The Basement: Luigi Vendittelli | S4: The Man Who Reconstructed Area 51's Secret Hangar
5/11/20263 hr 6 min
The Why Files releases video episodes on Spotify every Monday and Friday. And when you become a Spotify Premium subscriber, you get fewer ads – that means more story, less interruption. Luigi Vendittelli was 9 years old when his grandfather came inside shaking, saying he'd just seen a flying saucer over Montreal. Nobody believed him. That moment turned Luigi into Canada's foremost UFO investigator — and eventually led him to cold-call Bob Lazar, spend five years rebuilding S4 from scratch in 3D, and uncover a 1941 government map that shows exactly where the hangar doors are. And then his bank tried to shut him down. This is one you're going to want to watch twice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AJ Gentile· Host0:57
Today I'm talking with Luigi Vendittelli, former national director of MUFON Canada and the filmmaker behind S4: The Bob Lazar Story, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Luigi spent five years building the most detailed 3D recreation of Bob Lazar's S4 facility ever put on film, and it started with a cold call to Lazar himself.
Hecklefish· Host1:19
And he answered?
AJ Gentile· Host1:20
Yep.
Hecklefish· Host1:21
Is Bob still taking calls? Uh, 'cause I got a great business idea for him to endorse.
AJ Gentile· Host1:25
No. No, you don't.
Hecklefish· Host1:27
Uh, it's a fitness app, CrossFit 51.