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| Mario Woods and Michael Johnson |
The Former US Air Force Security Policeman was Abducted by Non-Human Entities, Together with His Partner Michael Johnson, at an ICBM Launch Facility in 1977
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In July 2017, I was approached by former USAF
Security Policeman Mario Woods, who had earlier read my book,
UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons
Sites. Woods revealed that he had been forcibly taken aboard a hovering UAP,
together with his Security Alert Team partner, Michael Johnson, while
the pair were responding to intruder alarms at a Minuteman nuclear
missile launch facility operated by Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, in
November 1977. After requesting and receiving Woods’ DD214 service record from him, which verified his Security Police position at the base during that year, I called Woods and asked him to summarize the bizarre, terrifying encounter, as best as he could remember it. His |
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After retrieving their weapons, Woods and Johnson raced toward the launch facility designated November-5 in their security vehicle. As they approached the site, they were stunned to see a huge, glowing, reddish-orange, spherical craft hovering directly above it at very low altitude. Johnson, who was driving, dutifully followed protocol—while strongly resisting the urge to flee—and stopped the truck just outside the gate of the fenced-in missile silo. Suddenly, an enormous, blinding beam of white light emerged from the bottom of the unknown craft, instantaneously enveloping the entire vehicle.
Simultaneously, it seemed to the men that all of the atmosphere had been sucked-out of the truck’s cab, leaving them gasping for air. Quickly glancing at Johnson, Woods saw him tightly gripping the steering wheel and intently staring straight ahead, as if in a trance. Just then, Mario observed several small figures steadily approaching the vehicle from his right. At the same time, he heard a strange-sounding voice in his mind, saying, “Do not fear!” over and over. (Michael has recently confirmed that he had heard the same telepathic command.)
Then, in what seemed like the very next second, a dazed Woods was startled by the truck’s two-way radio crackling to life. Someone at the base’s Wing Security Control Center was frantically asking for the pair’s whereabouts. A puzzled Woods didn’t understand the question. Thinking that the truck had just arrived outside the November-5 missile launch facility—something that the control center personnel should have known—he responded that he and Johnson were preparing to “strike the site”. However, as he looked around, he couldn’t see the ICBM silo’s security lights or site perimeter fence. Instead, he found himself staring at a 60-foot-tall, sloping wall of some kind. Astonished, he quickly realized that he and Johnson had been inexplicably transported to another, unknown location.
Mario then hesitantly told the caller that he didn’t really understand what was occurring and that Michael seemed to be in a catatonic stupor. The control center tersely told Woods to stay put and said that other security teams were currently looking for the pair, using their radio transmission to triangulate the location of the truck.
Some minutes later, another Security Police vehicle arrived and told Mario to follow it back to the November Flight Launch Control Facility (LCF). Micheal was gently moved over to the passenger’s seat, as Woods took the wheel, and the two vehicles proceeded slowly down a rugged dirt path running next to what turned out to be an earthen dam fronting a water reservoir situated some nine miles northwest of the November-5 missile site. Although Woods and Johnson had been oblivious to the fact, the truck had at some point been taken aboard the UAP, with them in it, and flown to the new location!
Upon arriving at the LCF, Mario was informed that five hours had passed since he and Michael had arrived at the ICBM silo—something that utterly shocked him! Clearly, he had experienced a “missing time” episode. The period between his seeing the small figures approaching the truck, and his subsequently answering the radio call from Wing Security Control, was a complete blank in his memory. (Michael Johnson has recently confirmed that he too experienced a significant period of missing time during the incident, during which he could remember nothing.)
Without going into the details here, while at the November Flight LCF, Woods and Johnson were separately debriefed about their extremely weird experience and required to a sign non-disclosure agreement that stipulated steep fines and potential imprisonment should they violate secrecy by discussing the event with anyone, even each other. Shortly thereafter, the pair were permanently separated by their superiors and, with the exception of one brief visit by Michael to Mario’s apartment, did not see each other again for five decades.
In October 2017, just after Woods recounted this story to me, I arranged for him to undergo regression hypnosis, utilizing the services of one of MUFON’s chief practitioners, Bob Upson. During the session, which was videotaped, Woods’ mind was evidently taken back in time, to the night in question in November 1977, and he began to vividly relive the nearly unbelievable encounter. Terrified to the point of trying to jump off the bed to hide while he was hypnotized, Mario frantically described being removed from the truck by small, non-human entities who then carried him onto the landed UAP. He was then positioned, lying down, on a metallic table and physically examined, while occasionally communicating telepathically with one of the beings. The next thing he remembered, he and Michael were back in their vehicle and he was responding to the radio call.
There is much more to this amazing story—including the beings’ appearance and actions, as well as the specifics relating to the telepathic communication that took place aboard the craft—which the reader may learn about by watching podcaster/researcher Jesse Michels’ American Alchemy episode concerning the incident.
After leaving the Air Force, Woods had spent nearly 50 years unsuccessfully trying to locate Michael Johnson, so that he could compare notes with him about the bizarre UAP encounter and, perhaps more importantly, be able to discuss it with someone who would not think that he was lying or crazy.
Jesse—who, on my recommendation—had already interviewed Woods for a previous episode, was actually able to locate Johnson and brought the two Air Force veterans together in August 2026. The highly-emotional, heartwarming reunion between Mario and Michael is captured in the American Alchemy podcast linked-above and has been affectionately commented-on by hundreds of deeply-moved viewers. Moreover, the amazing AI-generated illustrations utilized for the episode have to be seen to be believed!
I almost cannot believe that, a mere six weeks after Mario was reunited with Micheal, he was diagnosed with leukemia and, on October 16, 2026, passed away. I am still stunned as I write this.
During the nine years that I knew Woods, prior to Michael being reunited with him, Mario repeatedly expressed to me his sincere concern for his old security partner, saying he was worried that Johnson had undoubtedly been deeply traumatized by the abduction encounter—just as he had been—and that it had probably cast a very dark shadow over Michael’s life. This sense of compassion for another person’s plight was a central part of Mario’s personality and a testament to his character.
Indeed, whenever I interacted with Mario, I found him to be unfailingly kind, honest, and self-effacing. Simply put, he absolutely radiated integrity. Perhaps above all, he was resolutely determined to tell the world the truth about what had happened to Michael Johnson and him that night in November 1977.
Taking my advice in 2017, he agreed to be interviewed on as many podcasts as possible. Shortly before he passed, he told me that he had done 38 of them. Despite the extensive and often hostile pushback he got from the skeptics on social media, he politely but firmly stood his ground. Former intelligence officer and whistleblower David Grusch, while appearing on the Joe Rogan Show, called Mario a “trailblazer”.
Moreover, persons commenting on a hastily-created "Mario Support Group" thread on Signal expressed the exact same sentiments, again and again, over the past couple of weeks. Everyone clearly loved and admired Mario—a truly honorable man—and were not ashamed to repeatedly say exactly that as the worrisome and ultimately tragic events unfolded.
Lastly, an Irish friend of mine, who I introduced to Mario during a veteran/experiencer get-together at my house in Colorado in 2024, has just composed the following poignant poem to honor the memory of our magnificent comrade. She can have the last word:
A Warrior is returning
Sing loud, let the Ancestors know
Light the fires, prepare a feast
A Warrior is returning
The cries and sadness
That remain in our Hearts
Are testament to the Love he inspired
As he walked through this World
Brave and kind, loyal and humble
Through weathers foul and fair
He never gave up
Truth could not be silenced
No man left behind
He completed the circle
And gifted this World
With a tale that will echo through time
A Warrior is returning
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