The Vatican is not hiding knowledge about UFOs, but would likely interpret such phenomena through a religious and theological framework if they were to encounter them.

“In my opinion no. Okay. And this is why I say that. First off, you have to understand that the Vatican is not secularized. Okay? They are not if they do see something that is um you know like what we've been talking about from they're going to interpret it as from a religious standpoint.”

He notes that many of his ancestors fled to the Midwest to escape persecution of Catholics.

“both sides of my family were essentially uh they fled to the midwest to escape persecution of catholics”