Published May 31, 2026, 11:04 AM EDT
Army Veteran's CIA Conspiracy Theory Links Alien Hybrids to Human DNA
An Army veteran's claim has reignited interest in the government's history with remote viewing, a controversial practice and CIA project.
A viral claim that the CIA searched consumer DNA databases for alien-human hybrids has pulled one of the military and intelligence community’s strangest Cold War-era programs back into the spotlight: remote viewing, described as psychic spying. The claim, which has circulated through outlets including Vice, NewsNation and the New York Post, centers on Jason Reza Jorjani, a philosopher and author who said on the American Alchemy podcast that Army veteran Lyn Buchanan told him that the CIA had explored 23andMe and Ancestry.com data to identify people with alleged extraterrestrial DNA. The allegation has not been verified through public documents, but the story landed at a moment when several real issues are already merging together: renewed public interest in unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), the government’s documented history with remote viewing, and concerns about what happens to private genetic data once people hand it to private companies. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have openly pushed field experts to testify about such phenomena, which recently led to the Trump administration opening a new government UFO portal, releasing declassified records, videos, photos and documents tied to unexplained aerial encounters. Military.com reached out for comment on Saturday to the White House, CIA, Pentagon, 23andMe, Ancestry, Jorjani and Buchanan.
