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Safe Aerospace Podcast

Americans for Safe Aerospace 4 Episodes Sep 11, 2026

The Safe Aerospace Podcast, hosted by former F/A-18 pilot Ryan Graves, brings together military aviators, commercial pilots, air traffic controllers, aerospace professionals, and policymakers to discuss UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena) in controlled airspace. Each episode features firsthand accounts from credentialed professionals, analysis of emerging policy developments, and conversations with researchers and lawmakers. The show aims to bring scientific rigor and institutional accountability to a long-stigmatized issue, exploring what UAP encounters mean for flight safety, national security, and airspace transparency.

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“That's No Balloon!”: F-18 Pilot Reconsiders His UAP Encounter | Austin Hulbert Sep 11, 2026 3588 Three passes. A persistent radar contact. A brief glimpse of something silvery off the wing.Former Navy F-18 pilot Austin Hulbert and his weapons systems officer called it a balloon and moved on. Years later, Austin started building stratospheric balloons for the military. That explanation no longer made sense to him.I sit down with Austin, one of my instructors during Navy flight trainin

Former DISA Contractor Saw a UAP Live on an MQ-9 Feed Over East Asia | Kevin Campbell Sep 3, 2026 3010 What did a defense network engineer see while monitoring U.S. military drone feeds over the waters of East Asia?I sit down with former Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) contractor Kevin Campbell, who supported satellite communications and monitored MQ-9 feeds from Hill Air Force Base. Kevin says he encountered several clips of unidentified objects in the East China Sea and Yellow

Intel Officers Saw a Massive Craft Over Cheyenne Mountain Complex | Caison Best Aug 20, 2026 4595 What really happened over Cheyenne Mountain in February 2022?Ryan Graves sits down with former Army intelligence officer Caison Best, whose own unexplained broad-daylight sighting of a massive craft led him on a journey through the military and federal intelligence apparatus. After attempting to report the incident through official channels, Caison navigated an investigation by the Pentag

Phantom NJ Swarms: Uncovering 13,000 UAP Police Records with AI | John Malaska x Ryan Graves Jul 28, 2026 5497 What really happened during the 2024 New Jersey drone wave?Ryan Graves sits down with AI researcher John Malaska, whose own unexplained thermal-camera sighting led him to investigate the incidents through public records. After contacting municipalities across New Jersey, John assembled approximately 13,000 records—including police reports, dispatch logs, emails, body-camera transcripts, d

"The Size of a 737": Marine Fighter Pilot Benjamin Read on His UAP Near-Miss Over Houston Jul 14, 2026 4874 A veteran Marine F-18 Hornet pilot, a commercial airliner climbing out of Houston, and an object "the size of a 737" hovering motionless between cloud layers — with air traffic control confirming an uncorrelated target that had been "popping on and off the scope all day." In this episode of the Safe Aerospace Podcast, former Navy F/A-18F pilot Ryan Graves talks with Benjamin Read, an 18-y

Inside the Radar Room: 26-Year Air Traffic Controller Jason Judy on UAP Sightings, Filtered Radar Data & the Chinese Balloon Jul 10, 2026 4475 What do air traffic controllers actually see on their scopes when pilots report unidentified aerial phenomena? In the premiere episode of the Safe Aerospace Podcast, former U.S. Navy F/A-18F pilot Ryan Graves sits down with Jason Judy, a 26-year FAA air traffic controller turned corporate pilot, for a rare inside look at how UAP appear — and disappear — inside America's air traffic contro

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