A Republican congresswoman who has leaned into conspiracy theories claimed aliens are fallen angels depicted in the Bible as President Donald Trump on Friday released the so-called UFO Files.
“God is the creator of the universe. He’s never not going to create. So it’s always been something in my mind to say, ‘well, how can we be the only ones.’ Like, God’s not going to stop creating just with us,” said Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.
Boebert has been one of Congress’ most high-profile champions of transparency about what the government knows about unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs, the unknown objects previously known as UFOs.
“But the more I look into this, the more I see the Old Testament and what was told to us there of fallen angels and Nephilim. I mean, this is in the Bible,” Boebert said.
“There’s nothing that says that fallen angels, that Nephilim, just disappeared. And so I believed that this could be an aspect of it.
“There are things that we have seen that could resemble portals, and … we serve an infinite God, a God of the universe. And to say, ‘this is the only realm’ is ignorant,” Boebert continued.
“I wouldn’t put it as Marvin the Martian kind of thing, but I do believe that this is more spiritual, and if you really want to go there, demonic.”
Trump’s order on Friday’s release taps into the public’s long-held curiosities about “unidentified anomalous phenomena” in the broader universe. Though the Pentagon has been working on declassifying the documents for years, Trump put attention back on the topic months ago by teasing a major UFO document dump.
Trump’s Republican administration says the public can draw its own conclusions with the information in the files, which includes old State Department cables, FBI documents and transcripts from NASA of crewed flights into space. A new Pentagon website housing the documents on UAPs has a decidedly retro feel, with black-and-white military imagery of flying objects displayed prominently on the page, with statements displayed in typewriter-like font.
Experts urge caution around the release of the new files, warning that UAP videos are often misinterpreted and mischaracterized by those unfamiliar with military technology. A 2024 Pentagon report rebutted claims that the U.S. government has recovered alien technology or confirmed evidence of alien life.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.