Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2026-09-30
Books mentioned on #2560 - David Grusch
David Grusch is a former United States Air Force intelligence officer, former representative of the National Reconnaissance Office to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, and former co-lead for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena analysis at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Passport to Magonia
Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee is a 1969 work exploring the striking parallels between modern unidentified flying object sightings and historical mythology, folklore, and fairytales.
Discussed“You know Jacques Valet's scholarship on that passport meonia that.”
Where to get it
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The Book of Enoch
The Book of Enoch is an ancient non-canonical Jewish text attributed to the patriarch Enoch that details the watchers, fallen angels, and primordial giants.
Discussed“She was talking to me about the book of Enoch. I hadn't read it. She's like, 'You have to read it.' And I've read it twice now. And I'm like, 'What in the [ __ ] are they talking about?'”
Where to get it
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UFOs and Nukes
UFOs and Nukes by Robert L.
Discussed“and you look at Robert Hastings book book UFOs and nukes and all the different encounters military personnel have had sober trained observers that are not drunk on duty”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing A Brief History of Time
“I'm a precocious teen reading like brief history time and you know Isaac Azimov and I'm learning about the Draco equation”