Nick Betts
Former US Army sniper (2005-2013, Iraq and Afghanistan; a RECCE sniper per SOFREP), later in diplomatic security work for the State Department and the CIA, and co-host of the Liberty Risk podcast. In December 2025 he told the podcast that a retired special-operations soldier had described a firefight with armed reptilian beings under the Nevada desert, and that a second alleged participant attacked him the next morning for mentioning it.
Witness profile
Former Army sniper who says a retired special-operations soldier told him of a firefight with reptilian beings under the Nevada desert, and that a second alleged participant attacked him for mentioning it. The firefight is secondhand; the attack is his own account.
Describes the witness from the record, their own retellings and how they come across. No score for the person; the factors at the end belong to the cases.
From the record service · posting · clearance · testimony
| Service | US Army sniper, 2005-13, Iraq and Afghanistan (a RECCE sniper per SOFREP)SOFREP | documented |
|---|---|---|
| Later | Diplomatic security work for the State Department and the CIAHis account | own account |
| Since | Co-host of the Liberty Risk podcastPodcast | documented |
Retellings over time from the transcript library and records
Following: The Area 51 tunnel firefight, and the attack on him
- 2025-12-05 Liberty Risk, episode 37 · first telling
He’s like, “Never ever fucking talk about this shit again.”
▶ 3:26:38I would have chalked it up to the wine if it wasn’t for being choke-slammed up against the fucking wall
▶ 3:28:02Retells the firefight as told to him, then the hotel-lobby attack the next morning. - 2026-10 Cristina Gomez · recordRetold by Gomez, ten months after the first telling and after Grusch spoke of reptilian beings on Rogan.
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On camera demeanour notes, timestamped
How they look and speak: hesitations, self-corrections, emotion. Dashed slots still need the video.
Liberty Risk, 2025
Says he would have put it down to the wine; candid about his own doubt.From the transcript
Liberty Risk, 2025
Tone and body language: joking podcast banter or shaken?Needs the video on Igor's PC
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Profile updated 2026-10-23