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Timothy Alberino claims C-130 pilot flew 1,100lb ‘giant’ corpse from Afghanistan

Joe Rogan Experience · Joe Rogan Experience #2530 - Timothy Alberino · July 23, 2026
Timothy Alberino claims C-130 pilot flew 1,100lb ‘giant’ corpse from Afghanistan
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Joe Rogan Experience #2530 - Timothy Alberino
"Now, they weighed the giant before they loaded him on the C130 cuz they have to load everything that goes on the C130. the load master weighed him. He weighed 1,100 lb. And they estimated his his height at 10 to 12 feet tall."
Guest Timothy Alberino recounts what he describes as a first-hand account from an active-duty C-130 pilot who allegedly transported a large body from Bagram Airfield to Qatar in 2005. Alberino says the pilot claimed the body was estimated at 10–12 feet tall, had red hair, and was weighed at 1,100 lb before loading.

About this episode

Joe Rogan speaks with writer and filmmaker Timothy Alberino about claims involving “giants”, ancient cataclysms, and disputed archaeological anomalies. Alberino recounts the “Kandahar giant” legend, saying he interviewed an active-duty C-130 pilot who allegedly transported a 1,100 lb body estimated at 10–12 feet tall from Bagram Airfield to Qatar in 2005, and he adds that the Pentagon later issued a public denial (which he says is available online). He also describes encounters where military and political-adjacent figures allegedly reacted with alarm when asked about the story.

A substantial section focuses on Alberino’s accounts from Sardinia, where he says locals and former excavators told him they had encountered unusually large human bones and associated artefacts, and that some discoveries were removed or suppressed. He shifts to Peru, discussing colonial-era chronicles that describe indigenous veneration of large, preserved bodies, and claims his team’s drone-mounted ground-penetrating radar detected two large intersecting tunnels roughly 100 feet beneath an adobe pyramid at the Chongo necropolis.

On the “Nazca mummies”, Alberino says he visited the University of Ica/Eco Museum to view specimens including “Maria”, but now believes the entire set is more likely a hoax, citing disputed provenance and earlier fakes. The conversation broadens to megalithic masonry in Peru, alternative chronologies for Egypt, and Alberino’s religious framing via Genesis and the Book of Enoch, including speculation about hybrid “watchers”, ancient technological elites, and recurring flood traditions.

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