If a former Israeli defense minister is to be believed, we may soon find out if Aliens are real, and many more secrets the U.S. government has been keeping from us. But with stories as fantastical as that, it’s worth betting on if they’re real or fabrications, so we’ve got some odds from Bodog to go with it.

According to Haim Eshed, former head of Israel’s Defense Ministry’s space directorate, extra-terrestrial UFOs are real, they’ve made contact with us, and the whole thing has been kept secret. “The Unidentified Flying Objects have asked not to publish that they are here, humanity is not ready yet,” he told Israel’s Yediot Aharonot newspaper. The story went viral after the Jerusalem Post published an English version of the interview.

Eshed has a respected position as a professor and retired general, so he brings some credibility to his claims. But he’s also 87, so maybe he’s getting reality confused with a re-run of the X-Files.

The aliens allegedly are here to find a greater understanding of “the fabric of the universe.” He adds that America has been keeping secret an underground Mars base, where aliens and astronauts are working together. “There is an agreement between the U.S. government and the aliens. They signed a contract with us to do experiments here,” he said.