RealityCheckFact check

Checked reel · 30 Oct 2026

FALSE

This whole story is a famous UFO hoax from the late 1990s.

The guy calling himself Dr. Jonathan Reed was actually named John Bradley Rutter, and he was neither a doctor nor a PhD. Investigative groups and UFO researchers thoroughly debunked his claims decades ago. The DNA expert Reed cited to validate his alien turned out to be an employee at a local mini mart, and the creature in the video was just a prop.

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Sources

  1. mypixieset.comvertexaisearch.cloud.google.com
  2. nwlegendsmuseum.comvertexaisearch.cloud.google.com
  3. midnighthollow.comvertexaisearch.cloud.google.com

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