'Something is observing us': Man tracks every flyover at America's nuclear plants | Reality Check

Go to https://ground.news/ross to get 40% off unlimited access to the news tool I actually trust. It helps you cut through the noise and understand how stories are being reported across the spectrum.In this episode of "Reality Check," Ross Coulthart sits down with Daryl Johnson, the former senior security specialist at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, who spent more than a decade monitoring and trending every reported drone and UAP flyover at America's commercial nuclear power plants. Johnson reveals that close to 300 flyovers were logged between 2014 and 2025, with fewer than one percent ever traced back to an operator, and that the vast majority of plants still have no no-fly zone, no radar and no aerial detection requirement of any kind. Johnson recounts the incidents that defied a conventional drone explanation, including a black triangle that hovered over Pennsylvania's Susquehanna plant for more than two hours in 2022 and a December 2024 incident near Virginia's Surry plant in which lights vanished and reappeared a mile away within seconds before ascending out of sight. Johnson also describes the resistance he met inside the NRC when he pushed for UAP reporting guidance, and the AARO data request that first put the phenomenon on his desk. His conclusion, drawn from his new book "Unguarded Skies," is blunt: something is observing us and we don't know what it is or who controls it.#nuclearplant #UAPs #drones CREDITS:Host: Ross CoulthartExecutive Producer: Andy GipsonEditorial Producer: Meagan MedickAssociate Producer: Will TomasiResearch Producer: Rob JonesEditor: Tony DiasioOn "Reality Check," NewsNation Special Correspondent Ross Coulthart takes a fact-based approach to tackle everything from unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) to mysteries often missing from the headlines. More Reality Check: https://www.newsnationnow.com/podcasts-newsnation/reality-check-with-ross-coulthart/ Email your questions to RealityCheck@NewsNationNow.com NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans. More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/ Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp Find us on your screen: https://www.joinnn.com/CHAPTER SUMMARY:0:00 Intro4:04 What Are These Drones?5:06 Why Nuclear Plants Are Targets7:40 A Word From Our Sponsors10:12 How Serious is this Threat?11:08 Bigger Than a Vehicle13:11 Two Hours Over Susquehanna15:33 No Detection Equipment17:09 Less Than One Percent Identified18:09 Discovering the UAP Question20:05 Where Plants Are Vulnerable23:47 Lessons From Ukraine25:43 Only Two No-Fly Zones28:06 Fighting His Own Agency32:09 Security Rolled Back37:21 The Inexpensive Fix39:26 How Japan Solved It41:47 An Order Without Teeth44:52 Triangles in the Archive47:18 The Surry Incident48:51 Laughed at by Management52:14 Incomplete Data to AARO55:57 "Something Is Observing Us"1:00:20 Nearly 300 Flyovers1:01:25 Told to Stand Down1:04:29 A Secret American Craft?1:06:08 The White Paper1:08:25 The Pantex Contrast1:11:07 No Aerial Detection Required1:14:07 Can't Jam, Can't Shoot1:16:26 Safer Skies and Cotton Bill1:18:51 What Does He Think?