It's good to see Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson finally acknowledging there is indeed a truth behind the UFOs mystery. But it's important he acknowledges how, as a scientist, he has dismissed the possibility of an anomalous explanation for UFOs/UAPs for many years:
2017 (CNN Interview)
“Call me when you have a dinner invite from an alien. The evidence is so paltry for aliens to visit Earth, I have no further interest.”
Source: CNN "New Day" interview with Alisyn Camerota, December 20, https://t.co/tRkJhOBNQz
“The universe brims with mysteries. Just because you don’t know what it is you’re looking at doesn’t mean it’s intelligent aliens visiting from another planet... Scientists live in mystery every day of our lives… People are uncomfortable not knowing, not the scientists. I’m fine. We don’t know what it is. Keep checking it out.”
“If you can't explain what it is and it's flying and it's an object, it's an unidentified flying object, period. You just said you don't know what it is so that sentence should not continue beyond that phrase. You can't say I don't know what it is, therefore, it must be aliens visiting from another planet.”
Source: Big Think video/interview https://t.co/Ioh9nJnbiD
“Okay, so maybe we are getting visited by aliens daily. In all of these sightings, it's aliens. I don't have a problem with that. My issue is what you are presenting as evidence in support of that claim. If it's entirely grounded in your eyewitness testimony... eyewitness testimony on the totem pole of weight of evidence it is at the bottom... And yes, Carl Sagan's famous dictum, 'extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.' So the best thing is to drag the alien into town square and you'll be rich and famous overnight... Where's all the video? Where are the images of you posing for selfies with the aliens?”
“Do you think the government is that competent, that they can actually keep such a secret? Oh, my gosh, when did you get that much confidence in the U.S. government?... Here’s what I’d rather think: that if we had an alien invasion, more than the US government would know about it. We would know about it. We, with cameras and smartphones, we are crowdsourcing an alien invasion of Earth because everybody has a camera, high-resolution camera.”
Source: TMZ interview, August 2023
“Today, what I find is many people see things they don’t understand. A light in the sky that moves in a way they can’t predict or foresee, and they credit aliens. So for me, crediting things we don’t understand to aliens is the continuation of the 'God of the gaps.' But 'alien of the gaps' doesn’t have a resonance to it. So in my book, I’ve just introduced a new term: 'aliens of our ignorance.' So there’s something you don’t quite understand — aliens. There it is. And it becomes a very convenient way to account for mysteries.”
Source: Piers Morgan Uncensored, February 27, 2026
On government files: “Since no one in government has presented an alien, I did not immediately think the government has aliens.”
Source: Same Piers Morgan
“The impending release of U.S. government files on aliens and U.F.O.s is a good thing... I expect the alien files will be anticlimactic... Personally, I’d be delighted if the files were accompanied by an actual alien. Alive or dead or undead. Preferably alive. Is that too much to ask for?”
Source: New York Times op-ed, May 6, 2026
“If an authentic alien walked out of the halls of Congress, nobody would ever again have to ask if you ‘believe’ in aliens, just as nobody questions the existence of elephants.”
@TheProjectUnity@PaulNix324243 Anyone who talks with this level of certainty I have to dismiss straight away on the subject.
You're about the same age as me dude. The attitude is a little Mick West, almost aggressive. I guarantee Knapp knows a lot more than a bloke sitting on his sofa, swaning about to Peru
@vortexEire@elonmusk Pointless arguing with people who have no concept of how politics or political polls work in the UK.
These supposedly educated people don't seem to understand there are 650 seats in the UK parliament reform have 2 won through voting? The rest are Torys who crossed over.
@drmartens I bought shoes from Dr Martens not @RoyalMail (obviously someone from @royalmail stole them - I get that). In my 44 years I've never seen a Royal Mail delivery and item at 7.46am.
Stop sending forms that I cannot print. Stop closing the case. And pick up the phone.
@drmartens Crap service. How many tickets do I have to raise to be contacted? How many emails? How many times do I need to say I DONT OWN A PRINTER. Does no-one at DMS own a phone? Terrible level of service
@calamity911@Robbie_Reasons@Gen_Kitchen_MP Yes I have. Reform are an utter joke and the people that vote for them are even more comical. They are the BNP in disguise. And can't hold down their own jobs as they can't help but be racist on platforms like X.
Why the people of northants are being hoodwinked ill never know.
@drmartens Again I'll say this don't buy from DM.
It's been over 48hrs no contact from DM apart from this post telling ME to contact them. I have. Get your customer service on it.
@drmartens The other side is a VET not open till 9am.
Also I work from home. I normally start about 7am. My office faces the drive. There was no delivery. No POD. The owners is on DMs to get the boots to me. Not the other way around.
@drmartens My favourite bit, is that according to the royal mail tracker they were delivered at 7.46am. I have never once had anything delivered before 8am in the morning ever. Your email tells me to look around the house, speak with the neighbours. The house next door is empty
@drmartens £126 I have paid. With the tracker. For 48hr delivery. No POD. No Photo. Because of the trying to close the case I don't want the boots anymore and after being a life long DM customer buying a pair every year. That's it I won't. Find my case.
@drmartens I live about a minute from Rushden. Where historically the company was. But I need to buy a printer? No POD. No way to call or complain. Really really poor service. I understand that mistakes happen but it's the way you try to close the cases straightaway
@drmartens On here?
I've already emailed your customer services. But I have the email saying you will close the case if I don't print and sign the form within 3 days? it's 2026 do you expect me to buy a printer to print out your form?
@Robbie_Reasons@Gen_Kitchen_MP This says more about the constituency than the party. You do realise they are running out council and making a pigs ear of it?
You think the country is fd now... Just put reform in and see what happens. Bravo. Let's put closer BNP members into power. Smart move.
@DaveDunkin1@Gen_Kitchen_MP Perhaps ask the Tory party? Or have you forgotten the 15 years of bad decisions, illegal parties during lockdown and a prime minister who is a criminal before?
Also do you remember Peter Boner yes the bloke who was showing his genitalia, was in bed with farage