Overview
- The comment came in a rapid-fire segment on Brian Tyler Cohen’s podcast, where Obama said, “They’re real,” then added he has never seen extraterrestrials.
- After the clip spread online, Obama posted on Instagram that the universe’s vastness makes life elsewhere plausible but that he encountered no proof of contact during his presidency.
- He said aliens are not being hidden at Area 51 and that there is no underground facility, unless an implausibly large conspiracy concealed it even from the president.
- Obama’s remarks were set against ongoing U.S. investigations into UAP, including a Pentagon report in November 2024 that logged 757 new cases and found no verifiable extraterrestrial technology.
- He noted strict security protocols can limit access to sensitive material and suggested any definitive evidence would likely be tightly controlled and disclosed gradually.