Jay Stratton on Fox News Special Report with Bret Baier (13 October 2026)

0:00 this group approached me to talk about UAPs yeah and they it was a very high level NASA scientists and then a bunch of Navy SEALs and Green Berets who had been on recovery teams crash retrieval programs to get right and you know they some of the stuff they talked about was crazy about how they were actually had figured out how to call some of the ships in and you know and then we're under orders to destroy them and recover them that was the health and human services secretary speaking in a recent podcast about meeting with and talking to US military and senior officials involved in hunting down UAPs questions about unidentified anomalous phenomena or UAPs continue to spark massive interest from the public for more insight on these unexplained

1:00 encounters and reports of non-human life forms I spoke with retired defense intelligence senior executive Jay Stratton who has spent more than 15 years investigating UAPs for the US government we began our conversation on Capitol Hill where Stratton was one of the first people to brief lawmakers on this topic Jay served in the US military national intelligence 30 almost 33 years yes sir long time long time long career and you ended up the highest civilian rank yes I moved up from the regular GS ranks to the senior executive service which is the highest a civilian can get non-appointed so it's a career move and it's really boost for I guess a statement of my capability over the years and that I accomplished what I did and I moved the needle a little bit enough to get recognized I mean you served on battlefields and you served in the Pentagon you served in the

2:00 national intelligence community you know I never thought joining the army in 1989 that I would be chasing UAP and working this topic it's an amazing career to have almost 33 years over 16 of those were investigating UAP a non-human intelligent life on behalf of the US government I really feel like it's been a monumental shift in the culture the Pentagon has begun declassifying and releasing records about UAPs on a rolling basis now this follows recent directives from President Trump Jay Stratton was a central figure in the government's investigation into these sightings and encounters his new book is called out of the shadows revealing the truth about non-human intelligent life it comes out tomorrow why'd you write this book this book is very important to me I wanted to get the word out to the people I've been working behind the scenes for the last 20

3:01 years to get us where we're at today in this disclosure movement so it's very important that people understand the main point is that the world deserves to know the truth about the UAP topic and the presence of non-human intelligent life I've read it it's a page-turner there's a lot in there that I haven't heard before uh you led the government's hunt for this for 16 years simple question are we alone no Brett we're not humanity is not the only intelligent life in the universe nor do we know the intent of the non-human intelligent life that's here it's very concerning so you say that but how do you know Brett let me take you back to where it started I was at the defense intelligence agency as the chief of air and space warfare in that role I was responsible for emerging and disruptive threats and also I had access to our most classified programs I understood where our technology is and

4:02 where our technology is going and I also understood the technology levels of the adversaries and it was during that period that a colleague brought to me a video of a triangular UAP flying over nuclear missile silos so our most secure airspace and it was flying in ways that I could not comprehend at the time it was it was flying in ways demonstrated capabilities that exceeded ours well let me read that part from the book quote a black triangle aircraft no wings no tail no exhaust no visible propulsion of any kind as if the fundamental laws of physics simply didn't apply take me to that day in your life somebody hand you that video taken near this nuclear weapons storage site and and what do you see what do you do well it's very telling because in that position with the defense intelligence agency I was uniquely qualified to identify anything flying in the air or space so when I'm watching something as an aerospace engineer that's demonstrating capabilities that I don't

5:02 understand and can't comprehend that was eye opening and moving for me I needed to understand this technology and I need to understand who had it and you considered it a threat absolutely Brett this is a threat because it exceeds our capabilities and we don't understand it we don't know the intent and we don't know where it's from well let me just cut to the chase does the United States government have non-human craft in its possession yes it does and have you seen one with your eyes I have seen non-human beings and non-human craft with my own eyes non-human beings too yes sir where are these craft now are they being reverse engineered does the government have them is it private companies that have them what what where where is this stuff Brett both the defense contractor community and the government have craft of non-human origin there is an ongoing program to capture and reverse engineer this technology and really we're in a secret cold war race

6:05 to do that why haven't we heard about this why you know all of these releases from the government that we have these videos and some of them are very compelling others not so much and people say well I want to see the real stuff why haven't we seen the real stuff well the people who have had this 80 year monopoly on the topic believe that the secret is so intense that the American people cannot handle it I believe that there may be aspects of this that are so intense that they can't share it but they can share with the American people the basic fact that we are not alone the people can handle that in the book you write this our bait would be a nuclear submarine draw a UAP in close enough to monitor track and if possible capture or recover so basically you used a U.S. nuclear submarine as bait explain that I worked on several efforts to do this and it culminated when I had access to a nuclear submarine that I could put out off the east coast

7:05 and I had a P-3 a Navy submarine hunting with a lot of different equipment on it and I parked it out there to try and capture information data on this UAP what happened and it worked on their very first mission a UAP appeared and the P-3 worked to collect on that and data was collected on that on that mission you read in the book we've had four UAP encounters in the past week this is from two flag officers there's something else two flag officers and a commander witness to UAP hovering over one of our facilities that was the call you got from from top gun yes Brett I got a phone call from two flag officers to two different admirals and a commander who was their senior intelligence officer and they said Jay we've seen it with our own eyes so these these guys are the cream of the crop and they saw UAP phase in was their own words over the training building on the compound and it just disappeared as fast as it was there then the rest of the story or the more important part of the story is

8:06 in order to really understand that information I need to get it into the intelligence record so I had to get them debriefed they came to the Pentagon and a senior officer someone senior to them someone who I believe is involved in this legacy program this historic cover-up the hidden hand as I call it in the book intercepted them and convinced them that their reputations are on the line if they make this report and they didn't make the report is that why we haven't seen more of this you write in the book these people don't play games Jay somebody talking to you a friend they've done worse than threaten people to keep their secrets they'll do it again a friend pulls you into his office tells you this what does he mean does worse than threaten throughout history Brett the secrets sometimes are so impactful to our national security that steps have been taken to remove the problem and the people

9:06 when I first saw you you were in the documentary Age of Disclosure and here's a clip from that and it raised my eyebrows about Secretary Rubio as well we've had repeated instances of something operating in the airspace over restricted nuclear facilities and it's not ours they have both deactivated and activated nuclear weapons with both the United States and Russia these are otherworldly things that are performing maneuvers that have haven't been seen the UAP activity surrounding nuclear weapons is not a historic issue it's an ongoing issue in this book you go farther than even the documentary went you've been advising the White House since the president ordered the files released you think he's seen all the real evidence do you think he's in the brief no Brett I don't think he's seen it I think he's still being shielded from the truth and we have to work hard to bring the truth to the president because the president that goes to the microphone

10:06 to tell the world we're not alone that's a monumental moment if an adversary cracks this technology before we do what happens? do you think China is trying? I do I think China and Russia are both working on reverse engineering craft a non-human origin the Pentagon's own UFO office says it found no evidence of extraterrestrials you say that they're here somebody's wrong and I think that America's going to pay the price if the truth doesn't win in this situation the world deserves the truth critics say if this is real why put it in a book that you're selling? why not say to Capitol Hill I'm here this is what I know let's talk about this I've briefed Congress numerous times I was one of the first to brief Congress on this topic in the modern era in 2007 when I briefed Senator Harry Reid and I continued that through the rest of the next 16 years until I left the government and retired the book it puts everything in context and it brings it together

11:07 it's evergreen it covers UAP cases over U.S. military bases that haven't been discussed yet it gives you descriptions and details of recovered craft but you know everybody's asking here yeah are they hostile? what but we don't know the intent sad for me to say after 16 plus years of looking at this for the government and you know 20 plus years of looking at it we do not know the intent well Jay we appreciate you talking to us thank you sir I appreciate you having me here be sure to like and subscribe for all the Fox News latest on YouTube and catch full shows streaming now on Fox 1