Austin Witsit

Austin Witsit

Real name	Austin David Whitsitt
Location on the globe	US
Main platform	YouTube
Papa flerf	Nathan Thompson
Flerfzi?	Yes
Religiflerf?	Yes
Drinks urine?	never been falsified
Adopted By	not adopted yet
Teeth	slightly less than full set

Austin David Whitsitt, known online as 'Witsit Gets It or "Unemployed Austin", is an American content creator and prominent advocate of flat Earth theories. He is known for his participation in debates and discussions challenging mainstream scientific views. In December 2024, Whitsitt participated in The Final Experiment in Antarctica, where he acknowledged the existence of the 24-hour sun, a phenomenon that challenges flat Earth models.

Known Accounts

Platform	Account
Witsit.tv	witsit.tv
Twitter	@WitsitGetsIt
Patreon	WitsitGetsIt
Rumble	WitsitGetsIt
Rokfin	witsitgetsit
Ko-fi	witsit
Telegram	miswits
Telegram	witsitgetsit
Telegram	witsitstreams
Audit NASA	auditnasa.com
YouTube	Witsit Gets It

Arrest History

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Arrest History

Date	Reason	Mugshot	Records	Notes
Apr 9, 2013	Possession of Marijuana	N/A	County Criminal Record Newspaper Article 2013-04-09
Apr 5, 2014	Driving While License Revoked	N/A	County Criminal Record
Oct 4, 2015	Assault	N/A	News article Pennsylvania Courts Docket Archived version	Punched someone at a bar
2016	Public intoxication
Oct 10, 2018	Public intoxication
Mar 5, 2019	Shoplifting
Mar 23, 2021	Possessing marijuana		Mugshot
Aug 4, 2021	Demonstration in Undesignated Area (Yellowstone National Park)	N/A	Dockets: PACER · CourtListener · Casetext · Casetext (Appeal) Court Documents: Motion to Dismiss · Denial of Motion · Trial Minutes · Judgment	Found guilty after bench trial on April 18, 2022. See full case details below.
Oct 2, 2023	Domestic battery		Florida Arrest Record	Spit on his wife's face

United States v. Whitsitt — Yellowstone Federal Case

Case No. 5:21-PO-00627-MLC, United States District Court for the District of Wyoming

Background

On August 4, 2021, Whitsitt was at the Mammoth Hot Springs gas station in Yellowstone National Park when he began spontaneously preaching about flat earth, biblical cosmology, COVID-related government overreach, and anti-government conspiracy theories from inside a recreational vehicle to passersby. Park rangers had received advance notice from Mount Rushmore National Memorial about Whitsitt, who had previously been cited there for a First Amendment protest permit violation while filming for TikTok with amplified speakers. Radio communications between rangers described the subjects as "flat earthers" whose speech had been "political in nature."

Ranger David Dunn (#1400) issued Whitsitt a violation notice, originally charging "failure to obtain a permit." Upon detainment, the ranger told Whitsitt that "First Amendment activity" required a permit. The charge was later amended to "Demonstration in Undesignated Area" under 36 C.F.R. § 2.51(b)(j).

Whitsitt's Pro Se Defense

Whitsitt represented himself throughout the case. He filed two motions to dismiss — one for facial invalidity of 36 C.F.R. § 2.51, and a second arguing First Amendment violations. His filings listed a Box Elder, South Dakota mailing address (514 Americas Way PMB 17789) and his Protonmail email (Witsit@protonmail.com).

Motion to Dismiss for First Amendment Violation (Doc. 29)

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Filed March 14, 2022, Whitsitt's 16-page motion argued the government violated his First Amendment rights in seven areas:

1. Free Exercise of Religion — Whitsitt framed flat earth advocacy as a religious obligation, arguing the Bible describes the earth as "an immovable and fixed, topographical plane, contained within a firmament." He cited several Scripture passages and claimed a spiritual duty to warn people about what he described as government deception regarding the shape of the earth, COVID masking, vaccine mandates, lockdowns, temperature screenings, and digital tracking systems. He connected all of these topics to the biblical "Mark of the Beast" prophecy in Revelation 13.
2. Number of the Beast — Whitsitt argued the heliocentric model is encoded with the number 666, citing the earth's axial tilt (66.6°), orbital speed (66,600 mph), and other figures. He claimed NASA's name means "to deceive" in Hebrew and that NASA projects are named after pagan deities.
3. Freedom of Speech and Press — He argued he was spontaneously speaking from inside a recreational vehicle at a gas station while waiting for a blocked exit to clear, and that the ranger's requirement of a permit for any "First Amendment activity" constituted prior restraint.
4. Peaceable Assembly — Whitsitt contended that bystanders voluntarily gathered on public sidewalks to listen, which the government mischaracterized as a disruptive "traffic jam."
5. Grievances — He argued the government specifically targeted his speech because it was critical of the government ("anti-government").
6. Content-Based Censorship — Whitsitt pointed to the Mount Rushmore BOLO communication and the ranger's interest in the content of his speech as evidence of viewpoint discrimination.
7. Unconstitutional "First Amendment Areas" — He cited Boardley v. U.S. Department of the Interior, 615 F.3d 508 (2010), which found that requiring individuals to obtain permits before engaging in expressive activities in designated "free speech areas" violates the First Amendment.

Denial of Motion to Dismiss

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The court denied Whitsitt's motion to dismiss for First Amendment violations.

Discovery Dispute (Doc. 37)

Whitsitt requested production of all evidence related to the incident, including all permit request approvals and denials in Yellowstone since 2013 and all superintendent designations of free speech areas. In an order dated April 11, 2022, Chief Magistrate Judge Kelly H. Rankin denied the request, finding the government had complied with Rule 16 discovery obligations and that Whitsitt had not made a prima facie showing of materiality for the additional records.

The government also admitted during a status conference that body camera footage from Ranger L'Ecuyer could not be located, but denied altering or redacting any audio or video recordings.

Bench Trial (Doc. 38)

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The bench trial took place on April 18, 2022, before Chief United States Magistrate Judge Kelly H. Rankin, at Mammoth Hot Springs with some parties appearing via Zoom. The government was represented by Jonathan Coppom; Whitsitt represented himself.

Witnesses called by the Government:

• Ranger David Dunn — the citing officer
• Lucia Petrin — civilian witness
• Michael Anderson — civilian witness
• Denise Foster — civilian witness
• Ranger Jill Paxton

Witnesses called by the Defense:

• Ranger L'Ecuyer — the government had initially declined to call this witness, and their body camera footage was missing
• Ranger David Dunn (recalled)

The government moved to enter Exhibit 5 (video of Whitsitt at Mount Rushmore); Whitsitt objected, but the judge admitted it.

The judge began findings at 12:08 PM and found Whitsitt guilty at 12:21 PM.

Sentence (Doc. 40)

Full document

Whitsitt was sentenced on April 18, 2022:

• Fine: $500
• Processing fee: $30
• Special assessment: $10
• Total financial penalty: $540 (due by July 1, 2022)
• Unsupervised probation: 1 year
• Special condition: Banned from entering Yellowstone National Park for 1 year

Other Info

• Frequently engages in flerf-on-flerfs with Nathan Oakley.
• One of only four flat earthers who travelled for The Final Experiment.
• Suspended for fighting at a football game Local Newspaper Article

Selected Quotations

Full moon and new moon

Will Duffy: What is a full moon and what is a new moon on your model?

Austin Whitsitt: I think it's probably like a magnetic cycle, and just like the center of a ferrocell image of a magnet, it's just completely black. It's actually just pure inertia in the center in the ferrocell image of a magnet. I think that's what it is. It just actually goes into its inertial state and then charges back up and once it becomes, like, aetherically displaced again, you start to see it charge up throughout its cycle, and then it goes back. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}

Southern compasses

Austin Whitsitt: Apparently southern compasses are a psyop.

Misogyny And Domestic Abuse

Evidence of Misogyny and Abuse

Witsit makes misogynist statements. Furthermore, police arrested him for assaulting his partner in 2023. Court records indicate Witsit made hostile and aggressive gestures. He then spit on his partner's face without consent. Court Record

On March 18, 2025, a surveillance video surfaced from Witsit's residence dated December 24, 2024. In the video, Witsit verbally abuses his partner and gestures violently towards her. Some of the verbal abuse Witsit gives to his partner in the video includes claiming to hate her, calling her names, claiming she likes it rough, and punching the nearby furniture.

Statistics About Children In Households With Intimate Partner Violence

Witsit claims to have two children making the accusations of domestic abuse particularly worrisome.

• Between 30% and 60% of children with an abusive parent ends up being abused themselves.
• Children are 15 times more likely to experience abuse overall when subjected to a household with interpersonal violence between the parents.
• Around 20% of intimate partner violence that go to court involve a child witness.

Misogynistic Video About Blue Origin Flight

On April 18, 2025, Witsit released a live stream video titled "Powerful Feminists Defeat Sexism by Pretending to go to Space w/ Blue Origin" in which he talked about a recent Blue Origin flight crewed by women. He repeatedly mocked and denied the oppression of women and claimed women receive special privileges. He then proceeded to call the women "bimbos" and make fun of their appearance. Austin finally claimed that men should be leaders and women should follow. He uses homophobic slurs throughout the video.

Snake Oil Salesman

Witsit tries to sell snake oil to his viewers. Austin owns the website, Aetheric State, where he sells an electrolyte drink mix. The manufacturer suggests the drink mix might cure cancer. Witsit charges $160 USD for the mix, however, it costs less than $15 USD to make the exact same drink mix using ingredients bought from the supermarket. Globesec wrote an article referring to the drink mix as "Aetherade."

Alleged Substance Abuse at Debate Convention

Witsit attends 'Debate Cons' as a speaker, but in one instance was noted by onlookers to be singularly unpopular at the VIP lunch afterwards, with event organisers specifically attempting to steer guests to spend time with him at his table:

It is further alleged that he returned from a bathroom break, quote "tweaked out of his mind".

White Supremacism

Austin co-hosted a podcast entitled 'White Families, White Nation' in 2024 alongside a number of other believers in ethnic and racial determinism such as host Brother Nathaniel.

"Whitsitt: You have a problem with Jewish supremacy but white people need to also take responsibility. That's why I said, nobody put a gun to your head and said you can't have babies. No one put a gun to your head and said this take out this loan, no one put a gun to your head and said 'go get addicted to porn'. Those are all weapons of Jewish supremacy. But it requires consent. So individual responsibility, collective responsibility is a major part of it. I think the conversation calling out this power structure IS ALREADY BEING NORMALIZED. Just go look look at X [social media]. It's al-- too late, like, the cat's already out of bag in my opinion. It's much more about collectivizing the reaction. Right, instead of kind of letting it -- get out of control."

He continues to 'hang out' on social and streaming platforms into 2025 with antisemitic content creators.