Billionaire Elon Musk has endorsed the theory that UFOs are a ‘new weapons program’ hidden in the US government’s vast black budget.
The tech mogul recently told Tucker Carlson that he believes “we are the aliens” because he has never seen alien life in the time he ran SpaceX.
“Unidentified flying objects are one thing,” the technology mogul said in the interview, “but there are always some secret programs on the way: new planes, new missiles and the like.”
His statements echoed those of the Pentagon itself – which reported that a spike in UFO sightings from the 1950s and 1960s was caused by tests of advanced US spy planes and space technology.
But Musk promised to be the first person to debunk this alien life and promises to post any evidence he discovers on his social media site X as soon as he finds it.
Elon Musk told expert Tucker Carlson that “unidentified flying objects are one thing, but there are always some secret programs going on: new planes, new rockets and the like.” He believed that UFOs are probably not aliens, but a top secret ‘new weapons program’
“I guarantee that as soon as I see any evidence of aliens, I will immediately post it on the X platform,” Musk told Carlson on the expert’s new show, which is hosted on the social media site X.
“It will probably be our number one post of all time,” the billionaire added.
But Musk said he believes UFOs now seen in the sky are classified military vehicles.
‘Where are the aliens? Why can’t I see them,” Musk told Tucker.
“A lot of people think we’re seeing aliens, but I haven’t seen any evidence.”
He went on to explain that SpaceX has more than 6,000 Starlink satellites in orbit and “not once have we had to maneuver around an alien spacecraft.”
Many skeptical commentators have long maintained that UFOs could be classified as US military test aircraft or other next-generation craft such as the Silent Ventus drone.
Created by Florida-based startup Undefined Technologies, the drone generates thrust by ionizing the air with custom-made electrodes.
There are also rumors that SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a secret $1.8 billion contract with the US intelligence agency National Reconnaissance Office, which may have been the secret weapons Musk was referring to.
But the comments from the perennial contender for the world’s richest man drew mixed reactions online, including from reporters responsible for exposing some of America’s most recognized and high-profile UFO whistleblowers.
Investigative journalist Ross Coulthart – who was in charge the first television interview with UFO whistleblower David Grusch last year – has long maintained that Musk knows more than he’s letting on about the government’s secret UFO programs.
“People who know what Elon Musk and SpaceX are up to have told me that he has been read in parts of ‘The Program,’” Coulthart told viewers of the cable channel. NewsNation this May.
“But right now he is taking the position he has taken,” he added. “Let’s see how long that lasts.”
Other critics on social media, however, were less measured in their criticism of Musk’s comments.
“So Elon says the USG has technology that can go from space to the surface of the ocean in seconds and at the same time make sharp turns without any visible means of propulsion or wings and disappear instantly before the eyes of pilots,” an X user shared.
“Then why is he wasting money on #SpaceX?”
A UAP researcher said Musk sounded almost “exactly like Mick West” during the interview.
‘It makes sense. They are all on the same team,” said Robert WR.
“They use the same words and the same way to say, ‘It’s PROBABLY this,’ without any evidence. They are hypocrites because that is what they accuse the UFO Com of. by.’
But Musk isn’t the only one putting forward the theory. In March, US officials said there was “no evidence” that the US government had found extraterrestrial life and that the UFOs sighted by Americans were merely objects from Earth.
Although the public criticizes Musk on X for his comments, he has at least been consistent with his views on UFOs throughout the year.
In May, the SpaceX founder said that the people who believe aliens are among us are the same people who believe NASA’s moon landings were fake.
Musk spoke on a panel titled “How to Save the Human Race and Other Lightweight Topics” at the 2024 Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles and gave a similar response to what he shared with Tucker.
Musk cited no secret knowledge for his assessment of Carlon’s program (above) – just his management of a global satellite internet network through Starlink. “We have 6,000 satellites in orbit and not once have we had to maneuver around an alien spacecraft,” Musk said.
“I haven’t seen any evidence of aliens,” Musk said. “And SpaceX, with the Starlink constellation, has roughly 6,000 satellites, and not once have we had to maneuver around a UFO. (…) Never. So I’m thinking, OK, I don’t see any evidence of aliens.’
Nevertheless, Musk’s network of 6,426 Starlink satellites currently in orbit (September 2024) routinely perform evasive maneuvers to avoid collisions. 275 such dodges per dayy to avoid other objects in the room.
This week, Musk gave his best unclassified assessment of what pilots and other military eyewitnesses encountered when they reported an alien craft.
“If you had the top secret compartmentalization clearance, you would know about this new program,” Musk hypothetically told Carlson. “So, you know, a pilot sees something moving fast and says, ‘Hey! I saw a UFO!”
Musk continued, speaking in the voice of a hypothetical senior Pentagon official, “Yes, that was actually a new weapons program, but we can’t tell you that.”
Musk’s doubling down on his stance this week was met by a similarly jaded response from Las Vegas-based KLAS-TV new reporter George Knapp, who has covered career-breaking stories on the UFO beat, from FBI raids on Area 51 civilian watchdogs to the ‘Mosul Sphere.’
‘Great news,’ Knapp posted to Musk’s X platform. “So when are they finally going to deploy those nifty Tic Tac (UFO) craft from 2004?”
The infamous 2004 Nimitz ‘Tic Tac’ UFO encounter remains unsolved to this day, earning a mention before Congress last summer when a US Navy pilot, an eyewitness to the baffling pill-shaped object, testified before Congress.