A man identifying himself as Alexander Smith claims the CIA sent him to 2118, where artificial intelligence governs Earth following World War III.
The masked interviewee described his alleged journey in videos published by YouTube channel ApexTV in 2018. His claims have resurfaced in reports during 2026.
Smith says a war involving the United States, North Korea and Russia eventually brings countries together under an AI leader. He has provided no independently verifiable evidence that he travelled through time or worked on a secret CIA experiment.
Why He Claims AI Will Govern Earth
According to Smith, tensions between the United States and North Korea escalate after Russia sides with North Korea. Missiles are fired, although he does not specify where they land or precisely when the conflict takes place.
He claims the devastation changes attitudes towards national borders and warfare. Countries grow closer, and people come to value peace and human life more deeply.
In his version of the future, artificial intelligence takes over the governing role traditionally held by political leaders. Smith portrays an AI leader as better equipped to preserve peace and security.
This remains his prediction, not an independently established account of future events.
His Alleged CIA Journey to 2118
Smith says he was recruited for a classified time-travel experiment in 1981. He claims he was sent 137 years into the future and then returned to his own time using technology kept secret from the public.
'I visited the year 2118 as part of a top-secret CIA mission,' he said in an interview published by ApexTV. He also claimed that authorities pursued him after he spoke publicly about the experience.
He appeared wearing a mask, and his identity has not been independently confirmed. No authenticated records have been presented to establish his alleged assignment or the existence of the experiment.
The Photograph Presented as Evidence
During an interview, Smith displayed a blurry picture which he claimed showed a futuristic city called 'District 508'. The image appears to show unusually shaped high-rise buildings, but its origin and location have not been verified.
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He describes advanced architecture, flying transport and robots with rights. He also claims people in the future use implanted technology for identification and payments.
Smith alleges that officials confiscated his original photograph, leaving him with a copy. Nothing in the image independently establishes that it was taken in 2118.
His Predictions for 2028
Smith predicts that time-travel technology will become available for commercial and other uses in 2028. He also claims the US government will acknowledge intelligent extraterrestrial life that year, followed by alien visits beginning in the middle of the 21st century.
Neither prediction has been substantiated.
NASA explains that relativity affects how quickly clocks run under different conditions of speed and gravity. That established science does not demonstrate a machine capable of transporting someone to 2118 and back.
A 2024 US Department of Defense review found no verifiable evidence that government investigations had confirmed extraterrestrial technology.
That conclusion does not establish whether life exists elsewhere in the universe. As of November 2026, Smith's purported journey remains unverified. His specific forecasts for 2028 concern events that have yet to occur.
