Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels · Aired Aug 25, 2026
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Chief neurosurgeon Italo Venturelli says that in 1996 he was face to face for about four minutes with a living being in a Varginha hospital bed, while checking a colleague's work on it.
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Dr. Venturelli did publicly say he saw a living, small humanoid being at Varginha's Regional Hospital in 1996. In his account it had already had surgery, and he looked in on it. He did not treat it himself, and an earlier 2023 interview reports he confirmed he did not operate on it. His story is also his own testimony, with no independent proof the being was extraterrestrial. So saying he "treated an extraterrestrial" overstates what he claims. A check that would flip this verdict is a recorded statement from Venturelli that he personally performed treatment on the being.
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Is it true that Chief neurosurgeon Italo Venturelli says that in 1996 he was face to face for about four minutes with a living being in a Varginha hospital bed, while checking a colleague's work on it?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Dr. Venturelli did publicly say he saw a living, small humanoid being at Varginha's Regional Hospital in 1996. Jesse Michels said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels, aired Aug 25, 2026, at 1:50:25. The supporting source is thewellnews.com, linked below.
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