Visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk is the co-founder of PayPal and Tesla Motors, as well as the founder of SpaceX. His astonishing success has led to comparisons of Musk to Steve Jobs, Howard Hughes, Henry Ford, and Bill Gates.

Amid a difficult childhood, Musk developed a relentless work ethic (he works 80 to 120 hours a week) and a stubborn, far-reaching vision.

In addition to being a highly successful man, Musk has also been involved in controversies. For example, on September 7, 2018, he appeared to be smoking marijuana during a podcast interview while claiming that we live in a computer simulation. But despite the controversy, the reality is that Tesla’s shares have only continued to rise under Musk’s leadership, increasing his wealth. And on January 26, 2021, he won the prize for all his effort: according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, he had an estimated total net worth of $209 billion, surpassing Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, as the richest person in the world. All this resume has made many people think that Musk is out of this world.

Revealing the Truth

Elon Musk, 49, made a surprising revelation in response to a question about how he runs so many companies at once. Tech startup mogul Kunal Shah all he wanted to know was how the eccentric billionaire at the helm of some of the world’s largest companies achieved success, with the immense workload that comes with it. The CRED founder asked Musk, referring to him as the ‘Dark Lord’, to answer his questions.

“Elon Musk may end up running 4.5 billion companies simultaneously at a relatively young age,” Shah wrote in a tweet. “What I really want to understand: How does he do it? How does he handle context switching? How do you design your Org? So many questions. @elonmusk: respond if you see this, dark lord.”

Musk, who is active on Twitter, responded to Shah with another tweet on Friday saying, “I am an ALIEN.”

What most considered a joke was actually interpreted by some as a cheeky confession of his true self. Furthermore, this is not the first time Musk has spoken about the existence of intelligent alien life; he was even forced to deny that he was one of them.

“I think that’s one of the big questions in physics and philosophy, where are the aliens?” Musk said in April 2019 at the World Government Summit. “Maybe they’re among us, I don’t know. Some people think I’m an alien. It’s not true, it’s not true.”

Musk’s response to Shah caused quite a stir around the world. Especially since many conspiracy theorists and ufologists believe that there are extraterrestrial races on our planet infiltrating all areas of our society and even controlling governments and the world economy.

It should also be said that if Musk really were an alien, his latest statements on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast would make sense. During an interview with American comedian and television host Joe Rogan, the tech mogul talked a lot about SpaceX’s mission to Mars. However, when Rogan asked Musk about aliens, the Tesla CEO was skeptical. It turns out that he believes that if aliens wanted humans to know about them, they would have done so already.

“Honestly, I think we would know by now if aliens existed,” Musk said. “I mean, if they wanted us to know [about them], they could just show up and walk down Main Street like, ‘Hey, I’m an alien. Look at me. Here’s my spaceship. I just landed in the middle of Times Square.’ And then we’d be like, ‘Okay, we believe you.’ They’re very subtle about these aliens. ”

Rogan went on to ask Musk if he ever thought about UFOs during his work with SpaceX. But it seems aliens aren’t a subject that fascinates him.

“Zero,” Musk emphasized. “If they come forward I’ll say, ‘Great, this is new information,’ like, ‘Where have they been up until now?’ If I see any evidence of aliens, I’ll be the first one to be like aliens.”

The podcast host asks if searching for aliens is a waste of time, to which Musk responds with a resounding “yes.” This shows that Musk is skeptical about aliens, adding that SpaceX has yet to find any evidence of other life forms beyond Earth.

“If there are aliens they are very subtle. They are being very coy. So as far as we know there are no signs of any other solar system nor do we see any signs,” Musk concluded.

Although it should also be said that these skeptical statements are part of a series of contradictions regarding his belief in extraterrestrial life. In addition to his comments in 2019, last year Musk claimed that aliens built the Pyramids of Egypt, which caused not only the reaction of his followers but also of the Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation himself, who personally invited Musk to come to the country to see the pyramids for himself and learn about their history.

Musk’s tweet may be a joke, but it’s also possible that he’s telling the truth. And think about it for a moment: would that explain his insistence that astronomers stop searching for extraterrestrial life? Is it being able to hide your true form?