The UFO Phenomenon

Former NASA agent speaks out on the UFO phenomenon

By T.K. Randall
June 17, 2025 ·  8 comments

Image: AI-generated (Bing AI / Dall-E 3) As both a current criminal defense attorney and a retired senior special agent with NASA's Office of Inspector General, it is perhaps no surprise that the approach Gutheinz favors when it comes to stories of unidentified flying objects is science over speculation.

Speaking to Fox News Digital recently, the 69-year-old exhibited a more skeptical attitude toward the phenomenon, adding that those making 'out there' claims need to prove what they are saying.

"They've been claiming that there have been UFOs since the 1940s," he said.

"And, you know, Area 51 supposedly houses UFOs. Have someone go in, look at Area 51."

"What I used to tell my students was the possibility of anybody coming from another world to visit us was beyond unlikely and what I would tell the people that would call me up with these tales about being visited by aliens, see a psychiatrist."Gutheinz maintains that the vastness of space makes a visit from aliens highly unlikely.

"There are up to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way," he said. "There are maybe one to two trillion galaxies in the universe. But the reality is this, the closest solar system is Alpha Centauri."

"The bottom line is that it's 4.4 light years away, or 25 trillion miles away. And if somebody started flying to Proxima and Satori, or the other way around, it would take them over 70,000 years to get there, Nobody is visiting us from another world, likely."

As for UFOs, Gutheinz suggests that genuine objects spotted in the sky are probably man-made.

"If you're seeing something up there, and it's real, it's coming from the Chinese or the Russians or your next-door neighbor flying around with their drone," he said.

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