As a man who is also struggling with hair loss, I appreciate this guy’s commitment to holding on.

In an alternate universe, an alien is talking about their encounter with a navy pilot.

I'm gonna call it.This is one of your best question and answer interviews.You've had in the recent past in a very long time

Like 30 years ago, I heard the same thing from my good friend who was an Air Force pilot. I asked him straight-out and he said, "Yes, I've seen UFOs. I report them every time I see them."

Joe is at his best when he has science and paranormal related guests.

This was brilliant

Rogan some of the people you have on your show are a trip. Thank you! I love watching you. Thanks!

I worked on Malmstrom Air Force base as a SF airman for the nuclear weapons storage area on base. My partner and I watched these things make flight patterns over the mountains in Montana for at least 30 minutes straight one night in 2005. There were a total of three of them and they made all kinds of patterns in the sky dropping as low as a few hundred feet off the ground, to as high in the sky as we could see (deep into space). They would cover this distance in seconds. This wasn’t over water and couldn’t be witnessed with the naked eye because it was at night. We were only able to observe them with night vision goggles. It’s been 18 years and I still don’t understand what I witnessed. I’ll just say this though….if the general public used NVGs and looked into the sky at night, you would see strange things with regularity….we only accidentally figured this out because we were watching some vehicle traffic around the installation.

"It's confusing to me as well." Guy stays cool and doesn't speculate. Rock solid guy.

15 minutes and 5 seconds have never gone by faster. Absolutely riveting! We will take all of the UFO/UAP videos, please and thank you!

In 1995, I had a girlfriend who told me about a weird experience she had (when she was about 11 years old) in Boulder, Colorado in the very early 80s when it was a tiny town up against the mountain. Her mom had woken her up and taken her to the window where they stood staring at a classic ufo literally resting on the ground at the base of the mountain in the middle of town. It was silver with a row of lights rotating around the center. They stood there for several minutes(?) in a sort of trance and the mother eventually said “let’s go to bed” while the UFO was clearly still there. The next morning the mom asked if she remembered. She said yes and the mom said “let’s not talk about that again”. She drew me what she remembered the craft looked like. She hadn’t talked to her mom about the experience since it happened. I dropped the subject. When her mom visited, I sat her down and asked her to tell me what happened back in Boulder. She hesitated, but then said she was driving back home from a party way on the other side of town when she saw the UFO at the base of the mountain and she freaked out! She drove like a crazy person way out of the way to avoid the UFO, then she came up to her house and just remembers getting her daughter and the two standing there and the rest is identical. I had her draw the craft and it was identical to what the daughter had drawn for me. So what was the UFO (and any possible occupants) doing in the center of that small town in the middle of the night? One can only imagine. Also, do the visitors put entire small towns under a trance all over America and how long have they been doing this?

He said "It's not even fighting the wind really, it's just there." And I immediately thought of a cat chasing a laser pointer. What if we are the cat?

I’m a simple man I see Joe Rogan UFO I click

I'm always sceptical but this is absolutely compelling.

I really love these conversations and it's what I loved most about Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, when trained rational-thinking professionals rule out all scientific possibilities whatever remains no matter how illogical must hold some truth. I am not a straight out believer of ufo's and try to maintain a sensible and rational thinking brain but you simply cannot rule something out when the answer is not conclusive.

The dude talked about his credentials extremely light heartedly. His credentials should be highly respected. You can tell he’s a true go getter with a brilliant mind. Much respect to this guy for his service.

Why did it take so long for this convo to happen, this is the shit I live for.

Thank you to our host and guest of stature. The testimony is the genuine article

Once I was on board an commercial airliner flying from Europe to North America. Probably about 20 years ago. Traveling over Nova Scotia above a formation of cumulus clouds I saw a very large metallic object shaped like a giant samosa hanging motionless by this one cloud. It looked like two triangles that curved just enough to meet each other at the edges and seal each other off into a bulbous hollow shape of 3 points and two triangular planes. It was very large and had the appearance/ quality of tin foil, mylar, or metal. I'd estimate it must have been at least 100 feet across if not more. It was completely motionless, or at least from my perspective appeared to be. It may have been moving with the wind. I was very curious and wanted to report it to someone, but I didn't know who to call. I always just assumed it was a weather balloon, however I do not recall anything hanging below it. It was simply the closed off shape and that was it.

Im really impressed with Joe's questioning here, well done.

More scientist and professionals! The comedians are okay but this is the content we want to see

Great questions Joe and thank you for putting this vital info out there

Ryan Graves man phew. Just ice cool. When you imagine a jet pilot who can make the right call ... that guy imagines that one day he'll be Ryan Graves. Excellent guest.

Very nice, I'm so glad that he was cleared to talk about his active duty experience and observations. There is so much that goes on out there, thank you for getting him in to share his story in the most logical and well-reasoned manner I've seen. You asked great questions, and his responses were measured and accurate. Well Done! Thank you!

In Marion ohio in 2007 my wife and I were coming home from work I had out of state…..we were completely shocked at what we saw. We both thought it looked like a concert in the sky it was so unreal to observe we pulled over to take it in. This was before iPhones to take pictures but other people noticed as well. I was in the Air Force for 14 years I’ve never seen anything like what I saw. It just hovered over Marion and if you look online Marion ohio has a ton of similar sightings.

I've been a civil pilot since 1979 and at least 3 or 4 times a year, some years several more l've seen unidentified craft. Most are distant but a few have been nervously close. My first encounter l thought l needed to tell the world. I told my mentor/instructor and he said that it's a bad idea. I did speak with several other pilots in the Mid-Atlantic area and they all had experiences similar to mine. Most were sighted on the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic coast but my scariest encounter was in 2008 over the Appalachian mountain where a disc flew right off my wing tip for 17 minutes

This is a guy who has been in combat. He doesn’t panic, make stuff up to glorify himself. He also has a bunch of pilots that have seen the same thing.

Massive respect to Mr. Graves for not jumping to conclusions. Based on interviews on various platforms, Navy pilots are an impressive group of people. Also impressive is the tech these jets are outfitted with.

Straight level time and turn time is extremely interesting... especially if they have to try to sustain whatever propulsion they are using...it's certainly interesting and I love how he is explaining everything...simply saying they rather than it

Him describing the craft makes me think of the movie 'The Explorers' (Came out in 85 I think). They had this 'craft' that could travel around in this clear bubble. One of the kids explains it to the other, how it would be possible to not be instantly crushed from the G's. (And take off in a insane amount of speed) Obviously it's just a movie but, it's interesting to think of it that way.

My great grandpa was a high ranking ww2 pilot and always told us the story of when a brown pill shaped object appeared out nowhere floated next to him with ease while he’s out flying one of the fastest jets at the time, and then it disappeared randomly. They were training at the time and others in the crew had seen it as well

Joes questions are perfect for the conversation and never interrupts

It's wild how well this aged given the recent ufo's that have been shot down the last few days.

Theres a airline pilot that recorded one of these things and the description fits perfectly to what is shown in the vid.

Best interviewer ever! Knows when to listen and how to direct the discussion. Thank you to the aviator.

Pilots are the most chill Officers you will come across in the Navy.

Hey Lt Ryan Graves is from Baldwintucky Ma.. a Narragansett graduate. So cool.. what a small world

Watched this before, but recent events brought me back. Actually, YT recommended a second look.

Weird that these things are completely mysterious and constantly out there and yet the military apparently gave them absolutely no notice at all - just told their pilots to continue their normal training despite this weird shit happening constantly

I love how shocked Joe is with every story he hears, but hes probably heard more than any of us with all the different people he meets. Its good to see hes still honestly vested in learning.

Brother that was one of your best guests right there. An American hero in my eyes. Great story and description of what he was seeing on his radar. Being a former Marine I have a great respect for these pilots who have dropped me off in many crazy places but always came back to get me! They also save ass's in the field too. I had never heard this report of what those UAP's looked like until now. Very interesting that they only stayed over water I mean that shows a level of intention and intelligence. Keep the awesome content coming Joe!

I like the vocabulary that people from the military have. Their words are so precise. They are able to describe complex situations in simple terms. Its like they have their own language.. Which they kinda do..

I feel like it's more scary to imagine other countries flying these things than it is to have aliens flying them.

This guy is so cool. Calm, nice, describes his expirience with facts. Amazing to listen.

Great interview. Great questions.

My friends dad and his best friend were hunting up in the high cascade mountains in Oregon around 2010 and they both saw a UFO at sunset. They told everyone they new about it.

This dude was good on Lex Friedman, he's definitely worth a listen.

The pilot got those "uhs" down on point

Guy I worked with was in the coast guard around the Florida area would say they would see them come out of the water sometimes and zoom to the sky and had no noise.

Respect the courage it takes for these well accomplished individuals coming forward with their experiences. Hopefully it opens the door for more service men and woman to come forward like Ryan Graves and Cpt. David Fravor.

More of this please. I'm so over listening to comics stroke each other while they complain.

Note how disciplined these people are, those who are entrusted with a ~$50,000,000 worth machines. Man sits and listens what Joe wants to say, no interrupting, no voice raising, -incredible.

Seems like the Beacon with Silver Surfer riding on it. Damn unbelievable!

I’m watching it again since hearing is goin on about this.

Can we just appreciate Joe for asking a question and actually letting that person answer the question without interrupting

Ryan seems very technical the way he talks about this. I want to hear him go deep into it! Tell us what he really thinks!

Early 90’s. I was 20 years old, and I saw a UFO together with my family in a small Mediterranean town. This thing looked very similar to a drone but a giant one (3-4 meters). It was right above our farm home’s roof and made absolutely no noise. It stayed in air without moving, it was bright. At some point its lights completely gone off and the thing became completely dark but it was still hanging above our roof. It then turned the lights on and kept moving, and disappeared in distance. We were a poor family and never owned a photo camera unfortunately. One thing I clearly remember that there was a big sphere underneath it, and it was bright orange color, like an energy station. I never forget that.

This reminds me of an experience I had with two of my friends at about 22:00 it was in South Africa specifically in ogies Emalahleni. Not really sure about the year but I'm pretty sure it's when they experienced the same phenomenon in Brazil. It was so bright that you could not look up and the body instantly felt like someone just put a bar full of weights right on the back of your neck. The blue light was so intense that I got a minor eye ulcer in my right eyes just from sudden light exposure with hardly any uv light exposure damage

More UFO & Alien episodes please Mr Rogan

This is exactly how i want to start my day.. JRE + UFO encounters 🛸

Humanity is the cat, UFOs are the laser pointer.

Trippy, to say the least. Especially with such a credible source, exercising absolutely perfect rationality and looking at you straight in the eye.

My grandmother told me about seeing a large shiney object with lights, land in a field near her home, when she was 13 years old. She lived ten miles west of Goodlettsville, TN. She passed away in 1997 at 100 years old.

British Airline Pilot here. I see objects from over Europe and the eastern Atlantic towards the North West flying the same patterns at significantly higher altitudes than conventional aircraft. I’ve heard many colleagues speaking on the radio having seen them and asking others if they can identify them. Although, at the distance they seem to be they seem to be bigger than what is being described here.

Cool story bro. But if there was anything to this story, he would never been allowed to share it

nothing more exciting hearing about ufo's on the JRE

I wish Joe would get back to this type of content! I m here for it all! Lol

Simple cube inside a sphere is more chilling and terrifying and otherworldly than a flying saucer

What I gained from this is that we need to start having a dedicated analysis on these object lol

Its so interesting that the commanders would just continue the planned exercises while there's various strange objects in the way

A few years ago I was working in Northern Canada on a natural gas pipeline construction in a isolated area. It was a very cold clear day, -40 degrees celcius. A coworker pointed out to me a chrome shiny object in a stationary position above us not moving. The area has a history of UFO reports, some of the local welding companies even have ufo/alien type names.

I remember the days of listening to Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell (RIP Greatest radio broadcast and talk show host ever!). This interview brings me back to those days of talking about UFO's, and Area51. Great Job Joe! Keep up this sort of content. Perhaps do a Ghost to Ghost show that talks about real life ghosts for Halloween?

This is exactly what I think a combat pilot looks like 😂

This is what we've all been waiting for lol. Bring back the good podcasts

I hope joe gets to speak to David Gursch

No lie, Joe is one of the best interviewers of all time.

Thank you for telling this story. People look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them about same exact thing. You're the 1st person I've heard talk about these

As a pilot I’m a little confused by his description of a race track patten “ opposed “ to a circular” holding “ pattern (9:35) … I was taught that a holding pattern is not circular but is in the shape of a race. Let’s say that when your in a holding pattern your put into that because your waiting to be next to land , while your in a holding pattern and let’s say there’s a 50 knot wind coming from the west,.. if you continue flying in a circle but your gonna be pushed to the west , so to maintain staying in the same area you have to adjust your outbound leg ( tailwind ) so that you have the same timing on the inbound leg ( head wind ) so that you stay in the same area ( thus creating a race track shaped holding pattern ) it’s been over 25 years since I’ve flown but that’s the basic idea of a holding pattern , please correct me if I’m wrong

7th podcast ive heard all the way trough (i watched it on spotify tho cause i couldnt find it here), i liked it, not that much, but seemed nice to view the safety perspective about this topic!

Tied in from start to finish. What a incredible story, would love to see one with my own eyes🤟🏻

love these kind of episodes of Joe Rogan. this guy had my full attention. seems absolutely genuine

Few months ago over the Pacific, a purplish sphere shot past my window while flying a 777. It startled me but in the back of my mind I kept the thought that it could have just been a strange reflection on my glasses. Didn't help that in that same month many other strange things were seen.

A friend in NY State just yesterday saw and posted pics of a disc-like object hovering near his home.

The older I get the more I a realize these things are just hard to put into words excited to hear this podcast

Joe, wow, always informative and professional. Thanks for what you do man!

Anyone else thinkin Abt Rick and Morty when they go in to the car battery? When Joe mentioned a cube floating

I had a really strange experience when i was about 22, it was a hot summer's day in southern England where i live, me and a couple firends had been swimming down in the local river in my village. As we were walking back to the centre we stopped to have a pint and see our friend who worked as the chef in the local pub. Before we had entered or even drank alcohol he came out and started chatting to us, then pointed up in the sky about a mile away and said "whats that" we all looked and they was a giant glowing ball in thr sky hovering for about 20 seconds, we were all tranced by it jusy stairing then suddenly it just shot off gaster than the speed of light. To this day it all baffles us to what the hell it was

Joes line of questioning is absolutely excellent and 100% on point with not only my thought process and developing inquiries as this man spoke about his experiences but also the progression of information that this man presented about what he’s seen. As asinine as this sounds I wish more than anything our government had even a shred of transparency and honesty atleast when it comes to this one topic

Salute this man coming forward. 🙏 Telling it as he found it without jumping to any conclusions

His physical description of it is so wild to imagine

Joe I have video of these coming out of the mothership. Needs to be seen. Unbelievable their speeds

Great interview he asked what he truly wanted to know 👍🏻

FINALLY MORE UFO TALK! THANK YOU JOE! I’m a marine and I’ve heard the talk from the Blue Angels themselves Shit is out there man!

This dude is the definition of credible.

The dude is the real life Maverick

Joe is really passionate about this ufo stuff, he's determined to get to the bottom of this

I live near Manston Airport in southern England. It's closed down now. It's still got Europe's longest runway. When I was a kid, in the 80s, USAF was based here. I can remember the local papers reporting birds going mental a couple of times and hitting cars nearby. People also reported seeing funny things in the sky. Years later, with the advent of the internet, I looked up Manston and ufos. I found all these articles where an American pilot spoke about finding an orb in the sky that moved just like the ones in the recently released Pentagon tapes. The pilot tracked it all over the Kent countryside in southern England. This occured in the late 1950s but he only revealed this in 2000s. He said he was warned off revealing it, at the time. EDIT: Sorry guys, Manston is large, but not the longest. I live locally and people always says that it's the longest. I've done some quick googling and apparently it's the longest if you include the unlicensed part? I'm not sure what good that is. But it is large and is out of the way, comparatively. Everything else I said, I can back up. Including seeing a stealth bomber flying low when I was 11 years old, in 1989. Manston has a lot of strange stories. There's a tonne of Ufology stories around it.

I imagine aliens having a conversation like " hey dude, you reckon I could fly right up between those two jets coming out way?"

Thought he was Corey Sandhagen for a second

Guy seems to be one of the more credible UFO guests Joe has had on. Good stuff.