Vice President JD Vance says he's "obsessed" with UFOs and vowed to get to the bottom of the mystery before he leaves office.
“Trust me, anybody who’s curious about this, I’m more curious than anybody, and I’ve got three years of the very tippy-top of the classification. I’m going to get to the bottom of it,” he said on an episode of conservative commentator Benny Johnson’s podcast.
Johnson asked Vance if he had seen any of the UFO files released by the Trump administration. “I have not been able to spend enough time on this, but I am going to. Trust me, I’m obsessed with this.”
He said that he had planned a trip to the legendary "Area 51," but the timing never worked out. Vance then explained his ideas on the concept of UFOs and why they may not be from another planet at all.
“I don’t think they’re aliens. I think they’re demons, anyway, but that’s a longer discussion,” Vance said. Johnson wouldn't let Vance off the hook and pressed him on details about what he believed.
“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,” the vice president continued. “And I naturally go, when I hear about sort of extra-natural phenomenon, that’s where I go, is the Christian understanding that, you know, there’s a lot of good out there, but there’s also some evil out there.”
Wrestling with the unexplainable, trying to make sense of something that defies our understanding, is a good thing for a leader to do. He wants to give us answers, and that's something else a leader should do. I have no problem if Vance wants to interpret the UFO phenomenon through the prism of his strongly held personal, religious beliefs. In fact, many, many other people would agree with the vice president.
And that's why, if the government is actually withholding information about extraterrestrials visiting Earth, it should continue to do so.
I don't believe the government knows anything about aliens visiting Earth. I believe the military is very concerned about the flight characteristics of aircraft that apparently buzz our ships, planes, and military bases, but there's still no evidence that they are of extraterrestrial origin.
However, if such evidence existed, Vance's comments make a strong case for maintaining the secrecy of that information.
In Men in Black, Agent Jay, played by Will Smith, asks Agent Kay, played by Tommy Lee Jones, "Why the big secret?" about aliens. "People are smart. They can handle it," Jay says.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it," answers Kay.
The film was released in 1997, the dawn of the internet age. It's even worse now that social media has its hooks into us. Can you imagine what the revelation of the confirmed existence of aliens on Earth, or of those who have visited Earth, might mean for the human race? The cultural impact would be unprecedented.
A large percentage of people will never accept it, seeing it as a government trick or some other conspiracy. An even larger percentage will react as Vice President Vance does. They will see the revelation in religious terms, with all the emotion, even hysteria, that comes with strongly held beliefs.
It will not be a tranquil time on planet Earth.
A significant percentage would see it as a sign of the end times, and the subsequent upheavals seen in other end-time panics would occur. Think the "Heavens Gate" suicides on steroids.
Beyond the religious implications of discovering that alien civilizations have visited Earth, there would be a long-term shift in humanity’s self‑image. Carl Sagan's Contact and Liu Cixin's The Three‑Body Problem explored this problem in depth. "Who are we?" is a question that would take on a whole new meaning.
If we were allowed to explore it, it would be a life-altering experience for many people. I don't think we will have that luxury. I believe social media would spark a shattering panic, and some would seek to exploit it for power, money, or fame.
As individuals, humans are mostly smart, kind, and altruistic. But mobs are angry, violent, and destructive. What do you think will happen if the existence of intelligent alien life is confirmed to have visited Earth?
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