841: The Hidden War Inside Disclosure
The Confessionals
Merkel Media
4.6 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 126 minutes
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Summary
Nathaniel Gillis returns to the studio for a mind-bending conversation that tears apart the modern UFO narrative and reframes the phenomenon from the ground up. Drawing from occult history, demonology, biblical scholarship, and firsthand research, Nathaniel argues that what we are seeing may not be extraterrestrial at all, but something far older, capable of manipulating perception, projecting forms, and hiding behind masks humanity has mythologized for centuries. From orbs that shift into apparitions, to physiological “constructs,” to ancient necromancy and Ezekiel’s warning about those who “hunt the souls of men,” this discussion explores the possibility that disclosure is being carefully curated while the deeper esoteric reality remains hidden. They wrestle with initiation rituals, hybridism, apports, sigils, government secrecy, and the unsettling idea that the phenomenon may replicate reality itself to anchor into our world. If true, this isn’t just about UFOs, it’s about a spiritual war that predates modern language and continues behind the veil.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, before we get to this week's show, this is just your weekly reminder to please continue to pray for my wife, Lindsay. |
| 0:05.0 | She is battling breast cancer right now, and we're praying for complete healing in Jesus' name. |
| 0:10.1 | Thank you. |
| 0:11.8 | Merkel. |
| 0:13.9 | Media. |
| 0:18.2 | This was all circulating around the base that a giant had to kill but no one was supposed to talk about it. |
| 0:23.6 | I saw three long, bony fingers reach up underneath the door, curl up to grab it, and then disappear. |
| 0:32.6 | When he came over to me, dude, he slithered over to me. |
| 0:41.3 | And this giant comes out of the cave and they're all frozen. |
| 0:48.3 | And he starts running and firing up this giant. |
| 0:51.3 | Well the giant moves, he's got a spear in one hand, |
| 0:55.8 | and he's running really fast. |
| 0:57.5 | It spears, Dan, holds him up like this. |
| 1:01.4 | Somebody else, shoot him in the face, shoot him in the face. |
| 1:03.7 | They basically decapitated. |
| 1:07.4 | Got closer, got closer, got closer, got closer, |
| 1:09.9 | when he got about 15 yards away from me, I raised that 12 days and I blow this head on. |
| 1:15.9 | I feel something pulling at my leg, and I look over and there are two small gray entities |
| 1:23.6 | cooling it, and they're literally, I'm getting pulled off off the bed I reached my hand into this bush |
| 1:29.5 | and I touch air couldn't breathe and I couldn't move because I know I'm seeing a monster |
| 1:35.7 | yeah Welcome to the show, everybody, listening to The Confessionals podcast. I'm your host, Tony Merkel. Thanks for being here. |
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