NHI-Experiencer Mario Woods Has Died

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

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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intriguing narrative comprised the bulk of my subsequent article about multiple UAP incursions at Ellsworth’s ICBM sites in the 1970s. ©The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.

UFO Appeared to Monitor Nuclear Bomb Test in Nevada

"... the jeep was about halfway between him and the buildings when a silvery metal object lifted-off the ground behind the buildings and hovered in the air."

Since 1973, I have interviewed 169 US military veterans regarding their UFO/UAP encounters at nuclear weapons test ranges and deployment sites during the Cold War era and beyond. Their testimonies appear in my book, UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites. In September 2026, I received an unsolicited email from a woman who does not wish to be identified. She wrote, Many years ago, probably around 1996, my father was dying of Stage-4 colon cancer. He was in his seventies and had fought the cancer bravely for several years. We were watching TV together in his

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living room when something came on the television that mentioned UFOs. My dad said softly, “They're real, you know." I was a bit shocked, because a comment like that was totally out of character for him. Then he told me the following story:©The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.

Where is UFO Disclosure's Daniel Ellsberg?

An updated tweak for 'Disclosure Day'

Things appear to be happening suspiciously fast now

The most salient questions raised by Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” aren’t about ESP, screen memories or the nature of nonhuman intelligence. They’re about logistics. What does it take to steal classified material from a legally suspect black program? Where is Daniel Ellsberg? Where are the Pentagon Papers, the pilfered thumb drives, the Rosetta Stone? Who has the chutzpah to ghost the reservation and risk a martyr’s stand against the immorality of privatizing the biggest headline in human history? Would today’s politicized and brand-flogging media platforms – bracing against Nixon-like blowback for telling

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the truth about Vietnam – band together the way newspapers did 55 years ago in order to guarantee the public’s right to know and understand government policy?©The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.

Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' – Great Cinema, Convenient Omissions

Readers of The UFO Chronicles will have heard of, or already seen, Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg's latest feature film. It has started streaming online and is likely to be watched by millions of viewers this year.

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A dramatization of an effort to release decades of repressed files and media about UAPs is a welcome topic. Although the story is fictional, the plot draws on years of real-world effort by those who consider such repression inappropriate. Given the subject's profundity, expectations for a groundbreaking piece of media were high.©The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.

Wendy Ann Connors (In Memoriam)

Should you find yourself cruising around the Internet, searching for sites regarding the UFO subject, and suddenly landing upon a page offering a wealth of mp3 audio recordings associated with a project once known as Faded Discs, you have found a treasure chest of golden history. Precious little of this would have been available without the dedicated efforts of the late Wendy Ann Connors, former school teacher, respected UFO researcher and author. Wendy, a fellow Air Force veteran whom I was proud to call a friend for too few years, died from a long illness a few years after

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retiring from UFO research. I had lost contact with her following her retirement, so knowledge of her passing many a moon ago(exact year unknown) did not catch up to me until recently.©The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.

Gun Slinger Jesse Michels, vs Michael Shermer's Shadow

“I want you to debunk harder.”—Jesse Michels

Having just finished watching the Michael Shermer interview conducted by American Alchemy host, Jesse Michels I have to say that Michels never ceases to amaze me. By appearance, he seems like a scruffy looking, tee-shirt wearing kid (“the kid” is my nick-name for him, replacing John Greenewald) who has no business interviewing the caliber of

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guests he has on his show. Nothing could be further from the truth. (Also I believe he’s 45.)

In short order one gets past his incongruous appearance and becomes entranced by his intellect and amazing recall, citing facts and sources thereof in a blink of an eye—he’s a gunslinger! ©The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.

Gáldar UFO Incident at 50: Spain’s Famous Canary Islands Mystery

On the night of 22 June 1976, witnesses across the Canary Islands reported a large, unusual luminous phenomenon, and the Spanish Air Force later opened an official file on the event. A declassified summary identifies the case as Expediente 760622 and notes that the General Jefe of the Canarias Air Zone formally categorized it as a Fenómeno Aéreo No Identificado [UAP].

The episode is usually tied to Gáldar because the most dramatic testimony came from Dr. Francisco Julio Padrón and a taxi driver, who said they saw a large, transparent sphere and, inside it, two towering reddish figures. That vivid account is the reason the case still echoes in Spanish ufology, even though other

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versions of the story and later retellings sometimes blur details from one witness account into another.©The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.

UFO - UAP Disclosure 2026 at the Capitol

On June 25, the Disclosure Forum 2026 — branded “Humanity at the Edge of Discovery” — brought UAP transparency into the Senate orbit in a way that was deliberately sober, institutional, and media-friendly (See video below). The event was hosted in the Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building and framed by organizers as

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a public conversation about what disclosure means for science, policy, national security, religion, and markets. ©The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.

What made the day notable was not a single explosive revelation, but the sheer breadth of who showed up: senators, House members, scientists, former national security officials, journalists, and researchers. The lineup announced in advance included Sens. Mike Rounds and Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, Rep. Tim Burchett, Rep. Eric Burlison, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, alongside figures such as Avi Loeb, Harold Puthoff, Timothy Gallaudet, and newsroom voices like Gadi Schwartz and Kristin Fisher.

David Grusch’s Startling Statement on Sentient Plasmoid Life

"... it's a continuum from corporeal bipedal type life to what I would consider sentient plasmoid life. But there are several [species] that the US government is aware of."

During the June 9, 2026 UAP/NHI press conference on Capitol Hill, former US Air Force officer and intelligence official David Grusch made a remarkable statement regarding the US government’s secret acknowledgment of the existence of sentient non-human entities. When a reporter asked how many alien types have been identified, Grusch said matter-of-factly: “I don’t have the compendium [that I can present to you today, however,] it's a continuum from corporeal bipedal type life to what I would consider sentient plasmoid life. But there are several [species] that the US government is aware of.” A search for “plasmoid life”, utilizing Google’s Gemini AI, yields the following information:

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A plasmoid is a self-contained, glowing magnetic structure of plasma (the fourth state of matter). In both UAP/UFO discussions and science fiction, plasmoids are often speculated to be non-biological, energy-based extraterrestrial lifeforms or atmospheric "critters" that exist independently of carbon and DNA.

Robert Hastings’ Interview with Journalist Ross Coulthart

UFOs and Nukes Researcher Discusses Key Revelations by US Air Force Veterans Regarding UAP Incursions at ICBM Sites

In October 2024, I was interviewed (watch below) on the News Nation network by Australian journalist Ross Coulthart, who has broken several important UAP-related stories over the past few years, as well as hosting the first televised interview with former US government intelligence analyst and whistleblower David Grusch. During my conversation with Coulthart, I focused on a few of the most important incidents involving UFOs tampering with American nuclear missiles—either disrupting or temporarily activating them—during the Cold War era. Those accounts were offered during interviews I conducted over the years with 169 former or retired US Air Force ICBM launch and targeting officers, missile maintenance technicians, and missile security personnel.

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Second Tranche of UAP, UFO Files and Videos Released by Dept. of War

"... the tranche expands the public archive with videos, audio files, PDFs, and historical records that stretch the story of unexplained aerial phenomena deeper into the government’s own memory...."

The second release of UAP records from the so-called War Department lands with less fanfare than the first, but arguably with more substance. Published May 22, 2026 through the PURSUE portal, the tranche expands the public archive with

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videos, audio files, PDFs, and historical records that stretch the story of unexplained aerial phenomena deeper into the government’s own memory. If the first release established that the files were real, the second makes clear that the record is broader, messier, and more persistent than many expected.

This time, the emphasis is not on novelty so much as accumulation. CBS News reported that the second contains 51 videos — while Reuters described the material as a fresh set of declassified UFO/UAP records that includes references ranging from green orbs and discs to fireballs and a 116-page historical file tied to Sandia, New Mexico. That mix matters because it shows the government is not simply releasing a few isolated clips for public consumption; it is building a record that blends modern sensor footage with older institutional paperwork.©The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.

UAP, UFO Files: What the Department of War’s Release Reveals

When a government opens a long-closed file drawer, the public expects either revelation or vindication — rarely both at once. The so-called Department of War’s (legally still the Dept. of Defense) initial tranche of declassified records, published to the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP

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Encounters (PURSUE) portal, offers context, clutter, and a few persistent mysteries that resist tidy explanation. The documents released on May 8, 2026, span decades of memos, eyewitness reports, photos and videos; they are raw, often grainy, and were placed in the public domain as part of what officials called an “unprecedented transparency” effort.

What’s in the files — and what isn’t — matters. First, the DOW's claim that these files have never previously been released is false — a characterization that reflects either ineptitude or sensationalism. For seasoned researchers and or archival documentarians, much of the older files are familiar. Conversely, the vast majority are unredacted, pristine and in color. The significance of this can’t be overstated. (Curiously, the PDF files are password-locked, which is a stumbling block for research.) The initial collection includes items from across federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, FBI, NASA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, with the stated aim of centralizing decades of previously siloed material for public scrutiny. Many entries take familiar forms: witness statements, radar and maintenance logs that require technical background to parse, and footage whose low resolution complicates interpretation. The Pentagon’s public affairs notes and the DOW press release stress that the tranche is the beginning of a rolling release, not a final accounting.©The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.

UFO Whistleblower, Lue Elizondo Survives Deadly Motorcycle Crash

Luis Elizondo (Lue Elizondo), the prominent U.S. government whistleblower on UAP/UFO topics and former head of the Pentagon's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), was involved in a serious motorcycle accident on the evening of St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2026.

He has publicly detailed the incident, his life-threatening injuries, and ongoing recovery through his own social media posts, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and a YouTube "recovery diary" series. The event was a single-vehicle motorcycle crash caused by swerving to avoid wildlife.

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Timeline of the Incident and Immediate Aftermath

• Date and Time: Evening of March 17, 2026 (St. Patrick's Day). Elizondo was riding home from his business at night.

• Location: Approximately one mile from his home, near his residence in Wyoming.

• Cause: While riding, Elizondo encountered a doe (mother deer) and her fawn standing in the middle of the road. He made a split-second decision to swerve and avoid hitting them rather than plowing into the animals. He lost control of the motorcycle and crashed—he was not wearing a helmet. © The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.

• Discovery: Elizondo drifted in and out of consciousness by the side of the road. His wife, Jennifer Elizondo, located him using the iPhone "Find My" app when he failed to arrive home. He initially told her he did not want or need to go to the hospital, but she wisely insisted on taking him to the ER.

Ret. Gen. McCasland Missing: UFO Links and What We Know

A decorated Air Force general with a quiet but real footprint in the modern UFO saga has vanished in the New Mexico desert, and the timing could not be more uncanny for a country still arguing about what “UFO/UAP disclosure” even means. Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland’s disappearance is, on its face, a missing-person

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case—but given his history at Wright Patterson, and his appearance in the now famous Podesta–Tom DeLonge correspondence, it also brushes up against one of the most sensitive seams in the UFO debate: who actually knows what, and why they’ve kept it to themselves.the-independent

A General Goes Missing in New Mexico

According to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, 68 year old retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland was last seen around 11 a.m. on February 27, 2026, near Quail Run Court NE in Albuquerque. A Silver Alert was issued after his wife reported that he left home without his phone or watch—an odd break in routine for an experienced outdoorsman known for hiking and skiing, and a red flag given an unspecified medical condition.

Physically, the description is mundane—5’11”, about 160 pounds, white hair, blue eyes—yet law enforcement’s response is anything but casual: the FBI has joined the search, underscoring that this is now a federal matter as much as a local one. The case remains open, and as of this writing no public agency has announced evidence of foul play, suicide, or voluntary disappearance. © The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.

Aliens at Varginha? Inside James Fox’s National Press Club UFO Bombshell

"James Fox did not go to Washington to sell a movie; he went to give one of the most contentious UFO cases on record a direct line into the U.S. political bloodstream. Between a closed door briefing on Capitol Hill and a high profile press conference at the National Press Club, the 1996 Varginha incident—long dubbed “Brazil’s Roswell”—is now being treated by lawmakers, doctors, and investigators as a live, unresolved case with potentially historic implications"

From Capitol Hill Briefing to National Press Club

On January 15, 2026, three members of Congress—Tim Burchett, Anna Paulina Luna, and Eric Burlison—met in the former’s office in the Longworth House Office Building with Brazilian witnesses and researchers to hear detailed testimony on Varginha. As The Debrief reports, the scene was disarmingly

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ordinary—lawmakers at a conference table, staff nearby, a box of donuts on the side—until the content of the briefing shifted the room into far stranger territory.
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Five days later, Fox hosted a full scale UAP event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., bringing together first hand Brazilian witnesses, medical professionals, investigators, and U.S. insiders to present the same case in a public forum. NewsNationn carried hours of live coverage, with Ross Coulthart and Meagan Medick framing the gathering as part of a wider debate over alleged crash retrieval programs and non human intelligences. FanBolt, in a detailed feature, described the National Press Club event as a “landmark” moment that moved Fox’s previous documentary work on Varginha directly “into the heart of Washington, D.C.” and tied it explicitly to the broader push for UAP transparency.

Memorial Tribute to Francis Lee Ridge

"Francis Ridge was more than an investigator—he was a builder of systems, a guardian of data integrity, and a visionary who believed that the mysteries of the sky deserved disciplined, instrument based study. His work spanned more than six decades, during which he elevated UFO research from anecdotal reporting to structured and measurable analysis."

Francis ‘Fran’ Ridge was born on October 13, 1942 in Vincennes, Indiana and married Carolyn June (Walls) Ridge. Together they raised a family of four children and eight grandchildren and at least four great grandchildren. The MADAR Project, the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), and the broader UFO research community honor the life and legacy of

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Francis Lee Ridge, who passed away on January 20, 2026. His contributions reshaped the landscape of civilian UFO investigation and established a scientific foundation that will guide researchers for generations.

UFO Skepticism at a Crossroads: What Michael Shermer Leaves Out About UAP

Long time, noted skeptic, Michael Shermer, in his new column on UFOs/UAPs is a familiar, articulate expression of classical skepticism: most sightings are misperceptions, the evidence for extraterrestrials is thin, and extraordinary claims still demand extraordinary proof. As a broad framing, that much is uncontroversial. The difficulty is

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that his piece leans too heavily on yesterday’s talking points and underplays the significant, empirical shifts in how governments and scientific institutions are now treating UAP.

The result is an essay that reassures hardened skeptics but does not quite engage with the data-rich environment that has emerged since 2017.

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Alien Captured, 'The Varginha Incident' – Early Reporting

Yesterday’s National Press Club event with filmmaker James Fox dragged the Varginha case back into the harsh light of global scrutiny, three decades after a handful of terrified Brazilian witnesses said they saw something not of this world in the municipality of Varginha, southwest Minas Gerais state, Brazil. As

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cameras rolled in Washington, it was hard not to think back to one of the earliest, most detailed English-language accounts of the affair: a long-form investigation by British UFO magazine editor Graham W. Birdsall, published in the late 1990s, which treated the “Varginha Incident” as potentially “equal to Roswell.”© The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.

Birdsall, a leading UK UFO researcher/journalist who co-founded UFO Magazine with his brother, Mark (and died in 2003) was among the first Western researchers to sit down with the Brazilian investigators at the heart of the case and to stitch together a timeline from dozens of frightened locals, military insiders, and medical staff. His early reporting still frames much of what the public thinks it knows about what happened in Varginha in January 1996. 

 The Crash Before the Creatures

In Birdsall’s reconstruction, the story begins a week earlier with a wave of UFO sightings over southern Minas Gerais. On 13 January 1996, he reports, resident Afrânio da Costa Brasil and his nine year old daughter Emeline watched a strange craft hovering near their home; Emeline’s drawing of a cigar or submarine shaped object would later echo in multiple testimonies.