'They're demons': Vice President JD Vance quips on existence of aliens

Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAYSat, March 28, 2026 at 4:09 PM UTC

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'They're demons': Vice President JD Vance quips on existence of aliens

If the truth is out there when it comes to unexplained phenomena in the sky, Vice President J.D. Vance doesn't think it's aliens from outer space.

Asked by podcaster Benny Johnson about releasing so-called UFO files, the vice president veered into his belief that rather than visitors from another planet it is supernatural forces at play.

"I don't think they're aliens, I think they're demons," Vance said in a March 27 episode.

Vance expressed a strong interest in unidentified aerial phenomena, UAPs, before being elected as President Donald Trump's running mate, the administration has pledged to release more government files on the topic. He emphasized the importance of open inquiry while cautioning against premature conclusions about "weird things" that he has a more religious view about.

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"The Christian understanding that there's a lot of good out there, but there's also evil out there. I think that one of the devil's great tricks is to convince people he never existed.”

Discussions about the existence of aliens have been an undercurrent of Trump's second administration but that interest is nothing new. In 2023, for instance, Congress passed a law requiring the National Archives and Records Administration to establish a collection of government documents about UAPs.

But the issue was thrust back into the public spotlight this year thanks in part to former President Barack Obama, who during a February interview with podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen said aliens were real, "but I haven't seen them."

The former president quickly clarified that his response was in "the spirit of the speed round," portion of the interview, and that the chances aliens have visited Earth is "low." He said he saw "no evidence" of them during his tenure.About a month later the Trump administration made headlines when a federal agency obtained two website domains – Alien.gov and Aliens.gov – that added fuel to speculation after Trump said he would order the release of government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'They're demons': Vance shares thoughts on UFO speculation

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