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American Alchemy with Jesse Michels

American Alchemy with Jesse Michels

By: Jesse Michels
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Welcome to the American Alchemy hosted by Jesse Michels. Tune in for new videos WEEKLY highlighting the most heretical thinkers/ideas of our time. 👽 Grab Your Alchemy Merchandise! https://www.americanalchemymerch.com Instagram: @jessemichelsofficial Twitter: @alchemyamerican Sponsor Inquiries: sponsor@jessemichelsmedia.com Science Social Sciences
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  • I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly…)

    I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly…)
    Jul 9 2026
    Our American Alchemist this week is Michael Shermer. Check out Michael’s book Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters at https://amzn.to/4fstzal Please consider supporting our show by checking out our amazing sponsors below! Visit https://ketone.com/ALCHEMY for 30% OFF your subscription order PLUS receive a free gift with your second shipment—or find Ketone-IQ at Target stores nationwide and get your first shot free! Raycon: Go to https://buyraycon.com/jessemichelsbc to get 20% off the Bone Conduction Headphones! Thanks to Raycon for sponsoring! MudWtr: Start your new morning ritual & get up to 43% off your @MUDWTR with code JESSE at https://mudwtr.com/JESSE! #mudwtrpod One of the biggest names in scientific skepticism, Michael Shermer, has come to debate the strongest UFO cases ever recorded. More than 50 years of well documented UFO incursions at American nuclear weapon sites, the 2004 Nimitz “Tic Tac” encounter, what really crashed at Roswell, and the disappearance or deaths of a dozen scientists working on top secret technology are laid out in a tense exchange with the new member of the White House UAP Science Advisory Council. Shermer is the founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine, the author of more than a dozen books on belief and pseudoscience, and is betting that no major scientific institution will confirm an alien presence by the end of 2030. -------------------------- 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 -------------------------- Follow us and get in touch! 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 ➤ apply@jessemichelsmedia.com Sponsor Inquiries ➤ sponsor@jessemichelsmedia.com Media Inquiries ➤ media@jessemichelsmedia.com Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 2:44 - Meet Michael Shermer 5:49 - Shermer's Position and Evidence Thresholds 14:04 - UFOs at Nuclear Missile Sites 21:28 - Sponsors (KetoneIQ, Raycon) 24:26 - Nuclear Accidents and Base Rates 26:28 - Explaining Away UAP Sightings 35:06 - Government Interest and Disclosure 45:06 - Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter 48:20 - Photos, Videos, and Witnesses 54:39 - Scientific Priority and SETI 57:58 - ET Discovery and New Physics 1:02:15 - Palomar Transients and Anomalies 1:06:04 - Dark Matter, Truth, and Belief 1:09:02 - Eyewitnesses and the Courtroom 1:14:05 - Missing Scientists and McCasland 1:21:10 - Strongest UFO Cases 1:23:35 - Graham Hancock and Göbekli Tepe 1:30:41 - Pyramids and JFK 1:31:52 - Sponsors (MUD\WTR) 1:32:58 - Manson, MKUltra, and Oswald 1:37:44 - Astronaut UFO Sightings 1:42:07 - NASA Transparency 1:46:07 - Gary McKinnon Hack 1:48:08 - David Grusch and Magenta 1933 1:53:49 - Roswell and Crash Retrievals 2:01:11 - Contrarians and Government Files 2:04:33 - Shermer's Abduction Experience 2:08:04 - Abduction Research and Memory 2:16:12 - Havana Syndrome 2:19:51 - Shermer's Mystical Radio Experience 2:23:45 - Perception and Base Reality 2:28:20 - Remote Viewing and Stargate 2:39:40 - MKUltra and Limits of Science 2:42:04 - Non-Consensus Thinkers and Prediction Markets 2:50:17 - Varginha Brazil Crash 2:53:31 - Secrecy and Sagan 2:57:35 - Debunking, Conspiracies, and Media 3:05:14 - What Aliens Might Look Like 3:09:41 - Perception Thought Experiments 3:12:48 - Consciousness, God, and Simulation 3:17:42 - Myth and Truth 3:20:15 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    3 hrs and 23 mins
  • Congressman: “President Trump Was Briefed On Alien Hybrids!”

    Congressman: “President Trump Was Briefed On Alien Hybrids!”
    Jul 2 2026
    Our American Alchemist this week is Rep. Eric Burlison. Follow Eric on X at https://x.com/RepEricBurlison Sign Up With Our Sponsors Below For Exclusive Alchemy Deals! Shopify: Shopify: Start your business for just $1/month at https://shopify.com/jesse. Sponsored by Shopify, the commerce platform behind millions of businesses and 10% of all U.S. e-commerce. Quo: Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to https://www.Quo.com/JESSE iRestore: Unlock your best hair & skin with @iRestorelaser and HUGE savings on the iRESTORE Elite + Illumina Face Mask Bundle with code JESSE at https://www.irestore.com/JESSE #irestorepod Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison reveals that senior intelligence officials investigating a UAP encounter at a U.S. military installation in the western United States personally watched three-meter glowing plasma orbs interact with a helicopter and chase F-16 fighter jets scrambled to intercept them, an event so significant it elevated the government’s UAP investigation from a low priority case to a top ten national security concern. Burlison, a member of the House Oversight Committee, says he was the first elected official briefed on the incident, by a team originally assembled under Tulsi Gabbard’s office. He also confirms he personally toured Naval Air Station Patuxent River, the site allegedly slated to receive a craft transferred from Lockheed Martin to Bigelow Aerospace, and sat down with Navy scientist Salvatore Pais, whose patents on inertial mass reduction and gravitational wave generation read like a blueprint for anti-gravity propulsion. Pais reportedly told him the government’s prototype was never built to his actual specifications, and a properly built version may have produced very different results. -------------------------- Support Our Other Projects Below! Subscribe To Our Clips Channel (10 Minute Highlights!) ➤ https://www.youtube.com/@UC8ZKTXN9trt5dhixz6b6l6w Grab Your American Alchemy Merch Here ➤ https://www.americanalchemymerch.com/ Join The American Alchemy Magazine Here ➤ https://americanalchemymagazine.substack.com/ -------------------------- 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 JOIN OUR WHOP (Early/Ad Free Episodes) ➤ https://whop.com/jessemichels Apply For Jobs ➤ apply@jessemichelsmedia.com Sponsor Inquiries ➤ sponsor@jessemichelsmedia.com Media Inquiries ➤ media@jessemichelsmedia.com Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 2:28 - Meeting Congressman Burlison 4:27 - Software Career & Free-Market Roots 7:35 - Getting Into UFOs in Congress 11:25 - Townsend Brown & Anti-Gravity 12:27 - Missing Scientists: Eskridge & Ning Li 14:59 - Investigating MITRE & Aerospace Corp 18:15 - Crowdsourcing the Investigation 20:55 - MIT Lincoln Labs 1952 Audio File 22:07 - The Varginha Case & FBI Letter 24:14 - Aldo Rebelo Interview 27:12 - American Cosmic & Tim Taylor 28:53 - Weaponized Podcast & Pax River 30:25 - The White House Request Story 33:24 - Goldwater, LeMay & the Blue Room 34:41 - Pax River Visit & Salvatore Pais 38:16 - John Kosloski & AARO 40:13 - Condon Committee & the Skeptics 43:05 - Avi Loeb's Scientific Panel 44:18 - Boebert, Gaetz & Hybrids 45:33 - Burchett & Deep-Water Sites 46:07 - Vetting Wild Claims 46:49 - Sponsors (Shopify) 47:59 - The Craziest Thing Told to Him 48:57 - Calling In UAP with Chris Bledsoe 52:11 - Tulsi Gabbard & The DIG 53:01 - The Western U.S. Encounter 54:47 - Glowing Orbs & the F-16 Chase 56:14 - Grusch & Sentient Plasmoid Life 57:43 - Skywatcher & Craft Taxonomy 58:45 - Nathan Twining & Project Twinkle 1:00:52 - Robert Temple & Plasma Physics 1:02:12 - Kordylewski Clouds & Long Delayed Echoes 1:04:55 - Meeting Jake Barber (and Jack Black) 1:07:16 - Lockheed Facilities & Michael Herrera 1:08:44 - Sentinels of Ether 1:11:41 - The Blacker-Than-Black Sphere 1:14:28 - Sponsors (Quo) 1:16:17 - Sponsors (iRestore) 1:17:24 - Living With Threats 1:19:02 - Matthew Sullivan's Death 1:20:56 - Craft Geometries & Immaculate Constellation 1:24:04 - Why the Program Went Public in 2017 1:25:55 - Neil McCasland Goes Missing 1:29:27 - Pastors & the Clandestine Christian Group 1:34:38 - Reconciling UFOs & Faith 1:37:41 - Collins Elite, Angels & Demons 1:42:42 - Aliens vs. Time Travelers 1:45:55 - Who He'd Subpoena & the Onion Problem 1:51:08 - Nullifying the NDAs 1:53:25 - What Does Trump Know? 1:56:02 - Two Worldviews on the Cover-Up 1:57:46 - Tim Taylor's Hierarchy & Experiencers 2:01:15 - Time Around Trump 2:05:36 - Where Disclosure Goes Next 2:10:10 - Do We Have Craft & Bodies? 2:11:44 - Closing Remarks 2:12:47 - YouTube Membership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 hrs and 18 mins
  • Spielberg Just Revealed The Truth About Aliens (He Knows!)

    Spielberg Just Revealed The Truth About Aliens (He Knows!)
    Jun 25 2026
    We just decoded every truth in Spielberg’s Disclosure Day (and many of his other movies). It’s UFO Disclosure In Disguise. Go watch Disclosure Day at a theater near you! Sign Up With Our Sponsors Below For Exclusive Alchemy Deals. Cape: Go to https://cape.co/americanalchemy to get 33% of your first 6 months! Use code: americanalchemy. Cape also has early adopter pricing right now at just $70/mo. Plaud: Head to https://plaud.ai/alchemy to learn more and use code ALCHEMY10 at checkout. Or go to Amazon where you can still get the same 10% discount by using the same code: ALCHEMY10 at https://a.co/d/0gKmIEEn -------------------------- 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 -------------------------- JOIN OUR WHOP (Early/Ad Free Episodes) ➤ https://whop.com/jessemichels 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 ➤ apply@jessemichelsmedia.com Sponsor Inquiries ➤ sponsor@jessemichelsmedia.com Media Inquiries ➤ media@jessemichelsmedia.com Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:21 - Spielberg's UFO History and Disclosure Day Origins 4:04 - Toby Hooper and Reagan White House Claims 6:00 - UFO Easter Eggs and Ether Ship 8:06 - ET, Back to the Future, and Townsend Brown 11:05 - Aliens as Time Travelers 12:23 - CIA Hollywood Liaisons and Men in Black 14:10 - On Spielberg and Intelligence 15:58 - Disclosure Day Plot Premise 19:18 - Wardex, Gray Fox, and JSOC 22:19 - Lou Elizondo, SAIC, and Remote Viewing 25:34 - Glenn Gaffney and Noah Scanlon 26:21 - Sponsors (Cape) 27:39 - Sponsors (Plaud) 29:17 - Majestic 12 and Timeline Wars 30:35 - Harold Malmgren and the MJ-12 Documents 34:09 - The Adjustment Bureau, Tim Taylor, and Townsend Brown 36:38 - Deep State Factions and Reality Architects 38:57 - Humans as Walking Hard Drives 40:43 - John Mack, Project Bluebird, and Abduction Lore 43:17 - Real UFO Crashes: Roswell and Kecksburg 46:28 - Jackie Gleason and the Nixon Story 49:53 - The Film's UFO Science 53:00 - Trailer Discrepancy and Real Evidence 54:48 - New Jersey Drones and Picatinny Arsenal 56:27 - Other Overlaps and Conclusion 58:31 - Join YouTube Membership & Editor Job Opening Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins
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