UFO podcaster Kelly Chase says she has filed a police report over an alleged drugging at a hotel in Palo Alto, California, on 19 November 2023. In a statement published on 30 October 2026, she also challenged an explanation she says she received about a supposed 'military abduction.' Neither the alleged drugging nor any military involvement has been independently established.
The account concerns events Chase dates to the day after the Sol Foundation's inaugural symposium at Stanford University. The foundation confirms the conference took place on 17 and 18 November 2023. Chase, who formerly hosted The UFO Rabbit Hole, discussed her allegations in the description accompanying an episode of her current podcast, Inquiry with Kelly Chase.
Chase alleges that people within the UFO disclosure community discouraged her from contacting police after the incident. She says she was told it had involved a military abduction and that the US Department of Defense could handle the matter through channels unavailable to local police.
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