I’ve noticed that the question of extraterrestrials keeps coming up on social media, but Elon Musk offers an interesting perspective on this topic. The founder of SpaceX says that there is currently no solid evidence of extraterrestrial visits to Earth—and frankly, his argument is worth stopping to consider.

Think about it for a second: it’s 2026, and almost everyone has a smartphone with a decent-quality camera. If extraterrestrials were truly visiting our planet, shouldn’t we have hundreds of clear and convincing videos? Yet what we find online remains strangely blurry and unconvincing. That’s exactly what Elon Musk raises—why do all these videos seem intentionally low quality?

There’s also the question of distances. Planetary systems are separated by light-years. For an extraterrestrial spacecraft to reach us with a living crew, it would need to overcome considerable physical obstacles. This is a point that many UFOlogy enthusiasts tend to overlook.

Now, Edward Snowden has said something interesting about this. In a 2019 interview with Joe Rogan, this whistleblower—who had access to information from the CIA, NSA, and the armée—acknowledged that he had not found any convincing proof of an extraterrestrial presence. But—and this is important—he also admitted that there was probably something unexplained in all of it.

The situation becomes more nuanced when you consider that the Pentagon has indeed released documents and videos of pilots encountering unidentified flying objects. The agency acknowledges that these phenomena remain unexplained, even though some people speculate about an extraterrestrial origin.

On the side of astronomers, after studying millions of stars in search of signs of life, they found nothing conclusive. So where does that leave us? Conspiracy theorists think that the authorities are hiding the truth about a major discovery regarding extraterrestrial civilizations. Skeptics like Elon Musk are asking for tangible evidence. And we’re left with more questions than answers. Maybe that’s the most fascinating part—absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence, but it also doesn’t confirm anything.