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Mike Martin - http://www.youtube.com/@themoleculemindset
Jesse Cox - http://www.youtube.com/jessecox
Alex Faciane - https://www.youtube.com/@StarWarsOldCanonBookClub/

Editor: DeanCutty
Producer: Hilde @ https://bsky.app/profile/heksen.bsky.social
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LINKS
ALEX: https://journalnews.com.ph/bizarre-cases-of-fictional-characters-who-stepped-off-the-page-into-reality
MATHAS: https://phys.org/news/2025-11-quantum-teleportation-photons-distant-sources.html
JESSE: https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2025/11/14/the-universe-is-moving-wrong-and-nobody-knows-why/

Mathas tells the story of Whitley Streiber, author of The Wolfen, The Hunger, and UFO non-fiction classic Communion, and shows Alex and Jesse why his influential alien abduction story is still one of the purest and most unique.

CHILLUMINATI is a weekly comedy podcast hosted by Mike Martin, Jesse Cox and Alex Faciane. Hold on to your tin-foil hats and traverse the realms of the mysterious, supernatural, spooky and sometimes truly horrible - and your third eye will never be the same!

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Mike Martin - http://www.youtube.com/@themoleculemindset
Jesse Cox - http://www.youtube.com/jessecox
Alex Faciane - https://www.youtube.com/@StarWarsOldCanonBookClub/

Editor: DeanCutty
Producer: Hilde @ https://bsky.app/profile/heksen.bsky.social
Show Art: Studio Melectro @ http://www.instagram.com/studio_melectro
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SOURCES:
"Communion" by Whitley Strieber

Alex tells us all about Bill Tompkins and his life in the world of UFOs and Sexy Aliens in the second part of this two-parter.

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Mike Martin - http://www.youtube.com/@themoleculemindset
Jesse Cox - http://www.youtube.com/jessecox
Alex Faciane - https://www.youtube.com/@StarWarsOldCanonBookClub/

Editor: DeanCutty
Producer: Hilde @ https://bsky.app/profile/heksen.bsky.social
Show Art: Studio Melectro @ http://www.instagram.com/studio_melectro
Logo Design: Shawn JPB @ https://twitter.com/JetpackBraggin

SOURCES:

"Selected by Extraterrestrials: My Life in the Top Secret World of UFOs" by Bill Tompkins.

Links Mentioned:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Isabella,_California
https://explorekernville.com/whiskey-flat-days#section-cCOysjRLe
https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/kernvilles-whiskey-flat-days-a-blast-from-the-past-festival-unearthing-golden-history
https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-guy-paints-the-sex-he-allegedly-has-with-aliens/
https://youtu.be/-GJdVpUMLk8?si=h4K7_g2WW5dmvuvg
https://www.theartblog.org/2019/12/david-huggins-an-uncommon-life-2/
https://www.theartblog.org/wp-content/uploaded/David-Huggins-first-time-04web.jpg
https://projectcamelot.org/Alien_Digest_Vol_1.pdf
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/concerns-about-sexism-in-the-aerospace-industry-land-at-spacex/
https://iawa.org/news_manager.php?page=22119
https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1181&context=jfs
https://www.aircraftinteriorsinternational.com/industry-opinion/sexism-in-aerospace.html
https://craftsmanshipmuseum.com/artisan/william-tompkins/

This week (and next week) Alex tells us all about Bill Tompkins and his life in the world of UFOs.

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Mike Martin - http://www.youtube.com/@themoleculemindset
Jesse Cox - http://www.youtube.com/jessecox
Alex Faciane - https://www.youtube.com/@StarWarsOldCanonBookClub/

Editor: DeanCutty
Producer: Hilde @ https://bsky.app/profile/heksen.bsky.social
Show Art: Studio Melectro @ http://www.instagram.com/studio_melectro
Logo Design: Shawn JPB @ https://twitter.com/JetpackBraggin

SOURCES:
"Selected by Extraterrestrials: My Life in the Top Secret World of UFOs" by Bill Tompkins.
Links Mentioned:
https://williamtompkins.org/background/
https://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2017/08/Tompkins-obit.html

A Valentine's Day treat from Mathas to us all: a dive into the origins of the Alien breeding program and Budd Hopkins.

CHILLUMINATI is a weekly comedy podcast hosted by Mike Martin, Jesse Cox and Alex Faciane. Hold on to your tin-foil hats and traverse the realms of the mysterious, supernatural, spooky and sometimes truly horrible - and your third eye will never be the same!

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Mike Martin - http://www.youtube.com/@themoleculemindset
Jesse Cox - http://www.youtube.com/jessecox
Alex Faciane - https://www.youtube.com/@StarWarsOldCanonBookClub/

Editor: DeanCutty
Producer: Hilde @ https://bsky.app/profile/heksen.bsky.social
Show Art: Studio Melectro @ http://www.instagram.com/studio_melectro
Logo Design: Shawn JPB @ https://twitter.com/JetpackBraggin

The source used in this episode is Intruders: The Incredible Visitations at Copley Woods by Budd Hopkins.