M. Dlugosz chanced across a two-year-old YouTube video with 1950s references to numismatic figures Walter Breen, Robert Bashlow, William Sheldon and G-Men in Black. -Editor

"The video was an interview conducted by Danny Jones - he's a seasoned podcaster with a focus on controversial topics, UFOs and physics among them.

"The subject being interviewed is theoretical physicist Dr. Jack Sarfatti
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sarfatti

"When I heard Dr. Sarfatti mention Bashlow and numismatics and then shortly after, Breen and Sheldon, I was stunned.

"What follows are brief details to the most mind-boggling tangentially numismatic tale you'll hear this century."

Here's the video so everyone can listen themselves. I'll be interested to hear what people think. Some out-there things are alluded to in this very rambling interview, but when talking about Bashlow and Breen, Sarfatti mostly comes across as relating first-hand experiences as a high school student.

For more on the Columbia superkids project, see Pete Smith's earlier series on Bashlow, linked below. -Editor

"Controversial figures / numismatists Walter Breen, William Sheldon, and Robert Bashlow are connected to Roswell, UFOs, and CIA precursors through an interview with theoretical physicist Dr. Jack Sarfatti.

"In the linked interview Sarfatti recounts a 1950s program identifying highly intelligent children for placement in special cohorts, led by Sheldon and managed by Breen, aimed at nurturing future science and math leaders.

"The children, evaluated and guided toward specific universities, occasionally met men in black suits who discussed communism, UFOs, and were tested for psi abilities, as summarized in this YouTube comment for E-Sylum readers."