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Marco Rubio Doubles Down on UFOs

The Acting Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee is an ambitious politician. Why is he talking about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena?

Bryce Zabel
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7 min readJul 20, 2020

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Senator Marco Rubio | Image: Patrick Semansky, AP

What the hell? Doesn’t Senator Marco Rubio know that talking about UFOs will destroy his political career?

Or maybe he knows enough about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena to bet his chance for higher office on its reality.

Calling for investigations, based on a potential national security threat, and defending the policy concisely in a public interview, Rubio has set himself center-stage in the large drama that is playing out these days.

He wants to be seen as someone trying to lead us to the truth and keep us safe. He seems sincere when he talks about it.

Remember that Rubio wanted to be President in 2016 and still does. That means he’s thinking about a 2024 run right now.

He’s a smart man. He knows he has to think strategically and that boldness is a virtue. He has almost certainly received a classified briefing by the Office of Naval Intelligence on this issue. He may not know everything but he knows something.

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Bryce Zabel
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Writer/producer in features & TV. Creator, five primetime series. Ex: TV Academy CEO; CNN reporter; USC professor. Author of books about the Beatles, JFK, UFOs.