In July 1954, a crippled Ozark farmer named Buck Nelson waved a flashlight at three flying discs over his Missouri ranch. They fired a ray at him, knocked him down, and cured fifteen years of back pain. What followed was a round trip to Mars, the Moon, and Venus, a 200-year-old space pilot, a 385-pound handshaking dog, twelve laws of God, and a saucer convention every June on an eighty-acre farm with no phone line. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine one of the strangest of the 1950s UFO contactees from the twin perspectives of faith and reason — and there's a twist late in the story that changes everything.

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Further Resources:
• Buck Nelson, My Trip to Mars, the Moon, and Venus (modern paperback): https://amzn.to/3SygFit
• My Trip to Mars, the Moon, and Venus (free PDF of the 1956 booklet): http://gratisenergi.se/buck1956.pdf
• “The Ozarks Spaceman: Buck Nelson in 10 Facts,” Springfield-Greene County Library: https://thelibrary.org/post/the-ozarks-spaceman-buck-nelson-in-10-facts
• Ozarks Alive feature on Buck Nelson: https://www.ozarksalive.com/stories/2iepyyzyl2rk6jkohdpf633ftjaaoc
• Buck Nelson (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Nelson
• Sue Hubbell, “Buck Nelson and the Little Men,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 29, 1977: https://www.newspapers.com/search/?query=Buck+Nelson+Little+Men&dr_year=1977-1977
• Dale Freeman, “Out of This World,” Springfield News-Leader, February 26, 1956: https://www.newspapers.com/search/?query=Buck+Nelson+Out+of+This+World&dr_year=1956-1956
• “Trip to Venus Talk Packs Sunday School,” The Spokesman-Review, March 23, 1956: https://www.newspapers.com/image/568434786/

Chapters:
0:00:12 - Intro
0:00:47 - Cold open: The Ozark Spaceman
0:01:50 - Today's Mystery: The UFO Contactees
0:02:58 - Mountain View, Missouri
0:04:57 - Ozark Caves and Karst Country
0:06:00 - Who Was Buck Nelson?
0:08:11 - July 1954: Three Discs and a Flashlight
0:09:44 - The Healing Ray
0:10:28 - The Saucers Come Back
0:11:54 - Bucky, Bob Solomon, and Big Bo
0:14:04 - The Spacemen Tour the House
0:18:01 - The Twelve Laws of God
0:19:53 - At the Controls
0:22:03 - Mars
0:24:10 - The Moon
0:27:00 - Venus
0:29:21 - Home After Three Days
0:29:37 - What the Space People Were Like
0:33:26 - Atlantis and the Pyramids
0:35:01 - Christmas with Bucky
0:37:24 - Thank you to Patrons
0:37:56 - Sponsor: Rosary Army and School of Mary
0:38:38 - Sponsorship opportunities
0:39:26 - The Lecture Circuit and the Booklet
0:41:46 - The Spacecraft Conventions
0:45:16 - The Men in Black
0:47:50 - Trouble With the Government
0:48:49 - How the Story Ended
0:50:44 - Reason Perspective
0:52:46 - Faith Perspective
0:53:50 - The Twist
0:57:18 - The Civil Rights Backdrop
0:58:53 - Racism Is Evil
1:03:02 - Bottom Line
1:04:11 - Further Resources
1:04:43 - Mysterious Feedback: #419 Zombie Marriage, Holy Roman Emperors, Jesus' DNA, and More Weird Questions
1:11:10 - Your mysterious feedback
1:11:46 - Thank you to Oasis Studio 7
1:11:51 - Jimmy's YouTube channel
1:13:13 - Thank you to Craig Hart
1:13:18 - Next Time: Auras
1:13:38 - Share the show, write a review
1:13:50 - Get your Mysterious merch
1:13:58 - Show notes
1:14:05 - Become a Patron
1:14:12 - Sponsor: The Grady Group
1:15:03 - After the Credits: 1956 School Lunch Menus
1:17:15 - Outro

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