A US Marine claims to have visited a secret military facility that's purpose is to "shoot down" extraterrestrial craft – with a new photo since emerging of such an event.

Michael Herrera testified under oath in front of the US Congress that he had stumbled across a 300-foot disc-shaped aircraft in the jungles of Indonesia. It was constantly changing colour from light grey to black “like someone was operating a dimmer switch” but was warned off by armed special forces personnel.

Now, in a sensational new interview, he claims to have visited a secret government ”black site” that uses advanced weapons to “take down” extraterrestrial craft.

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The bizarre object was described as a 'terrorist drone,' although no group has as yet claimed ownership
The bizarre object was described as a 'terrorist drone,' although no group has as yet claimed ownership


As Herrera’s claims emerge, The Weaponized podcast has released an image of what was at the time described as a “hostile drone” shot down over Syria by an RAF Typhoon. The object – described in RAF reports as an “unidentified aerial phenomenon” [UAP] appeared to be a saucer or mushroom-shaped object.

The MoD said the "terrorist drone" – which was destroyed on December 14 2021 - "posed a threat" to coalition forces fighting the Islamic State group in southern Syria. Jeremy Corbell from Weaponized told the Daily Star he had "no idea" if the Ministry of Defence would officially release this image.

Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp revealed the "weird-looking" object that was described by the RAF as a 'terrorist drone'
Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp revealed the "weird-looking" object that was described by the RAF as a 'terrorist drone'

Michael Herrera made his claims in an interview with Chris Lehto – the USAF fighter pilot turned podcaster with a special interest in the recent UAP revelations. He said in July this year that someone within the US military had reached out to him and asked if he wanted to go on a helicopter ride.

“We end up going to a black site, which looks abandoned top side,” Michael said. “There’s no activity visible… genius on their part. But underneath the surface is a very different story.

“It's a very active spot. They do a lot of scalar longitudinal weapon testing or EMPs this is a very advanced version but they have different types.

“They have some that are so surgical that are very accurate then they have some that are kind of like a wave. The purpose of that facility is to actually take down ET craft and they do this about two to three times a year…”

Herrera also says that he's been threatened by mysterious 'men in black' about his UFO claims
Herrera also says that he's been threatened by mysterious 'men in black' about his UFO claims

Herrera was very cautious not to name his source and avoided even mentioning the name of the unit he was working for. The only thing he did reveal is that he’d met this contact while providing security for controversial UFO expert Dr Steven Greer.

The US government has been doing “UFO crash retrievals since the 1940s”, he claimed. But he added that there were powerful business interests preventing the truth about UFOs from becoming public, because it would completely transform our way of life.

He says that the US government has ET technology that could “change the world”. “There’s a lot of breakthroughs that could happen … that's not just transportation wise but we're talking about medical we're talking about the economy we're talking about technology with power – poverty would basically end overnight.”

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