Guest: Cara Philip (Paranormal Investigator, UFO Enthusiast, Host of Paraflix Talk Show)

Dustin catches up with returning guest Cara Philip in this fun, free-flowing episode packed with personal stories and deep dives into the paranormal and extraterrestrial.

Cara shares her epic summer adventures: bottomless mimosas with friends, spontaneous lake swims, camping inside a haunted Kentucky rest home for a ghost investigation, wild cave explorations in Iowa, ferry rides from Long Island to Connecticut, and multiple paraccons (including Rock Island Esoteric Expo where she saw the real Annabelle doll). She’s wrapping up her master’s in nursing leadership and gearing up for Salem and more filming.

The conversation quickly rockets into UFO territory: the recent cigar-shaped interstellar “mothership” object, Avi Loeb’s research, slow-drip disclosure, underground ET bases, reptilians, Hopi ant people legends, and Phil Schneider’s wild claims. They geek out over caves as potential survival spots and hidden realms.

Things get even weirder with Icelandic beliefs in full-sized, human-like elves living in a parallel dimension (so real that the government reroutes roads to avoid disturbing them), Australian alien se+ual encounter stories (including the bizarre Peter Khoury case with unusual DNA evidence), ancient gods as aliens, Rh-negative blood, pyramids worldwide, and how shows like Stargate and Star Trek might be soft disclosure.

Mike explains how his research and writing — particularly in UFO Symphonic — led him to recognize that many anomalous experiences are accompanied not just by visual phenomena, but by sound, silence, vibration, and music. From symphonic tones heard during encounters to the profound effects of frequencies, gongs, and sound baths, the episode examines how sound can dissolve ego, trigger memory, and shift awareness into non-ordinary states.

The conversation weaves together UFO encounters, ancient religious texts, indigenous traditions, dream states, psychedelic experiences, and modern neuroscience, suggesting that music and sound may function as a universal language of consciousness — one that transcends culture, time, and even physical reality. They discuss how birdsong, silence, and environmental sound may carry intelligence we’ve largely learned to ignore.

The episode also touches on why humanity is so visually focused, how sound bypasses rational defenses, and why transformative experiences — whether through music, trauma, meditation, or encounters with the unknown — often result in profound personal and spiritual shifts.

Rather than framing UFOs as a purely technological mystery, this conversation invites listeners to consider a deeper possibility: that sound and consciousness themselves may be the real interface, pointing us toward a more interconnected and humbling understanding of reality.

In this episode of Flying Chariots – The Rise, Dustin is joined by paranormal investigator and researcher Josh Caires, a longtime figure in the UFO and supernatural community with deep ties to Coast to Coast AM–era radio. Josh shares how his lifelong fascination with the unexplained began in childhood and evolved into decades of hands-on investigation, research, and collaboration with some of the most influential names in the field.The conversation dives deep into UFO encounters, alien abduction cases, classic paranormal television, and the history of modern ghost hunting, before focusing on one of the most infamous haunted locations in America—the Summerwind Mansion in Wisconsin. Josh recounts chilling stories of poltergeist activity, apparitions, missing objects, and the mansion’s connection to Native American burial mounds, as well as his role in efforts to preserve and potentially rebuild the site.Along the way, the episode explores theories like Stone Tape Theory, residual hauntings, ancient astronauts, and government UFO investigations, weaving together history, personal experience, and insider knowledge. This is a wide-ranging, high-energy conversation packed with lore, firsthand insight, and deep paranormal history.