Vance raises eyebrows with answer on UFOs: 'There are things out there we can't explain'

Vice President JD Vance raised a few eyebrows on Wednesday with remarks in a new podcast interview proclaiming himself a big believer in UFOs and unexplained phenomena.

The comments were made during an interview with New York Post columnist Miranda Devine on a Pod Force One podcast.

"One last question about UFOs," said Devine, as she and Vance both chuckled. "I'm a mad UFO looney toon as well."

"Me too," Vance replied with a laugh.

Devine brought up that Vance previously said he would "figure out" what's going on with UFOs. As she began to ask about his progress on the topic that has fascinated Americans for decades, Vance admitted he hadn't.

"It was a little tongue-in-cheek. I have not figured it out yet. I haven't had the time to figure it out yet," he said.

Vance said he's not alone in his fascination with the topic —Secretary of State Marco Rubio apparently feels similarly.

"There's certainly an interest there, certainly an intrigue, but I haven't yet had the time to dig in. Things have been so busy," he added.

Vance said there's a "crazy person" inside him who will "put the tinfoil hat on from time to time," and pledged not to let himself get too busy not to get to the bottom of the UFO phenomenon.

When Devine asked if Vance agrees with President Donald Trump's top spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, that aliens are real, Vance refused to go that far, but acknowledged, "I’m a big believer that there are things out there that we can't explain.

"If one person sees an alien, maybe I see an angel or a demon," he said. "I’m a big believer that there are like spiritual forces working on the physical world that a lot of us don’t see and a lot of us don’t understand.”

He said what could be viewed as an alien could actually be a guardian angel — or a more sinister entity that "actively wishes us harm."