JD Vance Settles on "Demons" as the Explanation for UFOs

​Over the weekend, Vice President JD Vance sparked a bit of a social media storm when he told rightwing podcaster Benny Johnson that he believes UFOs to be demons. Vance added that he has long been obsessed with UFOs, but despite the presence of Satan’s minions in America’s skies, he has simply been too busy to take measures to prevent the infernal forces from buzzing military bases and abducting hapless Christian farmers. 

​​“I don’t think they’re aliens. I think they’re demons anyway, but that’s a long discussion,” Vance said. “When I came in, I was obsessed with the UFO files, and you start getting really busy worrying about the economy and national security, and things like that. But I’ve still got three years left as vice president,” Vance explained, without explaining why demons invading the sky is not a serious national security issue.

“I have not been able to spend enough time on this to really understand it, but I am going to. Trust me, I’m obsessed with this,” he added. “I’m more curious than anybody, and I’ve got three years of the very tippy top of the classification.”
 
The comments are nearly identical to those Vance made in a New York Post podcast last fall. At the time, he similarly said he was too busy to stop the demonic incursions.
 
In the ensuing months, Vance has apparently made no movement to “understand” Satan’s aerial invasion, even though his boss, Donald Trump, ordered the release of the government’s alleged alien files earlier this year.
 
In 2024, Vance, then a senator, also claimed to be interested in UFOs but to know nothing about their origins. A year later, speaking to the Post podcast, Vance indicated UFOs could be “angelic” or “demonic.” It appears he has now settled definitively on demons, so there has been at least some movement.