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'I was intimidated, I had surveillance, I had threats': U.S. Marine who saw craft

'I was intimidated, I had surveillance, I had threats': U.S. Marine who saw craft

Update: 2025-08-01
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On "Reality Check," Ross Coulthart sits down with former U.S. Marine Michael Herrera. In 2009, Herrera was deployed on a relief operation in Sumatra, Indonesia. During the operation, Herrera says he saw a 300-foot craft, but upon sighting his unit, he was detained by mysterious "men in black." Together, they discuss Herrera's story in depth, the private companies engineering mysterious crafts and Herrera's dealings with the Senate Intelligence Committee and All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).

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

CHAPTER SUMMARY:
:51 Meet Mike Herrera
4:35 Mike's experience
6:22 Mike responds to critics
13:10 Mike describes craft he saw
15:00 Paramilitary arrives on site
18:45 Mike's first reaction on what he saw
27:17 Mike’s conversations with whistleblower Jake Barber
34:09 Mike describes how he was able to keep his camera during encounter
36:57 Mike describes lights on craft
39:40 Mike recalls interesting way his unit was released by paramilitary figures
41:36 Why Mike did not report incident immediately
51:16 Why members of Mike's unit have not come forward publicly
52:04 Dealing with AARO
53:45 Dealing with Senate Intelligence Committee
58:26 Mike doubles down on being willing to testify under oath to Congress
1:00:15 Mike on intimidation
1:04:08 Mike on whether he trusts AARO
1:13:57 Mike on how society could be transformed if certain technologies were publicly available

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'I was intimidated, I had surveillance, I had threats': U.S. Marine who saw craft

'I was intimidated, I had surveillance, I had threats': U.S. Marine who saw craft

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