During a live FOX News interview, US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll mistakenly claimed that America has a soldier stationed on the moon while promoting an upcoming Army parade. His comment seems to have confused the moon with NASA's International Space Station. This slip led to a flurry of speculation on social media regarding the U.S. military's potential lunar presence amidst competition with Russia and China. Despite the attention garnered, neither the Army nor NASA has confirmed any human presence on the moon.
'The country gets to see all of the amazing things that the Army has done,' he said, 'whether it's helping with floods in North Carolina, or wildfires in California, or we talked to an astronaut yesterday who's on the moon, who's a soldier.'
However, the remark made during a live FOX News interview was brief, with no follow-up details, but it did not take long for social media to ignite with speculation.
'Did he just slip up? Is it more Pentagon disinformation? That is quite the statement to make,' one user wrote on X.
While the Army official has not commented on his statement, neither NASA or the military have released information stating there is a human on the moon.
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