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Reality Check with Ross Coulthart

Ross Coulthart
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  • Reality Check with Ross Coulthart

    Ross Coulthart Q&A: What really happened to Skywatcher? | Reality Check

    09/08/2026 | 34 mins.
    If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can start your claim in just a click without having to leave your couch:  https://www.forthepeople.com/RossRoss Coulthart explores mysterious untold stories using a fact-based approach to address various topics, from unidentified aerial phenomena to other mysteries that often go unreported. Now, he is turning to viewers, answering their pressing questions each week.

    In this week's episode, Coulthart tackles the most requested question to date: What really happened to Skywatcher? The UAP research group founded by Jake Barber, James Fowler and investor Alex Klokus abruptly went dark. Coulthart addresses Skywatcher's mysterious disappearance from its Texas operations, the real story behind February's sudden FAA shutdown of El Paso's airspace and how a classified U.S. government operation is now allegedly using Skywatcher's own "dog whistle" and psionic summoning techniques to detect and shoot down anomalous craft.CREDITS:
    Host: Ross Coulthart
    Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
    Editorial Producer: Meagan Medick
    Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson, Will Tomasi
    Research Producer: Rob Jones
    Editor: Mariko Charvat, Sarah Jackson

    On "Reality Check," NewsNation Special Correspondent Ross Coulthart takes a fact-based approach to tackle everything from unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) to mysteries often missing from the headlines.

    More Reality Check: https://www.newsnationnow.com/podcasts-newsnation/reality-check-with-ross-coulthart/

    Email your questions to RealityCheck@NewsNationNow.com

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    CHAPTERS:
    0:00 Intro
    0:37 What happened to Skywatcher?
    3:20 Is Skywatcher working with government agencies?
    7:44 Ross reveals why El Paso’s airspace was shut down earlier this year
    13:27 Airspace closure over Skywatcher operations
    19:04 UAP intercept operations
    23:13 What is the President being told?
    25:39 Why would Skywatcher partner with government agencies?
    27:02 Should Jake Barber testify to Congress?
    31:35 Downing of civilian aircraft
    34:26 Final thoughts
  • Reality Check with Ross Coulthart

    Inside 'Kona Blue,' the alleged Lockheed-to-DHS UFO transfer | Reality Check

    04/08/2026 | 41 mins.
    In this episode of "Reality Check," Ross Coulthart sits down with a UAP researcher known online as "UAP Gerb.” Picking up where Part 1 left off, they dig into the "Immaculate Constellation" document and whistleblower Matthew Brown's claims about nonhuman and reproduction vehicle data. Gerb walks through "Kona Blue," an alleged DHS-brokered program in which Lockheed Martin material was reportedly diverted before the CIA shut it down.

    Coulthart presses the national security case for controlled disclosure, while Gerb raises troubling allegations: directed-energy attacks on people close to the program, civilian aircraft allegedly downed by EMP weapons during craft-recovery operations and an alleged murder. They close on whether President Trump or Congress can force real transparency.

    #UAPGerb #KonaBlue #EMPs

    CREDITS:
    Host: Ross Coulthart
    Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
    Editorial Producer: Meagan Medick
    Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson, Will Tomasi
    Research Producer: Rob Jones
    Editor: Kanyon Lyons

    On "Reality Check," NewsNation Special Correspondent Ross Coulthart takes a fact-based approach to tackle everything from unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) to mysteries often missing from the headlines.

    More Reality Check: https://www.newsnationnow.com/podcasts-newsnation/reality-check-with-ross-coulthart/

    Email your questions to RealityCheck@NewsNationNow.com

    NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
    More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/
    Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp
    Find us on your screen: https://www.joinnn.com/

    CHAPTER SUMMARY:
    :00 Intro
    :38 Immaculate constellation
    3:08 Attempts at controlled disclosure
    4:25 Project Kona Blue
    7:18 Limited disclosure campaigns
    9:16 Government agreements with NHI?
    9:41 Agreements with foreign adversaries
    11:22 Schism in the UAP community
    12:08 Modern legacy program gaps
    13:19 Has the U.S. achieved anti-gravity?
    15:15 Arguments for secrecy
    17:00 FFRDCs, U-Arcs, and GOCOs
    20:13 Risk of catastrophic disclosure
    20:44 Has the U.S. achieved ‘In planet flight mode’?
    21:14 Could previously reported sightings actually be U.S. reverse engineered craft?
    26:42 Gatekeeping within the legacy program
    28:54 Is the legacy program a ‘deep state’?
    30:57 Gerb makes a prediction about future disclosure drops
    31:53 Should legacy program employees be given amnesty?
    32:55 Have directed energy weapons been used on potential whistleblowers?
    34:18 Allegations of the downing civilian aircrafts
    35:55 ‘Blue on blue’ kinetic strikes
    37:37 Congressional efforts on disclosure
    38:30 Will Trump be a disclosure president?
    41:15 Final thoughts
  • Reality Check with Ross Coulthart

    Coulthart on Elizondo: 'Still constrained by his security oaths' | Ross Coulthart Q&A

    02/08/2026 | 34 mins.
    Go to https://ground.news/ross to get 40% off unlimited access to the news tool I actually trust. It helps you cut through the noise and understand how stories are being reported across the spectrum.In this week's episode of "Reality Check," Ross Coulthart returns from Toronto's Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies conference to answer viewer questions. He tackles questions about how the Five Eyes alliance, the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, is coordinating on UAP disclosure, why Australia's Defense Intelligence Organization is dodging freedom-of-information laws, and whether confiscated witness footage sits in a government archive. The episode closes with a deep dive into crop circles: the famous debunked hoaxers, and Ross gives his take on the notorious Oliver’s Castle video.CHAPTER SUMMARY::00 Intro1:23 Lue Elizondo’s response to UAP Gerb’s claims9:08 Matthew Brown’s interview about Immaculate Constellation15:40 Five Eyes alliance and UAP documents21:21 Will amateur footage confiscated by the government ever be released?24:17 What is creating crop circles?33:22 Final thoughtsCREDITS:Host: Ross CoulthartExecutive Producer: Andy GipsonEditorial Producer: Meagan MedickSegment Producer: Christine Jenkinson, Will TomasiResearch Producer: Rob JonesEditor: John Nock#uap #ufo #lueelizondo #disclosure #cropcircles ----- More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYppFind us on cable: https://trib.al/YDOpGyGHow to watch on TV or streaming: https://trib.al/Vu0Ikij
  • Reality Check with Ross Coulthart

    The secret history of America's UFO 'legacy program' explained | Reality Check

    28/07/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
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    In this episode of "Reality Check," Ross Coulthart sits down with a UAP researcher known online as "UAP Gerb." Together, they trace the secret history of the UAP legacy program, from its origins after the 1947 Roswell crash through today's disclosure fight. Gerb lays out allegations that Lue Elizondo is being positioned for a National Security Council role to help engineer limited, controlled disclosure, similar to what Gerb says happened under Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and the AATIP program in 2016.

    The two dig into the Podesta emails, the Majestic-12 and Eisenhower briefing document controversies, the deaths of James Forrestal and JFK and how control of crash-retrieval programs allegedly shifted from the National Security Council into private aerospace hands in the 1990s. Gerb argues David Grusch remains the key figure capable of forcing real accountability, and Coulthart presses him on why Congress and even the president may lack the power to compel answers.

    #UAPGerb #LueElizondo #UFOdisclosure

    CREDITS
    Host: Ross Coulthart
    Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
    Editorial Producer: Meagan Medick
    Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson, Will Tomasi
    Research Producer: Rob Jones
    Editor: Kanyon Lyons

    On "Reality Check," NewsNation Special Correspondent Ross Coulthart takes a fact-based approach to tackle everything from unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) to mysteries often missing from the headlines.

    More Reality Check: https://www.newsnationnow.com/podcasts-newsnation/reality-check-with-ross-coulthart/

    Email your questions to RealityCheck@NewsNationNow.com

    NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
    More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/
    Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp
    Find us on your screen: https://www.joinnn.com/

    CHAPTER SUMMARY:
    :00 Intro
    1:10 Meet UAP Gerb
    2:04 Controlled narratives of disclosure
    3:20 Schism in the UAP community
    4:42 Attempts to control/misdirect the public narrative
    6:36 Podesta emails revelations
    7:00 Concerns around AATIP
    8:50 Admissions of a craft retrieval program?
    10:00 Whistleblower David Grusch
    11:02 Was Tom DeLonge used for controlled disclosure?
    13:13 Why was Hillary Clinton the ideal choice for limited disclosure?
    14:47 James Clapper and the legacy program
    15:25 Does the legacy program trust President Trump?
    18:09 ‘Age of Disclosure’ Documentary
    19:55 Origins of the legacy program
    21:56 Authenticity of MJ-12 documents
    23:34 Eisenhower briefing document
    25:54 Manhattan Project 2.0
    27:22 Challenging the National Security narrative
    29:31 Executive orders bolstering special access programs
    32:58 1994 appointment of 27 gatekeepers
    35:07 Misappropriation of funds
    37:58 Presidents are viewed as ‘temporary employees’ by the legacy program
    39:24 What would Gerb do if President?
    41:41 Legacy program loopholes
    43:37 Reining in the legacy program
    46:30 Is Congress captive to the national security state?
    48:14 Briefing President Trump
    48:40 Marco Rubio’s national security role
    51:22 Why are there no major leaks?
    52:30 Wilson-Davis document
    59:11 The seventh veil analogy
    1:00:16 Part two preview
  • Reality Check with Ross Coulthart

    Ross Coulthart Q&A: What species are the human hybrids? | Reality Check

    26/07/2026 | 35 mins.
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    In this week's episode of "Reality Check," Ross Coulthart joins Meagan Medick from Toronto, where he's attending the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies' annual conference. Coulthart breaks down President Trump's directive waiving prior NDAs for legacy program witnesses and why Rep. Eric Burlison’s pending legislation, not the president's statement, is the real key to disclosure.

    He tackles questions about Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's request for 46 classified UAP files, whether the new UAP governance body and science advisory board are just bureaucratic stalling tactics and the status of "the portal" investigation.

    #UAPfiles #legacyprogram #ScientificCoalitionforUAPStudies

    CREDITS:
    Host: Ross Coulthart
    Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
    Editorial Producer: Meagan Medick
    Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson, Will Tomasi
    Research Producer: Rob Jones
    Editor: Maria Morales-Salazar

    On "Reality Check," NewsNation Special Correspondent Ross Coulthart takes a fact-based approach to tackle everything from unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) to mysteries often missing from the headlines.

    More Reality Check: https://www.newsnationnow.com/podcasts-newsnation/reality-check-with-ross-coulthart/

    Email your questions to RealityCheck@NewsNationNow.com

    NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
    More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/
    Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp
    Find us on your screen: https://www.joinnn.com/

    CHAPTERS:
    :00 Intro
    1:35 Ross reacts to President Trump directing federal agencies to waive prior NDAs
    13:36 What about the requested 46 UFO videos Congress requested?
    16:16 Will the UAP governance board be stalled by the Science Advisory Committee?
    21:05 Where are the high quality UFO videos?
    22:28 Does the U.S. have and operate reversed engineered craft?
    24:25 Did the legacy program play a part in JFK’s death?
    26:02 Are there NHI that originated from an ancient earth civilization?
    27:35 Is there a possibility a UFO incident will happen in the next five years?
    28:03 Is it possible the government will never provide disclosure?
    29:41 Alien hybrid species
    30:54 What would Ross ask JFK, Bigfoot, and an alien?
    34:15 Final thoughts
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NewsNation Special Correspondent Ross Coulthart digs into stories the media is supposedly not meant to tell, taking a fact-based approach to tackle everything from unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) to other mysteries often missing from the headlines.
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