Exopolitics

The Basement: Michael Salla | The Galactic Federation and the New Race for Space

The Why FilesOct 12, 2026

Former American University conflict-resolution scholar Dr. Michael Salla explains how his work in war zones like East Timor, Kosovo and Sri Lanka gave way to exopolitics, and how a 2001 press conference ended his academic career. In a long conversation with AJ Gentile of The Why Files, he lays out claims about secret meetings between President Eisenhower and extraterrestrials, events at Holloman Air Force Base, Antarctica, and a whistleblower soldier known as JP. The discussion also covers bloodline families, Operation Paperclip, JFK, Trump and disclosure, and a hidden race for advanced space technology.