Reality Check with Ross Coulthart

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In this episode of "Reality Check," Ross Coulthart sits down with theoretical physicist and philosopher of physics Maaneli Derakhshani for a long look at the anomalous features cataloged across the moon, Phobos and the surface of Mars. The conversation opens with Lue Elizondo's remarks on lunar anomalies, then works outward to the Phobos 2 spacecraft and the object NASA's own mission literature once described as a monolith along with the reason SETI took that object seriously enough to study.

From there, Max walks Ross through the imagery that has drawn the most attention on Mars, from the so-called glass worm to the rectilinear formations near the Atlantis basin, applying the same fractal analysis that NASA and the Department of Defense use to separate natural terrain from engineered structures. Grounding the discussion in Carl Sagan's own standards for searching for evidence of past life, Max makes the case that some of these features deserve to be treated as genuine open questions rather than tricks of light and shadow.

Also featured in this episode is the work of Jean Ward, Independent Mars Researcher, a colleague of Dr. Derakhshani's whose work can be found at https://www.youtube.com/jeanward and https://megalithicmars.com/

CREDITS
Host: Ross Coulthart
Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
Editorial Producer: Meagan Ourada
Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson
Associate Producer: Will Tomasi
Research Producer: Rob Jones
Editor: Anthony Diasio

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/

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:41 A Word from Our Sponsor
3:06 Elizondo, Lunar Anomalies, and What Might Be on the Moon
4:30 Artificial Ruins and the Clementine Mission
5:35 Turning to Mars, and the Phobos 2 Spacecraft
8:03 The Marina Popovich Photo
12:04 "Wouldn't It Be Sad if Putin Disclosed First?"
12:53 Camera Glitch or Real Object? What Analysts Say Off the Record
16:21 The PRIME Mission and the Object NASA Called a Monolith
20:42 Buzz Aldrin on the Phobos Monolith
26:01 A Roscosmos Quote, and a Nature Study on a Craft That Was Hit
30:13 Rendering a Structure 35 to 40 Meters Tall
34:29 Why SETI Took Phobos Seriously, and Aldrin's Observation Point
38:16 When Mars Had an Earth-Like Atmosphere, and Clarke's "2001"
41:35 To the Surface, What Actually Looks Anomalous on Mars
45:55 The Glass Worm, the Sand-Dune Debunk, and Mike Bara's Breakdown
52:38 The Space Act of 1958, and Who Controls Mars Imagery?
58:51 Aram Chaos, Run Through a Fractal Filter
60:09 So, Are They Artificial? Max Speculates
1:02:15 Three Anomalies, the Work of Jean Ward
1:05:33 Is Extrapolating Like This Legitimate? Sagan's Standard
1:10:46 Is Any of This Just Pareidolia?
1:12:50 Right Angles Near the Atlantis Basin, and What NASA Calls Chaos Terrain
1:17:12 Cities, Villages, Civilization? Max Answers Plainly
1:19:07 The Algorithms, and Who Else Runs Them
1:25:13 Buried Structures in Renaudot Crater
1:30:42 The Face on Mars, Sagan's Letter, and an Open Mind on "Cosmos"
1:37:01 Cydonia, How Big the Face Is, and Why NASA Landed Elsewhere
1:41:02 A Mimetolith, More Structures, and the Geometry Between Them
1:48:54 Wrapping Up, and an Invitation Back

Ross Coulthart and Meagan Medick (@producermeagan) answer your questions each week on the "Reality Check Q&A." This week, they respond to Lue Elizondo's claims that NASA knows more about the UFO mystery than they are letting on. As new astronaut UFO files release, and ahead of another Reality Check deep-dive into lunar anomalies with Max Derakshani, what is the latest on a new investigation into the agency?

Ross Coulthart also reveals new reporting on secret American bases in Antarctica: Could they be tied to a visit by former Secretary of State and presidential candidate John Kerry? Also in the show: What has Ross heard about a longer version of the famous Gimbal UFO video? Plus, Ross revisits his trips to Egypt and Peru to share why he is not yet convinced ancient alien tech played a part, though he admits ancient humans knew something we don't understand today. Finally, Meagan's dog Owen makes a special appearance!

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Watch Ross Coulthart investigate NASA's UFO Mystery:
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Part 2 https://youtu.be/qyNU8ZJbv1w?si=8lm5HsVaYTXU4aRE
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Part 4 https://youtu.be/IdYfIRRRABQ?si=tRQLmv-FMaDM3GEx

#UFO #NASA #UAP

CREDITS:
Host: Ross Coulthart
Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
Editorial Producer: Meagan Medick
Associate Producer: Will Tomasi
Research Producer: Rob Jones
Editor: Tony Diasio

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/
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CHAPTERS:
0:30 Ross reacts to Lue Elizondo's claims about Moon monoliths
3:28 Reality Check's first five-timer's club guest?!
5:28 Meet @producermeagan 's dog Owen who barks his way onto the show
5:58 Pres. Trump's new White House helipad funded by Lockheed Martin?
15:36 Secret American bases in Antarctica: What does John Kerry know about UFOs and fusion energy?
19:13 Has Ross Coulthart heard about a longer version of the Gimbal UFO video?
26:34 Does Ross think ancient UFO tech is behind pyramids in Egypt and Peru?

In this episode of "Reality Check," Ross Coulthart sits down with Michael Gold, president of Redwire Space and a former member of NASA's UAP Independent Study Team, for a candid look at how the agency has handled the subject. Gold explains what the study team was actually asked to do, which was to weigh whether UAP was worth NASA's attention and what resources it could bring to bear, rather than to analyze the anomalous imagery already sitting in the agency's own archives. He is direct about the stigma that shadows the field, describing scientists warned they could lose their jobs, tenure and their ability to publish for simply asking the question, including a physicist and frequent guest of this show who lost his position after appearing on it.

The conversation moves through the Apollo 17 triangle and the Apollo 11 blue lights, the Robertson Panel that helped set decades of ridicule in motion and the work Gold is now leading through the Disclosure Foundation to reopen NASA's archives alongside astronomer Beatriz Villarroel and physicist Maaneli Derakhshani. It closes where Gold argues where the real stakes sit, on national security, a race with China and his warning that whoever controls the Moon will eventually control the Earth.

#NASA #coverup #UAP

CREDITS:
Host: Ross Coulthart
Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
Editorial Producer: Meagan Medick
Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson
Associate Producer: 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

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CHAPTERS:
:00 Intro
2:06 Was NASA's Study Team Really Investigating UAP?
5:06 What the Panel Was Actually Asked to Do
6:32 From 'Aerial' to 'Anomalous,' and the Apollo 17 Triangle
8:30 The Stigma in Academia, and What It Cost Scientists Like Derakhshani
11:01 Three Recommendations, and the Foundation That Picked Them Up
14:32 Did the Apollo Astronauts See Something on the Moon?
17:06 Where to Start Without NASA's Keys, Isaacman and Monthly Moon Missions
18:40 Blurred and Missing, What NASA's Edited Images Might Hide
20:07 Beatriz Villarroel, and the Objects That Predate the First Satellite
22:35 Conspiracy or Screw-Up, and the ISS Feed That Went Dark
25:28 The Blue Lights of Apollo 11, and the Conclusion NASA Wouldn't Reach
27:58 The Robertson Panel, and the Campaign to Discredit UFOs
30:21 Why NASA Was Just Made an Intelligence Agency
31:24 Cattle Mutilations, Laser Burns, and the Reservation Where It Started
33:06 Ancient Rock Art, Mantid Beings, and Skinwalker Ranch
33:59 A Back Channel to the UAP Task Force, and Working Without All the Data
36:36 Karl Wolfe, and the Photo Retouchers NASA Never Answered
38:34 Chris Mellon, the NRO, and the Objects Entering and Leaving Orbit
39:27 Fresh From the Archives, and Who Decides What Gets Declassified
41:36 'A Lack of Imagination, Turning Into a Lack of Freedom'
42:55 France's UAP Report, the Artemis Accords, and a Permanent NASA Office
44:50 Transparency's Slippery Slope, and the Gang of Eight in the Dark
47:13 Does Mike Think Something Is Watching Us?
48:25 The Follow-Up NASA Never Did, and the Physics We Should Chase
50:20 Moon Landing Denial, and the Trust It Costs Everyone
53:23 The Lunar Gateway, Starship, and the Many Launches Needed to Refuel
57:00 Lue Elizondo, the Moon, and Why the Airbrushing Is Over
1:01:21 Why UAP Is a National Security Risk, and the Race With China
1:04:32 'Control the Moon, Control the Earth,'

Ross Coulthart explores an ancient alien mystery, gaining access to never-before-seen mummies that some researchers say could hold the key to the UFO question. Is it too good to be true, or a crucial next step toward disclosure?

In this week’s episode, we find Ross at the ancient site of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island. The Moai statues are some of the most impressive examples of early engineering, but that also leaves many unanswered questions. How did they move the 70-ton statues, what was their purpose and what happened to the people on Rapa Nui?

#RapaNui #EasterIsland #Moai

CREDITS:
Host: Ross Coulthart
Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
Editorial Producer: Meagan Ourada
Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson
Associate Producer: Will Tomasi
Editor: Anthony Diasio

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/
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CHAPTERS
:00 Intro
:54 Easter Island facts
4:29 Preserving the statues
6:30 The kneeling statue
8:04 Goblins?
9:28 Motu Nui Island
11:19 Unfinished statues
14:14 Prior civilization on the island?
18:38 How the statues were carved with accuracy
25:07 Imitation attempts?
28:50 Final thoughts

In this episode of "Reality Check," Ross Coulthart and Meagan Medick tackle the fallout from Coulthart's recent comments about Lue Elizondo's past role in the legacy UAP program, addressing what he calls misreporting of his statements. Coulthart tackles questions about the Elizondo controversy and why whistleblowers remain silent despite NDAs, Michael Shermer's controversial appointment to the White House UAP Science Advisory Council and whether nonhuman intelligence shows any interest in human art, music and culture.

#LueElizondo #ChrisCuomo #RossCoulthart

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

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/
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CHAPTERS:
:00 Intro
1:15 Ross reacts to Elizondo’s comments
8:14 Why whistleblowers need protections
12:15 Michael Shermer on the UAP Science Advisory Council
15:21 Are NHI interested in human culture?
19:11 Are UAPs using radio frequencies?
22:01 Final thoughts