S4: The Bob Lazar Story (2026)

After some busy days covering the Tennessee Titans, I decided to put on a documentary to help me get back into the swing of things. As much as I love horror movies and researching the unexplained, sometimes I need to refocus by watching something interesting. My choice for the evening was the 2026 entry S4: The Bob Lazar Story. 

Plot: From jet engines to Los Alamos, Bob Lazar's life is rooted in science. In 1988, he was hired at S4 near Area 51 and reverse-engineered alien tech. Narrated by Lazar, this film uses exclusive footage to reveal America's best-kept secret.

I have been following the Bob Lazar story for decades, since I first heard about it on Coast to Coast AM with the great Art Bell. At first, the story fascinated me. Everything from Area 51, his history, the craft, and Element 115, everything made sense, and after witnessing the power of the government make a drive-by shooting in Albania disappear, a person at a top-secret facility would be nothing. This may be the best Lazar documentary out there. The entire film was polished, and the mix of archival footage, modern storytelling, and documentation made it even more compelling than some other documentaries. For some who may remain skeptical, it is a great reminder that Lazar has not changed his story throughout his storied history, and that there are a ton of inconsistencies in the government's story and the debunking efforts. Whether you believe him or not, the documentary is genuinely engaging, visually strong, and thought-provoking, which is likely why it leaves such a strong impression and is a must-watch for those interested in the UFO/UAP phenomena. 

UFO History: November 25, 1957

November 25, 1957 is an interesting day in UFO history. While there was no definitive evidence produced, there were two separate incidents reported that have some similarities in substance, although they took place in different areas of the world. 

At roughly 2200, multiple soldiers around Eglin Air Force Base in Florida witnessed three objects in the sky. These objects were seen by multiple crew members of a USAF B-66 Destroyer and tracked by ground RADAR before disappearing. 

In 1957, these objects would not be drones and the civilian population would not have been able to have access to objects that could be both visibly seen and tracked on RADAR. 

Incredibly, later in the same evening people in Mogi Mirim, Brazil also encountered three unknown objects passing over their city. While the objects were present, the town saw power to all the lights in their city go out during the incident. 

It is completely possible that these two events are unrelated, but there are similarities as both have three unidentified objects. What do you think, are they related?

UFO History: November 24, 2018

 

As I dive into UFO history for this series here at The Ringmaster’s Realm, I have found huge holes in finding cases. So, I’m going to use The National UFO Reporting Center and their database to help spread the word of different sightings. 

In these cases, if by some chance you were a witness or have further information, please pass it along to us or the NUFOC. 

Founded in 1974 by noted UFO investigator Robert J. Gribble. The Center’s primary function over the past five decades has been to receive, record, and to the greatest degree possible, corroborate and document reports from individuals who have been witness to unusual, possibly UFO-related events.  Throughout its history, the Center has processed over 180,000 reports, and has distributed its information to thousands of individuals.

The first sighting occurred on November 24, 2018 in Ridgeville, SC  when a driver saw what they described as a  fire truck with all red lights going crazy in the middle of the road sitting in the middle of the road. After some time the craft vanished. No other details or descriptions are available at the moment. 

This sighting occurred at roughly 0345 in the morning. Which would present  a darkness that could distort vision. Unfortunately, with no other description other than a rectangular shape or specifics about the location, weather conditions, or surroundings. It would be hard to decipher anything from this report. 

However, also on November 24, 2018 on the other side of the United States in Scottsdale, AZ another more traditional sighting took place around 2200. In this encounter, a light surrounded by a hazy aura moved intermittently across the sky. 

This is a more traditional sighting report considering the shape and details about the aura. In a sighting near Potomac Mills Mall in late 1997, a green hazy orb was seen flying through the sky near interstate 95. 

Do you have more details, or your own sighting? Help us at The Ringmaster’s Realm bring these to light and assist in global disclosure by passing it onto us for publication. 

UFO History - November 23, 1953

 November 23, 1953 was an active day for those that follow Ufology. Not only did Guy B. Marquand, Jr., took a picture of what was originally described as a flying saucer, the USAF had an encounter with some type of craft off Lake Michigan. 

(Riverside UFO from National Archives)

Riverside, CA. 

Marquand originally claimed he took the picture along a mountain road, where he and two friends had watched a “flying saucer” fly by at a high rate of speed. Unfortunately, this sighting was later recanted and was an admitted hoax, although the investigation data from the time is a bit of a mess. 

The admitted hoax claimed that the object was a hubcap thrown in the air, yet, there are experts that have broke down the picture over time and claim that they don’t match the dimensions of the hubcap. 

Lake Superior, MI 

The headline reads “On Nov 23, 1953 A USAF Jet Disappears intercepting a UFO Sighting over Lake Michigan.”

Well not really, but that would be fitting. What is true is that on the evening of November 23, 1953 an Air Defense Command Ground Intercept radar controller at Truax AFB became alerted to an "unidentified target" over Soo Locks. A jet piloted by 1st Lieutenant Felix Moncla, Jr. was scrambled to intercept.

With ground control monitoring the situation and directing the pilot and his F-89 toward the object, the plane could not catch up. For roughly 30 minutes, Moncia followed over Lake Superior until the blips on the RADAR screen overlapped. Soon their biggest fears were realized when the blip disappeared and no targets remained on the scope. 

With no communications present and the last visual sighting being about seventy miles off Keweenaw Point in upper Michigan, a search and rescue team was dispatched. This came up empty as no trace of the plane or the pilot were ever found. No debris, no oil slick, nothing was ever found.

Officials at Norton Air Force Base Flying Safety Division issued a statement shrouded in speculation, that "the pilot probably suffered from vertigo and crashed into the lake." However, no evidence was presented to back this statement. 

The Air Force continued to speculate, first calling the unknown radar target at first as a Canadian DC-3, before changing it to a RCAF jet. Canadian officials threw water on this notion quickly claiming that there were no Canadian aircraft in the airspace over the lake at any time during the chase. 

Eventually, the Air Force finally changed the story; the F-89 had exploded at high altitude. A plausible explanation except for the lack of debris found by the initial search and rescue team. In fact, not much can be found about Moncia’s mission in official documents, with only brief mentions to Moncia and an unidentified target. 

Project Bluebook would eventually become involved, but in the end, even their files conclude that this tragedy was merely an accident. 

What do you think about these two classic UFO sightings? Accident, facts, fiction, hoaxes? Sound off and let us know.

April 1975 Lumberton, NC - UFO Flap

On my recent trip to Point Pleasant, I was able to score some classic Fate Magazine's. Fate has always been one of my favorites,  covering all of the reasons of high strangeness and the unexplained while featuring some of the most prominent researchers of the day. In fact,  when I had an article picked up and published by them in the mid 2000s, I was so humbled. I still view that as one of my greatest accomplishments as a researcher of writer.  

With that,  in the October 1988 issue, I came across a story about a UFO Flap that occurred in April  1975. With it being somewhat close to my homestead,  I decided to try to do a deep dive on it.  After all, this was a large event,  with multiple sightings over a 3 or 4 day period.  What I found (or didn't find) online was quite surprising.

At first, I found almost nothing.  This was surprising because the story in Fate was detailed and actually contained some valuable information.  Mostly, I found links to a book,  The Lumberton report : UFO activity in southern North Carolina, April 3-9, 1975. Yes,  thethis was published by an aide to famed researcher J. Allen Hynek, who was involved in the investigation.  

Even on pages that feature unexplained stories,  three results are scarce. North Carolina can claim no monopoly on UFO sightings. From the Fayetteville Observer (March 31, 2013) it is encapsulated by a major 3 of 4 sentences.

     "A particularly large sighting, however, took place in Lumberton in early April 1975. Over the course of a few days, eight separate sightings were reported in the Robeson County town, leading some to refer to it as an  alien attack. In this attack, however, no one was hurt. Or even probed."

This again struck me odd, this was one of first widely held sightings with multiple triangle UFOs. I did find a few tweets on the anniversary and a public Facebook post,  but nothing else.  

So why is this strange? Because according to the article in Fate by the author of the above mentioned book, Jennie Zeldman (Boomerang UFOs), there were 57 recorder incidents during this flap and at last 50 were witnessed by law enforcement.  That's an insane amount.  Plus, there was a myriad of different descriptions.  

According to the article there were: 23 V-shaped crafts, 9 spotlights,  11 sightings at or below treetops, 22 silent craft, 10 hovering objects, and 4 sightings with lights and no shape.  This is a take trove of information and information that should be more publicized.  After all,  according to the author of the article,  some of the detailed information was used as inspiration for the classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

For me,  something doesn't make sense with the lack of information online with this story and I plan on doing more research, especially when you consider Fort Bragg is only hop, skip, and a jump away.  

Stay tuned for more information as I receive it. 

TMZ Presents: UFOs The Pentagon Proof (2021)

Next week at this time,  I'll be prepping for my UFO event with Enigma Labs at the ocean front. I'm stoked.  Ever since my first sighting in the 70s as I child,  I have known that UFOs exist.  While I have no idea what they are and have changed opinions over time,  I know they exist.  A fact that I am excited to see take on a mainstream life ìn this crazy 2023. Hopefully,  more information confines to trickle out.  Being in that mood,  I decided to watch TMZs show, TMZ Tresents: UFOs The Pentagon Proof (2021).

Plot: Analyzing the U.S. government's official response to UFO conversations from an investigative standpoint; interviews with key players; new footage of UFOs from the deck of a USS naval ship.

I am not a huge fan of TMZ, but I will admit that they do a great job at providing some solid information and in their investigation shows,  they make it worth watching.  This one is the same,  detailing the available information on this polarizing topic.  From 2021, this documentary dives into the Pentagon and the half-assed way they documented these important sightings as well as the way they worked to cover it up.  With some of the interviews, they pointed out facts that are easily verifiable to any one that wants to dive info these reports for themselves.  Shot with a myriad of interviews, they talk with both witnesses, experts,  and government representatives that all point out different information on the topic.  Thus,  giving different perspectives.  What I really appriciated was the fact that they covered the topic without an agenda, and allowed the different people they were talking to present their story without an agenda. The different members of TMZ asked pointed but not leading questions,  allowing them to answer open and honestly.  In the end,  this was both informative and entertaining. If you haven't watched it,  check it out. 

UFO: The Truth About Flying Saucers (1956)

This weather here in Virginia Beach has been miserable with it feeling more like I live in Florida than Virginia. But,  even with the weather,  it has not been a terrible week. I did get to see both The Empire Strikes Back and Asteroid City at the NARO and catch some other movie.  Something weird did happen on my last selection though,  I chose a 2018 movie called UFO and what strange was a 1956 documentary/movie called UFO: The Truth About Flying Saucers.

Plot: Interviews and documentary footage combine with the fictional story of an air-force pilot who encounters aliens.

Considering the age of this docudrama, this is an amazingly informative movie. Using actual Military documents and footage with a somewhat fictional story to help navigate the material was a great way to put forth the matter-of-fact approach to the material is refreshing.  This is especially true when comparing it to the documentaries that have overtaken every streaming service on the subject matter. As a researcher, it is really interesting that there are still many similarities between the different decades when it comes to the subject matter. In fact, in many ways, it may be a more accurate capsule of the UFO topic. Yes, is does move slowly and doesnt have the flair of the modern UFO documentary, but it is likely more realistic acting as a real news piece unlike the feeling and interpretation driven approach that litters every  documentary today. This one definitely presented the material and presented the material in a way that allows the viewer to make their own decision on what they believe instead of attempting to steer a narrative. This may not be for everyone, but any serious UFO buff should love it. I did and totally recommend it.