JAKARTA - US Vice President JD Vance has made an unusual view on UFOs and aliens. In an interview with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson, Vance said he was not sure that UFO sightings were related to extraterrestrials. According to Vance, the explanation is closer to spiritual issues.
HuffPost which was quoted on Monday, March 30 reported that the interview was released on Saturday. In the discussion, Vance admitted that he was very interested in government research on the possibility of life on other planets. However, Vance's answer was unexpected.
"I don't think it's an alien. I think it's a demon," Vance said, as quoted by HuffPost.
When asked to explain, Vance said many people tend to call everything that is heavenly or difficult to explain as aliens. In fact, according to Vance, every major religion in the world, including the Christianity he believes in, has long known about strange things that are difficult to explain.
Vance, who grew up an atheist and became Catholic as an adult, said his faith influenced the way he viewed supernatural phenomena. "I think one of the great deceptions of the devil is to convince people that he never existed," he said.
The statement came as the UFO issue was again widely discussed in the United States. HuffPost wrote, last month President Donald Trump announced plans to release government documents related to aliens, extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena or UAP, and unidentified flying objects or UFOs.
This topic, according to Vance, was also discussed by him with Secretary of State Marco Rubio when the two were still senators. In an interview on New York Post's Pod Force One in October, Vance said that interest in UFO mysteries was not a foreign matter in the Washington elite environment.
He even alluded, at least from time to time, that they were involved in speculation. "We all occasionally get involved in speculation," said Vance.
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