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Ross Coulthart

Ross Coulthart

Five-time Walkley Award-winning Australian journalist. Author of In Plain Sight (2021) and NewsNation's special correspondent on UAP. He conducted David Grusch's first TV interview and broke Jake Barber's story. He says multiple insiders have told him about recovered craft and bodies.

On the record

  • His published book and broadcasts.

Claims (14)

Accounts from unnamed sources he has vetted.anonymousSourced, unconfirmedRoss Coulthart
Coulthart rejects the DIA lost-files explanation for the AAWSAP reports as an excuse to avoid release (October 2026).firsthandSourced, unconfirmedRoss Coulthart
Much of the phenomenon may be remote autonomous drone technology watching a planet near an AI tipping point, and officials may hold back because they do not know how a watching intelligence would react to public awareness.speculationLeadRoss Coulthart
'There are many more excellent 4K high resolution quality videos that are sitting in cupboards, not being disclosed to the public.'anonymousLeadRoss Coulthart
Many files in PURSUE's sixth release refer to source documents, data and imagery that hasn't been released, and the Air Force in particular redacts before release.analysisSourced, unconfirmedRoss Coulthart
Loeb's UAP Science Advisory Council 'is beginning to get quite frustrated with the lack of data being released'.secondhandSourced, unconfirmedRoss Coulthart
Castle Bravo (1954) disrupted a craft, which fell into the ocean and was retrieved; that is when the US learned nuclear blasts disrupt the craft's propulsion field.Ross Coulthart: the White House is going around the legacy program (Q&A)secondhandLeadRoss Coulthart
Asked whether a 2004 firefight between JSOC and a Lockheed Martin recovery team killed two JSOC members, he answered 'yes', adding 'and that's not the only incident'.Blue on blue 20049/1/24 Discussing WD Memo, 2004 JSOC Case and Q&AanonymousLeadRoss Coulthart
Luis Elizondo is being hired for a senior White House post to lead the disclosure effort.The State of Disclosure, Hanging with Ross Coulthart, Current Events & QnA - UAP Gerb LiveLuis ElizondosecondhandSourced, unconfirmedRoss Coulthart
He has refused to tell Rob Jones where the UFO too big to move is.UFO Crash Retrievals, Disclosure & Extended QnA - UAP Gerb LivefirsthandSourced, unconfirmedRob Jones (co-host)
Ross Coulthart told Herrera that John Stewart's 2004 firefight account has 'some validity'; Herrera is not sure it was the same 2004 case.Ross CoulthartBlue on blue 2004Livestream and Q&A with Michael Herrera 10/6/24secondhandSourced, unconfirmedMichael Herrera
'I know the president knows full well now about the existence of the legacy retrieval and reverse engineering program', overseen 'at a very very high level in his office', naming Devin Nunes.Ross Coulthart: the White House is going around the legacy program (Q&A)Devin NunesspeculationLeadRoss Coulthart
He has had allegations put to him of deep underground military bases in America where the United States and non-human beings collaborate on hybridization.Ross Coulthartthread/underground-basesRoss Coulthart: 'What the f— is going on?' Hybrids, Tim Taylor and the Tall Whites (Q&A)anonymousLeadRoss Coulthart
'I have been told that there are hybridization programs going on.' He has not reported it because 'I have no direct firsthand evidence to substantiate it. It's all secondhand.'Ross CoulthartThe price of contactRoss Coulthart: 'What the f— is going on?' Hybrids, Tim Taylor and the Tall Whites (Q&A)anonymousLeadRoss Coulthart

What Ross Coulthart said (39 claims)

On the record Witness testimony 10Alleged 17Does not hold 2
“'Slide N' of an OSAP briefing said the phenomenon can manipulate human perception.”Alleged'Archive X' and the impossible (Jeffrey Kripal)
Coulthart's recollection; check when the OSAP reports are released.
“Civilian aircraft have been brought down by EMP weapons used against non-human craft in restricted airspace.”AllegedInside 'Kona Blue', the alleged Lockheed-to-DHS UFO transfer (UAP Gerb)
No case named.
“The 2004 Tic Tac was operated by somebody connected to Lockheed.”AllegedInside 'Kona Blue', the alleged Lockheed-to-DHS UFO transfer (UAP Gerb)
Coulthart's unnamed sources; Gerb says humans have their own Tic Tac variant.
“At Williamtown, 'it wasn't a bloody drone ... huge, dead quiet'.”AllegedThe Lakenheath incursions, two years on: Mike Morgan and Liberty
Anonymous military source; the incursions themselves are on the record.
“Daryl Johnson, an NRC security officer, found the US could not track drones over nuclear sites to source.”Does not holdThe Lakenheath incursions, two years on: Mike Morgan and Liberty
No such person found; the NRC records came via FOIA from researcher Douglas D. Johnson. The underlying point (49 of 57 cases unresolved) is on the record.
“He has had allegations put to him of deep underground military bases in America where the United States and non-human beings collaborate on hybridization.”AllegedRoss Coulthart: 'What the f— is going on?' Hybrids, Tim Taylor and the Tall Whites (Q&A)
He says he thought it was crazy until Elizondo's interview.
“He names Rep. Eric Burlison, with Elizondo and Gaetz, among those to whom defence and intelligence people have put the hybridization allegations.”AllegedRoss Coulthart: 'What the f— is going on?' Hybrids, Tim Taylor and the Tall Whites (Q&A)
Possibly a slip, possibly a lead: in the Michaels interview Elizondo named Burchett, Luna and Burlison as having had access to the information.
“'I have been told that there are hybridization programs going on.' He has not reported it because 'I have no direct firsthand evidence to substantiate it. It's all secondhand.'”AllegedRoss Coulthart: 'What the f— is going on?' Hybrids, Tim Taylor and the Tall Whites (Q&A)
“Coulthart checked Taylor out: a NASA biomedical engineer whose company bio credits him with 40+ shuttle and 80 DoD missions and 40+ patents; Vivex Biologics is a real company; he wrote Launch Fever.”Witness testimonyRoss Coulthart: 'What the f— is going on?' Hybrids, Tim Taylor and the Tall Whites (Q&A)
“Pasulka's 'Tyler D' is Tim Taylor: the Vatican Observatory's 2017 annual report lists both Diana Walsh Pasulka and 'Timothy Taylor (NASA)' among its visitors.”Witness testimonyRoss Coulthart: 'What the f— is going on?' Hybrids, Tim Taylor and the Tall Whites (Q&A)
The identification was pieced together publicly from the visitor list; Coulthart repeats it.
“Pentagon statements on UAP by spokeswoman Susan Gough are always made on behalf of AARO; the denial of any knowledge of extraterrestrial engagement was a denial for AARO, not for the whole Defense Department and intelligence community, perhaps 'word sophistry' because AARO is kept in the dark.”Witness testimonyRoss Coulthart: 'What the f— is going on?' Hybrids, Tim Taylor and the Tall Whites (Q&A)
Commentary. He dates the denial to 'I think in 2021'; AARO was set up in 2022, so he may mean the 2024 historical report or an earlier office.
“People in AARO are frustrated that they are not given the access they think they should have to the legacy program and to what its people know about contact with non-human beings.”AllegedRoss Coulthart: 'What the f— is going on?' Hybrids, Tim Taylor and the Tall Whites (Q&A)
“There is no independent corroboration of Hall's contact claims, but his DD-214 confirms the service he claims.”Witness testimonyRoss Coulthart: 'What the f— is going on?' Hybrids, Tim Taylor and the Tall Whites (Q&A)
“If the hybrid claims are true, they could explain the secrecy around abduction allegations; the only reason he can think of for not telling the public is that it is 'part of the agreements with these beings that we're not allowed to be told'.”AllegedRoss Coulthart: 'What the f— is going on?' Hybrids, Tim Taylor and the Tall Whites (Q&A)
His own reading; 'I've got no idea.'
“People who say they are in the legacy program, and are 'far too terrified to speak publicly', tell him of ongoing relationships between the American military and non-human beings, collaborating on things like hybridization experiments.”AllegedRoss Coulthart: 'What the f— is going on?' Hybrids, Tim Taylor and the Tall Whites (Q&A)
“The White Sands lure was presidentially authorised; ODNI, FBI and pockets of DoD are helping the White House go around the legacy program.”AllegedRoss Coulthart: the White House is going around the legacy program (Q&A)
Coulthart's unnamed sources; the motive is his own speculation.
“Devin Nunes oversees the White House's handling of the legacy program.”AllegedRoss Coulthart: the White House is going around the legacy program (Q&A)
Unnamed sources; Nunes chairs the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.
“Craft were handed from DOE to private firms in the 1970s under Nixon, in a panic over FOIA, Watergate and the Church inquiry.”AllegedRoss Coulthart: the White House is going around the legacy program (Q&A)
Coulthart, 'as I understand it'.
“Barber, by video link in Stockholm, said the egg craft were seen coming from a much larger mothership.”Witness testimonyRoss Coulthart: the White House is going around the legacy program (Q&A)
Matches attendees' posts.
“Castle Bravo (1954) disrupted a craft that fell into the ocean and was retrieved.”AllegedRoss Coulthart: the White House is going around the legacy program (Q&A)
Not checked.
“Grusch never worked for the CIA; the Rogan line was a slip.”Witness testimonyRoss Coulthart: the White House is going around the legacy program (Q&A)
Grusch's NGA and Task Force roles are documented.
“Stratton said on Fox he was briefed on Roswell bodies and craft.”Does not holdRoss Coulthart: the White House is going around the legacy program (Q&A)
Not in the Fox transcript; the Roswell account is in the memoir, from Jim Ryder.
“A source told Coulthart that an aerospace company in Long Beach with sprawling gardens had access to 'the wreckage'.”Witness testimonyFASTWALKERS - UFOs Outside Earth
In Plain Sight (2021).
“Asked whether a 2004 blue-on-blue firefight between a JSOC unit and a Lockheed Martin recovery team over a UAP craft killed two JSOC members, Ross Coulthart answered 'yes', adding 'and that's not the only incident'.”Alleged9/1/24 Discussing WD Memo, 2004 JSOC Case and Q&A
Reddit AMA, about August 2024; Coulthart posted no sources.
“The Tic Tac 'is Lockheed's'; Corbell told Fravor he had been given 'passage material' saying so.”AllegedSept 2025 House Oversight Committee UFO Hearings Recap
Gerb keeps both this and a non-human reading open.
“Luis Elizondo is being hired for a senior White House post to lead the disclosure effort.”Witness testimonyThe State of Disclosure, Hanging with Ross Coulthart, Current Events & QnA - UAP Gerb Live
Gerb confirms it from his own sources. No official announcement yet.
“Ross Coulthart says he now knows categorically that the Tic Tac is Lockheed Martin technology.”Witness testimonyLockheed Martin - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy Programs
Coulthart on Need to Know; his sources are unnamed.
“Terry Phillips is a key gatekeeper figure.”Witness testimonyNorthrop Grumman & TRW - UFO Reverse Engineering, Material Exploitation, & Legacy Programs [Vol.2]
Ross Coulthart in an interview clip.
“Trump authorised shoot-downs of UAP over a test range.”AllegedDid Trump authorize the shootdown of UFOs? (Christopher Sharp)
Ross Coulthart's anonymous White House and defence sources. No denial on record.
“NASA administrator Jared Isaacman told NewsNation that NASA has met its UAP disclosure requirements. Coulthart calls that categorically untrue. Comparing NASA archive catalogues with PURSUE, some releases are a few pages from transcripts over 1,000 pages long, and astronaut photographs recorded in l”analysisSourced, unconfirmedNASA, secrecy and the archive anomalies
“The Department of War never genuinely believed it could not find the OSAP files; it was an excuse to avoid releasing them, and the Pentagon could have asked Bigelow for his copy at any time.”analysisSourced, unconfirmedAAWSAP / AATIP
“Jay Stratton coined the term 'hitchhiker effect'.”secondhandLeadHitchhiker effect
“Clapper meant to use Elizondo as a 'frontman', and Elizondo had worked inside the legacy program.”speculationSourced, unconfirmedElizondo resigns
“Results have been published.”secondhandLeadMUAS
“Coulthart's accounts of unnamed insiders.”anonymousSourced, unconfirmedCoulthart's witnesses
“Nine UAP were near the Arctic Circle in early February 2023 and jets were scrambled.”anonymousSourced, unconfirmedNarsarsuaq lights
“A private company's ARV crashed in 2004 near or south of New Mexico; a military team arrived and two men died.”anonymousSourced, unconfirmedJake Barber
“An aerospace company gave a craft back to the government as impossible to reverse-engineer while flying a copy of its own.”anonymousSourced, unconfirmedJake Barber
“President Trump authorised a separate Department of War effort to intercept and capture objects; craft were downed in the U.S. and near Juárez, including with a high-power microwave weapon at White Sands, and Skywatcher's 'dog whistle' method was absorbed.”anonymousSourced, unconfirmedWhite Sands lure

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