Air Force Veterans Abducted By Aliens Reunite 50 Years Later [EMOTIONAL]

What happened in this episode?

Jesse Michels reunites two former US Air Force security policemen—Mario Woods and Michael Johnson—nearly 50 years after Woods says they experienced a UFO encounter while guarding Minuteman missile facilities near Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota in November 1977. The episode includes a recorded first phone call in which Johnson quickly identifies the remembered event as “that UFO”, and later gives a distance estimate placing the object within roughly 50 feet.

Both men describe physical effects and missing time: Johnson says he was “frozen on the steering wheel” while hearing Woods speak but being unable to respond, and Woods recounts a close encounter involving a bright field of light, a smaller “black ball” moving around the truck, and figures approaching while repeating “do not fear”. They describe being recovered hours later miles away near a reservoir dam, then questioned separately.

The programme centres on a filmed hypnotic regression of Johnson conducted by hypnotherapist Ivonne Smith, during which he describes being handled and examined by non-human entities; these descriptions remain unverified and are presented as recollection under hypnosis. Woods alleges unusual medical and investigative attention afterwards, including a flight surgeon clipping burned skin into a sealed container and Johnson saying “sodium pentathol” was mentioned during his treatment.

The episode also highlights a purported physical discrepancy: Woods says he discovered a missing right-hand glove after Johnson separately recalled seeing it on a “shiny floor”. Michels further discusses claims about official secrecy, alleged disinformation tactics, and the broader folklore linking UFO reports to nuclear sites.

What are the key points?

• Michael Johnson confirms he remembers the 1977 incident as involving a UFO and estimates it was within roughly 50 feet.
• Johnson says he was immobilised at the wheel and could hear Woods speaking but could not respond.
• Woods describes a bright light field, breathing difficulty and figures approaching while repeating “do not fear”.
• Johnson says “sodium pentathol” was mentioned during his post-incident medical treatment (his recollection).
• Woods says a flight surgeon clipped burned skin into a container; he says the sample was never accounted for.
• Woods says a distinctive right-hand glove was missing after Johnson recalled seeing it on a “shiny floor”.
• Johnson recounts a later trucking episode he says ended on restricted Nevada government property after disorientation.

Who is speaking?

Named speakers identified in Egleze's source-linked moments from this episode.

• Michael Johnson
• Mario Woods

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Programme

American Alchemy

Published

7 September 2026

Duration

2h 47m

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