Strange as it may seem (the reasons for it are worth a more detailed look at some point) a belief in UAPs/UFOs seems to be increasingly right-coded. At the same time the notion that our (supposed) extraterrestrial visitors are “demonic” has also been gaining some ground. The latter was an argument that I first encountered, somewhat unexpectedly, at an entertaining if unconvincing lecture in, of course, Roswell, NM, nearly a decade ago. While parts of UFOworld have long believed that aliens were spiritual manifestations of some sort or another, these manifestations were typically thought of as being on the side of light. Quite a few now seem to be opting for darker interpretations, including, it seems, JD Vance.

Vice President Vance revealed in a new interview that he is “obsessed” with unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, vowing to get to the bottom of the mystery before leaving office. . . . He then suggested that the concept of aliens was a human attempt to explain the unexplainable, saying that he believes it’s a different force behind the phenomena. “I don’t think they’re aliens, I think they’re demons anyway, but that’s a longer discussion,” Vance said, prompting Johnson to seek clarification. “I mean every great world religion, including Christianity, the one that I believe in, has understood that there are weird things out there, and there are things that are very difficult to explain,” the vice president continued. “And I naturally go, when I hear about sort of extra-natural phenomenon, that’s where I go, is the Christian understanding that, you know, there’s a lot of good out there, but there’s also some evil out there.”

Vice President Vance revealed in a new interview that he is “obsessed” with unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, vowing to get to the bottom of the mystery before leaving office. . . .

He then suggested that the concept of aliens was a human attempt to explain the unexplainable, saying that he believes it’s a different force behind the phenomena.

“I don’t think they’re aliens, I think they’re demons anyway, but that’s a longer discussion,” Vance said, prompting Johnson to seek clarification.

“I mean every great world religion, including Christianity, the one that I believe in, has understood that there are weird things out there, and there are things that are very difficult to explain,” the vice president continued. “And I naturally go, when I hear about sort of extra-natural phenomenon, that’s where I go, is the Christian understanding that, you know, there’s a lot of good out there, but there’s also some evil out there.”

James T. Kirk might be somewhat surprised, Russell Kirk less so.

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