Ep.340 The Silent Machine
Published: 29 June 2025
When Adrius stepped outside into the quiet night air, he wasn’t expecting to see anything unusual. But there it was, hovering above the treetops. A large, matte black craft. It didn’t move. It didn’t make a sound. Its surface was smooth with brushed metal ridges, and on either side, two red lights glowed, stacked vertically like signals. Adrius had seen other things in the sky before. In London, three glowing orbs drifted through moonlit clouds that moved in unnatural patterns. A colleague later confirmed the same sighting. A few months after that, during lockdown, a craft appeared above Crystal Palace. It looked like two diamond-shaped pods connected by a shifting field of purple and gold lights. Others saw it too. In California, near Vandenberg, he caught sight of a smooth, featureless object during the day. It vanished without sound. Later that year, walking his dogs, he saw another object light up with a flash of blue plasma before disappearing.
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UFO SIGHTINGS
1. North Hollywood, California (circa 1979, age 4–5)
Witnessed a large fireball or glowing orb in the sky during the day.
Object flew low, silently, without a trail.
Startled Adrien and his brother; mother didn’t see it.
2. Crystal Palace, London (2019)
Late night, during his birthday.
Three orbs appeared in the sky, formed out of moonlight through clouds.
Clouds moved unnaturally, like “a vacuum cleaner.”
A colleague later confirmed seeing the same phenomenon.
3. Crystal Palace, London (January 2020)
During COVID lockdown.
Object appeared in the sky, uncloaked, and flew toward them.
Slowly banked away from London and drifted over the horizon.
Described as two diamond-shaped pods (size of a single-decker bus) with canoe-like attachments and an expanding/contracting square of glowing orbs (purple and gold) connecting them.
Witnessed by Adrien, his ex-wife, and her cousin.
4. Santa Barbara County, California (around 2021–2022)
Near Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Brief daylight sighting of a structure with tic-tac-like surface.
No detail, smooth, cylindrical, silent.
5. Santa Barbara County – Nighttime Sighting (a few months later)
While walking dogs, saw a bright, reflective object a mile away.
Object emitted what looked like plasma (turquoise-blue glow), then vanished rapidly.
No sound, no helicopter rotor noise.
6. San Diego County, California – Ranch Sighting (recent)
During a blackout caused by strong winds.
While walking to the barn, saw a close-range UFO in front of a nearby mountain (~1,000 feet away).
Described as a “clam-shaped” fuselage with ridges, a cross-shaped reflective structure, bright red lights, and large unlit “light bulbs” the size of beach balls.
Completely silent. Disappeared in a blink.
LUCID DREAM / POSSIBLE CONTACT
7. Same night as San Diego sighting
Experienced most lucid dream of his life.
Helicopters and aircraft surrounded him and his wife in a dream.
Humanoid figures emerged from transforming aircraft and gently restrained them.
One human-like figure approached and used bright “pens” on Adrien’s eyes.
He was transported to a strange social gathering with odd, unfamiliar beings.
Woke up feeling fully rested; wife reported having a strange dream too.
PARANORMAL & GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS
8. London – Ghost at edge of bed
Saw a ghostly figure at his bedside holding a guitar.
Later learned it was a deceased friend (Rita).
Believes she may have visited due to shared connection: both Rita and Adrien’s wife had ovarian cancer.
9. London – Mysterious light manifestation
Said aloud, “I’m not afraid, show yourself.”
Witnessed a swirling red-orange light, like the cherry of a cigarette.
Covered his head with the blanket afterward.
10. London – Shared paranormal activity
Wife sensed a presence in the room.
Both witnessed a plant move on its own.
Occurred while wife was recovering from surgery.
SASQUATCH-LIKE / HIGH STRANGENESS EVENTS
11. Agoura Hills, California – Friend’s property (ongoing in childhood to 20s)
Trash was disturbed, but items were stacked neatly, not scattered.
Heard loud banging on windows with no visible cause.
Saw a pine cone thrown at them from darkness.
Had intense sleep paralysis and sense of being watched only at that house.
Found stacks of small stones/pyramids at perimeter of floodlight range.
12. Agoura Hills – Strange footsteps
Heard something large walking through dense brush and dry creek.
Dogs barked in sequence throughout the neighborhood.
Whatever it was, it climbed an 80-foot ridge in ~30 seconds.
13. Topanga Canyon – Cave encounter
While approaching a cave to smoke, heard two entities speaking in a reversed or unfamiliar language.
When they announced their presence, the voices stopped.
Something leapt 20–30 feet to the side and began imitating a mountain lion poorly.
They fled the scene in fear.