Valiant Thor: The Alien Visitor Who Tried to Save Earth

In 1957 a sharply dressed stranger named Valiant Thor reportedly stepped out of a shiny craft in Virginia, talked his way into the White House, and spent the next three years living beneath the Pentagon pitching humanity on a full‑blown makeover—think “end disease, erase poverty, shelve those nukes" kinda vibe. Naturally, the government said no.

This episode walks you through that whole bizarre saga: the goverments rejection, the Reddit AMA that put Thor back on Ufology’s radar and who the heck this humanoid appearing alien calling himself "Valiant Thor" actually was.

Strap in—if an alien really did try to rescue Earth with a PowerPoint, the least we can do is give him 20 minutes of podcast glory.

Written and hosted by Seth Borkowski in collaboration with The Daily Drunk Mag.

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Transcript

Well, well, well. It’s you again. You’re back. Don’t worry, you’re not the only one feeling some kinda way about this. I mean, this is a podcast mostly about aliens! What are we even doing here?! This is insane! Fuck it. Runaway with me. We could start over. Just you and I. No, no, no we can’t! God what are we doing, this is crazy! Shut up, shut up I’ll be right there honey! Quiet! We’ll finish this conversation later. Let's get back to the podcast.

I really don’t know what’s wrong with me, but nevertheless, today’s story is one of the first I came across when I got super into extraterrestrials, or really when I gave my wife even more reasons to divorce me, but I’m persevering my friends - take that divorce! Ay oh! But divorce aside, if we’re ripping the bandaid off and getting straight to the meat and potatoes - today’s episode is about an alleged alien from venus (I know, I know) that visited the United States in 1957 to try and help or really, save Earth. That’s right folks an alien once visited earth from venus.

If that isn’t crazy enough, his name was apparently valiant thor. Yes, we all know Thor is the name of a character in the Marvel universe played by Chris Hemsworth, but if it’s any consolation Valiant Thor, similar to Chris Hemsworth, was a total smokeshow and who doesn’t love a hot alien? In fact, raise your hand if you love a hot alien. If you actually raised your hand you have a lot of soul searching to do. If you didn’t raise your hand, honestly you also have some soul searching to do.

Alright enough with all the foreplay, let's get to it my friends. Allegedly, Valiant Thor arrived in Virginia in 1957 sent from Venus - casual. From there, he allegedly spoke to some local police officers. I say allegedly because “fuck the police!” Just kidding, my friend is a cop and he’s an alright guy I guess, “hey josh how are ya buddy - fucking pig!” I’m kidding I have no friends, but I do wish someone could give me a transcript of that initial conversation “hey I’m from venus, which way is the white house?” But soon enough Valiant, valiantly made his merry way to the White House. I’ll kill myself now, I’m sorry.

Over the river and through the woods, to Eisenhowers house we go!

He was the president at the time, Eisenhower. That’s why I sang that song. It makes sense. I’m not weird.

Valiant Thor from Venus then arrived at the White House and was immediately put on VIP status - whatever that means - if I had to guess, he was probably given some delicious cucumber water?

I’d also imagine, some Hors d'oeuvres - pigs in a blanket are always good. I don’t mind pigs in a blanket being America’s appetizer intro to an alien. Like sure it’s not caviar, but it’s a hot dog wrapped in a blanket. If an alien can’t appreciate that, then aliens don't deserve us. That’s that loose quote you know, everyone always says that. If you can't handle me at my worst, then you don't deserve me at my best. I would say that and the Dave Matthews quote, “Turns out, not where but who you're with that really matters” truly dominated AIM profiles at their peak. Now I just sound like an old millennial…which I am.

In actuality, when Eisenhower was briefed on the reality of his new, beefcake of a house guest, he burst into tears because his religious beliefs were abruptly extinguished. It is a wild concept, “Hey My. President - everything you ever believed is a lie. And the alien’s hungry, where are the pigs in a blanket?” I actually realized after putting this episode together that my information was wrong. It was president Carter that cried on a totally unrelated occasion. Rumor has it, Eisenhower was actually in a smoking jacket and said, “Is the alien DTF?” Yep, that’s what happened.

Overall, Valiant Thor apparently lived at the pentagon for 3 years in a failed attempt to help humanity.

So how did I even hear about this nonsense? Good question, the first time I ever heard about Valiant Thor was on Reddit from an AMA or “Ask me anything” where participants allow the reddit audience to, you guessed it, ask them anything. Random people host AMA’s all the time, a quick check this evening showed the most popular AMA was titled quote “My parents divorced after 35 years of marriage. My dad came out as gay, a year later, my mother came out as gay also. Ask me anything.” There’s way too much to unpack there, but these AMA’s are most popular when famous celebrities take part. Woody Harrelson had a notoriously bad AMA many years ago.

Moving on, this AMA was with Paul Hellyer. Paul at the time was a 95 year old Canadian politician (he passed away 3 years later in 2021, may he rest in peace). He served for the government of Canada for many years (blame canada, blame canada! sorry) ...and he wrote a ton of books about things like capitalism, economics, finance, globalization, you name it. He also previously served as the Minister of Defense and Transport For Canada so you know, really unimpressive guy and in the Reddit AMA he introduced himself by saying quote,

“I want to discuss my experience with the cabal, deep state, global warming, politics and extraterrestrials, ask me anything.” Side note, I’ll discuss the cabal in my future clones episode and I’m not going to elaborate on that because it’s such a great sentence.

Speaking of elaboration, the first question for Hellyer in the AMA was, “can you elaborate on your experiences with extraterrestrials?” Hellyer’s response sent everyone into hysteria. Literal fucking hysteria.

He said, “I have only been in direct contact once personally when I was encouraged to keep up the good work I have been doing. I was told there are eight different species working together.
 with individuals like me who were involved with disclosure and spreading the truth. They also enhanced my ability to communicate telepathically.” My god what a fucking response from Hellyer.

Fittingly, the most upvoted or popular response to Paul’s mic drop response was from username GreenBabyshit. GreenBabyshit and I were in agreement as he said “I'm so glad I got here early.” Sure maybe greenbabyshit isn’t the classiest username, but I’m not one to talk, my initial thought for my reddit name was a tribute to my college roommates publicized fear of having a curved penis. We often called him “Captain hook” or “parabola dick” - poor bastard.

Curved penises aside, redditors soon went from hysterics and excitement to aggressive and demanding and there was one particular redditor, named tanks4me, that came in hot. He wrote which I edited slightly for clarity “Mr. Hellyer, I'm going to post these questions as a top level comment, a private message and through all the websites you’re listed on because I WANT THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED and I want to make sure you see them (this part was in all caps so you knew he was serious and honestly I was kind of turned on at this point). Continuing, I REALLY want to believe you are telling the truth, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. He then went on to ask several questions, the first being:

If aliens exist why hasn’t the government divulged this information to us? Oh you adorable fool, tanks4me.

Hellyer responded, “Governments, especially the US government, have been working with several species for decades and know an incredible amount about them. They have spent billions denying the existence of UFOs, ETs and their incredible characteristics. Only in recent days (this was on March 29, 2019), have former US defence officials admitted the reality of UFOs. I personally wonder about their motives. Unlike some whistle-blowers, I have broken no oaths. All my information has been gained from interviews and documents that have come my way, but our discussion today has barely scratched the surface of these subjects.” God Paul Hellyer was awesome.

The most important question asked of course, was, “If aliens exist, why haven't they revealed themselves to us?”

Hellyer responded “Some have. Valiant Thor, the benevolent Venusian, with an IQ of 1200, lived in the Pentagon for three or four years, offered us earthlings a richer, healthier life in exchange for giving up our nuclear weapons. His offer was not accepted.

So now you see where it all started.

Continuing, Hellyer then mentioned that you could learn more about this in his book called Hope Restored, and even see Thor's picture. Unfortunately for Paul, I’m a pretty sophisticated criminal as I grew up with limewire so I googled the photo instead of, you know, being a good person and buying the book - I’m sorry Paul.

The photo that comes up time and time again of the alleged valiant thor, is some smokeshow with gelled hair in what looks to be a courtroom. Lay down the alien Daddy!....I’m sorry, really I am.

Now, if you want to learn more about Valiant Thor on the ol’ boob tube, you can check out the episode “The mysterious 9” from Ancient Aliens. Honestly, that might be wrong. It might be The Mysterious 12 or something like that, but I believe it's The Mysterious Nine. It’s mysterious and a number, OK?! You’ll find it, relax. There’s also a book about Valiant Thor called “The Stranger at the Pentagon” available on audible or hard copy if you’re some kind of freak, artifact lover. Fair warning though, I used to listen to it on Audible and the gentleman that reads it has such a relaxing voice, it put me to sleep every time. But that’s an option for those of you that don’t naturally fall into a slumber while listening to a grown man speak. Not sure what that says about me, but hopefully it sounds as cool as I think it does. Men with deep voices put me to sleep. Yep, just as cool as I thought.

Another book that references Valiant Thor, is called “The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac.” This book outlines a bunch of different extraterrestrial species and regarding Thor, The author Craig Campobasso writes which I slightly edited for clarity quote, “Valiant Thor met with President Eisenhower on March 16, 1957, was put on VIP status for three years, and lived in an apartment beneath the Pentagon (By the way, I’ve always wondered what this apartment looked like - did he have a gameboy for the downtime?). Continuing, Valiant Thor arrived with a design to assist humanity. This proposal was a means to eliminate disease, poverty, and nuclear weapons. It was to be implemented in the United States first (fuck yeah, merica), and when proven successful, released to the rest of the world. The proposal was discussed during Thor’s years at the Pentagon. The Military was more interested in obtaining the technology of Thor’s saucers (Can’t say I blame them for that, who wouldn’t want to fly a UFO?). The powers that be rejected his proposal in the end, saying it would put doctors, nurses, pharmaceutical companies, etc. out of business and that the economy would crash.”

So basically, it sounds like a fucking genius alien shows up, guys handsome as ever, He's like “Hey, Eisenhower, things aren't looking too hot around here. How about I help you out? No more disease, no more poverty. And Eisenhower’s like, “Listen beefcake, shut those pretty little lips and fork over that technology.” And Thor’s like “What about disease?” And Eisenhower replies “Disease? I’ve got an economy to maintain Aquaman, or whatever your name is.” It’s tragic, really. For a president, he knew so little about basic comic book stuff.

So as we wrap up the story of beefcake thor, I must reference my favorite source of disclosure, the family of taygeta. If you don’t know who the family of taygeta are, I discuss them in my starseeds episode which you should check out, but TLDR - the family of taygeta consists of two pleaidian starseeds that receive clairvoyant messages from their alien family, which I realize sounds insane, but just go with it because they might be the best source of disclosure in the game - or completely insane, but I’m here for it. A particular message from the family of taygeta, takes Valiant Thor a bit further down the theoretical rabbit hole. Like, let's take shrooms and go down the rabbit hole kinda vibe, which I’m all about so don’t be a party pooper. Here’s the message which I trimmed down, like my pristine beach body, for brevity

“In These Moments We Will Discuss Our Beloved Friends From Venus! This Race Calls Themselves BENOKS.

BENOKS Are Loving And Kind. There Is Duality But No War (more on this in a moment). There Is Compromise With Discussions.

BENOKS Look Very Human In Stature And Features. Their Skin Is Much Thicker And More Of A Reddish Tan. Being Close To The Sun, This Manner Of Skin Is Protective . They Also Have Short, Thick, White Hair. (ever heard of sunscreen douche bags? Just kidding you silver foxes).

Continuing, There Are Leaders That Have Great Wisdom And Respect. These Are Known As Galactic Commanders And They Travel And Meet With Other Races. They Are Not Members Of The Galactic Federation (side note, the galactic federation is essentially the benevolent government of the universe run by pleiadians, which the Benoks AS noted, are not a part of…more on that sketchiness soon).

Continuing, The Benoks Have Always Been Aware Of Earth And Sent Great Teachers To Meet With Leaders To Share The Importance Of Spirit And Oneness. One Such Visitor Is Commander Valiant Thor (there he is!). He Met With President Dwight Eisenhower (see, I told you guys!) And Vice President Richard Nixon In An Effort To Stop Wars And Continual Harm To Humans.

Now in that message it says, "There is duality, but no war" which basically means the Benoks have disagreements. It’s not like they’re blowing each other up, but it’s still interesting that these godlike extraterrestrials are having disputes. Also, the galactic federation wrote the book, as we’ll discuss in a moment, on saving other planets. So why aren’t the benoks part of the galactic federation? Trouble in paradise, anyone?

To start, it might be fair to say I’ve read every single message the family of taygeta has ever released and many of them provide disclosure on unknown extraterrestrial races similar to the Benoks message, but with way more detail

Allow me to explain, the family of taygeta provides the name of the alien race, the location and some historical context. Based on their estimations, it seems the universe is actually like star wars and you name the planet - there’s aliens living on it and a lot of the aliens look fucking wild. One great example is an alien race called the Blue Avians that have the face of a bird - think Falco from super smash brothers. Caw caw! Sorry.

A recurring theme in these messages is the belief, among many of these disclosed races, that they're alone in the universe—much like us clueless humans. These races often go through cycles of struggle, conflict, and war… until, just as things seem to hit an unsustainable peak, the Galactic Federation swoops in from the heavens to lend a hand. Unlike Valiant Thor’s more “Hey, you guys open to some positive change?” approach, the Galactic Federation usually rolls in with a “Nah y’all are a hot ass mess, hold still for a second, we got you.”

Essentially, the aliens of the galactic federation are from planets living in pure, utopian peace sharing their ways with other planets. They allegedly do everything from upgrading the physical bodies of these struggling alien races to establishing peace and unity. It’s like one giant glow up. They’re apparently going to do the same thing for Earth. More on this when I talk about quote “the shift” in a future episode or the “shift” to a new earth which I know sounds crazy, but I’m here for the shrooms trip, people.

Now the Benoks, unlike some of the primitive races across the galaxy, don’t need to be saved. They are also not part of the galactic federation, but yet - tried to save earth? I’m Ron Burgundy? Sorry. The family of taygeta also noted the benoks experience “duality, but no war.” AKA they sometimes don’t get along. How spicy!

So what else could that mean? Could the Benoks have sort of a democrat/republican vibe going on and the democrats of Benok wanted to save earth, but the republicans were like “I don’t want my damn tax money wasted on those earthlings!” And was Valiant Thor sent to Earth against the wishes of the republicans and without consulting the galactic federation - is that even allowed? And could the galactic federation have been watching with 2nd hand embarrassment as Thor totally blew it? So many possibilities!

This is a horrendous comparison, but it would be like if an island of struggling, primitive humans were discovered for the first time off the coast of the United States and the government was slowly forming a plan to initiate contact. Naturally, these primitive folks would be alarmed to learn that an entire world exists outside of their island, but it would be a worthwhile intervention as they, in this fictitious example, could use our medical help…and while the US is forming their plan, Puerto Rico comes out of nowhere and sends people to their island to try and help. And they do a fine job, no shade to puerto rico, I’ve been wonderfully drunk in San Juan before, I love Puerto Rico, I could have easily chosen Bermuda I suppose, or guam I don’t fucking know, but the point is - did the benoks of Venus just swoop in like Puerto Rico did in my made up example? And when Puerto Rico swooped in did Ricardo fall in love with a local princess, but her elder, tribe leader of a Father objected because Ricardo wasn’t a local? And then Puerto Rico selfishly started annihilating this primitive island for it’s treasured resources and Ricardo tries to apologize to the princess because he knew their plan all along, but never thought he’d find love and she’s inconsolable. And then suddenly Ricardo wakes up on a ship and his legs don’t work and he’s staring at Sigourney weaver…yeah, I’m getting this story confused with Avatar. Sorry about that. Plus that was an incredibly poor retelling of Avatar, lets be honest.

Anyway, one of the most fascinating parts of the Valiant Thor story is that really, he was a failed salesperson and trust me, that deeply resonates with me as a continuously failing salesperson.

Now one of my favorite movies is War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise. War of the worlds depicts alien contact in the way most people might envision it - an ET craft dramatically emerging in a major city followed by aliens systematically eliminating humanity. Then again, if this actually went down I doubt they’d totally extinguish us before indulging in some delightful, you guessed, pigs in a blanket. God those beautiful morsels of food. Imagine smelling those bad boys being baked fresh?

That was actually a subtle reference to finding nemo when bruce the shark smells blood. One of my favorite, random, movie moments. That and when Davy Jones, the octopus looking villain in Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead's man chest says “Do you fear death?”

Either way, what’s so crazy about Thor’s arrival is how mundane it was. Beefcake landed in Virginia with a suit and tie on, made his way to the white house after renting a car from enterprise who fucking knows, introduced himself, explained his story and eventually met the President. I mean he must have been a pretty good salesperson to have not been thrown in a mental asylum immediately, but he spent several years pitching his ideas and ultimately was told no. Thor wasn’t an invader. He was God, but he was also a failed salesperson. Everyone’s alwaysssss like “if aliens exist where’s the proof” and here’s an alien in 1957 showing up, wanting to both announce himself and implement change and not only is it kept a secret in permanence, but he wasn’t even listened to.

So there you have it, Valiant Thor, the alien that tried to save humanity in 1957. Good looking out Thor and thank you for listening today my friends.