Reality Check with Ross Coulthart

In this episode of "Reality Check," Ross Coulthart sits down with John Priestland and Dr. Martin Abbas of uNHIdden, the U.K. and U.S. foundation behind the first systematic public health framework for a disclosure event. Their report, "Preparing for Disclosure: A Public Health Framework for Paradigm-shifting Revelations," was published in June 2026. You can read it in full here:https://www.unhidden.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/uNHIdden-Preparedness-Plan-Final-1.pdfThe premise is almost entirely unexamined. Governments plan for pandemics, natural disasters and mass-casualty events, but nothing in any national framework prepares ordinary people for the psychological and social fallout of learning that humanity is not alone. UNHIdden takes no position on whether confirmatory information sits inside a classified program. Their case rests on the precautionary principle: the potential scale of the public response is large, the preparedness gap is real and the cost of preparing for an event that may never come is modest next to the cost of being unprepared. The report borrows tools from pandemic preparedness, disaster mental health and crisis communication.Ross and his guests work through that framework. They define ontological shock, the disorientation a person feels when the ground assumptions of their reality give way, and trace why the mental health toll of a societal trauma so often outlasts the physical one. The conversation covers the institutional history that built the stigma, including the Robertson Panel and the decision to make ridicule a matter of policy and the lasting damage institutional betrayal does once a public learns it was misled. Dr. Abbas, a practicing GP, describes what it is like to sit across from an experiencer whose first words are almost always a version of "I'm not crazy, but I know you'll think I am."The two men map the high-risk groups who could struggle most, from committed skeptics and the religiously devout to experiencers and the already vulnerable, and explain the population strategy at the center of the plan, drawn from epidemiologist Geoffrey Rose, that lifting whole-society resilience even slightly does more aggregate good than concentrating on the most severely affected. Ross presses them on the hardest scenarios, a craft down in Hyde Park, the question of religious confrontation and whether a government still managing a half-truth does more harm than the full truth would. The episode closes on consciousness, near-death research and the possibility that simply talking about all of this openly, now, is the gentlest way to prepare.#uNHIdden #disclosure #psychologyCREDITSHost: Ross CoulthartExecutive Producer: Andy GipsonEditorial Producer: Meagan MedickSegment Producer: Christine JenkinsonAssociate Producer: Will TomasiResearch Producer: Rob JonesEditor: John NockOn "Reality Check," NewsNation Special Correspondent Ross Coulthart takes a fact-based approach to tackle everything from unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) to mysteries often missing from the headlines. More Reality Check: https://www.newsnationnow.com/podcasts-newsnation/reality-check-with-ross-coulthart/ Email your questions to RealityCheck@NewsNationNow.com NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans. More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/ Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp Find us on your screen: https://www.joinnn.com/

Jonathan Caplan KC, a veteran British barrister and King’s Counsel, joins Ross Coulthart this week for "Reality Check" to discuss Caplan's new book Not For Disclosure, the culmination of 50 years investigating the UAP mystery. Applying the same evidentiary standards he used in court, Caplan explains why he believes the phenomenon deserves serious attention.Ross asks what Britain may quietly know about UAPs, which UK cases are most credible, and what to make of persistent claims involving British special forces and crash retrievals. The conversation also explores Prince Philip’s interest in UFOs, reports of UFO-curious British nobility, and the mysterious figure Air Marshal Sir Peter Horsley called “Mr. Janus.”A major focus is the controversial Majestic 12 documents. Caplan explains why he considers key papers authentic, addresses claims they were forged, and examines documents tied to Timothy Cooper, Ryan Wood, White Sands, Richard Drain, and the 1953 effort to debunk the subject.The discussion then turns to allegations involving President John F. Kennedy, Howard Hunt, Watergate, and the so-called Lancer document. Finally, Caplan and Coulthart tackle the biggest question of all: if nonhuman intelligence is interacting with Earth, what exactly is it—and are we ready to know?JONATHAN CAPLAN'S BOOK, "NOT FOR DISCLOSURE":Blackwell's (free hardback shipping for US customers, hardback available June 11): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Not-for-Disclosure-by-Jonathan-Caplan/9781529979961Amazon UK (ships hardback to the US, delivery charged, hardback available June 11): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Not-Disclosure-UFOS-Worlds-Secret/dp/152997996X/Amazon US (audiobook and ebook available June 11, hardback available August 18): https://www.amazon.com/Not-Disclosure-Jonathan-Caplan/dp/152997996X/CREDITSHost: Ross CoulthartExecutive Producer: Andy GipsonEditorial Producer: Meagan MedickSegment Producer: Christine JenkinsonAssociate Producer: Will TomasiResearch Producer: Rob JonesEditor: Anthony DiasioCHAPTERS:00 Intro2:06 What Pulled a Fraud Barrister Into the UFO Question3:44 What Britain's Establishment Knows, and the UK Case Worth Your Attention5:50 British Special Forces, Crash Retrieval, and the Goodwood Aerodrome Video7:28 Prince Philip's Quiet Interest, and a Long Line of UFO-Curious Nobility9:45 The Mr. Janus Story, an Air Marshal's Strangest Encounter12:28 A Senior RAF Officer's Portal Story, and Forrestal's Meeting With Tizard16:20 The MJ12 Documents, and Why Caplan Thinks They're Real21:13 Were the Documents Forged by James Jesus Angleton?23:28 Corroborating the Papers, a Fraud Investigator's Standard of Proof28:35 Tim Cooper's Originals and the New Documents Ryan Wood Recovered33:43 The Blair House Document, and Politicians as "Temporary Employees"36:00 A Craft Forced Down at White Sands, and the Mantell Case37:42 The Richard Drain Letter, and the 1953 Decision to Debunk41:19 Why These Papers Are Hard to Fake, and How They Surfaced46:55 The Holloman "Advanced Contact" Meeting With a Nordic Being49:19 JFK, UFOs, and Howard Hunt's Lawyer Douglas Caddy54:18 Was Watergate Really About Hiding UFO Secrets?58:11 The US and Russia's Agreement to Deconflict Over UAP59:28 The Lancer Document, Pulled From a Burning Fireplace1:03:28 Do the Documents Tie JFK's Death to UFOs?1:05:14 Frank Sturgis, the Grassy Knoll, and a Confession Never Chased Down1:07:51 Marilyn Monroe, Dorothy Kilgallen, and a Leaked Wiretap1:11:19 A Cancer at the Heart of the Mystery, and the CIA's Air Warfare Branch1:13:46 Chris Sharp's UK Office of Global Access, Does Caplan Buy It?1:17:58 An Astronaut Sent to Russia for a Retrieval, and What Clinton Knew1:17:59 Uri Geller, Haim Eshed, and the Contacts Caplan Is Still Chasing1:21:41 Is a Non-Human Intelligence Here, and Keel's Cryptoterrestrials1:26:00 Why Disclosure Won't Come From Trump1:27:09 The Condign Report, Sentient Plasmoids, and Whether We're Ready

Watch "Unreported with Meagan Medick" here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6PrA6lo8rJKtTsTq9eAtpNdZzuyST-R-Ross Coulthart explores mysterious untold stories using a fact-based approach to address various topics, from unidentified aerial phenomena to other mysteries that often go unreported. Now, he is turning to viewers, answering their pressing questions each week. In this week's episode, Coulthart reacts to David Grusch's bombshell press conference on the Capitol steps, the multiple types of nonhuman intelligence Grusch described on the record and the growing push for tougher whistleblower protections inside Congress. Coulthart answers questions about the billions of dollars of concealed defense slush funds that could give Congress its constitutional foothold, and why the White House's engagement with UAP disclosure may signal a turning point. Plus, Ross shares his reaction to attending the premiere of Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day."#DisclosureDay #SeanKirkpatrick #whistleblowersCREDITSHost: Ross CoulthartExecutive Producer: Andy GipsonEditorial Producer: Meagan MedickSegment Producer: Christine JenkinsonAssociate Producer: Will TomasiResearch Producer: Rob JonesEditor: Sarah JacksonOn "Reality Check," NewsNation Special Correspondent Ross Coulthart takes a fact-based approach to tackle everything from unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) to mysteries often missing from the headlines. More Reality Check: https://www.newsnationnow.com/podcasts-newsnation/reality-check-with-ross-coulthart/ Email your questions to RealityCheck@NewsNationNow.com NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans. More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/ Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp Find us on your screen: https://www.joinnn.com/CHAPTERS:29 Ross gives his reaction to ‘Disclosure Day’1:34 David Grusch presser reaction6:17 Different types of NHI8:56 National security state corruption12:05 Trump & disclosure18:17 Ross calls out Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick21:55 Protections for whistleblowers29:03 Final thoughts

Ross Coulthart explores untold stories using a fact-based approach to address various topics, from unidentified aerial phenomena to other mysteries that often go unreported. In this week’s episode, Coulthart sits down with Timothy Alberino, a researcher and religious scholar. The pair discuss reports about a group of pastors briefing government officials on nonhuman intelligence, reconciling religion and belief in NHI and why the phenomena may sometimes be labeled as “demonic.” #nonhumanintelligence #religion #ChristianityCREDITS:Host: Ross CoulthartExecutive Producer: Andy GipsonEditorial Producer: Meagan MedickSegment Producer: Christine JenkinsonAssociate Producer: Will TomasiResearch Producer: Rob JonesEditor: John NockOn "Reality Check," NewsNation Special Correspondent Ross Coulthart takes a fact-based approach to tackle everything from unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) to mysteries often missing from the headlines. More Reality Check: https://www.newsnationnow.com/podcasts-newsnation/reality-check-with-ross-coulthart/ Email your questions to RealityCheck@NewsNationNow.com NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans. More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/ Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp Find us on your screen: https://www.joinnn.com/Chapters::00 Intro1:05 Meet Tim3:38 Pastors briefing government officials7:30 Reconciling faith and belief in NHI9:32 Juxtaposition of faith and UAP phenomena12:00 JD Vance comments18:25 Final thoughts