Russia vs. USA - The Race to Crack UFO Technology

WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp

Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp

Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In this episode of WEAPONIZED, George Knapp and Jeremy Corbell delve into the long-secret world of Soviet-era UFO programs, drawing on Knapp’s groundbreaking investigative work in Russia during the 1990s. Amid the openness of Glasnost and Perestroika, Knapp traveled to Russia twice, securing unprecedented access to high-ranking military officials, scientists, and classified documents that revealed extensive Soviet UFO investigations, programs which U.S. intelligence believes are still underway. Key revelations include the SETKA program - a decade-long, nationwide effort led by Colonel Boris Sokolov to collect thousands of UFO reports from military units - and Thread 3, a sophisticated analysis initiative aimed at reverse-engineering UFO technology for military advantage. Knapp recounts dramatic incidents documented in the files, such as UFOs hovering over a Ukrainian ICBM base in 1982, where they allegedly entered launch codes and temporarily activated nuclear missiles. The discussion highlights parallels between Soviet and U.S. UFO exploitation efforts, including satellite tracking, pilot encounters, UFO landings and crashes, and the suppression of public discourse despite internal acknowledgments of blatant incursions by a non-human intelligence. Knapp explains his recent decision to release these documents publicly via Mysterywire.com, following their submission to Congress in 2025. The episode also touches on contemporary U.S. developments, including reports of a $10 million facility at Patuxent River Naval Air Station designed to house recovered UAP materials. Corbell and Knapp emphasize the global implications of UFO reverse-engineering races and the need for government transparency. The conversation concludes with the premiere of newly obtained military footage showing thermal orbs in triangular formation, labeled as UAP by U.S. intelligence and Department of War. TRIANGLE FORMATION UAP / FULL REPORT : ⁠⁠⁠https://WeaponizedPodcast.com/news-1/triangle-formation-uap⁠⁠⁠ 🤖 MERCH : https://Weaponized-Shop.Fourthwall.com 👽 MAIN : https://YouTube.com/@JeremyCorbell 🛸 CLIPS : https://YouTube.com/@WEAPONIZEDclips 🕵️ MORE : https://WeaponizedPodcast.com GOT A TIP? Reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WeaponizedPodcast@Proton.me⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ••• Watch Corbell's six-part UFO docuseries titled UFO REVOLUTION on TUBI here : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tubitv.com/series/300002259/tmz-presents-ufo-revolution/season-2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch Knapp’s six-part UFO docuseries titled INVESTIGATION ALIEN on NETFLIX here : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://netflix.com/title/81674441⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ••• You can now watch all of Corbell's movies for free on YouTube here : BOB LAZAR : AREA 51 & FLYING SAUCERS https://youtu.be/sZaE5rIavVA HUNT FOR THE SKINWALKER https://youtu.be/TczkJ6UAQ8A PATIENT SEVENTEEN https://youtu.be/gDVX0kRqXxE ••• For breaking news, follow Corbell & Knapp on all social media. Extras and bonuses from the episode can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WeaponizedPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The document that you provided on thread three, this is a huge file. How in the world did you
0:06.5	smuggle this out of Russia? Carefully. In your socks? I don't think I want to be really specific
0:13.8	about it because I might have to go back there and get some more sometime. Okay. You took a couple
0:18.3	trips to Russia and it was during Glasnosed and Parastroika, and there was an openness.
0:23.6	And you got in contact with the leads, the heads of the UFO programs out there,
0:28.5	but also people that were heads of like strategic air defense and very serious Soviet Union military individuals who opened up to you.
0:38.3	And it seemed like it was a window of opportunity to see what the Russians know about UFOs.
0:44.3	And really I did say from that point, we might learn more from the Russians about what the U.S. government knows
0:50.3	than the U.S. government is ever going to admit?
1:03.4	This is weaponized. This is weaponized. I'm George Knapp here in Las Vegas, joined by my friend and colleague,
1:16.0	Jeremy Corbelle. Jeremy, how's your day going? It's great, man, doing a lot of other work
1:21.1	rather than UAP, but man, I'm really excited today to talk with you about what we're talking about
1:27.3	and hopefully show people something they haven't seen before as well.
1:30.8	Well, I guess Russia, Russia documents, Russia UFO programs, we've been talking about them for a long time on weaponized.
1:38.2	I've reported it over the years and I'd spoken about it in public.
1:42.0	But until that congressional hearing in September of 2025,
1:46.8	I'd never really made public all the documents, at least not the bulk of the documents.
1:51.0	And, you know, I'm not sure how it went over with the congressional folks.
1:57.2	They didn't publish them. I didn't really expect them to do that. I'm not sure that they know what to do with them at all, but I figured, well, they
2:03.7	haven't made them public.
2:04.7	I'm going to go ahead and do it because they're out there, you know.
2:07.5	So mystery wire, my site at KLAS, the site, which is kind of an accumulation of all
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