American Alchemy

Meet The Startup Summoning UFOs: Skywatcher

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May 28, 2025
Guest
James Fowler
James Fowler, a retired military sergeant major and lead operations at Skywatcher, delves into the groundbreaking work of detecting UAPs. He reveals their high success rate in spotting mysterious aerial phenomena, including intriguing shapes like Tic Tacs and jellyfish. The conversation touches on the physics behind these craft, government secrecy, and novel interactions with psionic individuals potentially capable of contacting non-human intelligences. Fowler emphasizes the ethical dilemmas of engaging with these entities, implying that private companies might lead the way in first contact.
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ANECDOTE

Accidental War Game Discovery

  • James Fowler shares how a war game event led to accidental discovery of class one UAPs.
  • They initially thought these were US-made, leading to secretive handling and protection of data.
INSIGHT

UAPs Probe Our Defenses

  • UAPs may be both adversarial and non-human intelligence (NHI), not mutually exclusive.
  • They seem to probe our systems, flying at edges of our telemetry and radar bubble.
INSIGHT

UAPs Vary and Elude Imaging

  • Skywatcher's UAP classes vary greatly in appearance and behavior, including shape-shifting and plasma-like emissions.
  • Imaging them is difficult; naked eye views differ substantially from camera footage across spectrums.
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