An old prophecy about the billionaire is ever-closer to becoming true

ELON Musk has broken his silence on rumors that he is a time-traveler sparked by an eerier prediction from the 1950s.

Musk, 53, finally addressed the proph

Elon Musk has spoken out for the first time about claims he is a ‘time-traveler’Credit: Reuters

The source of the mystery is a 1953 sci-fi book that predicts the leader of humanity on Mars will be called “Elon

The mystery stems from a sci-fi novel called “Project Mars” written by a famous German rocket scientist, Werner von Braun.

In the book, von Braun predicts that humanity will colonize Mars and the leader of the planet will be called “Elon”.

Believing it was just a coincidence made in the translation process, a curious reader even dug out the original German manuscript – only to discover that von Braun did indeed name the Mars leader as Elon.

Musk was clearly spooked out by the uncanny connection as he took to X to ask: “How can this be real?”

He also joked: “No matter how often I tell people that I’m a 5000-year-old alien time traveler, they don’t believe me.”

One passage in the book imagines the government that would be set up to run Mars as humans established themselves on the Red Planet.

Von Braun wrote: “The Martian government was directed by ten men, the leader of whom was elected by universal suffrage for five years and entitled ‘Elon’.

“Two houses of parliament enacted the laws to be administered by the Elon and his cabinet.”

Earlier this month, the billionaire ruled out returning to the moon before our neighboring plant: “No, we’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.”

Then President Trump, in his inauguration speech last week, said America would “pursue our manifest destiny into the stars” and “plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars”.

And these plans are popular with the public.

A 2023 poll found that 57 percent of Americans favored sending astronauts to Mars, which is a much higher rating than some of his other executive orders, such as the Jan 6 pardons.

The predictions were made by German-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 rocket pioneer Werner von BraunCredit: Getty – Contributor

6Musk joked with his followers that he is a 5000-year-old alien time travellerCredit: X @elonmusk

Musk has formed a close bond with the new President and holds a position in his government as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), so any Mars-based plans are bound to involve him.

Von Braun was one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century and a key figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany.

Following World War 2, he was secretly moved to the United States and became a pioneer of space technology for Nasa.

Project Mars may have been science fiction, but it included scientific calculations for how humans might travel to Mars.

This is not the first time people have picked up on the uncanny connection between the book and the billionaire.