American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
American Alchemy with Jesse Michels

Ross Coulthart: "I Located A UFO Base In Arizona!"

June 21, 2025

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Ross Coulthart, the Australian investigative journalist who has become one of the most prominent figures in the modern UAP disclosure movement, sat down with Jesse Michels for a wide-ranging conversation that moved from the provenance of a mysterious sphere to the mechanics of whistleblower protection, the history of the Five Eyes alliance, and the physical evidence he has gathered for a deep underground military base in Sedona, Arizona. The episode is less a single scoop than a tour of Coulthart's investigative method and the web of connections he has built over years of reporting.

The conversation opens with Coulthart's assessment of the "Bougainvillea sphere" (often called the "Bougainvillea sphere" or "Bougainvillea sphere"), a metallic object allegedly found in a forest in Colombia and given to Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan. Coulthart is careful not to endorse it, but he offers a striking detail: he showed photos of the symbols on the sphere to Mario Woods (a 1977 Ellsworth Air Force Base experiencer) and Randy Anderson (who claims to have been taken underground). Both "freaked out" because the symbols matched what they had seen inside craft. Coulthart also uploaded an image of the sphere to AI, which returned the phrase "the circuit"—a result that made him suspect a hoax, though he remains open. He also describes a separate sphere he saw in Texas, owned by a man named

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **Ad Break** - Indeed sponsored jobs ad.
  • 2 (00:30) **The Golden Orb Over Secret Mountain** - Ross describes witnessing a large, pulsing golden orb escorted by military helicopters near Sedona, Arizona.
  • 3 (01:26) **The Bugosphere and Symbol Analysis** - Ross and Jesse discuss a mysterious sphere with symbols, the "Bugosphere," given to Jaime Maussan.
  • 4 (03:14) **Mutual Admiration and Recent Investigations** - Ross and Jesse exchange praise and discuss Ross's recent trip to Mexico City to investigate the "Bugosphere" and Peruvian mummies.
  • 5 (07:24) **The Moving Sphere in Texas** - Ross recounts visiting a man in Texas who owns a sphere that appeared to move under its own power on a level floor.
  • 6 (11:27) **The Global Control System Theory** - Jesse and Ross discuss Patrick Jackson's theory that the spheres are part of a global defense system.
  • 7 (15:38) **Ross's Origin Story: From Skeptic to Believer** - Ross describes his journey from a teenage skeptic of the 1978 Kaikoura UFO incident to a full-time investigator.

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Show Notes

I sat down with award-winning investigative journalist Ross Coulthart for a deep and personal conversation about the UFO phenomenon, secrecy, and the weight of uncovering truths long hidden from the public. This is not just a story about sightings. It is about power, disinformation, and the people behind the scenes who have seen more than they were ever meant to.

One of Ross’s most powerful revelations centers around Nat Kobitz, former head of science and technology development for the U.S. Navy. Before he passed, Nat confirmed that the United States had recovered multiple non-human craft. He described being brought to a deep underground facility, where he was shown a piece of a craft’s bulkhead. What stunned him was the engineering. As an expert in electron beam welding, Nat recognized that the materials had been bonded atom by atom using methods far beyond any known human capability. He made it clear to Ross, "This was not our technology."

We also explored the mystery of the Buga Sphere, the significance of the Kaikoura incident, and what Ross personally witnessed in Sedona. We discussed how mainstream media has failed to confront decades of government-led disinformation and how secrecy continues to dominate global efforts to suppress the truth about non-human intelligence. Ross opens up about the emotional toll of chasing these stories and why he sees it as a journalistic responsibility to follow the evidence wherever it leads.

This conversation is about the future of transparency, the growing public hunger for answers, and the awakening happening across generations. Stay until the end, where Ross shares the story of a buried craft too large to move and the bunker being built around it.

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