The Light Gate Episode #023: Rob & Trish MacGregor (authors, experiencers & UFO power couple)

The Light Gate Episode #023: Rob & Trish MacGregor (authors, experiencers & UFO power couple)

Author: Preston Dennett February 21, 2026 Duration: 1:53:59
The Light Gate welcomes UFO and paranormal power couple, Rob and Trish MacGregor. They have so many amazing firsthand experiences to share, and so many truly fascinating cases they had have personally investigated. 

Rob MacGregor is the author of nineteen novels, fourteen non-fiction books, and has teamed with George Lucas and Peter Benchley. He writes both adult and young adult mysteries, adventure, and science fiction/ fantasy. He is a winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for mystery writing for Prophecy Rock, the first of four novels featuring Will Lansa, whose life is divided between the Hopi Reservation where is father is chief of police and Aspen, Colorado where his mother is heir to a silver fortune. Rob is best known for the seven Indiana Jones novels he wrote for Lucas Films and Bantam Books. Among them is the adaptation of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, which spent several weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. He also has written several self-help books on dreams, synchronicity, yoga, and psychic development. In addition, he has explored the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle in THE FOG, and UFOs in Aliens in the Backyard: UFO Encounters, Abductions, and Synchronicity, one of three books on synchronicity he co-authored with his wife, Trish. In his spare time, Rob teaches yoga and meditation.

Trish MacGregor has written dozens of non-fiction books on astrology, the tarot, dreams, and synchronicity. She started out as a freelance magazine writer and eventually became a regular contributor to OMNI Magazine's anti-matter section, which covered UFOs and all aspects of the paranormal. Through those assignments, she met famed abductee Betty Hill, UFO researcher Budd Hopkins, and others. Rob & Trish MacGregor write both fiction and non-fiction. Their most recent non-fiction books are Beyond Strange and Sensing the Future. They also co-authored: Aliens in the Backyard: UFO Encounters, Abductions & Synchroncity. Trish is the author of The Biggest Horoscope Book Ever and Rob is the author of The Jewel in the Lotus: Meditation for Busy Minds. Trish co-authored Power Tarot with Phyllis Vega and Rob co-authored Beyond the Bermuda Triangle with Bruce Gernon. They live in South Florida with three cats and a noble golden retriever.

It is such an honor to speak with them. I am sure you will enjoy this fascinating conversation.

Thank you for tuning into The Light Gate. With Dolly Safran having so much extensive experience as a firsthand lifelong contactee, and my own experience as a longtime researcher, along with our wonderful guests, we aim to bring new insights into the field of UFOs and the paranormal, and a wide variety of other subjects. We all deserve to know the truth about what's happening on our planet, and beyond! If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the many others here. 

You might also be interested in my show, "UFOs and the Paranormal" which presents firsthand cases from all over the world!

Have fun!

Step through THE LIGHT GATE and settle in for conversations that wander the blurred edges of reality. Hosts Preston Dennett and Dolly Safran guide these explorations, sitting down with a variety of guests to discuss experiences and ideas that challenge conventional understanding. Each episode delves into specific, curious territories, from the well-documented mysteries of Unidentified Flying Objects and government secrecy to more personal encounters with the extraterrestrial and the psychic. The dialogue often circles back to profound questions about consciousness, the nature of the afterlife, and creatures that might exist just outside the bounds of accepted science. This isn't about sensationalism, but rather a sincere, open-minded examination of what these phenomena could mean for our perception of existence itself. The resulting podcast feels like a series of late-night talks, where the topics are vast and the conclusions are often wonderfully elusive. If you've ever looked at the night sky with a sense of deep curiosity, or wondered about the untold stories hiding in the shadows of the everyday world, these conversations provide a thoughtful space to sit with those questions. Tune in for a journey that is as much about the inner landscapes of belief and wonder as it is about the outer mysteries of the universe.
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