Obama Says Aliens Exist but Are Not Kept in Area 51

The former president is the first U.S. leader to confirm a belief in extraterrestrials, as the Pentagon continues to investigate around 1,600 reports of UFOs.
Obama Says Aliens Exist but Are Not Kept in Area 51
Former President Barack Obama during the Obama Foundation's 2024 Democracy Forum in Chicago on Dec. 5, 2024. Scott Olson/Getty Images
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Former U.S. President Barack Obama said in a Feb. 14 podcast interview that aliens are real but that none are kept at the secretive Area 51 military base in the Nevada desert, later adding that he didn’t see any evidence indicating that extraterrestrials have contacted Earth during his presidency.

In the interview, when asked, “Are aliens real?” Obama replied, “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them—and 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.”
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