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Conspiracy theorists have gone into meltdown after Jean Claude Juncker said he had "heard from the leaders of other planets" during a European Commission.

The president of the Commission had been speaking in front of EU bigwigs when he made the slip.

Now alien hunters have jumped on the speech, claiming it proves world leaders are in touch with aliens.

A video of Juncker published by secureteam10 , shows him speaking in French, and telling those gathered at the meeting: "You need to know that those who observe us from afar are worried.

"I have have seen, listened and heard many leaders of other planets and they are very worried because they wonder about the course the EU will follow.

"So we have to reassure both the Europeans and those who observe us from afar."

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But others claimed it was simply a slip of the tongue and that Juncker had meant to say "many leaders of our planet."

He had been speaking about the threat of Brexit before the referendum vote.

One person who watched the video on Sott.net, a conspiracy theory website, said: Conjuring up a fake Alien Invasion to hasten the new world order has been in the works for some time.

"Sometimes state secrets slip out of many a leader, like Joe Biden announcing to a university audience that the U.S. funds terrorists as proxies in the middle east."

But another viewer on YouTube, added: "So he mixed up the words. Big deal. Try speaking four languages without making a mistake, especially bearing so much responsibility.

"Most people would freeze being exposed to speaking at a crowd."