Why Tucker Carlson's Scared to Report on UFOs

Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson isn't afraid to talk about many topics in the public sphere.

However, when asked about the stories he's "scared" to cover, Carlson said the "UFO story" is on that very short list.

On the December 12 edition of the Redacted streaming news show, Carlson told hosts Clayton and Natali Morris:

"The second thing that bothers me is the UFO story ... If you talk to people who have actual knowledge of it that they gathered themselves, there are parts of that story that I do not understand at all that are really, really, really dark ... There's a spiritual component there that I don't fully understand. That story bothers me," Carlson told the conservative show's hosts.

Before discussing UFOs, Carlson said, briefly, he's also hesitant to dive deep into the 2020 presidential election between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.

"I think there may be some merit to some of the wildest possible claims about that election," he said.

Both Clayton Morris, a former host for several Fox News programs, and Carlson alluded to having knowledge about a similar story related to UFOs. They said the story they were referencing isn't something they have talked about with their families.

"It's so dark. I haven't even told my wife about it," Carlson said. "And this is not just stuff I read on the internet. It's deeply disturbing stuff."

Newsweek reached out to Carlson via email and Clayton Morris via X, formerly Twitter, for additional comment.

Carlson acknowledged on Redacted that recent whistleblowers and hearings have brought more attention to the topic of UFOs or UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena). However, he said there would be implications if the public or media had access to more classified information.

"We've had something like 10 whistleblowers, but it isn't always front-page news. Some of that is suppression, but some of it the public just can't deal with it," Carlson told Clayton and Natali Morris. "It's just too far out. The implications are too profound."

One day after the Redacted interview, on December 13, Carlson hosted UFO whistleblower Dave Grusch on his own streaming show, The Tucker Carlson Encounter.

The post from Carlson's X account previewing the interview stated, "It's becoming obvious that the US government has made contact with nonhuman beings. So why are they lying to us about it?"

Grusch, a former U.S. intelligence officer, was one of three witnesses who testified in front of Congress in July about UAPs. All three said that such phenomena pose a risk to national security and that there's no mechanism for properly reporting such information to government agencies.

In his testimony, Grusch, a U.S. Air Force veteran who previously worked at the National Reconnaissance Office, was asked if he was aware of anybody being murdered in association with the visualization or uncovering of these UAPS or other extraterrestrial life.

"I have to be careful answering that question," he said. "I directed people with that knowledge to the appropriate authorities."