The candid exchange offered a rare glimpse into what presidents may know when it comes to one of America's most enduring mysteries.
The former president made the remarks when interviewer Brian Tyler Cohen asked him directly: 'Are aliens real?'
Obama's answer was direct: 'Uh, they're real, but I haven't seen them,' he said, before immediately addressing speculation surrounding Area 51, the secretive US military facility in Nevada that has long been at the center of extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.
| Then he doesn’t know, he merely trusts and believes. |
| You mean like Deep State bureaucrats running interference on behalf of the previous president to keep the new guy from accomplishing goals contrary to his predecessor’s objectives? Nah, such a thing is unpossible. |
Area 51 has fueled decades of speculation, particularly since the Cold War, when its remote desert location and classified operations made it a natural target for rumors about UFOs and extraterrestrial cover-ups.