter took place May 27 th , 2021 and is especially provocative because a day before some else on the Island of Man saw and reported a… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/apicasefiles/Case_Files_EPI_18-levelled.mp3?dest-id=171694) ## [Episode 17 - I Know What I Remember](https://apicasefiles.libsyn.com/episode-17-i-know-what-i-remember) _2021-06-07_ Released: 7 June 2021 Duration: 59 minutes, 30 seconds Central Casting Saucer Spotted Outside Louisville ; a Colorado Campout Overhead Light Show ; and a Terrifying Idaho Orb Encounter Several really good cases to cover in this episode! A mother and daughter saw a right-out-of-central-casting flying saucer maneuvering over them in the early evening of December 11, 2020. They were in a large urban… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/apicasefiles/Epi17_Master-levelled.mp3?dest-id=171694) ## [Episode 16 - Lights, Camera, Action!](https://apicasefiles.libsyn.com/episode-16-lights-camera-action) _2020-11-11_ Released: 11 November 2020 Duration: 60 minutes Lots of cases to discuss! The API team is joined by two new members, Molly and Dan. Paul goes into detail on a dazzling Ohio sighting with terrific night vision camera footage, and talks about a recently reported 2014 close encounter experienced by a woman in San Francisco. Marsha presents cases in TN and GA that COULD be drones, but may be true… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/apicasefiles/API_CaseFilesEpi16_MASTER-levelled.mp3?dest-id=171694) ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hAGUJGlK6c9s) _2020-11-11 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [Conversation 18 - Curt Collins](https://apicasefiles.libsyn.com/conversation-18-curt-collins) _2020-03-26_ Recorded: 25 March 2020 Released: 26 March 2020 Duration: 69 minutes, 36 seconds A conversation with UFO blogger and researcher Curt Collins of the blog Blue Blurry Lines . Recently, together with Roger Glassel, Curt has published research into the complicated and ethically thorny relationship between the government's AAWSAP program, Bigelow Aerospace, and MUFON. Links: Blue Blurry Lines Tim… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/apicasefiles/Curt_Collins-levelled.mp3?dest-id=171694)