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As of January 2021, Elon Musk is officially the world's richest magnate, surpassing Amazon's Jeff Bezos, and situating himself in the enviable position of influencing the ebb and flow of the world's markets with the mere stroke of a mobile key. Earlier this month, Elon made millions of Dogecoin holders happy by publicly endorsing the cryptocurrency on Twitter, a move that boosted the crypto by 15% in just twenty minutes. The man with the Midas Touch, however, shattered the hearts of countless UFO believers early this week when he questioned the existence of the phenomenon on the Joe Rogan Experience. The uproar over his myopic position on the subject was soon felt across social media networks, with thousands denouncing Elon as a "NASA puppet" and upholder of the fossil-fuel cabal that aims to keep the alien reality and alternative energy sources out of the mainstream. Whether these invectives are justified or not, it is certainly undeniable that Elon's opinion on any subject carries a lot of gravitas these days. Listen to the controversial podcast below and draw your own conclusions: