October 2009. U.S. Marines fly into the jungle near Padang, Sumatra, for earthquake relief. Former Marine Michael Herrera says his six-man team found a 300-foot octagonal craft being loaded by armed men in black, who held them at gunpoint and later forced them into silence. Steven Greer’s new film “Beyond Top Secret” uses him as proof that the craft are ours, not alien.
His former team leader, Nathan, says he was there the same day and none of it happened. He also says he has the photo to prove it.
We hear both men in their own words and check what’s on the record: the earthquake, the USS Denver and the relief flights, the missing memory card, the NDA, the containers, and how the story has changed.
Herrera or Nathan: who do you believe? 👇
0:00 The jungle
0:28 Greer’s new film
1:04 What’s on the record
1:53 Over the hill
3:34 The containers and the men in black
4:57 The memory card and the NDA
6:10 What happened next
6:40 How the story changed
8:03 The team leader speaks
9:54 What checks out, and what doesn’t
11:26 Herrera or Nathan?
Interview clips (credited on screen; used for commentary and news reporting):
• NewsNation, Reality Check with Ross Coulthart (Aug 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhrH0KzKft4
• Shawn Ryan Show #66 (July 2023): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zm4nh3S66I (clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71vHVILW0XU)
• VETTED, “Michael Herrera Story, Part 2” with Nathan (May 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXqWtWP35Bc
• NewsNation, Katie Pavlich Tonight, Herrera and Dr. Steven Greer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGg7rZtZUxE
Sources: U.S. Navy news releases on the USS Denver / 31st MEU Padang relief (Oct 2009); USGS / Wikipedia, 2009 Sumatra earthquakes; AARO Historical Record Report Vol. 1 (March 2024).
Photos: U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps / DVIDS (public domain); 2009 Padang earthquake damage by D.W. Fisher-Freberg (CC BY-SA 3.0) and AusAID (CC BY 2.0); Padang beach by Undeka 11 (CC BY-SA 4.0); Gunung Leuser by Dennis Keller (CC BY 2.0); Khao Yai jungle by Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0); Subic Freeport by Alankang (CC BY-SA 4.0); National Press Club by ajay_suresh (CC BY 4.0); The Pentagon by David B. Gleason (CC BY-SA 2.0); US Capitol by Martin Falbisoner (CC BY-SA 3.0); Hart Senate Office Building by Kurt Kaiser (CC0). All via Wikimedia Commons.
AI-generated illustrations (the craft, the men in black and other scenes nobody filmed) and synthetic narration by Archive of the Unidentified. No AI images of real people.
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