Neil deGrasse Tyson Blasts Government on UFOs Rumors

Concerned about an imminent alien invasion? Allow Neil deGrasse Tyson to ease your mind. Despite the threat of UFOs becoming an increasingly politicized topic – with Chris Christie even being asked a question about UFO transparency at last week's GOP Presidential debate – the famed astrophysicist doesn't think the government is keeping anything alien-related close to the vest.

"Do you think the government is that competent that they could actually keep such a secret?" Tyson said to TMZ. "Oh my gosh, when did you get that much confidence in the U.S. government?"

Further, he argued that an extra-terrestrial onslaught could never go unnoticed in our modern digital age.

"If we had an alien invasion, more than the U.S. government would know about it," he continued. "We would know about it. With cameras and smartphones, we are crowdsourcing an alien invasion of Earth."

OK, that doesn't make us feel any better, but he has a point that any event of that scale would be televised on TV or TikTok.

Still, Tyson insisted that aliens haven't visited our planet unless they "have a special affection for the U.S. government and the Navy and will only show up to them."

Whether or not visitors from outer space have been here already or not, Tyson is adamant that resources should be put in place to brace for their potential arrival.

"We have things we don’t understand in the sky," he said. "I think the government should investigate those because I don’t want to be susceptible to a risk that we don’t otherwise know about." Tyson added that those resources should be a "fraction" of the Pentagon's overall budget.