Elon Musk reveals if he's ever come across aliens after admitting he has 9,000 satellites in space

Elon Musk revealed whether he has encountered aliens during all his time launching satellites into space.

It's one of the everlasting curiosities: are we alone in an ever-expanding universe?

There's been a lot of speculation about what it could mean for humanity if aliens turn out to be real, and it likely won't be what we've seen in films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Everyone from scientists to psychics have predicted when they believe aliens will make themselves known, but so far, at least according to Musk, he hasn't seen anything.

And he spends a lot of time with matters pertaining to space through SpaceX.

The Tesla CEO appeared on Peter Diamandis podcast, Moonshots, which was shared on YouTube on January 6, where the topic shifted to the existence of aliens.

Musk revealed one way governments would benefit from revealing aliens exist (YouTube/peterdiamandis)

Musk admitted that he is 'asked all the time' about whether aliens exist and even dismissed the popular conspiracy theories that governments around the world are aware of aliens but are hiding them from the general public.

He said: “I’m asked all the time... and I'm like, look, if I were aware of the slightest evidence of aliens, I would immediately post it on X.

“Because it would be the most viewed post of all time.”

Host Diamandis questioned whether the US populace would stop what they are doing or just return to focusing on sports the following day, to which Musk responded: “I think everyone would want to see the alien, if you got one. Here it is.

“That is a fast way to increase the military budget, like, yeah, we found an alien, it seems dangerous.

“They don’t have an incentive to hide the aliens; they have an incentive to show the aliens because they would not have any more arguments about the military budget if they seem a little bit dangerous.

“We have got 9,000 satellites up there, we have never had to maneuver around an alien spaceship...yet.”

A clip of his comments made its way onto X, which Musk then quote-tweeted to affirm his stance, simply writing: "Yup."

This follows recent news that UK agents were reportedly ordered to secure UFO technology after an unknown aircraft became a cause for concern, according to unsealed documents.

According to reports from 1997, accounts of 'large, silent, low-flying black triangles' appeared to outperform any known aircraft, including the ability to hover 'for long periods', accelerate rapidly, and evade military jets.

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