I hate to break this to you, Ms. Press Secretary...

...but the Venn Diagram of "People Who Legitimately Worry We Shot Down Aliens" and "People Who Believe Anything The Government Says About Anything" looks like the business end of a coach gun.

But in the briefing filled with unanswered questions, one statement from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was as definitive as anything else: The US military had not shot down any UFOs from outer space.

“There is no – again, no indication – of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent take-downs,” she said. “Wanted to make sure that the American people knew that, all of you knew that. And it was important for us to say that from here because we’ve been hearing a lot about it.”