Obama Clarifies Podcast Comments on Aliens
During a conversation with American podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen, Obama responded to a question about extraterrestrial life by saying aliens “are real.” He added, “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them,” in the episode released Saturday.
He also dismissed long-standing conspiracy narratives tied to a secretive military site, remarking, “They’re not being kept in Area 51; there’s no underground facility, unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States,” Obama said.
After his remarks generated significant reaction online, Obama issued a follow-up statement on Instagram, explaining that his earlier comments were made in a lighthearted context. He wrote that he “was trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round.”
Expanding on his perspective, he said, “Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there,” he said. “But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we’ve been visited by aliens are low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!”
Area 51, a restricted US Air Force installation located at Groom Lake in southern Nevada, has long fueled speculation related to alien life. Despite decades of conspiracy theories linking it to extraterrestrial research, its officially acknowledged purpose remains the testing of aircraft.
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