“Once the [tactical units] get the clearance to go into that residence, we might have an update on him,” Hernandez said.
Sounds like they don't think he left the burning house with the collapsed roof. If that's the case, there's a good chance that he's dead.
...and the government could be hiding the existence of alien life because it would change the way people view religion and threaten this control.
I feel like the headline was leaving out the main idea he was getting at.