Darcy Weir, documentary filmmaker and host of “Cold Journeys,” joins to discuss the UFO landscape — separating credible cases from grifter-driven mythology, covering everything from 1970s military encounters to modern hoaxes like the Nazca mummies and the Stargate narrative pushed by figures like Michael Salla and Corey Goode.
The Stargate narrative is a modern grift built on Cold War propaganda
Michael Salla, a former academic fired for UFO writings, pivoted to claiming every US invasion (Iraq, Venezuela, Iran) targets ancient Stargates — a story lifted from the 1994 film Stargate and repeated until treated as fact in parts of the UFO community.
Salla’s “insider” JP (who once wore a dirt bike helmet on camera) claims Venezuela was invaded for Stargate tech under a pyramid; the same pattern repeats with Iran today.
This mirrors mainstream media propaganda: coordinated messaging across well-funded platforms (e.g., Gaia TV) creates false consensus, drowning out nuanced research.
Danny Sheen, lawyer for both Greer and Elizondo during their feud, exemplifies the interconnected “Forrest Gump” network of conspiracy figures.
The Stargate label was originally a remote-viewing program (Project Gondola), not a physical portal — the conflation is deliberate myth-making.
Steven Greer mixes legitimate connections with unverifiable claims
Greer’s Rockefeller ties and claim of a $2B offer from General Stubblebine are unverified but serve as “jagged pills” that discredit his broader work.
The Atacama mummy, featured in Sirius, was proven 100% human via Gary Nolan’s peer-reviewed DNA analysis; Greer dismissed it as CIA interference.
Producers of Sirius (Rizwan Virk’s contacts) nearly quit due to Greer’s ego and control; they vowed never to work with him again.
Greer’s “CE5” protocols and healing claims blur into cult-like dynamics, making him a convenient lightning rod that protects deeper secrets.
Corey Goode’s “20 and Back” story collapsed under legal scrutiny
Goode claimed 20-year service in a secret space program (Solar Warden), fighting reptilians, age-regressed, and meeting the “Galactic Federation” (a Star Trek term).
In a 2022 deposition (recorded by defense attorneys), Goode admitted: “I have not been to space. Not in my physical body. Consciously.” — contradicting his core narrative.
He later copyrighted that same deposition footage (which he didn’t create) and used DMCA takedowns against critics like Darcy, then offered to “license” it in exchange for Darcy’s original interview footage — a clear extortion attempt.
Goode has sued nearly every former collaborator (Jay Weidner, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Roger Richards, etc.); now pursuing a RICO suit against Gaia TV.
The “20 and Back” mythology merges real underground base rumors (per Gerb) with zero evidence, creating a Lord of the Rings-style expansion that poisons serious inquiry.
Gary McKinnon’s 2001–2002 NASA hack remains the most credible “secret space” testimony
Using default “administrator/blank password” logins, McKinnon accessed US Space Command and NASA servers on dial-up.
He saw a spreadsheet titled “Non-Terrestrial Officers” listing ~100+ personnel — likely Navy — off-world.
He witnessed a slow-loading image of a metallic, cigar-shaped craft with two golf-ball-like protrusions before a network admin cut his connection.
The US pursued aggressive extradition (up to 80 years, possibly Guantanamo), suggesting he hit something real; UK blocked it citing Asperger’s.
McKinnon explicitly denied Solar Warden exists — yet Salla and Goode falsely cite him as confirmation.
Early NASA missions recorded repeated UFO encounters, often dismissed as “ice” or “debris”
1962 (Mercury/John Glenn): “Fireflies” — ice particles off the capsule glowing in sunlight, mistaken for organisms; first public “UFO” panic in space.
1961 (X-15/Joe Walker): Saucer-shaped objects paced his rocket plane; he ruled out debris because they accelerated and maintained formation.
Gemini 4 (McDivitt): Tracked and photographed a cylindrical UFO; Gemini 7 (Borman) called a “bogey” keeping pace en route to the Moon.
Apollo 11 (Aldrin): Saw a bright object pacing the craft in cis-lunar space; later recanted under pressure (civilian space funding concerns).
STS-29 (Blaha): Live downlink: “Houston, we still have the alien spacecraft under observance.” NASA later denied he said it.
STS-80: Ultraviolet “glow camera” captured donut-shaped objects forming a massive circle over Earth — NASA called it debris.
STS-115: Crew tracked a triangular formation across multiple shuttle windows; reported live to Houston.
Leroy Chiao (2000s): Saw a triangle pass overhead during a spacewalk.
Ken Johnston (NASA archivist) claimed unpublished footage showed alien craft on the lunar far side.
The 1976 Tehran UFO incident is one of the best-documented military cases
Sept 19, 1976: Brilliant object over Tehran; thousands of witnesses. Two F-4 Phantoms scrambled.
Gen. Parviz Jafari (pilot): Closed to ~2 miles; all instrumentation, comms, weapons, and ejection seat failed. A smaller object emerged from the main craft, approached aggressively — weapons wouldn’t fire, ejection failed. Only negative-G dive restored systems.
Radar & visual confirmation: Smaller object landed on a mountain southeast of Tehran; Brigadier Gen. Yousefi watched from his balcony. City-wide power outage followed.
DSP satellite (Defense Support Program): Detected an object from deep space entering atmosphere over Tehran that night — leaked by Ronald Regehr (Aerojet/Rocketdyne contractor).
USAF debriefed Iranian Air Force days later: Concluded no nation possessed such technology; believed it was “from other spheres.”
Same month (Sept) as 2026 Iran triangle videos — possible pattern or posturing.
Recent Iran “triangle UFO” videos (2026) may be US black-project posturing
Multiple videos from Tehran show a slow-moving, boomerang/V-shaped object with unusual lights; Congressman Tim Burchett called it “legit.”
Alex Jones speculated: Trump deploying secret tech (Project Blue Beam-style) to intimidate Iran — akin to Reagan’s “Star Wars” bluff that bankrupted the USSR.
Darcy: If US has TR-3B-type triangles (per Edgar Rothschild Fouche, 1998 whistleblower), why not use them? Possibly too few, too fragile for weapons, or reserved for deterrence.
Fouche (Area 51 vet, F-117 photos) claimed TR-3B uses Magnetic Field Disruptor to reduce mass 98–99%; died of cancer, never sought fame.
“Fast movers” (USOs) tracked by Navy sonar at 300+ knots (vs. 40–50 knot sub limit) — Mark D’Antonio testimony; submariners bound by extreme secrecy (ONI likely central to UFO/USO control).
The Nazca mummies are a proven hoax — constructed from human/animal remains
Maria (large 3-fingered body): Hands turned inward to hide severed palms; thumbs and pinkies cut off, palm sliced to wrist — anatomically impossible.
Smaller “J-type” bodies: Bone dolls — llama skulls, dog bones, human remains glued together; one wears a bra with metal plate.
Pregnant/egg specimens: Eggs shoved into abdomen; fetus fingers similarly altered.
DNA tests (2018, Genesis Labs Canada): Returned 100% human — reported to Jaime Maussan, who suppressed it; Gaia released Unearthing Nazca Mummies (2019) anyway.
Jay Weidner (ex-Gaia production head): Admitted he single-handedly built the Nazca mummy and “20 and Back” narratives for Gaia — their two biggest shows.
Steve Mera (UK investigator): Found grave robbers (“huaqueros”) selling small bodies for $18–25K, Maria listed at $1M; documented thumb joints on “3-fingered” hands proving thumbs were removed.
Mark Soal (Falcon Airspace): Drilled into “Bugsphere” (Maussan’s floating orb) — found glue inside; video analysis shows fishing line and solar glare.
Darcy’s Dripping Files: Mummy Mania (with James Drippin): Comedy-doc exposing the cartel; Maussan refuses to debate evidence, claims “Discovery Channel thought it was a monkey.”
Chris Bledsoe: compelling orb footage, but healing claims and “neuralyzer” story raise red flags
Footage (psionic monocular): Orbs emerging from ocean horizon, blooming/fading unlike LEDs; planes visible in same frame for comparison. Tedesco brothers (Long Island) capture similar with radar/flight-tracking correlation.
But: Bledsoe’s son Ryan labeled a bird a “winged orb”; Chris claims to summon orbs via consciousness (psionics/Jake Barber territory).
High-profile visitors: NASA’s Diana Pasulka, John Alexander, Jim Semivan, Tim Taylor (ex-NASA?) all flocked to him — why? Possible controlled amplification.
Failed polygraph (MUFON, ~2008): On his own encounter recollection.
Builder scandal: Bankruptcy, shoddy construction — pattern of financial distress.
Healing claims: Alleged Grant Cameron’s cancer remission via orb; Cameron’s colleague Nicole Sakach confirmed cancer persists (shoulder). Dog healing anecdote similarly unverified.
Tim Taylor showed Bledsoe a “Men in Black neuralyzer” (memory-wiper) with blueprints — Darcy cut this from original podcast; raw footage may exist.
Book UFO of God (Gaia, 2024): Life story + predictions (e.g., Regulus/Sphinx alignment = apocalypse; pushed from April to Oct 2026).
Consciousness-UFO link: FREE study, DMT, and the “ultraterrestrial” hypothesis
FREE study (Dr. Edgar Mitchell): 3,000+ experiencers, 554-question surveys, no hypnosis. ~80% encountered humanoids (Grays, Nordics) — Nordics = human-like, suggesting future humans or breakaway civilization.
DMT/Gray encounters: Rick Strassman’s volunteers saw Grays; suggests non-human intelligence accessible via altered states — or shared archetype.
Michael Masters (evolutionary argument): Extraterrestrials evolving on different planets unlikely to converge on bipedal hominid form; “ultraterrestrials” (breakaway humans) more plausible.
Drake Equation: 11M+ habitable planets in Milky Way — ET visitation possible, but not the “woo” version sold by grifters.
Nuclear correlation: UFOs at nuclear sites (Roswell near Manhattan Project, ICBM shutdowns, nuclear subs) — ultraterrestrials preventing self-destruction?
Project Blue Beam: real Cold War psy-op proposal, co-opted into fake-alien-invasion myth
Serge Monast (1990s Quebecois conspiracist): Invented “Project Blue Beam” — fake alien invasion + holographic Second Coming via lasers.
Actual declassified doc (Church Committee): 1960s Operation Mongoose proposal to project Christ over Cuba via submarine-launched star shells/sound to spark uprising — never executed, tech uncertain.
Greer and followers inflated this into a global holographic fake-invasion program; no evidence it exists or was ever built.
Roswell: contradictory insider stories reveal more about the myth than the event
Annie Jacobsen (Area 51): Source “Alfred O’Donnell” (EG&G trigger man) claimed Roswell was a Soviet hoax: Stalin sent surgically altered children (Mengele) in a Horton-style craft to panic US; US covered it up because they were doing the same to disabled kids.
O’Donnell’s family: After book, wife demanded he recant; he refused, citing grandchild’s genetic death as karmic punishment.
George Knapp interview: Same source told Knapp it was aliens.
TD Barnes (Area 51 vet): Dismissed Jacobsen’s version — source fed her a “juicy story” to stop pestering.
Ryan Wood/Stanton Friedman: Hundreds of cleanup witnesses, nurse saw non-hominid bodies, Corso’s Day After Roswell — debris and bodies not weather balloon.
Humanoid bodies (short, large heads/eyes) again point to breakaway humans or time travelers, not extraterrestrial evolution.
The disclosure process is a controlled narrative — not a truth release
Tranche releases (AARO/Congress): Mix genuine FLIR/orb footage (Syria 2021–22, instantaneous acceleration) with obvious CGI/AI junk (dinosaur Stargate doc) — seeding public with “something’s there” while steering interpretation.
Chris Mellon: Claims mountain of 4K satellite UFO imagery (NRO, NGA, Space Force) — none released; tranche curators unknown (same as Epstein files?).
Grush/Wilson/Davis memo: May get “we’re not alone” admission with curated alien narrative — not full transparency.
Darcy’s path: Keep making documentaries (Secret Space UFOs, Pascagoula 73, Dark Alliance, Dripping Files), follow evidence, ignore grifters.
Where to find Darcy Weir’s work
YouTube (free):Secret Space UFOs, Puerto Rico’s UAPs, Pascagoula 73, Fast Walkers — channel: Cold Journeys
Amazon Prime / Apple TV:Dark Alliance: The Next Generation, The Dripping Files: Mummy Mania
TBTV (free):Dark Alliance: The Next Generation
Socials: X @ColdJourneys, Instagram @DarcyWeirFilms
