US Vice President JD Vance promised on Friday that he would thoroughly analyze the information available to the authorities regarding UFOs, adding that he considers the aliens to be “demons”, reports AFP.
“I haven't been able to devote enough time yet to really understand the subject, but I will, believe me. I'm obsessed,” Vance said in an amused tone on conservative Benny Johnson's podcast.
“I have three more years as vice president. I will look deeply into the UFO files,” he added.
The vice president was asked about Donald Trump's statements in February. The latter, citing the “great interest” of the public, said he wanted to order federal agencies to “identify and publish” the files on aliens and UFOs, the disclosure of which Americans have been demanding for decades.
The president was reacting in this way to the statements of his predecessor, Barack Obama, who had answered a question about the existence of extraterrestrials: “They exist, but I haven't seen them.”
“I don't know if it exists or not,” commented Donald Trump, also denouncing the disclosure of “classified information” by the former Democratic president.
Asked to comment on Friday, JD Vance estimated: “I don't think they're aliens. I think they're demons.”
Vice President JD Vance tells conservative influencer Benny Johnson that UFOs may be “demons,” not aliens, saying, “I Think They're DEMONS,” and adding, “one of the devil's great tricks is to convince people he never existed.” (2026)
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The vice president, a devout Catholic who converted in 2019, explained that he uses the term in its Christian sense, evoking “heavenly beings that fly around and do strange things to people.”
There is no evidence of a possible extraterrestrial origin for UFOs, these unidentified aerial phenomena that arouse fascination and numerous conspiracy theories.
In 2024, the Pentagon's office specializing in these matters, called AARO, said it had found “no empirical evidence” to conclude that certain “unidentified anomalous phenomena” are of extraterrestrial origin or that the US government is hiding such evidence.
