Overview
Wichita-area businessman Michael Spicer, known in UFO circles by the pseudonym “Whistling Mike,” has publicly revealed his identity and says he plans to present a set of UAP findings at an October event in Colorado. In a new report from PARADIGM, Spicer claims that his work centers on an encounter with a low-flying, fighter jet-sized craft he says he observed over public land in Kansas in the early 2000s. He says the experience set him on a decades-long effort to analyze the object’s technology and to develop a method for detecting similar craft.
According to the report, Spicer believes the craft was made in the United States and operated by a revolutionary propulsion system that he would not fully describe. He likened the mechanism to magnetism, suggesting that the material he recovered from the object played a role not only in its propulsion, but also in its stealth capabilities and steering. Spicer did not offer independently verifiable evidence for those assertions, but he told PARADIGM that he is preparing to lay out his conclusions in greater detail next month.
The Rock and Senate Custody
The report also describes a separate episode involving a dark, dense, porous rock that was allegedly stored for months in a safe inside the Hart Senate Office Building, under the control of the Senate intelligence committee. Three people familiar with the matter told PARADIGM the committee had possession of the object after members proposed the UAP Disclosure Act in 2023. Spicer says the material was one of the inputs used in the advanced craft he claims to have encountered.
Spicer told the outlet that he personally presented the rock to committee members and staff during a 2023 briefing in a secure Senate facility. He also said he requested the rock’s return in early 2025. According to the account, former Marco Rubio aide Jon Estridge retrieved the object after leaving the Senate and passed it to Dillon Guthrie, a former aide to John Kerry, who then returned it to Spicer. Estridge confirmed the basic chain of custody but declined to comment on the substance of Spicer’s claims.
Questions Around the Claims
The story adds another layer to the long-running debate over whether some unexplained aerial sightings reflect classified human technology, misidentification, or something more extraordinary. Spicer’s assertions, if true, would suggest a private citizen had identified and reverse-engineered a component of an advanced aerospace system. However, the report does not provide independent technical verification of his conclusions, and it remains unclear what tests, if any, have been conducted on the material by outside experts.
Neither the Senate intelligence committee nor the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) provided substantive comment on the episode, according to the report. Committee spokeswoman Hannah McCarthy did not respond to questions, while Pentagon spokeswoman Susan Gough acknowledged receipt of inquiries but offered no answers. Those silences are typical in UAP reporting, where national security concerns often limit what officials will say publicly.
What Comes Next
Spicer is now preparing to reveal more of his work at an October event in Colorado, where he is expected to present his findings to a UAP-focused audience. His decision to reveal his identity may increase attention on his claims, but it also places them under greater scrutiny from researchers, officials, and skeptics alike. For the broader UAP community, the event could become a test of whether Spicer can substantiate a story that reaches from a Kansas field to the halls of Congress.
