Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson predicted on Wednesday that the expected release of U.S. government files on UFOs and unidentified anomalous phenomena will probably fall short of the public’s most dramatic expectations.
Tyson Expects UFO Files To Disappoint
Tyson wrote in a New York Times op-ed that releasing government files on aliens and UFOs is worthwhile, but he said he expects the files to be “anticlimactic.” He argued that years of congressional testimony from self-described insiders and whistleblowers have already raised expectations so high that only physical proof of alien life would truly settle the matter.
Tyson joked that he would be delighted if the files came with “an actual alien,” preferably alive. In the op-ed, he said that if an authentic alien walked out of the halls of Congress, no one would ever again need to ask whether people “believe” in aliens, just as people do not question the existence of elephants. He added that such a being would become the literal “elephant in the room.”
Obama Says Alien Secrets Would Leak
Former President Barack Obama also pushed back this week on speculation that the government is hiding evidence of extraterrestrial life. Obama had drawn attention earlier this year after saying on the “No Lie” podcast that aliens are “real,” before clarifying that he meant he believes life likely exists somewhere in the universe, not that he had seen proof as president.
In a “Late Show” interview with Stephen Colbert that aired Tuesday, Obama said, “It hasn’t happened yet,” and argued that a secret involving aliens or alien spacecraft could not stay hidden. “I promise you some guy guarding the installation would have taken a selfie with one of the aliens and sent it to his girlfriend,” Obama said.
New UFO Disclosures
Interest in the issue has risen as President Donald Trump teases new disclosures. At a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix last month, Trump said he had directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to begin releasing files related to UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomena. He said officials had found “many interesting documents” and that the first releases would begin “very, very soon.”
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