Fact Check: Did Joe Biden Confirm the Existence of Aliens?

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U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/ Getty Images)

A video clip is circulating online which purports to show President Biden identifying UFOs as alien life forms. The video has been digitally altered and Biden has made no such statement. 

The clip appears to show Biden making the following statement: 

I am here today to inform you that a number of unidentified flying objects have appeared over many parts of our country. Though their exact origin remains to be fully determined, the FBI has informed me that it is very likely that these are visitors of extraterrestrial nature.

A search on the White House’s official website for statements including the phrase “unidentified flying objects” yielded no evidence of the statement digitally attributed to Biden in the altered clip. 

The Dispatch Fact Check has reached out to the White House for comment. 

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    BaltoJohn

    If the objects we shot down (other than the balloon) had been of extraterrestrial origin, I'm sure official sources would deny it. And if they were extraterrestrial, surely they could have vaporized the attacking aircraft, unless the aliens are far more pacifistic than we usually imagine. The one really suspicious feature of this episode is that we have not been able to recover any of the wreckage (except the balloon). Or so the authorities claim.

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      Martinallday3

      You should visit Roswell, NM & buy yourself t-shirt.

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      CarsonJ

      You really think there couldn't be good reasons that we can't easily retrieve stuff that dropped in the middle of nowhere in the polar regions in the wintertime? Do tell.

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        Martinallday3

        Validates the reasoning behind waiting to shoot down the ballon until it reached federal waters off the coast of the Carolinas. Softer landing? No private property to mess with.

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  2. Sarah

    I don't know to laugh or cry that, "Did Joe Biden Confirm the Existence of Aliens" needed of a fact check...

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  3. Indisguise

    Just crush our ufo hopes. who care how sad we are. mean while some alien in a ufo is watching the US, China, and Russia all shooting objects on the off chance they might be UFO's. I am sure that will make them eager to visit us.

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    Show Jay Janney the 🚪!

    So does that mean Kamala Harris-Quayle on Air Force II is no longer considered unidentified?
    Asking for a friend, of course.

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    Mudskipper

    Cameron Hilditch is obviously a lizard person.

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    David M

    I was so looking forward to an alien invasion.

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