Topic: Black Budget

Black Budget comes up in 14 chapters across 13 episodes of The Higherside Chats Free Show, from July 2012 to January 2026.

July 2012 January 2026

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Andrew Johnson | 9/11, Cold Fusion, & Controlled Opposition
• 27:55 - 32:56

Andrew Johnson | 9/11, Cold Fusion, & Controlled Opposition

Colonel John Alexander, Los Alamos and Jim Fetzer

Andrew Johnson details the involvement of Colonel John Alexander from Los Alamos National Laboratories in investigating John Hutchison's work. He suggests the military was already familiar with these effects through black budget programs. The segment also covers a suspicious interaction with Professor Jim Fetzer, whom Johnson accuses of having connections to the perpetrators of 9-11 due to his reaction to the Hutchison evidence.

Ashton Forbes | The MH370 Teleportation/Abduction Case, Orb Footage Analysis, & The Deeper Story
• 36:33 - 39:45

Ashton Forbes | The MH370 Teleportation/Abduction Case, Orb Footage Analysis, & The Deeper Story

Freescale Semiconductor Scientists and Espionage Motives

The presence of 20 Freescale Semiconductor employees on MH370 provides a potential motive for military intervention involving high-stakes espionage or technology protection. Forbes suggests the U.S. government may have acted to prevent sensitive intellectual property from reaching China. He expresses a belief that those hiding this information may do so out of a perceived necessity to protect society from the implications of such advanced technology.

Ashton Forbes | The MH370 Teleportation/Abduction Case, Orb Footage Analysis, & The Deeper Story
• 57:00 - 1:02:39

Ashton Forbes | The MH370 Teleportation/Abduction Case, Orb Footage Analysis, & The Deeper Story

Future of the MH370 Investigation and Congressional Outreach

Ashton Forbes outlines his goals for the investigation, which include securing a public hearing in Congress to discuss black budget projects and UAP technology. He has hand-delivered letters to his Congressman and filed FOIA requests to uncover the money trail associated with these secret programs. Forbes emphasizes that his objective is the global disclosure of the technology seen in the videos, which he believes could benefit humanity.

Richard Dolan | The Ufology Field, Technocratic Narrative Control, & Hybrid Entity Integration
• 43:01 - 47:40

Richard Dolan | The Ufology Field, Technocratic Narrative Control, & Hybrid Entity Integration

Eisenhower Administration and Loss of Military Control

The conversation examines President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s struggle to maintain oversight of the national security apparatus and the burgeoning UFO secret. Dolan discusses the formation of NICAP in 1956 and Eisenhower’s famous farewell address warning against the military-industrial complex. He suggests Eisenhower was regularly briefed on UFOs, including the 1953 Kingman crash, but ultimately lost control of the compartmentalized programs.

Sean Peter | AntiWarhol, Culture Creation, & The Pop Art Syndicate
• 1:00:54 - 1:03:31

Sean Peter | AntiWarhol, Culture Creation, & The Pop Art Syndicate

THC Plus Show Preview and Upcoming Texas Meetup

The host previews the second hour of the interview available to Plus members, which covers topics such as the Montauk Project, Pizzagate, and intercontinental tunnel networks. Listeners are also reminded to check highersidemeetups.com for local events, with a specific mention of an upcoming date near Dallas, Texas. The segment ends with a defiant sign-off directed at "culture creating cabals."

Dave Zed | Dark Projects, Portal Openings, & Horseshoe Crab Blood
• 13:30 - 17:18

Dave Zed | Dark Projects, Portal Openings, & Horseshoe Crab Blood

Iraq Stargate Theory, Black Projects, Phantom Gates

Dave Zedd discusses the theory that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was motivated by the search for an ancient stargate or "phantom gate" rather than weapons of mass destruction. He distinguishes between black budget projects and "dark projects" that leave no paper trail. The segment cites soldier testimony regarding the guarding of specific, seemingly irrelevant locations in the Iraqi desert.

Dr. Joseph P. Farrell | Election Fraud, Covert COVID Agendas & Nephilim Corpses
• 28:09 - 30:52

Dr. Joseph P. Farrell | Election Fraud, Covert COVID Agendas & Nephilim Corpses

Federal Secrecy and SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Resignation

The resignation of SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and Defense Secretary Mark Esper are analyzed as signs of internal government conflict. Dr. Farrell links these moves to FASB 56 regulations that allow federal budgets to remain "black" or secret, comparing the current US system to the final days of the Soviet Union. He suggests these bureaucratic shifts portend a major legal and administrative fight over the election results.

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Richard Dolan | The UFO Disclosure Drip, Alien Contact, & The National Security State
• 12:50 - 19:12

Richard Dolan | The UFO Disclosure Drip, Alien Contact, & The National Security State

Breakaway Civilizations and Privatized Black Budget Power

The concept of a breakaway civilization is defined as a black budget culture that has surpassed mainstream society in technological and cosmological development. Richard Dolan cites testimony from astronaut Edgar Mitchell regarding recovered alien technology and bodies being studied in deeply classified programs. He argues that this power is largely privatized and controlled by a global elite, such as those in the Bilderberg Group, who operate beyond the constraints of national governments and public oversight.

Darren Schaefer | DB Cooper, The Cooper Vortex, & The CIA
• 1:00:20 - 1:04:57

Darren Schaefer | DB Cooper, The Cooper Vortex, & The CIA

Greg Carlwood on the DB Cooper "Op" Hypothesis

Greg Carlwood reflects on the DB Cooper story, questioning if the event was a manipulated operation similar to the "shoe bomber" to infringe on civil liberties. He notes the irony of the money never surfacing and suggests the CIA may have used the heist to bolster black budgets. Carlwood posits that the mystery serves as a "fairy tale" to distract the public from systemic state control.

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Steven D. Kelley | Dark Secrets of the Clinton Crime Syndicate, & The NWO Agenda
• 9:45 - 12:36

Steven D. Kelley | Dark Secrets of the Clinton Crime Syndicate, & The NWO Agenda

Mena Arkansas, CIA Drug and Gun Running

The discussion shifts to allegations of drug and weapon smuggling at the Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport during Bill Clinton's governorship. Stephen D. Kelly cites pilot Tosh Plumlee, who reportedly delivered cocaine directly to Clinton. Kelly explains that these operations were part of a broader CIA strategy to fund black budgets and destabilize foreign governments through gun running.

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Jeremy Corbell | Mysteries of Ufology, Covert Technologies, & Bob Lazar
• 16:51 - 19:04

Jeremy Corbell | Mysteries of Ufology, Covert Technologies, & Bob Lazar

Breakaway Civilizations, Military Black Budget Programs

Greg Carlwood asks whether advanced aerial phenomena can be explained by a human "breakaway civilization" using secret military technology rather than extraterrestrials. Jeremy Corbell argues that while black budget programs are advanced, his sources within the military-industrial complex claim they are actually tracking craft with capabilities that exceed their own. He suggests the phenomenon predates modern technology, appearing throughout recorded human history.

THC 96: Richard Sauder | Underground Bases, Strange Experiments, & Secret Civilizations
• 3:53 - 7:12

THC 96: Richard Sauder | Underground Bases, Strange Experiments, & Secret Civilizations

Black Budget Funding, Terrestrial Engineering of Deep Bases

The discussion explores how trillions of dollars are diverted from the global economy to fund sophisticated engineering projects that are often mistaken for extraterrestrial technology. Sauder asserts that terrestrial corporations and government agencies possess the technical expertise to build facilities miles underground or beneath the seafloor, maintained by thousands of personnel bound by strict security oaths.

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THC 44: Douglas Hawes | The Jeff Turner Diaries, Tuesday Weld’s Illuminati, & Buried Mysteries
• 45:05 - 48:24

THC 44: Douglas Hawes | The Jeff Turner Diaries, Tuesday Weld’s Illuminati, & Buried Mysteries

Neil Young and the After the Gold Rush Connection

Douglas Hawes relays Jeff Turner's claim that Neil Young's song "After the Gold Rush" is a tribute to the Kronos time travel story. The screenplay for the song was written by actor Dean Stockwell, who Hawes suggests may have had access to underground black budget facilities. The lyrics regarding "Mother Nature on the run" and "silver spaceships" are analyzed as potential cryptic references.

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THC 26: Stan Friedman | Roswell, Flying Saucers, & The Science
• 1:04:38 - 1:06:40

THC 26: Stan Friedman | Roswell, Flying Saucers, & The Science

Energy Suppression, National Reconnaissance Office Secrecy

Stanton Friedman and the hosts discuss the potential suppression of advanced energy technologies like nuclear fusion. Friedman provides examples of massive government secrecy, such as the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) spending $13 billion on a cancelled Boeing satellite program. He also notes that the Corona spy satellite program remained classified for 20 years despite its massive success in gathering intelligence on the Soviet Union.