We interviewed several passersby about their perspectives on paranormal events and aliens. What we realized is that most of the people, contrary to what we predicted, believe in supernaturals.

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Transcript

Duffy: Ok, do you believe aliens exist, and why?

Interviewee: Uhh, I absolutely believe aliens exist. Personally, I believe it would be of a juvenile mind to believe that we are the smartest species within, our universe and galaxy of things that… uh… it’s just as simple as that really.

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D: Do you believe that aliens exist, and why?

In: Uh that’s a tough question, I mean… at the moment, I’d say no, cause not enough evidence to back up the fact.

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Importer: Do you believe that aliens exist? Why?

In 1: Yes because-

In 2: Yes

In 1: Drake equation says there’s like 99.9% I have it right here…

In 2: We live in, like an infinite universe and we don’t know the boundaries so probably there’s like other life.

In 1: No, no that’s not true. The universe isn’t expanding but here is… so we have the drake equation, right? N= Rfpnef1fifcL basically that simplifies to.. to.. it’s somewhere around here… 1000 out of 100,000,000 civilizations so, that’s a pretty high chance.

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Imp: Do you believe that aliens exist? Why?

In: I… don’t have an answer to that laughs

Hunku: That’s really sad

Imp: Yeah, unfortunate

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Imp: Do you believe that aliens exist, and why?

In: Uhh, we totally can’t be alone in the universe… and there’s too many god damn exoplanets out there so something’s gotta exist even if it’s like a bacteria, so they do exist.

Imp: Do you believe that aliens exist, and why?

In: Probably, but that’s because the universe is infinite…

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Imp: Do you believe that aliens exist, and why?

In: That’s more than a yes or no question… but, hmm… Define “alien”

Imp: By aliens just basically like, I guess what you expect the people in like, in UFOs, spaceships, to live in.

In: So sentient alien life.

Imp: Yep.

In: Sentient alien life, I have my doubts. Theoretically, it could be possible, and should it end up being a thing I would not be surprised, but I do have my doubts, umm… On the other hand, regular old life – alien life – that’s totally possible. Umm… I’m just not; I don’t know anything about sentient alien life. I mean, as of yet, humans are the only sen- the only truly sentient race, at least to the extent that we’ve come across so far. So… it’s difficult to say what the requirements are for sentient life to… exist, since we only have one, like, developed example. So, I do have some doubts on that, uhh, but theoretically it’s possible!

Imp: Okay thank yo-

In: Do I think they’re anywhere near us? No, definitely not anywhere near us.

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Imp: Do you believe aliens exist, and why?

In: Yes, infinite- infinite uh, space.

• Campfire crackling : This is a priority for our podcast due to the fact that we will have a story section in our podcast. This will add aditional personality to the moment, recreating the feeling of telling stories around a campfire.
• Suspenseful music: This will help in moments where the story reaches the climax. Will the protagonist get away in time or will they be caught? This will enhance that question.
• Heavy footsteps on wood: This a common trope in horror stories that footsteps will be heard when no-one is there. This can be used to recreate that feeling of unnerve.

• Heart beat: Just like the suspenseful music, this can be used during intense scenes or the climax to enhance the moment.
• High pitch screaming sound: We will use it to create shock, and further unnerve the audience during story telling.
• Ears ringing : A high pitch background noise, making our audience extremely uncomfortable, can be used when we want audience to be discomforted.
• rain：Simply to add more atmosphere to the story part of our podcast
• trees rustling：Also to add atmosphere.
• clock ticking： To stimulate the feeling of time passing by.
• UFO whirring： Appears when UFOs appear.
• little girls’ creepy mubbling, singing, whispering：To add atmosphere.
• squeaky door opening：To creat tension / atmosphere
• clock strick at 12：To signify time.

After reading space.com’s article “UFOs Remain Elusive Despite Decades of Study” we have extracted some direct and indirect quotes, formulating questions based on them, as well as our own.

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Direct Quotes

Possible question: Why do you believe that UFOs are real?
“I’ve seen these craft. I know they are real,” he told Space.com. “I can’t tell you where they’re from. I don’t know if they are ours or belong to somebody else or whatever. But they are advanced technology.”

Possible question: What will it take to understand aliens?
“We have to be able to let go of some old beliefs because maybe the way we think the universe works isn’t how it really works.”

Possible question: What do you think it will take to recreate alien technology?
“I personally believe that these are extraterrestrial beings that have advanced physics that we don’t yet understand. And once we do, we’ll be out there doing the same thing that they are doing. We’re probably 20 to 30 years away from being the aliens.”

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Indirect Quotes

Possible question: Has increased UFO reports meant that you have more cases to work with?
 It is becoming harder to weed out and identify “real” UFOs.

Possible question: Why do you think people are so baffled by UFOs?
Harzan said that the No. 1 stumbling block to advancement as a civilization is holding on to old beliefs. Is our science even capable of understanding what UFOs truly represent?

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Own Questions

1. By how much have past organizations influenced what MUFON does today?
   We want to know how they have been influenced because it can provide more history to these groups.
   
2. How does researching aliens and UFOs benefit humanity?
   We ask this to know how this would influence us as UFOs seem to use technology not yet available to us.
   
3. How do advances in technology influence UFO reports?
   We ask this because as video and camera technology gets better, more people have access to a camera to take a photo of a UFO, but also editing software to fake UFO sightings.
   
4. What is the investigative process for confirming UFO reports?
   This will help provide us with more insight into the process and allowing us to use parts of this process ourselves to review UFO cases.
   
5. What do you think is the most influential UFO report for both skeptics and believers?
   This is an interesting question as each person has their own opinion on UFOs and their authenticity, but one of them has to stand out to both of them.

Shattered Glass is a movie following Stephen Glass, an editor of The New Republic, who wrote fake, outrageous stories earning his popularity. As The New Republic’s rival, Forbes, points out the suspicious parts of his newest article and end his career as a journalist. The movie points out five interview techniques that Stephen Glass used himself. We will be reviewing five of those techniques.

As Stephen points out at the start of the movie, a good interviewer should be able to capture behaviours, that is, to record everything you see. A person’s behaviour and his appearance could reveal plenty of things in an interview; personalities, reliability, etc. Some details might have a significant impact on an article and disclose information to the public that wasn’t earlier.

The next point is that as an interviewer, you should never assume anything. A few empty beer cans on the ground could indicate alcohol addiction, but what if it’s a group you’re interviewing? Maybe one person drank all of those, but it could also be that each member took one drink. Assuming isn’t what you should do as an interviewer. Your job is to report not to speculate.

Be friendly with your interviewee. If you can reduce the tension between you and your interviewee, it will be beneficial. Especially when an interviewee sees you as a friend, they are willing to tell you more about themselves and answer your questions. Keep sensitive topics to the end to not put their mood and make them less responsive.

Fact-check everything. This applies not only to what the interviewee says but also to what you observed. If something is wrong, rivals can use it to bring you down. Verifying everything you write down can also lead you to discover extra information you may not have known before.

Always come pre-prepared with questions. The best way to do this is to do background research into what others are currently wondering about the interviewee. This has both the benefit of reducing awkward wait times as you try to come up with another question, but also will gain the attention of readers when posted. However, you shouldn’t try to assume how someone will respond so you can have a response question to that, those are best come up on the spot.

Using these five interview techniques, you can quickly improve the experience of your interviews for both yourself and your interviewee as well as improving the results of your interview. In the world of journalism, interviews play a big part in it so you must always improve.

The insane things are not far from us, maybe they are just in the house next door where no one lives for a decade. In this segment we will explore the creepy places in Van. Maybe a derelict castle, a forest where people say its full of dead bodies, or even a school somewhere where ghost appears in the night. 

People are always afraid of scary things, whether they believe in it or not. They are scared by the creepy things or they don’t have time to explore the places by themselves. However, as high school students, we are afraid of nothing and we have plenty of time. We are going to explore those places for you to satisfy your curiosity. 

This relates to our podcast as we are exploring facts about the mysterious. We go to the actual places to get the primary sources rather than secondary sources the Internet express. And we can say this is the “facts” we explored by ourselves.

      The world is full of the craziest things, and this segment will look at some of those. We’ll mention weird stuff about animals around the told, haunted locations, and more. This segment will be short and will act as a transition in between subjects, with little to no discussion on the facts mentioned.

      This relates to our podcast due to the obvious “creepy” factor. This also diversifies our podcast more than before.

      As an example, we will first start out by doing some research on these facts. Afterwards, we will put out a box asking “What’s creepy about _____,” with the blank being the subject of a creepy fact. Then people will try to answer this question with what they think is creepy about it. A good example of something we’d choose is “If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.”, which would turn into the question “What’s creepy about sneezing?”.

This segment will be covering weekly news that can be considered weird. Did something happen in the news that makes you scratch your head? Whether it be another Florida man on a drug-fueled craze or another mystery in the making, you’ll be sure to see it here. It won’t be a major section of the podcast, with the discussion of events being limited.
This segment is related to our podcast because it still discusses mysterious stories, but as an added benefit discusses stories we might not usually discuss. This will provide more diversity to our show, which wasn’t present earlier.
As an example of how this segment would work, we will first research recent news and events. Then, we pick out the weirder stories from what we’ve found. A good example would be, at the time of writing this, Boris Johnson hiding in a fridge from an interview.

T: Welcome to Lost and Forgotten, we’re your hosts, Timothy, Hank, and Nick. Today we have a special guest with us, why don’t you introduce yourself?

E: Hello, I’m Eric Kripke and I am the writer for the show Supernatural.

T: Supernatural is a TV show that aired on September 13, 2005. The show follows two brothers as they hunt down the supernatural beings roaming the Earth, from demons to ghouls.

Q: Do you believe in the supernatural?
E: Well yes. When I was little, my dad was always very interested and fascinated by the supernatural, and he had read me many stories as a kid.

Q: Could you tell us about your father for a bit?
E: Well my dad worked at an aluminum scrap company and was pretty successful but later on he wanted to start his own company, so he left and started his own company, Kripke Enterprises Inc. Later on in his career, he got ownership over MidSouth Aluminum, Inc. which was one of the biggest aluminum coil companies in America.

Q: Did your dad influence you to start working on what you do now?
E: He did a lot. He would constantly tell me stories about ghosts, aliens, and other things that couldn’t be explained and some of them he told me he had experienced.

Q: Have you yourself ever experienced anything supernatural? If yes, what was it?
E: Oh, plenty! Especially while filming for the show was happening! Spotlights turning off and on for no reason, cameras starting to record without any input from the cameraman, insane stuff.

Q: What were your inspirations for Supernatural?
E: Well… there is a large number of episodes are based on the real-life experiences of mine. Plenty of times when I heard of legends and myths, I started researching those topics, and it always came up with something that I could put into my show. And that is why we never ran out of ideas. Those real-life experiences make the tv show more realistic, and people started to gain interest in our show.

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Eric Kripke