Ancient Aliens star David Wilcock died in an apparent suicide following a standoff with Boulder, Colorado, police. He was 53.
Boulder police confirmed in a press release on Wednesday, April 22, that Wilcock died two days earlier following an altercation with law enforcement near the town of Nederland, Colorado.
Police were dispatched to the scene on Monday, April 20, at around 11:02 a.m. local time after a 911 dispatcher received an emergency call from someone who can have been “experiencing a mental health crisis,” per the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office.
Wilcock died “inside minutes of deputies’ arrival,” police said in a Wednesday press release.
Officers on site later “searched the residence and surrounding property and didn’t locate some other individuals,” in response to the sheriff’s office. No wider threat to the community was identified.
Us Weekly has reached out to Wilcock’s production company for comment.
Wilcock — a preferred paranormal YouTuber and writer — alarmed some fans by tweeting on Friday, April 18, that he might cancel a planned live stream as a result of some “intense stuff” happening in his life.
“I’m not yet sure if I’m doing a show tomorrow. I’ve had some very intense stuff occurring this weekend. Either way, I need you all to understand how much I like and appreciate you,” he wrote via X. “At all times do not forget that the Creator is inside — and we live in a loving universe. I’m very grateful to you for your whole love, care and support.”
Hours later, Wilcock assured his followers that he’d “slept miraculously well last night” and planned to push forward with a livestream examining whether President Donald Trump may be “the antichrist” after posting an AI image that seemingly depicted him as Jesus Christ. (Trump later deleted the photo but refused to apologize, insisting that he thought the photo depicted him as a physician.)
David Wilcock in “The Cosmic Secret.” Courtesy 1091 Media / courtesy Everett Collection
“Are all of us in an enormous psy-op here? Are we going to make it? Is there a schism between POTUS and the Alliance? Why have they posted things implying there’s?” Wilcock asked while promoting the show. “Why is he turning on top influencers like Tucker [Carlson], Alex [Jones] and Candace [Owens] and acting so strangely? I need to have an honest discussion about this and not only sugar-coat it. I need to listen to your thoughts.”
Wilcock was a consulting producer and on-air expert on the History Channel’s docuseries Ancient Aliens, which explored controversial theories that extraterrestrials were involved in lost civilizations and other related Ufology topics. Smithsonian criticized Ancient Aliens as “shiny, documentary-format rubbish” while other mainstream publications accused the series of promoting pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.
Apart from his many appearances in UFO documentaries, Wilcock was a key figure within the disclosure movement, which argues that world governments are withholding crucial intelligence proving that earth has been visited by aliens. His books Awakening within the Dream and The Ascension Mysteries were Recent York Times bestsellers.
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