The UFO Phenomenon

NASA administrator says he is 'open-minded' about UFO videos

By T.K. Randall
October 7, 2026

Image: Jared Isaacman at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington (2025)
Credit: Bill Ingalls / (PD) NASA If there's one person who's likely to know whether or not we are being visited by an advanced extraterrestrial civilization, it's the head of the US space agency.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman touched upon the subject during a recent interview with Blake Burman on The Hill.

The conversation had shifted to military video footage of unidentified objects that couldn't be satisfactorily explained by any conventional means.

"When you watch these videos, do you believe that anything that we've seen in any of this is potentially extraterrestrial," Burman asked. "Is it military? What is it?""My position going into every one of these: one, be open-minded," Isaacman replied.

"I mean, it is kind of our job to go out and try to answer the question 'are we alone?' And I said look, if it's aliens, I think NASA should have a seat at the table in this for sure."

"If it's a Sputnik moment, we did really well the last time that happened. Which means, is this potentially red technology? Is this an adversary that's testing some next generation propulsion?"

"It's certainly in the realm of the possible."

Source: Space.com

Tags: UFO, Alien