US vice president ‘obsessed’ with UFOs

J.D. Vance has pledged to “get to the bottom of the whole UFO thing” that plagued the US late last year

US Vice President J.D. Vance has revealed he has been “obsessed” with UFOs and seeks to thoroughly investigate the phenomenon in the nearest future.

Vance made the admission during an episode of the Ruthless Podcast aired on Friday, proclaiming his fascination with the mysterious flying objects.

“Like, I’m obsessed with the whole UFO thing. ‘What’s actually going on?’ ‘What were those videos all about?’ ‘What’s actually happening?’” he said. “I haven’t gotten to the bottom of it yet, but we’re only six months in; we’ve been very busy.”

The VP pledged to spend the congressional recess in August “in part” to try and study the matter and “dive to the bottom of the whole UFO thing from last year.” While Vance did not elaborate, he apparently referred to identified drone sightings in New Jersey late last year. Some of the flying objects were reportedly as large as a sedan.

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The reported sightings appeared to have been concentrated around the Picatinny Arsenal research center and other military installations across the state. The reports of mysterious drones, which came in thousands in November and December last year, prompted the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the FBI to investigate the sightings.

In mid-December, however, an FBI official revealed that, albeit the agency received over 5,000 tips on drone sightings, “less than 100 leads have been generated and deemed worthy of further investigative activity.” 

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The Trump administration released an update on the matter in late January, stating that the vast majority of the drone flights reported from New Jersey were lawful. “After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized by the FAA for research and various other reasons,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at the time, adding that the drone craze attracted hobbyists who flew their own devices without proper authorization.