Avi Loeb, a theoretical physicist and the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University, says he has "no issue" with Vice President JD Vance's perspective on who aliens are. Vance was asked about the possibility of releasing more government files on UFOs and aliens. The vice president, who is Catholic, said he does not believe they are beings from another planet; instead, he says, they are demons. Vance noted many world religions have long acknowledged the existence of what he described as "weird things out there" that are difficult to explain. Loeb [said] Vance's theory is not new based upon scientific findings and Judeo-Christian beliefs. "I don't see necessarily a conflict between religious beliefs and science as long as everyone agrees that we should attend to the evidence that should guide us," Loeb said. "If the U.S. government cannot figure out what these objects are, then of course, people have their own speculations or theories, or they connect them to some past traditional thoughts." Vance's comments came as the Trump administration has signaled interest in releasing more information on UFOs and unidentified aerial phenomena. Loeb suggested that labeling aliens as evil entities may be too far for his taste. "All I'm saying is we should be open-minded to the possibility that we're not at the top of the food chain within the Milky Way galaxy," he said.