About this episode

The episode explores Soviet-era UFO programs and their implications for U.S. intelligence efforts.

In this episode of WEAPONIZED, George Knapp and Jeremy Corbell delve into the long-secret world of Soviet-era UFO programs, drawing on Knapp’s groundbreaking investigative work in Russia during the 1990s. Amid the openness of Glasnost and Perestroika, Knapp traveled to Russia twice, securing unprecedented access to high-ranking military officials, scientists, and classified documents that revealed extensive Soviet UFO investigations, programs which U.S. intelligence believes are still underway. Key revelations include the SETKA program - a decade-long, nationwide effort led by Colonel Boris Sokolov to collect thousands of UFO reports from military units - and Thread 3, a sophisticated analysis initiative aimed at reverse-engineering UFO technology for military advantage. Knapp recounts dramatic incidents documented in the files, such as UFOs hovering over a Ukrainian ICBM base in 1982, where they allegedly entered launch codes and temporarily activated nuclear missiles. The discussion highlights parallels between Soviet and U.S. UFO exploitation efforts, including satellite tracking, pilot encounters, UFO landings and crashes, and the suppression of public discourse despite…

People in this episode

Hosts: George Knapp, Jeremy Corbell

Topics covered

• UFO technology
• Soviet-era programs
• military intelligence
• reverse-engineering
• U.S. and Soviet comparisons
• Glasnost and Perestroika
• UFO incidents

Keywords

• UFO
• Soviet Union
• military
• intelligence
• reverse-engineering
• Glasnost
• Perestroika
• SETKA program
• U.S. intelligence
• nuclear missiles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SETKA program, Mysterywire.com

Places: Russia, Ukraine

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