Jesse Michels
PersonCreatorJesse Michels
PersonCreatorJesse Michels is the creator and host of American Alchemy, known for long-form interviews and documentaries on UAPs, frontier science, intelligence history, technology, and consciousness.
Jesse Michels is the creator and host of American Alchemy, known for long-form interviews and documentaries on UAPs, frontier science, intelligence history, technology, and consciousness.
American AlchemyJesse Michels is an American media host, producer, and venture investor best known as the creator of American Alchemy, a long-form video and podcast series focused on unconventional ideas in science, technology, history, and culture. He hosts the program’s interviews and also writes and produces documentary-style episodes.
Michels studied history at Columbia University before working in technology and venture capital. Interview profiles identify an operations role within Google’s Research and Machine Intelligence organization, production work on Eric Weinstein’s podcast The Portal, and several years at Peter Thiel’s Los Angeles family office. Michels has described the family-office job as a mix of startup investing and bringing outside thinkers together for private discussions on technology, politics, economics, religion, and other emerging subjects.
That background shaped American Alchemy’s original focus on founders, scientists, writers, and heterodox thinkers. As the series developed, Michels devoted more of its coverage to UAPs, alleged secret technology, aerospace history, consciousness research, and government disclosure. His programs often pair extended interviews with historical narration, archival footage, public documents, and visual explanations intended to make dense or unfamiliar subjects accessible to a general audience.
Michels gained wider recognition in UAP media through his September 2023 film and extended interview with former intelligence official David Grusch. Written and produced by Michels in collaboration with Yes Theory, the film presented Grusch’s background and allegations after his public emergence and congressional testimony. Michels has since interviewed public officials, scientists, historians, skeptics, journalists, military and intelligence witnesses, researchers, and people advancing extraordinary claims.
Michels describes his approach as probabilistic and influenced by venture investing: investigate potentially consequential ideas before deciding whether they are true, look for overlooked connections, and remain willing to revise a position as new information appears. His own commentary is generally open to non-human-intelligence and hidden-technology explanations, while his guest list also includes skeptical and competing viewpoints. This combination of access, detailed historical framing, and curiosity about frontier subjects has made him a prominent bridge between technology culture and contemporary UAP discourse.
Deep probes
20Probed ingest of: Japan’s Defense Minister: “We Can’t Rule Out ALIENS!”
American Alchemy · 1d agoProbed ingest of: The Most Controversial Biologist Alive Breaks Down Telepathy
American Alchemy · Oct 31Probed ingest of: There’s A Cosmic War Going On Above Your Head (Jason Jorjani Part 3)
American Alchemy · Oct 27Probed ingest of: Religious Scholar: “UFO Disclosure Is THE APOCALYPSE!”
American Alchemy · Oct 21Probed ingest of: “AI Is ALIEN Technology!” -Whistleblower Reveals TRUTH
American Alchemy · Oct 14Probed ingest of: I Confront The Secretary of Energy On UFOs
American Alchemy · Oct 7Probed ingest of: 16 Alien Bodies Crashed HERE… And We Just Found PROOF
American Alchemy · Sep 29Probed ingest of: “An Alien Gave Me The True Purpose of the Pyramids!” -Geoffrey Drumm
American Alchemy · Sep 19“The Pentagon has officially said that Japan is a hotspot when it comes to UAP activity.” But Japan’s government seems to be telling a different story. Why don’t their accounts line up? 👇 https://t.co/otQ7BUboVP
“Why are they here? Watching us, perhaps.” Jesse Michels asks former Japanese lawmaker Atsushi Hayasaka why he thinks nonhuman beings might visit us. Hayasaka offers his personal interpretation of their intentions and reflects on what remains unknown. “They’re far more advanced than we are.” “So they’re keeping an eye on us. That’s my feeling.” “I can’t predict what comes next.” “The unknown is unknown; the future too. But I do believe in a sixth sense.” If an advanced intelligence were obser...
Collusion with allies on UFO secrecy is sabotaging global efforts for transparency. Are they fearful of the collective judgement of society? https://t.co/honP [Quoted] Can Japan disclose what it knows about UFOs without Washington’s approval? Jesse Michels asks Yoshiharu Asakawa whether the United States should have a say in what Japan tells its own citizens. Asakawa responds with a blunt assessment of American influence and describes discussions over the scope of disclosure. “What I think is...
Can Japan disclose what it knows about UFOs without Washington’s approval? Jesse Michels asks Yoshiharu Asakawa whether the United States should have a say in what Japan tells its own citizens. Asakawa responds with a blunt assessment of American influence and describes discussions over the scope of disclosure. “What I think is that Japan is, in name only, independent.” “I feel that Japan is under American control, and that it is largely driven by American interests.” Asakawa then recounts a...
[Retweeted] 🚨 Japan’s former Defense Minister just said non-human intelligence is “one strong hypothesis” for UFO sightings over nuclear facilities. Yasukazu Hamada (who oversaw Japan’s 2022 defense overhaul) is now chairing a parliamentary UAP group. When a country’s top defense official starts talking like this… people notice.
[Retweeted] Japanese Congressman Atsushi Hayasaka says he was abducted by ALIENS 👽🛸🇯🇵 https://t.co/i7QKZSBuws https://t.co/uUbjYTM4Mi
[Retweeted] 【「灯台下暗し」日本の防衛大臣がUFOについてついに沈黙を破る】 ジェシー・マイケルズのYouTubeが一般公開されました。今春ほぼ1ヶ月間日本取材に対応しました。 浜田靖一会長、遠藤敬副会長、美延映夫事務局長(@minobeteruo )、早坂あつし元衆議院議員、早坂ちあき仙台市議、各議員事務所のスタッフの皆様、第2回以降に出演されている皆様(まだ公表出来ません)、日本在住のジェシー代理人ラムジーと奥様、通訳でUFOに詳しい菊地了さん、ニコニコの七尾功政治プロデューサー、浅川義治サポーターズの皆さま、ロケ現場でご協力いただいた皆様、感謝いたします。 是非ご覧ください。音声日本語を選択してください。 映像は、作られたものは正確には反映されていません。テレビの再現映像と同じです。 ただストーリー構成が、このような出来になってくるとは思いもしませんでした。 ジェシーどうもありがとう！ 再来日待ってます！ Japan’s Defense Minister BREAKS SILENCE On UFOs https://t.co/ixUqkdWAKA @YouTub...
The Moral Readiness Argument
Must we earn contact with non-human intelligence? We explore the idea that humanity’s worthiness comes first.
[Retweeted] 【「灯台下暗し」日本の防衛大臣がUFOについてついに沈黙を破る】 ジェシー・マイケルズのYouTubeが一般公開されました。今春ほぼ1ヶ月間日本取材に対応しました。 浜田靖一会長、遠藤敬副会長、美延映夫事務局長(@minobeteruo )、早坂あつし元衆議院議員、早坂ちあき仙台市議、各議員事務所のスタッフの皆様、第2回以降に出演されている皆様(まだ公表出来ません)、日本在住のジェシー代理人ラムジーと奥様、通訳でUFOに詳しい菊地了さん、ニコニコの七尾功政治プロデューサー、浅川義治サポーターズの皆さま、ロケ現場でご協力いただいた皆様、感謝いたします。 是非ご覧ください。音声日本語を選択してください。 映像は、作られたものは正確には反映されていません。テレビの再現映像と同じです。 ただストーリー構成が、このような出来になってくるとは思いもしませんでした。 ジェシーどうもありがとう！ 再来日待ってます！ Japan’s Defense Minister BREAKS SILENCE On UFOs https://t.co/ixUqkdWAKA @YouTub...
Japanese Congressman Atsushi Hayasaka says he was abducted by ALIENS 👽🛸🇯🇵 https://t.co/i7QKZSBuws https://t.co/uUbjYTM4Mi [Quoted] 🚨BREAKING🚨: Japanese Congressman says he was abducted by alien beings, experienced missing time and now has a chip implanted in his ear. Former Representative Atsushi Hayasaka saw a silver object in the sky, blacked out and awoke paralyzed in a parked car to the sound of footsteps. A wound later appeared behind his ear; subsequent X-rays reveal a small black...