If it weren't for his scientific pedigree, the claim by Dr. Norman Bergrun, a distinguished engineer who has worked at NASA's Ames Research Center, there's a huge population of what he calls "living alien UFO spaceships" loitering in the rings of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune would be downright baloney.
But Dr. Bergrun has again placed his scientific reputation on the line by sticking to his guns and again reasserting his incredible claim first made in 1986 in his book, Ringmakers of Saturn. Thirty years later, however, he claims the situation in our solar system is critical since these living alien UFO spaceships are proliferating faster than ever.
He also claims these living UFOs are replicating on the rings of Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter. But because these living UFO spacecraft are spreading faster, Dr. Bergrun now considers them a threat to humankind.
In his book, Dr. Bergrun claims to have first spotted evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence in our solar system on Saturn's rings. He also said he discovered these living spacecraft hidden in Saturn's rings.
"What I found out is, these things inhabit Saturn, that's where I first discovered them, and they're proliferating," he said.
"You can (also) find them around Uranus and Jupiter. Wherever you see some rings, that is where I see the crafts, I call them a ringmaker."
He said he discovered these ringmakers by studing footage of Saturn's rings that allegedly revealed the living spacecraft. He also alleges the images he's examined appear to show "exhaust" emanating from the engines of these living UFOs.
And why are these living UFO's thriving and reproducing in ring systems? Dr. Bergrun said these aliens are using the ring to power their living spacecraft and to support further proliferation of the vehicles.
"That's where new ones are getting their energy," he said.
He argues these spacecraft could be considered "living" because they are capable of the essential functions of biological systems such as self-replication and self-maintenance.
It goes without saying Dr. Bergrun's claim of living alien spacecraft infesting the ringed planets in our solar system was welcomed by the UFO community.
In apparent support of Dr. Bergrun, some UFO hunters announced that NASA's Cassini spacecraft had snapped a photo showing the "brilliant disruption" of a spot on Saturn's outermost F ring caused by a gigantic UFO taking off from the surface of the ring.
You can view a video of Dr. Bergrun arguing his case here.