US Vice President JD Vance astounded the UFO community by claiming curiosity and obsession over UFO’s, while simultaneously stating he believes aliens are actually demons.

Over the course of the last few weeks, speculation has been rife with supposed plans for the US government to publicly release decades of the Pentagon UFO files.

It came as a big surprise to UFO followers that, speaking on The Benny Show podcast, Vance weighed in that there was no one more cautious than himself, and that he had three years of being at the “very tippy-top of the classification.”

What else did Vance say?

Vance also claimed he is “obsessed” with UFOs, yet said, “I actually haven’t looked at the files,” which later ruffled feathers in the space community.

The vice president put a further spin on events by linking religion to the topic of terrestrials by stating, “I don’t think they’re aliens, I think they’re demons anyway,” veering away from the discussion at large lately, which has been about President Donald Trump’s plans to release UFO files to the public.

When probed further by the host to expand on his observations, Vance again played on faith to associate the paranormal by explaining:

Well, look, I think that celestial beings who fly around, who do weird things to people. I think that the desire to describe everything celestial, everything is otherworldly, to describe it as aliens.

These comments represented a marked regression in tone from the much-debated disclosure movement.

To top it all off, Vance also told the host that he had tried to get to Area 51 on a couple of occasions in the past to try to “get to the bottom of this.”

Vance also stated that when he came into office, he “was obsessed with the UFO files,” which layered his narrative further with confusion.

JD Vance Tells Me That UFOs are DEMONS:

“I Think They’re DEMONS” 🛸

“I don’t think they’re aliens. There are weird things out there that are very difficult to explain.”

The Vice President tells me he’s going to AREA 51 with his Top Secret Security Clearance to FIND OUT.

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undefined Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 27, 2026

Why did he say these things?

Vance made his comments on The Benny Show, a conservative, right-wing podcast that often ties in religious themes.

Previous guests also include Catholic pastors like Jack Hibbs and political activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated in September last year.

Vice President Vance, framing the alien disclosure topic to be about believing vs not believing, was going out to a different kind of audience than more niche UFO podcasts, such as when Congressman Eric Burlison talked about footage he has actually seen.

By stating that he hasn’t been able to spend enough time on the UFO files and by failing to access Area 51, Vance can make non-observations while still maintaining “we’re working on it” when prompted about whether the administration will actually release the files.

The reaction among the community

On social media, the audience took to disbelief and mockery when examining Vance’s comments.

“A couple of times now, I thought: I oughta check this out. I haven’t checked a thing, though. By the way, I’m OBSESSED with this topic,” mocked Redditor @mintmouse, picking out obvious contradictions, in the cult Reddit r/UFO’s group.

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User @u/kooley211 was more forthright in their opinion, dubbing Vance “a liar, manipulator, and he's using the UAP topic to serve his own agenda.”

Meanwhile, over on X, below Benny Johnson's Tweet, one Christian poster tried to get to the bottom of the semantics, observing that “we're not alone in this universe and everything else out there isn't automatically demonic.”

With the topic under more increased scrutiny than ever, comments from politicians, especially, will be the talk of the community, especially when they are as “out-there” as Vance’s.

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