American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
American Alchemy with Jesse Michels

Top Navy Admiral: "The Ocean is FULL OF UFOs!"

August 24, 2026

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The retired Navy rear admiral and former chief oceanographer of the Navy, Tim Gallaudet, describes a quiet but profound personal shift: he saw the GoFast video on the Navy Secret Network during a training exercise. The email attached to it warned that the exercise might need to be shut down because a cubesphere-shaped UAP had split a section of two F/A-18s flying in formation — a dangerous, unprecedented event. Gallaudet knew immediately that no adversary technology could do that, and no U.S. test range would be used during a compressed carrier certification. That moment, he says, "was the day everything changed for me."


The ocean as the primary domain for UAP activity

Gallaudet argues that the ocean is the most logical place for non-human intelligence to reside, and the data supports it. He describes a classified email he was shown by a friend who served on a joint task force. The email, sent by a female commander in Naval Intelligence to a distribution list of roughly 100 people with unfamiliar, multi-level classified email domains, stated that UAP are seen coming in and out of the ocean "more than elsewhere" and that they appear with higher frequency in "five to seven areas of the world." This is the likely source of claims made publicly by figures like Tim Burchett about undersea bases — the email did not say "bases," but it did identify persistent hotspots.

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  • 1 Timestamped Navigation Outline
  • 2 (00:00) **Opening & Guest Introduction** - Jesse Michels introduces Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, former Navy chief oceanographer and NOAA administrator
  • 3 (04:43) **The Moment Everything Changed** - Gallaudet describes seeing the GoFast video on the Navy Secret Network as a one-star admiral
  • 4 (08:03) **The Deleted Email Protocol** - Why the GoFast email was classified and scrubbed from all computers
  • 5 (10:15) **Defending the GoFast Video** - Why parallax explanations don't hold up against pilot testimony and context
  • 6 (16:31) **The Ocean Connection: Why UAPs May Come From Underwater** - The intellectual framework for transmedium vehicles
  • 7 (20:36) **The Classified Email About 5-7 Ocean Hotspots** - Gallaudet reveals a privileged communication from a female Naval Intelligence commander

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Show Notes

Our American Alchemist this week is Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet (ret.), former acting administrator of NOAA and the Navy's de facto chief oceanographer , and the only flag officer on record who has spoken publicly about seeing the GoFast video on a classified Navy network. Support Tim and check out his book below: "Holding Fast in Heavy Seas" Amazon: https://a.co/d/06yZUTDR Barnes & Nobel: https://shorturl.at/oc3fe Website: https://www.timgallaudet.com/ You can support American Alchemy by signing up with our incredible sponsors below! -------------------------- Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code AMERICANALCHEMY at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/americanalchemy Factor: Head to https://factormeals.com/alchemy50off and use code alchemy50off to get 50 percent off and free breakfast for a year! MudWtr: Start your new morning ritual & get up to 43% off your @MUDWTR with code JESSE at https://mudwtr.com/JESSE! #mudwtrpod Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet (ret.) served as Superintendent of the Naval Observatory, Acting Administrator of NOAA, and is now a member of the UAP Science Advisory Council reporting to the ODNI. In this conversation, he discloses publicly for the first time: a classified email from a female Navy commander documenting UAP tracking across five to seven ocean hotspots worldwide (likely the source of Tim Burchett's "alien bases" claim); a classified Navy dive unit that experiments with liquid oxygen breathing , the same units Eric Davis says conduct crash retrievals in the ocean; the existence of NURO (National Underwater Reconnaissance Office), so classified even the Navy's chief oceanographer had no read-in; his personal conviction that something anomalous was recovered from the 1962 Bluegill Triple Prime nuclear test; and details of an active Atlantis search involving Victor Vescovo, physicist Max Derakhshani, and proprietary bathymetry data , with a potential deep-sea expedition imminent. -------------------------- Support Our Other Projects Below! Grab Your American Alchemy Merch Here ➤ https://www.americanalchemymerch.com/ Join The American Alchemy Magazine Here ➤ https://americanalchemymagazine.substack.com/ Subscribe To Our Clips Channel (10 Minute Highlights!) ➤ https://www.youtube.com/@UC8ZKTXN9trt5dhixz6b6l6w -------------------------- Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/jessemichelsofficial TikTok ➤ https://www.tiktok.com/@itsjessemichels X ➤ https://twitter.com/AlchemyAmerican Spotify ➤ https://tinyurl.com/jessemichelsspotify Clips Channel ➤ https://www.youtube.com/@jessemichelsclips Apply For Jobs ➤ https://jobs.gusto.com/boards/american-alchemy-3758eda5-237b-45f1-b043-da80a300714e Sponsor Inquiries ➤ [email protected] Media Inquiries ➤ [email protected]

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