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In a brand-new episode of
The Katie Miller Podcast, Marco Rubio discussed UAPs/UFOs, offering an interesting glimpse into
how his public tone has evolved since his years in the Senate.
Rubio made clear that he does not claim to know what these |
By André Skondras
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Here is Rubio's response, lightly edited for readability while preserving his meaning:©The UFO Chronicles. All rights reserved.
Rubio then added:“I’ve long been on this UAP thing. And now, you know, I’ve sort of surrendered that portfolio to someone else who, you know well, who’s very much in charge of the UAP issue."
“Again, it’s not that I know who it is or what it is. I don’t know who it is. I don’t know what it is. But there are things flying over our military installations, and they’re not ours, and we should look into this and be serious about it."
“I did that for a long time in the Senate, and it had two benefits. The first is that, obviously, it’s a legitimate topic. And the second is that, whatever the news of the day was—it was controversial—and a reporter would come up to you and you’d say, ‘Look, I don’t have time for these questions about politics. Do you realize there are things flying over our airspace? We don’t know what they are."
“And the reporter is like, ‘Oh, what do you know? Tell me more.’ So it was extraordinarily effective as a diversionary tactic."
“So, I don’t call it a conspiracy. I don’t know the answer to any of it. I’m just asking the questions. We should know what’s flying over our airspace."
“I don’t think that’s a conspiracy theory as much as it is just—it can be, in some sense, because people do believe we’re covering something up."
“And I assure you, in this administration, if we knew—like, the president would be all over it. There would be a prime-time address. He’d be showing the pictures and the videos."
“But Steven’s on that case now, and I think he’s doing a great job with that.”
Rubio subsequently asks the host Katie Miller whether she hears much about the issue. She replies that she has tried to find out, but again receives the “classified” response from Steven Miller. Rubio grins and laughs, while Katie Miller adds, “I tried.”
What strikes me most is Rubio's noticeably more cautious and institutional tone. He repeatedly emphasizes, “I don’t know who it is. I don’t know what it is,” and frames the issue primarily around airspace security and national security rather than speculating about extraterrestrial or non-human intelligence. But as I had noted in my previous post about the European Commission monitoring UAPs, "extraterrestrial visitation would constitute the single most profound national-security issue in human history."
He also says he has “surrendered that portfolio” to someone else, suggesting that he is no longer positioning himself as the public face of the UAP issue. That is understandable given his current position as Secretary of State, where there are considerably greater reasons to avoid speculation, disclose sensitive information, or speak outside official channels.
At the same time, I would distinguish a change in presentation from a proven change in belief. Rubio has not dismissed UAPs. On the contrary, he continues to say that unidentified objects have been operating around military installations and that the matter deserves serious attention.
His admission that the subject could sometimes serve as an effective “diversionary tactic” may sound dismissive, but he immediately reaffirms that UAPs are also “a very legitimate topic that we should be covering.”
The exchange about Steven Miller is particularly interesting. It is lighthearted, but it also suggests that Rubio's own attempts to learn more may encounter the same barrier: “It’s classified.” His grin and laughter could simply reflect the awkwardness or absurdity of the situation, but they also underline how little appears to be publicly accessible about what Miller is handling.
This makes Rubio's current position especially interesting when compared with his appearance in The Age of Disclosure, filmed before he became Secretary of State. In that documentary, his tone was considerably more serious. He discussed the possibility that UAP information could be held within highly compartmentalized parts of government and raised the possibility that even presidents might operate on a need-to-know basis.
That earlier appearance provides an interesting contrast with the much lighter exchange on the recent podcast. The senator who once spoke openly about the possibility of deeply compartmentalized UAP information within government is now a senior administration official who laughs when the answer to questions about the subject is simply, “It’s classified.”
This does not prove that Rubio possesses extraordinary knowledge about UAPs, nor does it establish that allegations concerning secret programs are true. Nor can we conclude from these appearances alone that his underlying beliefs have changed.
There is also an important caveat: Rubio has subsequently distanced himself somewhat from the presentation of The Age of Disclosure, noting that his interview had been recorded earlier and raising concerns about how the material was edited. The contrast is therefore best understood as a difference in public tone and presentation, rather than proof of a change in his underlying views.
Nevertheless, the evolution is interesting. Rubio may be considerably more guarded today, but he certainly has not abandoned the question. And perhaps the most intriguing part of the entire exchange is that, when people try to find out what is actually happening behind the scenes, the answer appears to remain the same:
“It’s classified.”
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