What David Grusch has said about UFO crash retrieval programs

Grusch asserts the U.S. has recovered intact and semi-intact craft.

“We've recovered material, a.k.a. intact, semi-intact craft”

The Joe Rogan Experience: #2560 - David Grusch (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 23:56

Grusch says technology derived from recovered material came mostly through inspiration rather than direct copying.

“And so a lot of it was garnered via inspiration, not one-to-one. In some cases, I suppose we did, but like that's been most of it”

The Joe Rogan Experience: #2560 - David Grusch (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 25:23

Grusch says he independently verified video of dead beings over years to rule out deception.

“I sat on that stuff for like years until I felt comfortable with that not being some sort of limited hangout or deception activity”

The Joe Rogan Experience: #2560 - David Grusch (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 59:55

Grusch says reptilian beings at a crash site posed a threat and U.S. personnel were hurt and killed.

“it just posed a threat and, you know, U.S. personnel started, you know, getting hurt and dying”

The Joe Rogan Experience: #2560 - David Grusch (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 2:08:53

Grusch claims there is a large non-human base of operations underwater in certain locations.

“There's clearly some sort of base of operations in certain locations. It's large. Don't know when it got there”

The Joe Rogan Experience: #2560 - David Grusch (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 2:19:11