Former US President Barack Obama has clarified his stance on extraterrestrial life after comments he made in a podcast interview went viral. In the interview, Obama said “aliens are real” but claimed not to have seen them. He also questioned the existence of a secret underground facility at Area 51, dismissing the idea as an “enormous conspiracy.” Obama later issued a statement on Instagram to clarify his position, saying that while he believes life exists elsewhere in the universe, there is no evidence that aliens have made contact with Earth. This comes as UFO conspiracy theories involving extraterrestrial life have long abounded about Area 51.
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/16/politics/obama-clarifies-alien-comments-scli-intl