Grusch claims an underwater base may be hiding UFOs
David Grusch, a former Air Force officer and former intelligence professional, claimed on Joe Rogan's podcast that a huge underwater facility may serve as an entry and exit point for craft of non-human origin. According to the report published on October 3, 2026, the claim is not yet supported by any public, independent evidence.
On the show, Grusch spoke about an underwater structure spanning several city blocks, which he claimed would function as an entry and exit point for craft that move both in water and in the air. He did not reveal the exact location, explaining that the details remain classified for national security reasons and to protect surveillance methods.
According to the former officer, his statements are based on classified documents, audiovisual recordings, and the testimony of government and military officials. In 2023, Grusch testified before the U.S. Congress, claiming that secret programs had recovered and studied craft of non-human origin. In the interview with Rogan, he also claimed that he had access to recordings that he says show bodies found after crashes: according to the description, these would have had an unusually pale, bluish or whitish skin color, and were stored in refrigerated facilities for analysis. According to Grusch, this material may be made public in the future, but he presented neither a timeline nor verifiable evidence for this.
Grusch served about fourteen years in the Air Force, then worked at the National Reconnaissance Office, and between 2019 and 2021 he represented his agency in a task force investigating unidentified aerial phenomena. The article mentions that other officials, including Representative Tim Burchett, have previously also reported objects with unusual performance observed deep in the Atlantic Ocean near the Bahamas – however, this is a separate report, independent of Grusch's current claim. According to the article, the statements about the underwater base and the recordings have so far not been confirmed by any publicly accessible, independent source.
The sober take
The source does not report any official denial or mundane explanation for the claim; Grusch's statements are based solely on his own verbal statements, and no verifiable evidence or documents had been made public as of the article's publication.