Vance Says He’s Looking Into UFOs: “I Don’t Think They’re Aliens, I Think They’re Demons”
Vice President JD Vance threw out a piece of catnip for UFO fans during an interview with podcaster Benny Johnson on Friday, saying he’s going to look into it while he still has a top vice presidential security clearance. He doesn’t doubt that “extra-natural phenomena” could exist, but he instinctively interprets them through a Christian framework rather than science fiction: “I think that one of the devil’s great tricks is to convince people he never existed.” “I don’t think they’re aliens. I think they’re demons, anyway-but that’s a longer discussion,” Vance said. “I think the desire to describe everything celestial, everything that is 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.” “So I naturally, when I hear about sort of extra-natural phenomena, I go to the Christian understanding that there’s a lot of good out there, but there’s also some evil out there,” Vance said.
BENNY JOHNSON: You’re gonna release all the UFO files? J.D. VANCE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We’re working on it. It’s funny-when I came in, I was obsessed with the UFO files, and then you start getting really busy worrying about the economy and national security and things like that. But I’ve still got three more years as vice president. I will get to the bottom of the UFO files. BENNY JOHNSON: OK. Have you done a peek? J.D. VANCE: You know, I actually haven’t. I have not been able to spend enough time on this to really understand it, but I’m going to. Trust me, I’m obsessed with this. I’ve already had a couple of times where I’m like, All right, we’re going to Area 51, we’re going out to New Mexico, we’re gonna sort of get to the bottom of this, and then the timing of the trip just didn’t work out. But trust me, anybody who’s curious about this, I’m more curious than anybody, and I’ve got three years at the very, very tippy top of the classification. I’m gonna get to the bottom of it. BENNY JOHNSON: OK, so you haven’t been to Area 51 yet. J.D. VANCE: Not yet. BENNY JOHNSON: Some people say they keep the UFOs in Ohio- J.D. VANCE: Yeah, Hangar 18, Hangar 18, right? I’ve heard that as well, but I don’t know. I haven’t looked into it yet. BENNY JOHNSON: OK. All right. Well, we’re waiting for it. We saw aliens.gov. J.D. VANCE: I don’t think they’re aliens. I think they’re demons, anyway-but that’s a longer discussion. BENNY JOHNSON: Well, I can’t let you go without a follow-up on that, because Barack Obama was on this podcast, and he goes, Yeah, aliens are real, but here’s where they’re not. And, you know, I did not-so Obama says he has aliens. He gets asked point blank, Are aliens real? Oh yeah. And then he goes, But they’re not at Area 51. J.D. VANCE: So where are they? BENNY JOHNSON: Well, that’s what he says, right? It’s a great question. Trump had to go save him, and he said he’s gonna declassify. So you think they’re demons? J.D. VANCE: Well, look, I think that celestial beings who fly around, who do weird things to people-I think the desire to describe everything celestial, everything that is 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. And I naturally go, when I hear about sort of extra-natural phenomena, to the Christian understanding that 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.
