Matt Gaetz said on The Benny Show that an Army source described the alleged alien human reproduction program/Photo: Screengrab Benny Johnson
A former US congressman who was once poised to become the nation’s top law enforcement official has claimed that a serving member of the military briefed him on what he described as a secret program involving aliens and abducted humans, an allegation he says was made against him personally, while he was still in office.Matt Gaetz, who was nominated by Donald Trump to be attorney general in 2024 before withdrawing amid allegations that he had sexual relations with a 17-year-old, allegations he has denied and for which he has not been charged, made the comments during a meeting on March 31. His appearance on The Benny Show, hosted by Benny Johnson, a prominent right-wing influencer.
What Gates says he was told
Gaetz said the interaction occurred at his office in Crestview, Florida, and described it as a live briefing from a uniformed member of the US Army, given in a location he described as unclassified but attended by members of his staff. He said a senior service member came to him with information about “sites for hybrid breeding programs,” describing a system where, in his words, “captured aliens would mate with humans to create a hybrid species that could participate in intergalactic communication.” According to Gaetz, the same person told him that human participants in the alleged program were taken from “war zones” and “even migrant caravans,” and that the activities were not limited to one location.
He said he was told that there were “between six and 12 locations across the country where this happened,” and that the person who briefed him wanted congressional intervention and, specifically, coordinated visits by lawmakers to those locations so that any alleged operations could not be moved or hidden. Gates said the move never materialized. “It was virtually impossible to convince members of Congress” to appear at multiple locations at the same time, he said, and as a result, such an effort was not undertaken.
He also clarified that he did not verify the veracity of the allegations made to him.Read also: US Congressman says the UFO secrets he knows could keep Americans ‘awake at night’ and ‘the country uncoupled’
Political and personal background
Gates’ comments come against the backdrop of a political career that included fame and controversy. He was nominated in November 2024 to serve as attorney general under Trump, a role that would have put him at the helm of the Justice Department. He later withdrew from consideration as scrutiny of allegations involving a minor intensified.
Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing, and no criminal charges have been brought against him. More recently, he has at times distanced himself from elements of the Trump administration’s foreign policy, including criticism of the conflict involving Iran. Speaking at CPAC, he warned that sending ground troops would make the United States “poorer and less safe,” and said he was “not sure we will end up killing more terrorists than we create.”
How is the claim received?
The interview quickly spread across the Internet, sparking largely skeptical reactions. On X, one user questioned whether the clip itself was authentic, writing: “@grok is this interview real?” Others dismissed the claim outright, with one post writing: “Just in time for April Fools.” Many responses focused on the lack of supporting evidence. One user wrote: “An extraordinary claim without any reliable evidence, and there are no confirmed reports to support this, so it should be treated as unproven and highly questionable,” while another commented: “Aliens are breeding with humans… and somehow people are taking this seriously in 2026?”
Some reactions pointed to Gaetz’s prior political standing. “And I think this guy was very close to being Attorney General of the United States,” one user wrote, while another added: “How do you go from rising star in Congress to conspiracy theorist so quickly?”
Others made comparisons to well-known conspiracy figures. “Is he trying to make a mockery of Alex Jones?” one user asked, while another wrote: “This might be the stupidest conspiracy theory I’ve heard so far and I’m a conspiracy theorist.”
What is certain, and what is not
Gates’ account is based primarily on what he told him during that meeting. He did not provide documents, names, locations, or any independent proof supporting the existence of such a program, and admitted that he had not verified the information himself.No US military or government agency has confirmed the existence of any program that involves hybridizing aliens with humans or abducting civilians for such purposes.
Publicly acknowledged investigations into unidentified atmospheric phenomena have documented unexplained sightings, but have not established evidence of extraterrestrial involvement.The only clear public support for Gaetz’s claims came from Dr. Steven Greer, a retired emergency physician turned UFO researcher, who responded to the statements during an appearance on the same program on April 4. “We took possession of these bodies, some alive, some dead,” Greer said. “There are some hideous programs run by the military, where they try to combine the DNA of these creatures with humans, and they come up with these monstrous things that are used to kidnap people.
“He further claimed that “what everyone hears about alien abductions does not mean that aliens are doing it. It is a secret human program. We know it and we can prove it,” positioning the case as what he described as “the biggest scandal in the history of the United States.”
Greer also claimed that an uncontrolled secret group had reverse-engineered extraterrestrial vehicles and that there was a massive cover-up around these technologies.
He is known for founding the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI) and the Detection Project, and has long advocated the disclosure of classified information about UFOs and extraterrestrial contact.His claims have received significant support and criticism over the years, and, as with Gates’ account, have never been independently verified or confirmed by any official evidence.Currently, these claims remain unsubstantiated and rely on assertions that have not been confirmed by government agencies or the broader scientific community.
