Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels · Aired Aug 25, 2026
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The National Nuclear Security Administration referred a Freedom of Information Act request regarding Starfish Prime UFO records to a subject matter expert, implying the existence of such records.
The finding
What remains unresolved
I searched for an NNSA reply to a Starfish Prime UFO records request and found no document describing a referral to a subject matter expert. I did find general NNSA FOIA guidance and an NNSA page listing UAP resources, but neither mentions this request. The speaker's account of the letter's wording therefore could not be checked. Falsifier: a published copy of the NNSA response letter or a FOIA reading-room release showing the referral would settle the claim.
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Quick answer
Is it true that the National Nuclear Security Administration referred a Freedom of Information Act request regarding Starfish Prime UFO records to a subject matter expert, implying the existence of such records?
We can't say yet. I searched for an NNSA reply to a Starfish Prime UFO records request and found no document describing a referral to a subject matter expert. I did find general NNSA FOIA guidance and an NNSA page listing UAP resources, but neither mentions this request. Jesse Michels said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels, aired Aug 25, 2026, at 1:38:25. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. No supporting source was captured, so don't treat this as a sourced conclusion.
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