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On episode 31 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Ryan speaks with Robbie Graham, author of Silver Screen Saucers: Sorting Fact From Fantasy in Hollywood's UFO Movies.\xa0

More so than any other medium, cinema has shaped our expectations of potential alien life and visitation. But what messages does Hollywood project to us about our possible otherworldly neighbors? From where do UFO movies draw their inspiration, and what other factors\u2014cultural\xa0and conspiratorial\u2014might influence their production and content?\xa0

Robbie brings us through his examination of the DNA that builds our perceptions of the UFO mystery. One strand of this DNA weaves real events, stories, and people from the historical record of UFOlogy, while the other spins and twists with the film and TV products they have inspired. It is a marriage of reality and mythology that perpetuates and manipulates everything we know, or at least think we know about UFOs.

Guest Bio:\xa0Robbie Graham has lectured around the world on the UFO\xa0subject and has been interviewed for the BBC, Coast to Coast AM, Canal+ TV, Channel 4, and\xa0Vanity Fair, among many others. His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including\xa0The Guardian,\xa0New Statesman,\xa0Filmfax, and\xa0Fortean Times. He holds first class degrees in Film, Television and Radio Studies and Cinema Studies from Staffordshire University and the University of Bristol respectively. He is the author of\xa0Silver Screen Saucers: Sorting Fact from Fantasy in Hollywood\u2019s UFO Movies\xa0(White Crow Books, 2015) and the editor of\xa0UFOs: Reframing the Debate(White Crow Books, 2017). His work can all be found at: www.robbiegraham.uk

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