Reagan's Secretary of Energy reportedly cried daily after UFO briefing: 'Aliens are real, they are here, and I've seen them'

Reagan's Energy Secretary Cried Every Day After Learning Aliens Are Real

John Herrington served as Secretary of Energy under Ronald Reagan. According to a Hollywood director who knew him personally, Herrington received a classified briefing about UFOs that broke him. He reportedly cried daily afterward and said: "Aliens are real, they are here, and I've seen them. This is not the world I thought I brought my daughters into."

The Briefing

As Secretary of Energy, Herrington oversaw the entire US nuclear weapons complex — Los Alamos, Sandia, Lawrence Livermore. If anyone in the Reagan administration would have been briefed on recovered non-human technology (much of which is alleged to be stored at DOE facilities), it would be the Secretary of Energy.

The Reaction

This wasn't excitement or wonder. It was grief. Herrington reportedly cried every day after the briefing. Whatever he learned didn't inspire him — it devastated him. The implication is that the truth about non-human intelligence isn't a cool sci-fi reveal. It's something deeply unsettling.

3,057 Upvotes

The post generated 3,057 upvotes on r/UFOs because the emotional detail makes it credible. A man who oversaw nuclear weapons doesn't cry every day because of a PowerPoint about weather balloons. His reaction suggests the truth is far more disturbing than little green men visiting Earth.

'Not the World I Brought My Daughters Into'

That specific phrase haunts. It suggests the briefing didn't just reveal that aliens exist — it revealed something about our relationship to them that changes the fundamental nature of human existence on this planet.