Ross Coulthart's witnesses
Australian investigative journalist Ross Coulthart wrote In Plain Sight (2021) and became the TV face of the whistleblowers on NewsNation. Beyond Grusch, the people he has brought forward include former Marine Jonathan Weygandt, who says he guarded a crashed, glowing craft in the Peruvian jungle in 1997 and was threatened into silence, and Jake Barber, who says he flew an egg-shaped craft under a helicopter. Coulthart says other witnesses have described recovered bodies and live 'beings' to him privately.
Evidence, in date order (1)
- 2025Jake Barberwitnessseparately says he flew an egg-shaped craft under a helicopter in a retrieval Exclusive: Jake Barber details his role in UAP retrieval
How plausible · High
A record of the witnesses an investigative journalist brought forward; named firsthand witnesses like Weygandt and Barber, plus unnamed insiders.
- ●●Access Former Marines and program insiders.
- ●●Cost of speaking Several witnesses paid with careers or threats.
- ●●Character record Coulthart is a multi-award-winning investigative journalist.
- ●●Independent convergence Independent witnesses describe similar retrievals.
- ●●Fits secrecy practice Fits SAP practice.
- ●○No gain sought Coulthart has a book and a show.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.
On the record
- The broadcast interviews themselves.