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Basement #010: Marc D'Antonio | 40 Billion Habitable Worlds and Something Living in Our Oceans

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Basement #010: Marc D'Antonio | UFO Propulsion, Parallel Universes, and 40 Billion Habitable Worlds Marc D'Antonio is an astronomer specializing in exoplanets, MUFON's chief photo and video analyst, and the CEO of FX Models — a visual effects company whose clients include Hollywood studios and defense contractors. He co-developed an advanced UFO detection system alongside Douglas Trumbull, the visual effects legend behind 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Blade Runner. Marc operates two remote observatories in Arizona, where he livestreams the night sky to audiences around the world and conducts real exoplanet transit research. He is a recurring on-screen analyst for History Channel's The Proof Is Out There and has appeared across numerous television productions covering anomalous phenomena. He has done project work for the U.S. Navy and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and has spent decades applying genuine scientific rigor to one of the least scientifically respected fields in existence. #UFOs #MissingTime #Astronomy #AJGentile #MarcDAntonio 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 Executive Producers: Jennifer Gentile Gino Gentile AJ Gentile Patreon Members Editors: Joe Stone Drew Sullivan Brandon Snyder Ryan Fitzgerald Producers: Victoria Young Haley Burke Research: Haley Burke AJ Gentile Gino Gentile Jen Gentile Victoria Young Written/Hosted by: AJ Gentile Hecklefish J. Moriarty Thank You Mods: The Hybrid Paul Rohrbaugh Mischief SnowCrash BeezySmeezy TrashPanda MaryJaneMcweed AC Sanzel Abbaton SpookyMadison Original Jim With Music on Repeat by Victor Lundberg The Why Files lyrics by Straightjacket Spaceman 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 MARC D'ANTONIO LINKS www.skytourlive.org tiktok - skytourlivestream X - @skytourD Facebook - Marc Dantonio Kick - marcstls Instagram - skytourlivestream twitch - stlsw 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🎧 The Why Files: OPERATION PODCAST 🎧 🎧 https://thewhyfiles.com/podcast 🎧 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🙏 SUPPORT THE WHY FILES (Fun, Free Perks!) 🙏 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewhyfiles 🙏 YT Members: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIFk2uvCNcEmZ77g0ESKLcQ/join 👽 BUY WHY FILES MERCH 👽 👽 https://shop.thewhyfiles.com (Code: LIZZIDPEEPLE for 10% off first order) 👽 💬 CHAT WITH US ON DISCORD 💬 💬 https://thewhyfiles.com/discord 💬 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🌐 OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://thewhyfiles.com 📸 BE A WHY FILES MODEL (and get free stuff!) 📸 Send a photo of you/family/friends watching TWF, 📸 wearing TWF gear, using TWF merchandise: 📸 https://thewhyfiles.com/wild 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 ▪TWF ON THE WEBS ▪https://www.reddit.com/r/TheWhyFiles/ ▪https://twitter.com/OMGTheWhyFiles ▪https://www.instagram.com/OMGTheWhyFiles ▪https://www.rumble.com/thewhyfiles ▪https://thewhyfiles.locals.com ▪https://www.tiktok.com/@thewhyfiles ▪https://www.facebook.com/OMGTheWhyFiles 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🐠 BETTER CHANNELS TO WATCH: 🐠 https://www.youtube.com/c/HecklefishMoriarty 🤓 https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWhyFilesBackstage 🎧 https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWhyFilesPodcast

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@nomaditsu 2026-04-06

Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:41 Welcoming Marc D'Antonio to the basement 1:58 Marc’s childhood experience at the pond 6:57 Discussing the missing time and medical perspective 12:23 Childhood space station blueprints 15:08 The Gentry Lee story 25:32 Building observatories and the cold 29:04 Managing remote observatories in Arizona 31:42 The robot project (Sammy) 35:53 Focus on exoplanets and life in the universe 47:24 The building blocks of life 1:16:42 Sleep paralysis and parallel universe theories 1:23:18 Medical office story and the doctor 1:42:59 The Mariana Trench discovery 1:44:44 Reflection on USOs and Navy projects 1:47:15 The disclosure narrative 1:55:50 Advanced UFO detection systems and technology 2:29:53 Parallel universe intersection theory 2:46:14 Micro black holes and propulsion 3:08:50 Discussing alien races and disclosure 3:11:14 Closing and where to find Marc online 3:12:41 Recap and final thoughts

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@Tiberium10332 2026-04-06

Never would have expected this frequency of episodes! Wild stories, great guests.

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@BigRidgePeakum 2026-04-07

@TheWhyFiles casually out here just taking over YouTube. Proud of you and respect what you guys do. Love from the UK

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@cwpcwpcwp3839 2026-04-07

A.J. is possibly the very best interviewer i have ever heard. Prepared, curious, objective, and low ego.

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@Yo_AB_Breaks 2026-04-06

I can't imagine the level of cool I would feel at 9 years old that a real NASA scientist actually read my plans, let alone comment on them and send me awesome space stuff. That guy is a legend.

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@hoardroarklaughed 2026-04-07

I wrote a letter to nasa in 7th grade and they mailed me 6 huge posters rolled up in a tube all the to Pakistan. For that I will forever be grateful and hope they continue to spread the joys of space forever

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@itoobe 2026-04-07

Damn, this guy could talk the ears off of corn crops.

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@the36lessons11 2026-04-07

I saw the Phoenix Lights in '97. It was boomerang in formation with lights on a black body. It moved slow and silent and was quite strange and eerie. I was a child when it happened; old enough to remember, but not enough to really understand why it was scaring my parents and neighbors. Supposedly came back 10 years later but didn't get to actually observe it that time.

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@natehydrv1661 2026-04-07

I strongly believe in that parallel universe experience because I thought I was going crazy in my old house, I lived there from its construction in 97 to selling it in 07, I had many incidents of hearing and seeing blurry things outside near my pool, after I sold it the new guy called me with many questions about valves etc on the pool and he said that he saw ghosts out there and was wondering if I saw anything like that, I said I had seen a few things but wrote it off to being tired, after his wife wife and kids saw things they sold it at a loss in less than a year, the next people only lived there 4 months before selling and posted on facebook that it was haunted after selling, it has sold six more times since then and is currently for sale again. The parallel universe definitely explains the existence of the images and sounds.

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@TheRealPodgy 2026-04-07

Honestly, I never dreamed I’d live in a world where I could hear something from someone this fascinating! Thank you AJ!

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