We’re excited to announce that our course is now available in a new, accessible format: eight individual course units, each priced at $29.47.
Instead of purchasing the full course up front, you can now explore the material at your own pace, one unit at a time.
Each installment offers a focused exploration of key themes in the history, science, and philosophy surrounding UFOs, non-human intelligence, and the cultural evolution of contact.
The first unit of study dives into the 1947 Kenneth Arnold sighting, widely considered the origin of the modern UFO era. We examine how Arnold’s experience catalyzed a national conversation about aerial phenomena, and how it was shaped by older cosmologies, including the doctrine of the plurality of worlds, which reveals that this topic is more than two thousand years old.
We also explore the rise of experimental aircraft in the 1940s and the overlap between early aerospace innovation and public reports of unidentified flying objects.
This opening module sets the stage for the cultural and historical patterns that will unfold across the rest of the series.
This course is equivalent to an undergraduate course at a university in the United States.
Dr. D. W. Pasulka
D. W. Pasulka is a professor at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington. She researches and teaches about religion. In 2012 she began researching modern UFO reports and has published extensively about the topic.
Her work includes acclaimed books, essays, and interviews about technology and religion. She's been featured on The Joe Rogan Experience, Lex Fridman's podcast, Vox Media, and her work has been mentioned in the New York Times, The Guardian, and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
She has presented her research at public and private events, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, Harvard Divinity School, Rice University, and many other venues.
Dr. Pasulka consults for movies, television productions, and most recently was the consulting producer for the Emmy Nominated Amblin Netflix series Encounters.
David B. Metcalfe
David B. Metcalfe, Windbridge Institute Scholar in Virtual Residence, is a researcher, writer, and multimedia specialist focusing on areas where creativity, culture, and consciousness collide.
In 2011 he established the Liminal Analytics: Applied Research Collaborative to focus on building multidisciplinary lines of communication through applied scholarship, digital media, and social network development.
David’s work has appeared in Oxford University Press and other peer reviewed anthologies. He was a research assistant for the University of Chicago under Dr. Hussein Ali Agama focusing on archival research, and he is currently the Editor-in-Chief for the Windbridge Research Center’s Threshold: Journal of Interdisciplinary Consciousness Studies.
