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and the intelligence community.
For the Department of Defense, what were you?
What was I? Ross, I was a talented airplane mechanic supporting highly presidential missions. I got to deploy on a number of mechanic missions. But Jake was no ordinary mechanic. He was part of the elite combat control forces. Being recruited into the Air Force unit meant he had a résumé that reads like something out of an action thriller: parachutist, expert marksman, helicopter pilot, freefall, top secret security clearance, and the recipient of a NATO legacy award for an act of heroism in Bosnia.
In addition to reviewing special operations soldiers' credentials and claims, the Nation spoke with three former soldiers who corroborate Barber's official documentation.
I know in special operations, in some tough situations, you often have to rely on each other. Is Jake Barber a person you would trust?
Oh, yes. I have trusted him with my life.
Is Jake Barber a patriot?
Oh, yeah. Absolutely. There's a thing I know operators talk about: there are certain types of men. Is he one of those guys?
Absolutely. Trustworthiness is one of the top things that we're looking for.
One of his most fervent supporters is Colonel John Glitch, who holds a doctorate in psychology. He was a Delta Force sniper, a Renaissance warrior who commanded a nuclear weapons battalion.
So you believe Jake Barber is telling you absolutely about a cover-up lasting 80 years?
There has been craft. Absolutely. Absolutely. We've recovered things.
So let's roll back. You were an enlisted man for the intelligence community, and then you ended up working as a contractor? How did that happen?
Right around 9/11, everything changed for me. I left the Air Force at that time and was sent out to California to begin establishing my cover as an independent contractor, so that I could serve next for what was coming down the line, which led to the UAP subject.
As a helicopter pilot, Baba says he was contracted to retrieve crashed aircraft and was part of a team assigned to an undisclosed testing facility in the desert.
And we're not only talking about conventional airplanes or drones. A lot of the work we did on what I call the range was on all kinds of things. The U.S. government and its private partners used the range to test weapon systems and resilience to certain craft. A lot of exciting things.
So you start seeing interesting objects out there?
Yeah. Things come in and out of sight and reappear. Things disappear for a moment. Things seem to move very quickly. They change shape. Things change color.
We did recover things that were exotic in nature, classified craft. We took them back to where they go. The majority of what we see and do is ordinary and explainable by many people, but there is a certain percentage that is not.
But there does include what we know: extremely sensitive manmade advanced technology.
So, you know, as Lou Elizondo has described, those complied with the five observables.
So you were seeing objects that fit those weird observables?
Yes.
So, that would raise your eyebrows?
One of those characteristics was more of the trans medium, because things would come from the ground, or could pass through from a ridge, from a mountain.
Out of a ridge?
Yeah. They would change color, change shape.
How much has the US military developed or required such technology?
Jake says he saw for himself.
And the rare occasion, the hypothetical occasion, or, let's say, origin of something non-human, if it were to interface with the ground, you would deploy that same team with this particular subject.
Next, Jake Boba's first encounter with non-human intelligence.