Tonight, Monday on FADE to BLACK: Les Velez returns to Fade to Black with Jimmy Church to discuss his journey into the UFO phenomenon and the creation of OPUS — the Organization for Paranormal Understanding and Support.

Lester Velez is a graduate of the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. Beginning in September of 1970, he served in the U.S. Army as a field artillery officer and was later vice president of Luscombe Engineering.

He joined MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network, in 1991 and has held the following positions: Field investigator, Training Coordinator for field investigators, the Assistant State Director in Northern California, Chairman of the A.E.R.C. (Abduction Experiencer Research Committee), and team leader of the A.R.T. (Abduction Response Team). Also during that time, he became a facilitator for an abduction support group in San Jose California, and in 1994 co-founded OPUS, the Organization for Paranormal Understanding and Support.

WEBSITES:
https://www.opusnetwork.org/

Air Date: October 20, 2025

Tonight, Thursday on FADE to BLACK: M.D. Selig, combat‑decorated pilot and former intelligence officer, explains why his fiction is rooted in historical fact, how the Deep State hides truths in plain sight, and the role of mind control in shaping public perception. He shares his reasons for writing, whether he sees himself as a whistleblower, and what full disclosure could mean for the future.

M.D. Selig didn’t just write for the screen; he lived a life worthy of it. A decorated Marine combat jet-attack pilot, his real-world experiences flying missions around the globe are the engine driving his cinematic storytelling. Armed with a history degree from the University of Arkansas, Selig dives deep into the questions most are afraid to ask. Merging the gripping tension of his real-world experience with a historian’s eye for ignored details, the results are cinematic stories that have captured audiences on Netflix, Showtime and Amazon Prime. Now with his highly anticipated debut novel, readers are left wondering what other covert histories lay in wait.

WEBSITES:
https://mdselig.com/

Air Date: October 16, 2025

Tonight, Wednesday on FADE to BLACK: Lyn Buchanan, former U.S. Army remote viewer, reveals how he was recruited into the military’s top-secret psychic espionage program and what he learned from exploring both practical and deeply esoteric targets.

Lyn Buchanan was a member of the U.S. military’s Remote Viewing unit, as a viewer, trainer, property book holder, database manager, and trainer. He is now the Executive Director of Problems Solutions Innovations (PSI), headquartered in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Author of “The Seventh Sense”, a book about his time in the military unit, what they did, and about Controlled Remote Viewing, itself.

WEBSITES:
https://www.crviewer.com/

Air Date: October 15, 2025