Ray Stanford, R.I.P. (1938-2025)

I only recently learned about the death of UFOlogist Ray Dene Stanford, who passed away back on June 14, 2025, at the age of 86. Stanford was the author of several books, perhaps most notably SOCORRO 'SAUCER' IN A PENTAGON PANTRY (Blueapple Books, 1976), a microscopic analysis of police officer Lonnie Zamora's infamous sighting of an egg-shaped UFO in April of 1964 on the outskirts of Socorro, New Mexico. The book is an illuminating time capsule of 1960s/1970s UFO culture and overlaps, in various fascinating ways, with Leonard H. Stringfield's 1977 book SITUATION RED: THE UFO SIEGE (which I mentioned earlier this year in my 1-7-25 CryptoPost). It's definitely worth your time. 

If you're interested in learning more about Stanford's work, I recommend checking out the following UFO CLASSIFIED interview with Ray Stanford conducted by Erica Lukes on March 9, 2019...

Ray Stanford | Socorro and UFO Research:

ON WHAT BAFFLED D. SCOTT ROGO

In her March 5, 2023 video, Professor WHAM analyzes the work of paranormal researcher D. Scott Rogo (who was tragically murdered on August 18, 1990) and the Men in Black phenomenon...

ON WHAT BAFFLED D. SCOTT ROGO: THE FEDORA GUYS AND THEIR UNCANNY MINIONS:

 

If you want to learn more about D. Scott Rogo (coauthor of the classic nonfiction book PHONE CALLS FROM THE DEAD) after watching Professor WHAM's lecture, check out the following interview with Rogo conducted by none other than Harlan Ellison on MIKE HODEL'S HOUR 25, which originally aired on the night of Halloween, 1986...

Paranormal Investigations with D. Scott Rogo:

 

60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA Reports on Donald Trump and the Epstein Files

 60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA: 

The President and the Paedophile (8-17-25)

 

Operation Trojan Horse

From Libby Rainey's 8-6-25 LAIST article entitled "Federal Agents Detain People at a Westlake Home Depot After Jumping Out of Rented Penske Moving Van":

Federal agents detained 16 people in a Westlake Home Depot parking lot early Wednesday, according to a government statement. The action comes despite a court order temporarily halting indiscriminate sweeps in the region.

The agents arrived in a rented Penske moving van, according to a Fox News reporter who accompanied the agents. Video posted on social media by the reporter shows men in U.S. Border Patrol vests who appear to be hiding in the van's closed cargo area. The rolling back door then opens and the agents run into the parking lot just east of MacArthur Park.

U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino, who is leading operations in L.A., and the Department of Homeland Security called it "Operation Trojan Horse." A Homeland Security statement said the people arrested were from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. It did not say whether the agency had arrest warrants.

To read the entire article, click HERE.