The X-Report: Is there a secretive government group blocking disclosure? What you need to know about the Collins Elite
The X-Report Column | By Easton Martin | June 8, 2026
Is there a shadow group within our government actively blocking UFO disclosure, not out of malice, but out of what they see as protection?
The Collins Elite are a deeply secretive, informal faction allegedly operating within the highest echelons of the United States military and intelligence communities. First brought to public light by author Nick Redfern, this group reportedly formed during the Cold War to analyze the unidentified flying object phenomenon through a radically different lens than the rest of the Pentagon. While mainstream defense analysts looked for crashed metal and advanced propulsion systems, the Collins Elite arrived at a far more ominous conclusion. They determined that the mysterious crafts and their occupants were not flesh-and-blood extraterrestrials from another planet, but rather ancient, deceptive demonic entities engaging in psychological and spiritual warfare against humanity.
The genesis of this group was first popularized by author and ufologist Nick Redfern in his 2010 book, Final Events. According to researchers and whistleblowers who have explored this theory, the Collins Elite formed as a quiet, loose alliance of intelligence officers, military personnel, and defense physicists during the Cold War. The group reportedly took its name from a key figure associated with Collins, New York.
Unlike their peers who viewed unidentified flying objects through a nuts and bolts mechanical lens, these individuals applied theological framework to the phenomenon. They observed the shape shifting nature of the sightings, the violation of traditional Newtonian physics, and the terrifying psychological trauma reported by abductees, concluding that these occurrences matched historical accounts of demonic deception.
To understand the purported influence of the Collins Elite, one must look at how this worldview altered actual defense policy. If the theory holds true, this faction did not just hold private religious beliefs, but also actively steered government research.
Proponents of the theory argue that whenever formal military studies into UFOs began to gain traction, members of this cabal worked behind the scenes to defund, compartmentalize, or entirely shut down the investigations. Their logic was simple yet unyielding. If these entities are demonic, then studying them, attempting to communicate with them, or analyzing their technology is equivalent to opening a portal to malevolent forces. By shutting down research, they believed they were protecting national security and human souls from spiritual warfare.
This strange intersection of theology and technology reportedly traces its roots back to the late 1940s and the bizarre actions of Jack Parsons. Parsons, a brilliant rocket propulsion researcher who helped found the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was also a dedicated occultist and follower of Aleister Crowley. In 1946, Parsons engaged in a series of intense ritual magic ceremonies known as the Babalon Working, which were intended to summon a spiritual entity. Members of the Collins Elite allegedly became convinced that Parsons successfully tore a hole in the fabric of reality, and that the historic wave of flying saucer sightings beginning in 1947 was the direct result of this occult breach. To this group, the modern alien phenomenon is merely an ancient deception wearing a high tech mask.
The legacy of this theory continues to echo in recent government disclosures. Former intelligence officials, including Luis Elizondo, have publicly noted that certain senior figures within the Department of Defense actively blocked the study of unidentified anomalous phenomena due to deep seated religious objections, fearing that the subject was satanic. While the existence of a formal, organized entity called the Collins Elite remains a matter of intense debate, the underlying mindset is undeniably real.
