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09/07/2024

Yes, my videotape digitalization project keeps turning up images of me looking like the real Ron Burgundy. :-)

In late August of 1981, I covered the close encounter that Voyager II was having with Saturn for PBS in LA. It was a half-hour documentary that included an extensive interview with Carl Sagan at a time when his "Cosmos" had just taken the nation by storm the year before.

He was very pleasant, his usual incredible interview self. Afterwards, I walked him to his car in the KCET parking lot. We got into a discussion (debate) about the UFO topic. I wondered why he could be so insistent that the Universe was teeming with life but equally adamant that they couldn't possibly be here despite the voluminous reports of pilots, military, police, etc.

I'm writing a book now — "Strange Visitors: Close Encounters of the Hollywood Kind" — and that story will be a few pages of it. I've never forgotten it, such a clear moment in my life.

In August of 1981, I hosted the PBS documentary "Saturn and Beyond" that was produced by KCET in Los Angeles, the same space and studios where Carl Sagan pro...

09/06/2024

I know it looks like I'm on some kind of nostalgia tour (and maybe I am), but to explain: most of this is because after all these years I've just gotten most of my news videotapes that I've never watched transferred to MP4 and Apple Pro Res. I don't expect anyone to watch these things, but it is fun to see that I rocked the Ron Burgundy look before there was a Ron Burgundy!

For this one, I remember working at PBS in LA, covering the space beat for Newsbeat with Clete Roberts, and raising the money to send myself and a camera crew to Cape Canaveral to cover the 2nd launch of Space Shuttle Columbia. That was so damn thrilling...

Back in 1981, I was a new reporter for the PBS LA series "Newsbeat." Space was one of my primary beats. I covered the Voyager II encounter with Saturn out at...

09/03/2024

Just found the rest of these Polaroids that I took of the trip that Steve Suggs, Dave Rody, Chuck Henry and I took to Yucatan for "Eye on LA" back in 1984. Steve passed on August 16th, such a loss, and there will be an LA life celebration for him (information on the graphic below).

08/22/2024

Back in 1972, when I was 18 years old, I may have been the youngest delegate to the Democratic National Convention ever. That was the year the voting age was dropped to 18 so no one that young could likely have been a delegate at previous conventions. I'd been working for Senator George McGovern since January of that year and even though he supposedly had the votes, when we arrived in Miami there were credential challenges, etc., all aimed at depriving him the nomination. He did get the nod, but lost in a super-landslide to Richard Nixon that year. That's me with our delegation chair Blaine Whipple. What a haircut (or rather the lack of one)!

07/22/2024

While reading about Carlos Santana celebrating his 77th birthday, I remembered that I'd covered his concert at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon back on June 25, 1978. I was a reporter/anchor at KVAL back then, my first TV gig. That's rock promoter Bill Graham behind me with the sunglasses. Great concert, BTW, I didn't get to see it all because I had to get back to station and get the piece ready for air!

07/06/2024

The nationally syndicated 'Jump Start' comic (400 newspapers) just named its new character — an enormous quarterback — 'Bryce Zabel'!

Thanks to the creator/cartoonist and my good buddy Robb Armstrong who used my name because he liked the sound of it. 😎

In all candor, my primary football playing experience ended in the fifth grade. Talk about fantasy football!

https://www.gocomics.com/jumpstart/2024/07/05

05/15/2023

Jared’s corporate picture for his dog park start up, Open Park.

05/15/2023

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06/20/2022

The guys. Fun hang out yesterday.

03/05/2022

Two investigative journalists take on UAP/UFO reality in a new podcast at www.NeedToKnow.today.

"Need to Know with Coulthart and Zabel." Australian Ross Coulthart and American Bryce Zabel won't waste your time or insult your intelligence.

The Need-to-Know podcast deals with the now acknowledged reality of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena or UAP. Its hosts are award-winning broadcasters and investigative journalists Ross Coulthart and Bryce Zabel. Each week they’ll look at what’s happened in the UAP/UFO world. Coulthart and Zabel dis...

01/29/2022

Just did WABC in NYC and here's what I like about this clip they just sent me. It's short (20 minute interview), sound quality is excellent, and besides UFOs, I get to talk about the TV Academy, peak TV, John Lennon and my debate challenge to Neil deGrasse Tyson. 😎

https://wabcradio.com/episode/byrce-zabel-1-28-22/

01/22/2022

"Need to Know with Coulthart and Zabel" - Investigative journalists take on the UAP/UFO mystery. https://NeedToKnow.today

The Need-to-Know podcast deals with the now acknowledged reality of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena or UAP. Its hosts are award-winning broadcasters and investigative journalists Ross Coulthart and Bryce Zabel. Each week they’ll look at what’s happened in the UAP/UFO world. Coulthart and Zabel dis...

12/16/2021

The first two episodes of "Need to Know with Coulthart and Zabel" are now available through your usual podcast suppliers like Apple, and also through our home page.

Home: http://NeedtoKnow.today

Search for the entire name: Need to Know with Coulthart and Zabel. Thank you!

Award-winning investigative reporters Ross Coulthart and Bryce Zabel take on the UAP mystery and expect to find answers.

11/21/2021

The countdown is on for Peter Jackson's "The Beatles: Get Back." Here's a personal take on why The Beatles matter.

https://bit.ly/Beatles_Life

To people who lived through the 1960s, John, Paul, George and Ringo will always be there to help measure the times of their lives.

11/02/2021

"Imagine the Coming Beatles Reunion" — One day soon, artificial intelligence will take the Beatles Challenge, relax its mind, and float downstream. The only question is whether you’ll love or hate what it comes up with.
https://bit.ly/Beatles_AI

Artificial intelligence will soon take the Beatles Challenge, relax its mind, and float downstream. Will you love or hate the result?

10/25/2021

Bill Nelson has been a U.S. Senator, an astronaut, combat pilot and now he's the new administrator of NASA. And he is talking about aliens in no uncertain terms.
https://bit.ly/NASA_UFO

Ex-Senator and former astronaut Bill Nelson says that NASA is going to look for evidence to explain the UAP our military has encountered.

10/22/2021

Bryce has challenged Neil deGrasse Tyson to debate the UFO/UAP topic. We're not sitting by the phone or holding our breath, but it would be something to behold. The article below is available to read on Medium at this URL w/ no paywall and no ads.
https://bit.ly/Tyson-Zabel-Debate

This open letter challenges your UFO skepticism. Can you go beyond sound bites and punch lines to get to the heart of the matter?

09/10/2021

Former TV Academy chairman Bryce Zabel looks back at the 2001 Emmys that were canceled twice after the 9/11 attacks.

08/10/2021

"Code Red for UFO Disclosure" — The world’s problems are desperate and intractable. Disclosure could finally show us that we are more alike than different.
https://bit.ly/UFO_CodeRed

The world’s problems are desperate and intractable. Disclosure of UAP reality could finally show us that we are more alike than different.

08/03/2021

Award-winning Australian investigative reporter Ross Coulthart documents his journey from UFO skeptic to reporter on a mission. Details here: https://bit.ly/Coulthart-InPlainSight

Australian investigative journalist Ross Coulthart has been all over the UAP media promoting his new book. We’ve read it and have opinions.

08/03/2021

Award-winning Australian investigative journalist Ross Coulthart's "In Plain Sight" shows his journey from complete UFO skeptic to reporter who knows an incredible story is breaking all around him.
https://medium.com/on-the-trail-of-the-saucers/ross-coulthart-in-plain-sight-ufo-uap-9d31e98624b7?source=friends_link&sk=6b9c642e47660d21cdfdc63eed8e796a

Australian investigative journalist Ross Coulthart has been all over the UAP media promoting his new book. We’ve read it and have opinions.

07/20/2021

My history teacher dad died 20 years ago today. 32 years earlier, during the landing, we had a dad/son encounter that remains unforgettable. I've written this short essay to remember him and that moment.
https://medium.com/on-the-trail-of-the-saucers/moonwalk-1969-a-true-life-wonder-years-story-32c9ed31ef58?source=friends_link&sk=91e73fc199771431df949d167bc8ec56

It wasn’t where I was when Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon but where I wasn’t. His small step was my giant leap.

07/16/2021

Remember the case of Betty & Barney Hill, the first UFO abductees? "Trail of the Saucers" has done an in-depth investigation into how their story went public. You'll be surprised.
Read the article here: https://bit.ly/Luttrell_Traveler

On the 60th anniversary of the Hill abduction, it’s time to set the record straight on how the story was told by journalist John Fuller.

07/14/2021

If you thought you knew how the Betty and Barney Hill UFO abduction story became public, this story will change the way you think.
https://bit.ly/Luttrell_Traveler

On the 60th anniversary of the Hill abduction, it’s time to set the record straight on how the story was told by journalist John Fuller.

07/14/2021

"PEOPLE GET READY" — New! — Humanity's survival in what may be a crowded Universe requires rapid thinking and bold action. We need to level up fast.
https://bit.ly/People-Get-Ready

Humanity’s survival in what may be a crowded universe requires rapid thinking and bold action. We need to level up fast.