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Real people. True stories. Unexplained encounters — and experts to help us make sense of it all. Hosted by Justin Gearheart, Close Encounter Club dives into UFO sightings, alien encounters, and paranormal phenomena through firsthand accounts that challenge your sense of reality.
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A peaceful cabin retreat should have been the perfect family getaway — until it wasn't.
In this chilling firsthand account, Robert Maxwell from the Cabin in the Woods YouTube channel describes the unnerving sequence of events that unfolded deep in the woods, including a rock thrown toward his daughter.
Was it a curious animal, a calculated warning, or proof of something far more mysterious?
Join Justin and Josh as they piece together Robert’s harrowing family vacation, analyze the possibilities, and confront the question: could Sasquatch really be watching from the shadows?
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Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
A former Marine is sent to a secret radar site on Eglin Air Force Base… and discovers they're tracking something far more mysterious than enemy aircraft.
In this episode, William Ray Carter reveals what happened inside Site C-6 — a massive radar installation hidden in plain sight. What he saw, what he overheard, and what no one will officially confirm… until now.
🔍 Are we really alone? Or has the military been watching something they won’t admit exists?
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Wednesday Jul 16, 2025
Wednesday Jul 16, 2025
What happens when a lifelong skeptic, a science communicator, and an astrophysicist sees something in the sky he can’t explain?
In this episode, we step back from the eerie and the unexplainable… and zoom all the way out.
To galaxies, black holes, and the limits of what we think we know.
We talk with Ethan Siegel about the moment that shook his worldview—and what it really means to stay grounded in science while keeping your mind open to the unknown.
Whether you're here for the mystery or the math… this one will rewire your brain.
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📖 Infinite Cosmos: Visions From The James Webb Space Telescope
👧 The Littlest Girl Goes Inside An Atom (Children’s Book)
Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
In this bonus follow-up to Episode 15, we hear from someone who didn’t believe in any of it. Ryan Jones—husband of Jennifer—joins Justin to share what he witnessed that night. Ryan’s not into starseeds, he’s never had a spiritual awakening, and he’s definitely not the type to believe in aliens. But he was there. He heard it too. And he watched his wife transform. If Jennifer’s story made you wonder—Ryan’s might just make you believe.
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Wednesday Jun 25, 2025
Wednesday Jun 25, 2025
Jennifer lived with chronic back pain for nearly 20 years. She tried everything—surgeries, scans, pain management. Nothing worked.
Then, one night, she heard something breathing outside her second-story window. What happened next would change her life forever.
In this episode, Jennifer recounts the mysterious event that led to her healing, shares her medical records, and audio from a Quantum Healing Hypnosis session where she connects with a race of beings she believes healed her—an encounter that challenged her reality, and ours.
Through Jennifer’s story, we explore alien contact, subconscious memory, and what it really means to be healed—mind, body, and soul.
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