Lengthy earlier than final week’s congressional “UFO listening to,” throughout which whistleblower David Grusch and two former fighter pilots testified in entrance of the Home Oversight Committee’s nationwide safety subcommittee about their firsthand expertise with and alleged authorities data of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPS, previously and familiarly generally known as UFOs), there have been loads of others within the public eye who spoke overtly about their perception that aliens — sorry, non-human biologics — exist.
Following the historic day in Congress, Blink-182’s Tom Delonge, for instance, rapidly turned the topic of many a meme, due to his historical past of speaking truthfully about his beliefs.
The singer, who wrote the pop punk track known as “Aliens Exist,” has beforehand claimed that his cellphone was bugged by the U.S. authorities as a result of his huge analysis into and private expertise with alien encounters. Final week he proudly shared a submit on Instagram saying “Tom was proper. Aliens … exist,” stating in his caption: “The UFO Hearings immediately made historical past. I’m so happy with the three witnesses immediately that blew the lid off the UFO secrecy that has been intact for many years. Graves, Fravor and Grusch are HEROES.”
Delonge hasn’t been alone.
Over the past decade or so, some well-known folks have felt increasingly comfy speaking about their beliefs in aliens.
21 Celebrities Who Believed Aliens Exist Earlier than Whistleblower David Grusch’s Congressional UFO Listening to
1. Tom DeLonge
As already acknowledged, Tom DeLonge of Blink 182 and Angels and Airwaves has lengthy spent his time learning up on alien abductions. He additionally claims to have had a non-human encounter throughout a tenting journey.
2. Chris Brown
Again in February of this yr, the singer shared his ideas about UAPs on Instagram.
“I do know that is hella random however don’t fall for the pretend ufo/UAP FALSE FLAGS,” he wrote. “EXTRATERRESTRIALS HAVE BEEN VISITING US FOR A LONG TIME. Some stay amongst us. We ARE THE ONLY DESTRUCTIVE SPECIES DOOMING OUR EXISTENCE DONT LET THEM RUN WITH THIS NARRATIVE.. simply say I’m loopy BUT ALSO MAKE YOUR OWN JUDGMENTS.”
3. Jaden Smith
In opposition to his father’s needs, throughout a gathering with then-President Barack Obama, Jaden Smith reportedly requested about aliens whereas touring the White Home’s State of affairs Room.
In response to dad Will, Obama replied, “OK, I can neither verify nor deny the existence of extra-terrestrials,however I can let you know if there had been a top-secret assembly and if there would have needed to have been a dialogue about it, it might have taken place on this room.”
4. Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato has lengthy believed in aliens, even claiming to have seen a UFO herself. She was additionally means forward of the curve in asking us to cease utilizing the phrase “alien” when referring to extraterrestrials.
5. Katy Perry
Again in 2011, Perry was requested if she believes in ghosts or aliens. The singer replied, “BOTH! However Aliens extra!”
6. Miley Cyrus
Cyrus instructed Interview Journal that she was as soon as “chased down by some type of UFO,” and that whereas it “might have been the weed wax,” she was fairly sure it was actual.
“One of the best ways to explain it’s a flying snowplow. It had this massive plow within the entrance of it and was glowing yellow,” she added. “I did see it flying, and my good friend noticed it, too. There have been a few different vehicles on the street and so they additionally stopped to look, so I believe what I noticed was actual.”
7. Gigi Hadid
The mannequin instructed Bazaar that each she and Zayn Malik consider aliens might very properly exist again in 2017.
8. Kendall Jenner
In 2013, Jenner tweeted she had seen a UAP.
9. Khloé Kardashian
Simply minutes later, massive sister Khloe affirmed Kendall’s sighting, though it is not clear if she noticed it as properly.
10. Russell Crowe
In 2013, Russell Crowe uploaded this video to Twitter of one thing he recorded which he thought may be a UFO.
11. Keanu Reeves
In 2008, Reeves was quoted saying, “I believe it extra possible than not [that aliens exist] … The cosmos is a fairly large place.”
12. William Shatner
The unique Captain Kirk, William Shatner, has stated that he believes in aliens.
In 2010, he instructed the Montreal Gazette, “There is no such thing as a doubt that there’s life on the market; the arithmetic of it lead you to that absolute conclusion… In my thoughts, there isn’t a doubt that the universe teems—teems!—with life in all its kinds. However why they might come go to right here and never let themselves be identified to all people is past my sense of logic.”
13. Shaquille O’Neal
Basketball legend O’Neal claimed to have had an alien encounter way back to 1997.
Shaq instructed Jimmy Kimmel: “I might have sworn I noticed this flying saucer come down with all the sunshine and it was spinning. Then it took off and all the things occurred in lower than 5 seconds,” concluding that he has “little doubt” UFOs are actual.
14. Sigourney Weaver
In 2011, the star of the well-known “Alien” franchise and the unique “Ghostbusters” instructed German journal TV Spielfilm she believes that “We aren’t alone within the universe.”
“I believe there is a division in [the US] authorities which is solely devoted to quashing experiences about aliens,” she continued, “And that is so unfair. It could be good if we weren’t simply in a position to examine it within the tabloids.”
15. Tom Cruise
Cruise has admitted that he believes in extraterrestrials.
Whereas selling his movie “Struggle of the Worlds” in 2005, he gave this reply to a German reporter’s query about whether or not or not he believes in aliens: “Sure, in fact. Are you actually so smug as to consider we’re alone on this universe? … Hundreds of thousands of stars, and we’re speculated to be the one dwelling creatures? No, there are lots of issues on the market, we simply do not know.”
16. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Paying homage to Cruise’s statements, The Rock as soon as instructed Vice, “”I consider that we’re not the one ones; it would be smug to assume that.”
17. Alicia Keys
When requested by BuzzFeed if she thinks aliens exist, singer Keys answered merely, “Yeah, I do.”
Nonetheless, she added the caveat, “I do not know if I would go along with an alien to area. I must really feel the alien’s vibe. I am a vibe particular person. If it was ET, I’ll go.”
18. Halle Berry
Throughout a go to with David Letterman in 2014, Berry shared her opinion on the matter, saying, “I do not consider we’re the one species in existence … It would take us 20 years to get to these different life kinds, however I believe they’re on the market.”
19. Nick Jonas
In 2015, Jonas shared that he had seen a UAP together with his very personal eyes.
“After I was 14 perhaps, I used to be in my yard taking part in basketball with some pals and I regarded up within the sky,” he instructed Seth Meyers, “and there was three alien craft.”
20. Dan Aykroyd
In 2019, the Ghostbusters star instructed the Day by day Star he’d “seen 4 UFOs and that the majority further terrestrials who pop by Earth are simply vacationers coming to ‘have a look at this lovely planet.'”
“The proof goes to begin dribbling out,” he added. “The aliens are eager about your ova, your femininity, your reproductive elements, your DNA.”
21. Kesha
Kesha additionally claims to have seen UAPs herself. In 2017 she shared her tackle a UFO sighting that impressed the space-themed album artwork for “Rainbow.”
“I used to be like, ‘These are … aliens.’ They have been spaceships,'” she stated.
Michael Hollan is a author and get up comic from New Jersey who performs nationwide in addition to repeatedly in New York Metropolis.
