J.D. Vance does not believe that extraterrestrials are aliens from outer space as traditionally imagined.
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"I don't think I don't think they're aliens. I think they're demons," he said on a recent podcast.
Vance is the latest politician to wade into little-green-man discourse, following Donald Trump's demand for the release of the so-called "UFO files," and Barack Obama claiming that aliens are "real," though he hasn't seen them.
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JD Vancehas waded into the extraterrestrial discourse seemingly happening at the upper echelons of American political power with a perspective that is, to say the least, a bit offbeat.
"When I came in, I was obsessed with the UFO files," the vice president told conservative podcasterBenny Johnsonon Friday, referring to the cache of files related to "alien and extraterrestrial life" that President Donald Trumpcalled to releasein February. Vance said that he hasn't had even a "peek" at said files, due to the demands of "the economy and national security and things like that."
But anyway, it might not even matter, because to Vance, aliens as we know them don't even exist: "I don't think they're aliens. I think they're demons."
Vance explained that he believes "celestial beings, who fly around and do weird things to people" are not necessarily otherworldly extraterrestrials in theE.T.orAliensense, as we've come to think of them.
"I think that the desire to describe everything celestial [as] otherworldly, to describe it as aliens — I mean, every great world religion, including Christianity, the one that I believe in, has understood that there are weird things out there. And there are things that are very difficult to explain," he said. "And I naturally go, when I hear about sort of extra-natural phenomenon, that's where I go to, is the Christian understanding."
What is that understanding in relation to little green men who rocket around on flying saucers, mutilating livestock, and airlifting unwitting corn farmers?
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"There's a lot of good out there, but there's also some evil out there. And I think that one of the devil's great tricks is to convince people he never existed," Vance explained, paraphrasingThe Usual Suspects' Verbal Kint.
Vance conceded that he has "not been able to spend enough time on this to really understand it," but because he is "more curious than anybody" about aliens, demons, what have you, he vowed: "I've still got three more years as vice president. I will get to the bottom the UFO files."
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TheHillbilly Elegyauthor turned conservative firebrand is the latest politician to weigh in on the potential existence of aliens.
Days before Trump called for the declassification of files related to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), his predecessor,Barack Obama, confused the massesby claiming on a podcast that aliens are "real, but I haven't seen them." But quickly clarified, "I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!"
For what it's worth, EGOT-winnerWhoopi Goldberg claimedon a recent episode ofThe Viewthat aliens are "already here... They've been here for quite some time." And she was onStar Trek!
Perhaps its all a sophisticated promotional campaign forDisclosure Day,E.T.director Steven Spielberg's long-awaited return to the subject matter of little green men. Thefirst teaserfor the film starring Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor dropped in December, and the film is set for release on June 12, 2026.
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