Did the CIA hunt for alien hybrids using 23andMe?
A whistleblower claim from a “psychic spy” alleges the CIA scanned consumer DNA databases for “Nordic” extraterrestrial bloodlines. The story has problems.
A whistleblower claim has reignited one of the wildest corners of UFO lore: the idea that the CIA secretly mined consumer DNA databases to hunt for alien-human hybrids living among us.
According to science-fiction writer and philosopher Jason Reza Jorjani, retired U.S. Army Sgt. Lyn Buchanan, a self-described “psychic spy” who worked on the CIA’s classified remote-viewing program, told him that former CIA analyst Christopher “Kit” Green created a backdoor into 23andMe and Ancestry.com. The alleged purpose was to scan for a specific genetic marker tied to “Nordic” extraterrestrials who have interbred with humans and are now passing as ordinary, if unusually tall and Scandinavian-looking, people in places like the Colorado Rockies.
The story originated on Jorjani’s American Alchemy podcast in November 2025, then went viral again in late May 2026 after a YouTube clip titled “The CIA Is Hunting Aliens Through 23andMe!” spread across social media and the New York Post and Daily Mail picked up the story. The claim remains entirely unverified and has been met with widespread skepticism, but it taps directly into growing public fascination with government disclosure, genetic privacy, and decades-old tales of “Nordic” aliens.
The whistleblower and the claim
Lyn Buchanan is a familiar name in remote-viewing circles. A former U.S. Army intelligence analyst, he has publicly discussed his involvement in the CIA’s Stargate Project, the declassified and later terminated program that explored whether psychic abilities could be used for espionage. Buchanan has long claimed he was trained as a “psychic spy” capable of mentally perceiving distant targets.
According to Jorjani, Buchanan was approached years ago by three individuals who identified themselves as Nordics in a diner. The location and date of the alleged encounter were not specified. These beings allegedly told him they had fled a tyrannical government on their homeworld, traveled to Earth via an “underground railroad,” and interbred with humans. Their hybrid descendants, they claimed, now live peacefully in the U.S. but fear detection through modern DNA testing.
Jorjani quoted the Nordics as saying their grandchildren “have no idea where they’re from” and are told stories about grandparents “from Sweden or whatever.” Buchanan reportedly warned Jorjani never to submit his own DNA to 23andMe or Ancestry.com because the CIA was using the databases to screen for the exact genetic variance associated with these Nordics.
Jorjani relayed the conversation on the podcast.
“Look, we know that Kit Green at the CIA has some program to access the 23andMe and like whatever, Ancestry.com, databases through some backdoor and that they are screening whoever signs up for these services for a specific genetic variance from the normal Homo sapiens population which the CIA knows to be the genetic marker of these Nordics,” Jorjani claimed.
Buchanan himself has not publicly confirmed the specific details of the diner encounter in mainstream coverage, though he has previously spoken about government interest in “unknown” or “other” ancestry segments on consumer DNA tests.
The Kit Green chronology problem
One immediate issue with the claim is timing. Christopher “Kit” Green was a CIA scientist for 20 years and publicly worked on the remote-viewing program before officially leaving the agency in 1985.
23andMe was founded in 2006. Ancestry.com was founded in 1996. Both companies came into existence years to decades after Green left the CIA. Jorjani did not clarify how Green could have been involved in accessing databases that did not exist during his time at the agency. The Daily Mail has reached out to Green, 23andMe, and Ancestry for comment regarding the claims of DNA surveillance.
Who is Jason Reza Jorjani?
The source of the claim is also worth examining. Jorjani is a writer and philosopher who was the former editor-in-chief of the far-right publishing company Arktos Media and co-founded the AltRight Corporation with Richard Spencer in 2017, though he later distanced himself from that movement. He has since shifted toward UFO and Promethean philosophy topics, hosting and appearing on podcasts in the disclosure space.
His background has not stopped the story from spreading widely across social media and disclosure-adjacent outlets, but it is worth noting that the entire claim rests on a single second-hand account from a polarizing source.
23andMe, Ancestry, and what happened to the data
23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2025 after years of financial struggles, a major 2023 data breach affecting millions of users, and declining sales. Anne Wojcicki, the co-founder and former CEO, resigned at the time of filing.
The company was ultimately acquired by TTAM Research Institute, a California-based nonprofit public benefit corporation founded and led by Wojcicki, for $305 million in a July 2025 deal that closed on July 14. TTAM outbid biotech firm Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, which had offered $256 million. The acquisition included 23andMe’s Personal Genome Service, Research Services business lines, and the Lemonaid Health telehealth subsidiary.
Throughout the bankruptcy process, privacy experts and California Attorney General Rob Bonta urged customers to delete their genetic data and request destruction of physical saliva samples. 23andMe’s privacy policy stated that in the event of a sale or reorganization, customer data “may be accessed, sold or transferred,” though the company insisted any buyer would be required to honor existing privacy commitments. Wojcicki has stated that TTAM’s nonprofit structure is intended to better protect customer privacy and provide ongoing choice about how data is used.
Ancestry.com, while not in bankruptcy, has faced similar scrutiny over how it shares or sells anonymized genetic data for research. Both companies have long maintained that they require warrants or subpoenas for law enforcement access and do not voluntarily hand over identifiable information. No public evidence has ever surfaced confirming a CIA backdoor.
Who are the “Nordic” aliens?
The “Nordics” are a staple of UFO contactee lore dating back to the 1950s. They are typically described as tall, often 6 to 7 feet, blonde-haired, blue-eyed humanoids who resemble Scandinavians. Polish-American ufologist George Adamski was among the first to publicly report alleged contact with Nordic beings in the 1950s. Some contactees claimed they came from planets in the Pleiades star cluster and promoted messages of peace and spiritual evolution. Others portrayed them as more neutral or even deceptive.
In modern UAP discourse, Nordics are sometimes contrasted with the more commonly reported “Greys.” The whistleblower claim revives the idea that some Nordics have integrated into human society through interbreeding, a concept that has circulated in fringe UFO literature for decades but has never been substantiated.
Remote viewing and the Stargate connection
The remote-viewing angle ties the story to one of the U.S. government’s most unusual Cold War programs. Stargate Project and its predecessors ran from the 1970s until 1995, when it was shut down after a review found the results were not reliable enough for intelligence work. Participants like Ingo Swann and Pat Price claimed success in “viewing” distant targets, and the program did involve some high-profile figures, including analysts like Green.
Buchanan’s background in the program lends the story a veneer of insider credibility to believers, even though Stargate itself was officially deemed ineffective and closed decades ago.
Tying it to the current disclosure conversation
The claim lands at a time of heightened public interest in UAPs and government transparency. The Trump administration has authorized the release of multiple batches of previously classified UFO files, and multiple congressional hearings have featured testimony from whistleblowers like David Grusch, who alleged the U.S. possesses “non-human biologics.” The Pentagon continues to insist there is no evidence of extraterrestrial life or technology, but skepticism remains high among disclosure advocates.
Stories like this one fuel the broader narrative that elements within the intelligence community know far more than they admit, and that consumer genetic databases could be a powerful, and legally murky, tool for identifying anomalous individuals.
The bottom line
Whether the CIA ever accessed 23andMe or Ancestry data remains unproven. No documents, whistleblower testimony under oath, or official leaks have corroborated the specific backdoor program described. The claim rests on a second-hand account from a single source with a controversial background, about a CIA scientist who left the agency before either company existed. Genetic privacy experts have long warned that vast DNA databases represent a treasure trove for governments, insurers, or bad actors, but the alien-hybrid angle is pure speculation.
Still, the story resonates because it blends several hot-button topics: genetic privacy in the age of big data, government overreach, and the possibility that we are not alone. As long as official disclosure remains incomplete and consumer DNA testing continues to grow, claims like this one are likely to keep circulating.
Article compiled and edited by Derek Gibbs (entertainment editor) and the Clownfish TV newsroom.
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Hat Tips:
New York Post (May 26, 2026), original reporting on Lyn Buchanan and Jason Reza Jorjani’s claims
IBTimes UK and Daily Mail, follow-up coverage and skepticism around the unverified claims
Jason Reza Jorjani on the American Alchemy podcast (November 2025), original recounting of the alleged Nordic encounter
MobiHealthNews, Fox Business, and HIPAA Journal, coverage of the 23andMe Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the $305 million TTAM Research Institute acquisition
Historical declassified documents on the Stargate Project and remote viewing
Wikipedia entries on Jason Reza Jorjani, Nordic aliens, and the Stargate Project for additional context and chronology