John Oliver jokes that he?s close to proving major UFO discovery

John Oliver took on one of America’s most controversial and secretive subjects on Sunday night: the potential existence of UFOs.

The host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight spoke for 30 minutes on the subject after recent “revelations” from the release of US government files on pilots’ experiences with Unidentified Flying Objects. Last year, Congress also held a hearing on non-human “biologics”. Former president Jimmy Carter and celebrities like Dan Aykroyd have previously reported seeing UFOs.

Oliver admitted that he would not be able to confirm the existence of UFOs but stressed that officials should be transparent about “what we know, what we don’t know and some of the problems with how we’ve gone about trying to find out more”.

Oliver also joked that he was “close” to proving that Hugh Jackman came from a UFO.