Let’s begin with the mundane, normal response, because this is how I’d reply. Obama said in an interview that he believed aliens existed.
…former President Obama piqued the interest of many Americans when he said on a separate podcast last month that aliens were “real,” but he had not seen them, and they were not being held at Area 51.
Obama attempted to walk back his comments the next day, saying that he “saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us.”
“I was trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round, but since it’s gotten attention, let me clarify. Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there,” Obama said in a post on Instagram.
That’s not “walking back,” that’s just clarifying a statement that he had initially assumed no one would be nuts enough to misinterpret. I also believe that there almost certainly alien intelligent organisms somewhere in the immense universe. There’s nothing magical about life, or intelligence. But I agree with Obama that there is no evidence of aliens, and that it is only a hypothetical likelihood.
Every scientist I know would agree with it. Typically, only some religious cranks argue that it’s not possible for aliens to exist. Of course, there are other cranks who argue that aliens have been visiting us already.
President Trump pledged a few days later to direct the Department of Defense and other agencies to release their files about UFOs and “alien and extraterrestrial life” to the public, citing the “tremendous” interest.
He previously told reporters he did not know if aliens were real and that he “may get him out of trouble” by declassifying records, referring to Obama.
The White House registered the domain names “Alien.gov” and “Aliens.gov” earlier this month, drawing speculation that information could be released soon.
I eagerly await the news from aliens.gov. Not holding my breath though.
And then there are the total wackos who believe aliens exist, but that they are supernatural beings.
JD Vance, the vice-president of the United States, said this weekend that he considers aliens to be “demons”.
With the war in Iran continuing, petrol and grocery prices soaring, and chaos continuing at US airports as a partial government shutdown endures, Vance appeared on the conservative Benny Show podcast, released on Saturday, to promise that he would spend time looking into what he called his “obsession” with UFOs and extraterrestrial visitors.
Johnson, who bills his show as the place for “cutting, behind-the-scenes insight into the global conflict for freedom”, wondered if Vance, who has been noticeably quiet about Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East that he is said to oppose, had yet looked at any of the files about unidentified flying objects – known these days as unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) – which the president has promised to release.
“I actually haven’t,” Vance replied, mustering significantly more enthusiasm than for any previous question about the US-Israel military strikes on Iran.
“I have not been able to spend enough time on this, but I am going to. Trust me, I’m obsessed with this.”
This is inarguable evidence that the intellectual ability of our political leaders declined precipitously between Obama and Vance.
Let’s make sure looney JD never gets to the presidency, OK?
Noah, Heath and Eli have already dissected this BS in God Awful Movies.
Gam196 “Alien Intrusion: Unmasking a Deception”
.https://youtube.com/watch?v=llUWbX4M618
Okay, so let’s approach this whole “do demons exist?” thing scientifically.
First step is to set down the characteristics that a “demon” should have, a bit afield of the usual “is it live? characteristics”, but the same general idea.
Not having a corporeal body
Only acting through normal humans, typically by rewarding/threatening them.
Potentially immortal
Lacking moral and ethical sense.
Capable of acting in many distant places at once.
Created by a few initiates in private ceremonies, involving dead languages.
SURE they exist! It’s just that we call them CORPORATIONS.
…and Republicans worship them.
A demon by any other name would be as foul.
The alien imposter in the government will stand out by being weirder than real humans.
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Goddamit, are they all aliens?
Snarki @ 2
Applauds!
Starting a war with Iran to distract from the Epstein crimes and the economic crisis you’ve created not working out very well JD?
I doubt anyone is going to find stories about aliens particularly diverting when they can’t afford gasoline or food now.
‘The Smoking Man’ in ‘The X Files’ would be a reassuring presence today – at least somebody is in charge and knows what he is doing!
Tethys, “Starting a war with Iran to distract from the Epstein crimes and the economic crisis you’ve created not working out very well JD?”
Wrong sycophant. He’s kinda not happy with it.
If he truly wasn’t happy he should be exercising one of his few enumerated duties and invoking the 25 amendment to remove the dementia patient from office.
Also, a naked linked YouTube video to the Washington Post? Ugh, that’s utter garbage compared to the videos Birgir shared.
New York Post, not the Washington Post. Damn allergy meds make me fuzzy brained.
And then there are the total wackos who believe aliens exist, but that they are supernatural beings.
JD Vance, the vice-president of the United States, said this weekend that he considers aliens to be “demons”.
Feels like they are flooding the zone with more BS.
Nothing the slightest bit original about that belief.
The fundie xians have been saying for decades that UFOs are real and piloted by demons.
The evidence for this is nonexistent but lack of proof or data has never stopped them from believing anything.
Vance, which even isn’t his original name, is unlikeable for many reasons.
One of which is that he is a completely hollow person. No real values, no redeeming features, no morality or ethics. There doesn’t seem to be any core personality except that Vance wants more power and money and will do anything to get it.
JD is literally a heartbeat away from the presidency right now
The heartbeat of a man in his 80s
Not a reassuring thought
Sorry, make that ‘on the very verge of his 80s’
Tsk, Tethys.
“Also, a naked linked YouTube video to the Washington Post? [New York Post, not the Washington Post. Damn allergy meds make me fuzzy brained.] Ugh, that’s utter garbage compared to the videos Birgir shared.”
Your opinion is duly noted (heh, FWTW), but you picked on the wrong sycophant warwise, and I linked to a primary source (actual footage) showing just that. The dynamics are not obscure.
Anyway.
The video is the video; that the source is X rather than Y matters not so long as it’s genuine and the relevant content.
You wrote (and I quote verbatim) “Starting a war with Iran to distract from the Epstein crimes and the economic crisis you’ve created not working out very well JD?”
Thing is, JD Vance lowkey has a well‑documented record of opposing to a U.S. war with Iran, but since entering the Trump administration he has publicly aligned himself with the war while privately remaining skeptical.
e.g. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-13/jd-vance-philosophically-little-bit-different-to-me-trump-says/106449548
(The relevant dude is the Christian Zionist warmonger with the Crusader Deus‑Vult aesthetic evangelical hardline Anti‑Islam polemicist — the dude that changed ‘Department of Defense’ to ‘Department of War’)
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It is an actual recording of actual events. Not speculative shite. A factual depiction.
(Hey, you can blame the meds!)