In this episode of The Legacy Files, we dig into the bizarre and mind-bending world of the trickster phenomenon in UFOlogy. From Jake Barber’s Skywatchers group to the unpredictable events at Skinwalker Ranch, we’re asking one of the most unsettling questions in the field: 

Are UFOs messing with us? We reference George P. Hansen’s groundbreaking book, The Trickster and the Paranormal, to explore whether what we're dealing with is: A non-human intelligence with a trickster mindset?

A psychological operation crafted to destabilize reality?

Or something far older—an archetypal force feeding off belief, uncertainty, and fear?

With Skinwalker-style weirdness, sentient light orbs, and high strangeness, nothing is off the table.

Desta and Grant discuss whether the phenomenon is reflecting our minds, toying with our emotions, or perhaps trying to teach us something—through absurdity.

Are we dealing with aliens, spirits, egregores, psyops—or the cosmic jester behind the simulation itself?