America’s Strangest History

The Collins Elite: When the U.S. Government Met the Devil

May 6, 2026·17 min
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In 1972, U.S. intelligence officials sat in a candlelit room with Britain's most famous witch — and something calling itself Caxuulikom answered back. This is the story of the Collins Elite, the secret Pentagon group that believed UFOs weren't alien spacecraft. They were demons. From rocket scientist Jack Parsons and his Babalon Working ritual, to Operation Often, to the séance that convinced the U.S. government it was facing spiritual warfare — this is one of the strangest stories in modern intelligence history.Watch the full video version on YouTube — search America's Strangest History.

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