Top Astronomer: “I Found 100,000 UFOs Above Earth!” (ft. Beatriz Villarroel)

Oct 25, 2025 American Alchemy
Our American Alchemist this week is Beatriz Villarroel.

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Working with digitized plates from the Palomar Observatory taken before satellites even existed, Beatriz and her colleagues have identified over 100,000 transient light flashes brief, mirror-like reflections that appear and vanish within minutes. Their findings suggest that a significant percentage of these may be real, physical objects orbiting Earth long before the space age began.

Even more provocative, these transients show a statistically significant correlation with nuclear detonations and UAP sightings from the 1950s, forming a triangulated pattern between nuclear activity, unidentified aerial phenomena, and reflective orbiting bodies.

Beatriz speaks candidly about academic resistance, pressure from peers, and her choice to publish this research openly despite the risks, all while challenging the scientific establishment to confront what may be one of the most ontologically shocking discoveries of our time.

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Special thanks to Benji Fields for research and writing help here.

Videography: Robin Danehav & Isak Friberg

Chapters
00:00 Intro
04:15 What is a “transient”? Explained
06:08 July 1952 — the Washington D.C. UFO flap
07:39 How astronomers used photographic plates
09:27 Testing the Earth’s shadow theory
11:52 Real reflections, not plate defects
13:10 Flat, mirror-like objects orbiting Earth
14:33 Harvard’s Donald Menzel destroys UFO evidence
15:18 National security state controls observatories
16:41 The global UFO–nuclear connection
17:45 American Alchemy sponsor break (Shopify)
20:09 105,000 transients and “uncorrelated targets”
22:22 NASA, Space Force, and classified UFO tracking
24:43 The 1953 “Mini Moon” discovery
26:54 La Paz, Tombaugh, and the mysterious satellites
28:58 Metallic, luminous objects — pre-Sputnik UFO data
29:36 Intelligent plate defects debunk
30:29 The scientific method vs taboo subjects
31:56 Why UFOs must be a valid scientific hypothesis
33:48 Enter Dr. Stephen Bruhl from Vanderbilt
34:15 Nuclear detonations, UFOs, and transients triangle
36:19 Statistical methods, 2,700 days analyzed
38:10 68% increase in transients post-nuclear test
39:49 Global test sites and patterns across nations
41:54 Reflective objects appear within 24 hours of nukes
43:33 Error checks, AI validation, and real signal
45:00 Triangular correlation: nukes, UAP, and transients
47:06 Activity drop after 1956 — “they left?”
48:53 Plasma life hypothesis and open questions
50:03 107,000 total transients analyzed
51:19 Cross-verifying observatories and global data
52:40 Debunking cosmic ray and plate defect excuses
54:05 SETI origins and Project Ozma
55:19 The Bracewell probe concept
56:49 Alien communication through radio reflections
57:23 Contact and Hitler’s broadcast echo
58:27 Lagrange points — alien probe parking zones
59:41 Long Delay Echoes — mysterious radio returns
01:00:41 LDEs match Lagrange point distances
01:01:49 Peer review challenges and referee feedback
01:03:49 Fear, pressure, and going public early
01:04:45 Aerospace interest vs academic denial
01:06:29 Betrayal and courage under pressure
01:07:30 Kuhn, Galileo, and politics of discovery
01:09:24 Jacques Vallée’s 1961 retrograde object
01:11:46 Brightness, destruction, and data erasure
01:13:04 Are we surrounded by alien satellites?
01:14:57 The world’s readiness for disclosure
01:16:57 “We are not alone — we have company.”
01:18:58 The future of scientific UAP study
01:19:48 Pale Blue Dot reimagined — who’s watching us?
01:21:01 Closing thoughts, gratitude, and Substack invite