Obama clarifies views on aliens after saying 'they're real' | LBC
February 17, 2026
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as posted by the channelFormer US President Barack Obama has clarified that the chances Earth has been visited by aliens is 'low' following comments he made about the existence of extra-terrestrials.
Obama told podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen that aliens are 'real', but the former President confirmed that he 'hadn't seen them'.
He went on to say, "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 has since clarified that his comments were made in line with "the spirit of the speed round" of questions, adding that there is a probability that life is out there, but he saw 'no evidence' while president.
Henry Riley is joined by former Ministry of Defence official Nick Pope, who ran the division that investigated UFO sightings in the 1990s.
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