News show episode · Reality Check · 17 October 2026
Reality Check Rewind: faith and non-human intelligence, with Rep. Tim Burchett and Paul Thigpen
A Reality Check Rewind, reposted 17 October 2026, of Ross Coulthart's Easter 2024 episode on faith and non-human intelligence with Rep. Tim Burchett and Catholic author Paul Thigpen. Most of it is theology. New for the db: Burchett says people 'in the know' think the Vatican's Magenta transfer is legitimate and that members of Congress talk of demonic suggestion; Coulthart says he knows where a large craft is held.
Overview
- Anonymous, via Burchett: the Vatican Magenta transfer is 'legitimate'.
- Firsthand: Burchett on demonic suggestion and CE-5.
- Leads: Pope Francis and Benito Reyna (unverified); Coulthart's large craft location, held back for Five Eyes reasons.
Leads to follow
- Paul Thigpen, Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Faith (no person record; text only).
- Pope Francis and Benito Segundo Reyna, from the South American press (unverified).
- The large UAP craft whose location Coulthart withholds for Five Eyes reasons.
Notes
- Rewind repost of 17 Oct 2026; original Easter 2024 (to confirm).
The claims, checked
Witness testimony (1)
Members of Congress talk about demonic suggestion, and he worries that CE-5 contact attempts open people to it.firsthand
Alleged / one person's word (4)
He has 'talked to people that are in the know that actually think [the Vatican transfer of the Magenta craft] is legitimate.'anonymousunnamed people 'in the know' → Tim Burchett (Reality Check, Easter 2024) → told itThe Magenta crash retrieval
According to the South American press, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was mentored by Benito Segundo Reyna, an Argentine Jesuit astronomer and ufologist who died in 1982, and an Argentine contactee's message is said to have foretold his papacy.Unverified.anonymousSouth American press reports → Ross Coulthart → told it
He knows where a large UAP craft is held, and keeps it back for Five Eyes security reasons.anonymousunnamed sources → Ross Coulthart → told it
John Paul II told a girl, 'Always remember, they are God's children too'; Vatican help with a Magenta transfer is possible and morally plausible.secondhandPaul Thigpen (Catholic author, Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Faith)John Paul II → Paul Thigpen → told itThe Magenta crash retrieval