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Joe Palermo was born in St. Louis, Missouri, August 1958
to Joe (1912 - 1970) and Mary (1922 - 2007) Palermo, who owned and operated a tavern now referred to as
"America's Original Sports Bar" ).
Joe was introduced to science fiction and horror films by his
father, and became fascinated with the unknown.
Over the summer of 1972, 14 year old Joe's curiosity was peaked when he and several
neighborhood friends sighted a circular object over their homes just South of Lambert
International Airport. Parents ignored Joe and his friends UFO sighting, but he knew he
had witnessed something unlike anything he'd seen before, even on television. He was
further excited to discover a UFO study group (the launching pad for what is now known as
the Mutual UFO Network, Inc.) in the area was bringing nuclear physicist Stanton T.
Friedman in to lecture on "Project Blue Book." Joe attended the
lecture, got Friedman's autograph but was disappointed to find that all the study group
could *offer the 14 year old was a subscription to their newsletter and a list of books to
read (*In later years, Joe would go on to become the president of the group with a seat
on the Board of Directors).
That same summer, Joe devoted all of his
spare time towards preparing for his first film, an eighteen minute short titled "The
Teenage Werewolf." Produced in the summer of 1972, it featured neighborhood
kids, displayed action, and proved entertaining to Joe's junior high peers. (Joe would be recognized
three years later in high school for his performance in the production)
The reaction of his fellow 9th graders spurred him forward. Joe studied
every book in the junior high library he could on movie-making ... and UFO's.
In high school, Joe continued reading
everything he could about filmmaking and UFOs. He wrote a sociology paper on UFOs
which earned him top grade.
It was also during this time
that Joe experimented with his first sound-striped film on a science fiction project
called "CAPTIVES OF TIME" inspired by the events of UFO sightings
around Piedmont, Missouri.
It would seem that Joe's next level of exposure to unusual phenomenon was to come in
close series:
In September of 1976, while on a double date, Joe and high school friend Mike Poinsette, had what
Joe terms a Bigfoot sighting in Creve Coeur Park.
This event even clouds his mind during his color belt testing in karate
class the very next day.
In August of 1977, just shortly after the death Joe's singing idol, Elvis Presley,
Joe and Poinsette were on a camping trip in DeSoto, Missouri and witnessed two lights
chase each other across the midnight sky in a "dog fighting" fashion.
In December of 1977, Joe had an encounter with a spirit in Sibley Hall at
Lindenwood College. Joe describes the encounter as "friendly" because the
entity prevented him from tumbling down the second floor stairway.
The Bigfoot sighting had led Joe on a five year investigation. While many things were
uncovered, the trail of this legend ended in an unresolved mystery but it was during the
course of these investigations in 1979 that Joe was re-introduced to the UFO Study Group of Greater St. Louis.
During this encounter with the group, Joe was introduced to both area KTVI Channel 2
celebrity astrologer, the late Rosie Cosentino with whom he would become good friends and
appear as a guest on both her radio and cable television show, and "Dave" and
"Phylis," two of the original "St. Louis Psi-Squad" (which has now
expanded to become the "U.S. Psi Squad" founded by the late, world famous St.
Louis psychic, Bevy Jaegers). For the next ten years, Joe dedicated every Wednesday and
Thursday night to psychic and metaphysical study and training.
In October of 1982, Joe participated in the fun of the Jim White KMOX
"Spooktacular" with his psi-squad friends only to have the most frightening
encounter of his conscious life with a spirit in the Lemp Mansion.
A production contract was signed with the U.F.O.
Study Group of Greater St. Louis for the video taping and selling of the 1985 Mutual UFO
Network, Inc. Symposium being held at the Chase Park Plaza that featured lecture
presentations by professionals in the field of ufology. The lectures were taped, titles
added and some tapes sold. Now Joe had entered the reality of marketing home videos.
During the latter '80s, Joe simultaneously maintained
several jobs, and video free-lance work while serving for both the UFO Study Group of
Greater St. Louis and the Missouri Chapter of the Mutual UFO Network, Inc. He has
been videographer, historian, librarian, editor and publisher of the newsletter The
ENIGMA, president and board member for the UFO Study Group, and has served as State
Director of Public Information and Education as well as Assistant State Director of Investigations
for Missouri MUFON. By this time, he has investigated 15 reports ranging from simply
lights in the sky all the way to alien encounters and alien communications with
new good friend Joice Owlwoman.
In June of 1995, Joe organized his limited liability company, Dream Masters Studios.
In February of 1996, Joe invested his time and equipment as official videographer on an
expedition to Puerto Rico and brought back 10 hours of footage. In 1998, Joe found an
investor which allowed him to add digital video editing capabilities to his home PC. He
completed a 3 hour and 4 minute researchers version and a 2 hour consumer version titled
"Chupacabras! The Legend Begins."
In 2000, Joe made
his first of ongoing guest spots on
the X-Zone radio show with Rob McConnell out of Canada. Joe also acted as US
representative to then Canadian X-Zone listeners due to his scheduled guest spot the day immediately
following the September 11 attack on the United States.
Starting up ITS-DMS.COM
(Internet Television Station - Dream Masters Studios) fall of 2004, December of 2004
allowed Joe the distinct pleasure of video taping the 2004 Stray Rescue Gala
event. This event featured the public announcement of December 3rd being declared
"Animal Guardian Day" in the City of Saint Louis and also featuring three
celebrities ... City of St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, founder of Stray Rescue Randy Grim,
and the woman he refers to as his "little sister," Academy Award nominee, animal
activist and founder of Linda Blair Worldheart Foundation, Linda Blair (click photo to see
video). It was after hearing Linda explain how she came to dedicate her life to
placing domesticated animals with human guardians that Joe decided to re-dedicate his
life to the exploration of paranormal issues.
Joe's work in 2005:
Produced and hosted a documentary titled "Walking the Walk With
The Paranormal"
Re-nominated to the Board of Directors for the UFO Study Group of
Greater St. Louis
Joe's work in 2006:
Joe becomes the co-producer and co-host of LightVision an internet
radio program featuring talk about metaphysics and spirituality with guests
that include Celestine Prophesies author and movie producer James Redfield.
Co-produced and co-hosted by psychic, Reiki master, and spirit communicator
Joice Owlwoman, Light Vision is a speculative venture in the development
stages.
Joe's work in 2007
After dealing with his mother's death in February, Joe has to deal with
the most major turning point in his life and EVERYTHING is put on hold until
August. Finding a free online internet radio service that allows for live
call-ins, he and Joice Owlwoman along with new co-host Amber prepare to
re-launch LightVision and launch The Owlwoman Hour to put Joice back in touch
with the listeners she developed at 97.1 FM in St. Louis several years ago.
Joe's work in 2008
Too many issues force LightVision off the internet. Joe is now
focused on developing an audience for his internet television station,
www.its-dms.com creating viewing pages for
the top fifty television markets. Along with being a guest on
Live From Roswell with
Guy Malone, he is also contacted by KPI-TV for use
of some footage from his documentary "Chupacabras! The Legend Begins!" and to be
interviewed on-camera about the Chupacabras creature for their History Channel
series MonsterQuest.
No $ are involved however the high profile he needs
to draw attention to his internet work is what's desired. See his segment
from the show here.
Joe has been a listed honoree since 1990 in
the Marquise "Who's Who In Entertainment."
Additionally, Joe is listed on the Internet
Movie Data Base and, as of 2002, is on the Board of Directors for UFORC, a global UFO investigation
organization. As of September 2006, Joe has been re-nominated and
accepted as a board member of the UFO Study Group of Greater St. Louis, Inc.
As of August, 2009, Joe has renewed his membership withe the Mutual UFO
Network as well.