Elon Musk reveals which conspiracy theories he thinks have 'come true'.
In this climate of collapsing certainties, people are reassessing what they believe and who they trust to tell them the truth. The internet is overflowing with theories from flat Earth claims to allegations that NASA faked the moon, to who is actually being named (or hidden) from the Epstein files.
What gets labelled as misinformation one year can become declassified the next.
But there's one person who's closer to the secrets than most of us could ever get. And of course, we mean no other than the world's richest man, Elon Musk.
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As CEO of SpaceX, he has access to advanced space surveillance technology and works closely with government agencies.
If anyone would know which conspiracy theories hold water, it would likely be him.
Musk has already waded into controversial territory. Recently, he appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast to discuss the mysterious interstellar visitor known as 3I/ATLAS, which has been baffling scientists for months.
While Harvard astronomer and physicist Avi Loeb suggested the space object could be an alien 'mothership,' Musk dismissed any ideas of alien speculation, calling it simply a comet.
"One thing I can say is like, look, if I was aware of any evidence of aliens, Joe, you have my word. I will come on your show and I will reveal it on the show," Musk explained on The Joe Rogan Experience.
Now, in a RedWave Press interview, the Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder opened up about which conspiracy theories he actually believes in.
“What's a conspiracy theory you believe in?” interviewer Katie Miller asked Musk.
“I mean, which conspiracy theories haven't come true at this point?" he answered. "We've run out of conspiracy theories because they’ve all come true as far as I can tell.”
Miller then pressed about the possibility of alien life.
“I have seen no evidence of aliens," he explained. "No one on the SpaceX senior team has any evidence of aliens. Because I’ve asked the team, ‘Guys, am I missing something? Has anyone on the team—has anyone seen any evidence of aliens?”
Then, Musk added a playful twist, pointing out that Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has a name that spells 'alien' backwards when you read it as 'Neil A.'
"Coincidence?" he mused with humour.
X users flooded the comments section after the video went viral, weighing in on Musk's statement.
"Some of us have more evidence than Elon Musk then. Nice," one user commented.
"So technically, Neil Armstrong was Earth’s first alien visitor. 😂😂😂" another joked.
"Well raise your frequency and then you might see the unseen," a third user claimed.