Mario Woods
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Mario Woods · 1:25:38
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedWoods says that in 1977 he and a colleague saw a large object over a missile site, lost time, and later suffered health effects. Robert Hastings documented the case. The corpus cites him among nuclear-site witnesses.
Who
| Role | Former USAF security policeman who reported an object over a Minuteman silo at Ellsworth AFB in 1977 |
|---|---|
| Side | military |
| Status | verified public figure (does the person exist and hold the stated position — not whether their claims are true) |
Interviews and appearances
- 0:00:00 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction 16 January 2025 guest ▶ YouTube
- 0:01:05 "I Located A UFO Base In Arizona!" -Ross Coulthart 21 June 2025 discussed ▶ YouTube
- 1:13:20 UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) 24 December 2024 discussed ▶ YouTube
- 0:22:57 “Aliens” Drove This Man Insane! (Ft. Greg Bishop) 5 July 2025 discussed ▶ YouTube
- 0:30:38 The Defense Secretary Killed Over UFOs (Ft. Richard Dolan) 28 June 2025 discussed ▶ YouTube
- 3:04:13 UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate 26 January 2025 discussed ▶ YouTube
Claims made
Woods testified that during the event the words 'do not fear' moved through his body 'like a vibration like a hiss', repeatedly, and that Johnson heard the same refrain.
- 1:25:38 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
do not fear travel through my body like a vibration like a uh like a hiss
- 1:25:38 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
Woods testified that around 9:15-9:40 p.m. he exchanged light signals with a stationary object east of the November control facility — four rounds of facility-light flashes answered by off-on patterns — with partner Michael Johnson present and flight security controller Bill Hollman inside on the phone.
- 0:09:28 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
all of a sudden this thing goes out on out on out and on and it just sent shivers up me and I went wow they do see me
- 0:09:28 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
Woods testified that at the site they found a sphere 'the size of a Walmart building' ten feet over the blast door, that a light release nearly blinded him and stopped his breathing, that a black vented ball bounced around the truck, that an ammonia stench filled the cab, and that he saw four gliding beings — three small identical ones and a taller one with a pulsating chest device — before blacking out.
- 0:31:31 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
I see these four I'm going to call them beings and they are not walking as you and I walk they are just gliding across the ground
- 0:31:31 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
Woods testified that he came to behind the Newell Lake Reservoir dam — about 8.5 miles from November 5, a place he had never been — with the sun rising, his watch past 6 a.m., mud under his boots despite 9-13 F temperatures, and only one set of tire tracks at the dam's center.
- 0:37:44 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
missing time and I can't explain any of it
- 0:37:44 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
Woods testified that Johnson sat catatonic with eyes open gripping the steering wheel through the event and for hours after, that Woods checked his pulse and put a finger in his ear without response, and that Johnson told him weeks later he had seen and heard everything — the craft, the black sphere, the smell, 'do not fear' — but could not move.
- 1:11:34 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
he saw the craft he saw the black sphere in front of the vehicle jumping up and down he smelled the smell he heard do not fear
- 1:11:34 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
Woods testified that about eighteen days later Johnson knocked on his door in Rapid City, and that the two drew what they had seen separately — 'we drew the exact same pictures' — the last time they ever met.
- 1:11:03 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
I want you to draw what you saw and I'm going
- 1:11:03 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
Woods testified that after the event he developed an unbidden obsession with pyramids and archaeology, and that he froze in his stride the first time he saw the Communion cover and stared at it for hours before reading it.
- 1:29:46 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
the first time I saw that picture I froze in my I froze in my in my stride
- 1:29:46 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
Woods testified that at about 12:15 a.m. a two-pronged alarm (above-ground and below-ground sensors) at launch facility November 5 dispatched him and Johnson to the site.
- 0:15:12 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
sit for November 5 which is a two-pronged alarm it's an above ground and a below ground sensor that has been affected
- 0:15:12 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
Mentioned in the corpus
Passages this record cites, with the stamp of the block each quote sits in.
Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction 16 January 2025
- 0:00:00 ▶ interview
- 0:09:28 ▶ Mario Woods
all of a sudden this thing goes out on out on out and on and it just sent shivers up me and I went wow they do see me
- 0:15:12 ▶ Mario Woods Woods testified that at about 12:15 a.m. a two-pronged alarm (above-ground and…
sit for November 5 which is a two-pronged alarm it's an above ground and a below ground sensor that has been affected
- 0:31:31 ▶ Mario Woods Woods testified that at the site they found a sphere 'the size of a Walmart building'…
I see these four I'm going to call them beings and they are not walking as you and I walk they are just gliding across the ground
- 0:37:44 ▶ Mario Woods Woods testified that he came to behind the Newell Lake Reservoir dam — about 8.5 miles…
missing time and I can't explain any of it
- 1:11:03 ▶ Mario Woods Woods testified that about eighteen days later Johnson knocked on his door in Rapid…
I want you to draw what you saw and I'm going
- 1:11:34 ▶ Mario Woods Woods testified that Johnson sat catatonic with eyes open gripping the steering wheel…
he saw the craft he saw the black sphere in front of the vehicle jumping up and down he smelled the smell he heard do not fear
- 1:25:38 ▶ Mario Woods
do not fear travel through my body like a vibration like a uh like a hiss
- 1:29:46 ▶ Mario Woods Woods testified that after the event he developed an unbidden obsession with pyramids…
the first time I saw that picture I froze in my I froze in my in my stride
"I Located A UFO Base In Arizona!" -Ross Coulthart 21 June 2025
UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) 24 December 2024
“Aliens” Drove This Man Insane! (Ft. Greg Bishop) 5 July 2025
The Defense Secretary Killed Over UFOs (Ft. Richard Dolan) 28 June 2025
UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate 26 January 2025
Named in 19 uploads (automatic name matching, 29 mentions)
- "I Located A UFO Base In Arizona!" -Ross Coulthart ×3
- UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) ×3
- Meet The DARPA Scientist Abducted By an Alien ×3
- UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate ×2
- Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction ×2
- The Defense Secretary Killed Over UFOs (Ft. Richard Dolan) ×2
- “Aliens” Drove This Man Insane! (Ft. Greg Bishop) ×2
- “This UFO Shut Down 10 Nukes!” - Air Force Officer Robert Salas ×1
- "These Children Can Read Your Mind!” (ft. Ky Dickens | Telepathy Tapes Documentary) ×1
- The CIA Scientist That Contacted an Alien Council ×1
- “Tesla's Technology is Still Classified!" (Ft. Senate Staffer Kirk McConnell) ×1
- “An 80 Foot UFO Abducted Us On a Lake!” -Jim Weiner & Charlie Foltz | MEMBERS RELEASE ×1
- The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose ×1
- Why NASA Studies This Man (He Attracts UFOs!) ×1
- and 5 more
On the map
Ellsworth AFB "November 5" encounter (Mario Woods, November 1977), Ellsworth AFB. Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- 1:25:38 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
do not fear travel through my body like a vibration like a uh like a hiss
- 0:09:28 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Mario Woods ▶
all of a sudden this thing goes out on out on out and on and it just sent shivers up me and I went wow they do see me
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