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Inside the Pentagon's Anomaly Office | Reality Check

November 3, 2026 · 52 min

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In this episode of Reality Check, Ross Coulthart sits down with physicist Dr. Randy Bostick, former science advisor to the Pentagon office that investigates unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), at the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies conference in Toronto. Bostick explains what AARO does and does not hold, walks through his analysis of the Navy's Go Fast video, and describes Gremlin, the office's own sensor system built to watch the sky for weeks at a time. The conversation turns to the New Jersey drone incursions, objects reported over nuclear sites and weapons test ranges, and a presidential records release that tied military encounters with unknown objects to active radar jamming. Through all of it, Bostick returns to one problem: military aircraft and sensors detect these objects, and the data that could explain them is rarely saved.CHAPTER SUMMARY:0:00 Intro1:45 Inside the Pentagon's Anomaly Office3:45 Crash Retrieval Program Allegations6:51 Analyzing the Go Fast Video12:30 Glowing Orbs and Black Triangles13:37 Criticism and Project Blue Book16:59 The New Jersey Drone Incursions22:40 The Gremlin Sensor System26:53 Spectral Analysis of Unknown Objects29:58 Missing Data and Radar Jamming36:09 Objects Over Nuclear Sites39:17 Is Jamming a Flight Safety Threat?43:13 Why the Videos Are Redacted47:33 Judging the Office's FutureCREDITS:Host: Ross CoulthartExecutive Producer: Andy GipsonEditorial Producer: Meagan MedickProducer: Will TomasiResearch Producer: Rob JonesEditor: Kanyon LyonsSOCIAL TAGS:X: @rosscoulthart https://x.com/rosscoulthartInstagram: @rosscoulthart https://www.instagram.com/rosscoulthart/

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