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Edward Snowden shut down the conspiracy theory that the US government was secretly harbouring aliens at its top secret facilities during an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, which aired on Wednesday.
Snowden, an American whistle-blower who revealed details of classified US government surveillance programmes in 2013, addressed rumours about secret extraterrestrial lifeforms in his recently released memoir Permanent Record .
“I know, Joe, I know you want there to be aliens,” he said.
“I know Neil deGrasse Tyson badly wants there to be aliens. And there probably are, right?”
“I do,” Rogan responded.


Speaking to Rogan from Russia, where he has been granted asylum, Snowden said as far as he knew the US government has not made contact with aliens and is not housing them at their facilities, like that of Area 51 in Nevada.
“But the idea that we’re hiding them – if we are hiding them – I had ridiculous access to the networks of the NSA, the CIA, the military, all these groups. I couldn’t find anything,” he asserted.
US military unit sorry for joke tweet about stealth bomber raid on Area 51 crowd
He said, he found no evidence of extraterrestrial life during his time spent snooping through government databases when he worked as a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
He admitted that it was entirely possible that knowledge of alien contact was “hidden really damn well” from people with direct access to classified information.
“Everybody wants to believe in conspiracy theories because it helps life make sense,” he told Rogan. “It helps us believe that somebody is in control, that somebody is calling the shots.”
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In his book, which came out last month, Snowden shut down other popular conspiracy theories, like the idea that the US faked the moon landing, or that climate science is a hoax.
“For the record, as far as I could tell, aliens have never contacted Earth, or at least they haven’t contacted US intelligence,” he wrote.
“Yes, man really did land on the moon. Climate change is real. Chemtrails are not a thing,” he added.
www.businessinsider.com/edward-snowden-no-evidence-in-cia-databases-that-aliens-exist-2019-10


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UFOs and Extraterrestrial Life

Edward Snowden couldn’t find evidence US government was hiding aliens when he searched CIA and NSA databases

An Alien sculpture lines the side of the road in the town of Baker, California, known as the 'Gateway to Area 51’. Photo: AFP

Edward Snowden speaks via video link as he takes part in a discussion about his book ‘Permanent Record’ with German journalist Holger Stark in Berlin. File photo: Reuters

US military unit sorry for joke tweet about stealth bomber raid on Area 51 crowd

A US military unit apologised and deleted a tweet that used the spectre of a stealth bomber being deployed against any young people who tried to break into the Area 51 base in Nevada.

epaselect epa07857972 People dance during a DJ set at 'Alienstock' in Rachel, Nevada, USA, 20 September 2019. Starting as a joke, the 'Storm Area 51' event transformed into a gathering for alien believers, with music and attractions held in several places around Area 51. EPA-EFE/ETIENNE LAURENT

epaselect epa07858745 English record producer and DJ Paul Oakenfold performs at the Alien Research Center during a party and gathering organized in Hiko, Nevada, USA, 20 September 2019 (issued 21 September 2019). Starting as a joke, the 'Storm Area 51' event transformed into a gathering for alien believers, with music and attractions held in several places around Area 51. EPA-EFE/ETIENNE LAURENT

A man poses as if he is going to ‘Naruto run’ at an entrance to Area 51. Photo: Reuters

The US Navy is tracking UFOs, but can’t say alien ships are in these fighter pilot videos

A still image taken from a US Navy video released in March 2018 appears to show a UFO skimming low over the ocean. The video was said to have been shot off the US East Coast in 2015. Photo: TTSA/US Navy

US Navy pilot Lieutenant David "Ras" Rasmussen, with the F/A-18C Hornet Golden Dragons Strike Fighter Squadron VF-192, readies for takeoff ahead of a mission over Iraq, from the USS Kitty Hawk 28 March 2003 in northern Gulf waters. The airwing of the Kitty Hawk is providing close air support to the US Army and the US Marine Corps in Operation Iraqi Freedom. AFP PHOTO/Leila GORCHEV (Photo by LEILA GORCHEV / AFP)

Apollo 11 moon landing conspiracy … the truth is out there

Astronaut Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin walks on the moon, or in a Hollywood studio, depending who you ask. Photo: EPA

epa07672252 An undated handout photo made available by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows the 'Apollo 11 lunar landing mission crew with (L-R) mission commander Neil A. Armstrong, command module pilot Michael Collins and lunar module pilot Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. posing in their space suits (issued 25 June 2019). The year 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, an event seen as the peak of the United States' space program of the 1960s which put an end to the so-called 'Race to Space' between the Cold War rivals the US and the Soviet Union, that once was triggered by the USSR's 04 October 1957 launch of the 'Sputnik 1' satellite. NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong made history when he stepped out of the Apollo 11's 'Eagle' landing module on 21 July 1969 and left the first human footprints on the moon. EPA-EFE/NASA HANDOUT ATTENTION: For the full PHOTO ESSAY text please see Advisory Notice epa07672247 HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa07672253 A handout photo made available by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows Launch Control Center personnel watching as the 'Saturn V' rocket carrying the 'Apollo 11' astronauts lifts off the launch pad in Cape Canavarel on 16 July 1969 (issued 25 June 2019). The year 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, an event seen as the peak of the United States' space program of the 1960s which put an end to the so-called 'Race to Space' between the Cold War rivals the US and the Soviet Union, that once was triggered by the USSR's 04 October 1957 launch of the 'Sputnik 1' satellite. NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong made history when he stepped out of the Apollo 11's 'Eagle' landing module on 21 July 1969 and left the first human footprints on the moon. EPA-EFE/NASA HANDOUT BLACK/WHITE ONLY * ATTENTION: For the full PHOTO ESSAY text please see Advisory Notice epa07672247 HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa07672262 (FILE) - A handout photo made available by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows 'Apollo 11' astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin's boot and footprint in lunar soil on 20 July 1969 (issued 25 June 2019). The year 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, an event seen as the peak of the United States' space program of the 1960s which put an end to the so-called 'Race to Space' between the Cold War rivals the US and the Soviet Union, that once was triggered by the USSR's 04 October 1957 launch of the 'Sputnik 1' satellite. NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong made history when he stepped out of the Apollo 11's 'Eagle' landing module on 21 July 1969 and left the first human footprints on the moon. EPA-EFE/EDWIN ALDRIN/NASA HANDOUT ATTENTION: For the full PHOTO ESSAY text please see Advisory Notice epa07672247 HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES *** Local Caption *** 01797767

epa07672259 (FILE) - A handout photo made available by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows Earthrise viewed from the 'Apollo 11' mission's lunar landing module 'Eagle' prior to its landing on 20 July 1969 (issued 25 June 2019). The year 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, an event seen as the peak of the United States' space program of the 1960s which put an end to the so-called 'Race to Space' between the Cold War rivals the US and the Soviet Union, that once was triggered by the USSR's 04 October 1957 launch of the 'Sputnik 1' satellite. NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong made history when he stepped out of the Apollo 11's 'Eagle' landing module on 21 July 1969 and left the first human footprints on the moon. EPA-EFE/NASA HANDOUT ATTENTION: For the full PHOTO ESSAY text please see Advisory Notice epa07672247 HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES *** Local Caption *** 01797773

Astronaut Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin walks on the moon, or in a Hollywood studio, depending who you ask. Photo: AP

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Snowden: ‘Everybody wants to believe in conspiracy theories because it helps life make sense’



Speaking on an episode of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast, Edward Snowden said he did not find any evidence of extraterrestrials when he snooped through the databases of the CIA and NSA.


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