Ross Coulthart
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| Type | Person |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Coulthart |
| On the Timeline | 9 events, 2006–2023 |
Ross Coulthart (born 30 August 1962) is an Australian investigative journalist and author who, since 2021, has become one of the most prominent reporters on unidentified anomalous phenomena. He conducted the first television interview with whistleblower David Grusch in June 2023 and works as a special correspondent for the U.S. cable network NewsNation.[1][2]
Early career
Coulthart was born in the United Kingdom, grew up partly in New Zealand and earned a law degree at Victoria University of Wellington. He joined The New Zealand Herald in 1982, then worked in Australian television: on A Current Affair (1989–1992), on the ABC's Four Corners from 1992, and for about 14 years on the Nine Network's Sunday program from 1995, followed by Channel Seven's Sunday Night and 60 Minutes Australia until 2018.[1]
His awards include the 2008 Gold Walkley, Australia's top journalism prize, shared with Nick Farrow for the investigation Butcher of Bega, four other Walkleys, a 1996 Logie award, and a share of the 2015 Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History for his biography of war correspondent Charles Bean. His books include The Lost Diggers, about recovered First World War photographs.[1]
UAP reporting
Coulthart's book In Plain Sight: An Investigation into UFOs and Impossible Science (2021) argued that governments have long concealed evidence of non-human intelligence. He presented Seven News's The UFO Phenomenon (2021) and from 2022 co-hosted the podcast Need to Know. In June 2023, days after The Debrief published Grusch's claims, Coulthart's NewsNation interview with Grusch brought them to a television audience. NewsNation later signed him as a special correspondent.[1][2][3]
Criticism
The ABC's Media Watch questioned the lack of evidence behind his reporting on a U.S. cover-up, and Australian Skeptics gave him its 2023 "Bent Spoon" award for uncritical journalism. Reviewers including writer Jason Colavito and physicist Pippa Goldschmidt criticised In Plain Sight for accepting unverified claims. He also drew criticism for public-relations work in 2018 for soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, whom a court in 2023 found had been involved in unlawful killings in Afghanistan.[1][4][5]
On the UAP Timeline
- Henry Deacon (October 2006) — A physicist using a pseudonym claims secret physics is decades ahead of public science.
- Coulthart on Elizondo's oversight role (29 June 2021) — Journalist Ross Coulthart says a source described Elizondo's role reviewing secret programs.
- Long Beach undercover approach claim (1 August 2021) — Coulthart writes a source was asked to go undercover inside an aerospace company.
- Nat Kobitz's read-in remark (3 September 2021) — Coulthart says a Navy science director told him he was read into a crash program.
- Coulthart on divested UAP technology (30 November 2021) — Coulthart says UAP technology was moved into private aerospace companies.
- Coulthart's sources go quiet (2021) (17 December 2021) — Coulthart says his sources have gone quiet amid an intense security effort.
- Energy Department custody claim (2022) (13 January 2022) — Coulthart says non-human material was held by the Energy Department before moving to industry.
- Coulthart on contractor scientists (2022) (May/June 2022) — Coulthart describes scientists said to work on secret UAP research.
- Coulthart on Huntsville physicists and BAE (28 February 2023) — Ross Coulthart says some physicists in Huntsville disappeared and BAE deserves scrutiny.
References
- Ross Coulthart — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "We are not alone: The UFO whistleblower speaks", NewsNation (2023) · newsnationnow.com · archived copy
- Pippa Goldschmidt, review of In Plain Sight, Times Literary Supplement (2021) · the-tls.co.uk · archived copy
- "Ep 30 — The truth is out there", Media Watch, ABC (2023) · abc.net.au · archived copy
- "Journalism heavyweight's alien truth is right out there, say Skeptics", The Age (2023) · theage.com.au · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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