Luigi Vendittelli on bob lazar: what the evidence says · JRE #2479

FACT CHECK // JRE #2479 // EXHIBIT LOG
EPISODE AIRED APR 3, 2026 · THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE
CLAIM CMS6A427STATUS: PUBLISHED
SUBJECT: BOB LAZAR
Timestamp2:46:00
Aired
// 00 · ABSTRACT

The short answer

Vendittelli says a researcher named Scott Mitchell obtained aerial photos of Papoose Lake taken by a private pilot on December 25, 2020, showing what Vendittelli identifies as camouflaged hangar bay doors. Restricted-airspace aerial photography of the Groom Lake/Nevada Test and Training Range area by private pilots is a documented phenomenon, but the declassified U.S. government record of the site, published by the National Security Archive at George Washington University, addresses only the U-2, A-12 Oxcart, F-117, and other Cold War/stealth aircraft programs; it does not describe, confirm, or deny a separate Papoose Lake facility, hangar structures, or any extraterrestrial-technology program, and its editors state the site's UFO mystique is better understood as arising from secrecy around unconventional classified aircraft rather than any documented alien program.

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// THE CLAIM · ON TAPE
like he's one of the best i've ever seen his name is scott mitchell and he says there are pictures that were taken in 2020 and they ironically those pictures were taking on December 25th 2020 which is Christmas day in the middle of COVID which means the base might have been shut down
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What the evidence says 01 / RECORD

Vendittelli states that a researcher named Scott Mitchell obtained aerial photographs of the Papoose Lake area, taken by a private pilot on December 25, 2020, and interprets features in the images as camouflaged hangar bay doors corroborating Bob Lazar's account of a secret S4 facility. Restricted-airspace aerial photography of the Groom Lake/Nevada Test and Training Range area by private pilots is a documented phenomenon, but the declassified U.S. government record of the site, published by the National Security Archive at George Washington University, addresses only the U-2, A-12 Oxcart, F-117, and other Cold War/stealth aircraft programs; it does not describe, confirm, or deny a separate Papoose Lake facility, hangar structures, or any extraterrestrial-technology program, and its editors state the site's UFO mystique is better understood as arising from secrecy around unconventional classified aircraft rather than any documented alien program. No independent imaging expert, agency, or peer-reviewed remote-sensing analysis has verified that the terrain features in the 2020 photos are man-made hangar doors rather than natural rock formations or shadow artifacts; the camouflaged hangar bay doors identification is Vendittelli's own visual interpretation, produced for his documentary about Lazar. The claim is therefore unsupported by independent, verifiable evidence.

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