The U.S. Air Force Pilot Who Had A Dogfight With A UFO

WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp

Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp

Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Few military pilots have a career as distinguished as that of Lt. Colonel Ryan Bodenheimer. He flew 70 combat missions in Middle East conflict zones, was selected to join the elite Air Force Thunderbirds team, and spent hundreds of additional hours in the air as a commercial pilot. Until last summer, Bodenheimer, whose call sign is “Neo”, remained silent about his aerial encounters with UAP. Now, he feels like the stigma attached to UFO sightings by aviators has subsided to the point where he can share details about a staggering four different incidents involving strange objects he encountered in the skies, including one close call. In this episode of WEAPONIZED, Bodenheimer opens up to Jeremy and George about the objects he saw, what they might be, and why aerodynamics seemingly had nothing to do with their design. He also mentions his highly popular YouTube channel, “Max Afterburner”, which has half a million subscribers. CHECK OUT RYAN’S WORK : ⁠https://YouTube.com/@MaxAfterburnerUSA⁠ GOT A TIP? Reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WeaponizedPodcast@Proton.me⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ••• CLIPS : ⁠https://www.YouTube.com/@WEAPONIZEDclips⁠ MERCH : ⁠https://weaponized-shop.fourthwall.com⁠ MORE : ⁠https://WeaponizedPodcast.com⁠ ••• 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 films for free on YouTube Movies : 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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0:55.2	They can't, the people around you don't want to think that you're seeing things while you're flying, right? I essentially got into a mini dog fight
0:59.8	with a UAP and I'll never forget it. Normalize people talking about it. You know, these things
1:05.7	happen. You're an expert trained witness and this is what you saw. Like this. It's moving like this. So there's nothing aerodynamic about this thing.
1:14.3	It reminds me of like Mario Brothers like, like, hey, go through here to go to the next level.
1:18.3	Like, that's what it seemed like to me.
1:20.9	Do you allow yourself to speculate what all these things are, where they're from?
1:26.1	This is weaponized.
1:36.1	This is weaponized.
1:37.4	I'm George Knapp here in Las Vegas,
1:38.8	joined by my friend and colleague, Jeremy Corbe,
1:40.9	how you doing, Jeremy?
1:41.7	We had a good one today.
1:43.5	Oh, yeah, I'm excited, man.
1:44.9	We're going to be speaking with somebody who, you know, has seen things for themselves and has a
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