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Obama on disclosure: 'contact with intelligent aliens has not happened yet'

By T.K. Randall
May 7, 2026 · Comment icon 21 comments
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Image: President Barack Obama
Credit: Pete Souza / (PD) White House
The former US president has reiterated his thoughts on conspiracy theories and government cover-ups.
Back in February, Obama turned heads when, during a 'quick fire' questions round on a podcast with host Brian Tyler Cohen, he said "aliens are real, but I haven't seem them".

"They're not being kept in Area 51," he added. "There's no underground facility unless there's this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States."

His remarks attracted so much attention, in fact, that Obama was later forced to clarify what he meant.

"I was trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round, but since it's gotten attention let me clarify," he said. "Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there's life out there."

"But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we've been visited by aliens is low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!"

Fast-forward to the present and now, during a chat with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show, Obama made another reference to alien life while once again playing down any government knowledge.
"Here's the thing: For those of you who still think that we've gotten little green men underground somewhere, one of the things you learn as president is the government is terrible at keeping secrets," he said.

"This idea of conspiracy theories - if there were aliens or alien spaceships or anything under the control of the United States government that we knew about, seen, photographs, what have you..."

"I promise you some guy guarding the installation would have taken a selfie with one of the aliens and sent it to his girlfriend to impress her. There would be leaks."

In other words, his comments are in direct contradiction to what President Trump has been hinting at for months - that the US government is about to release a treasure trove of documents and files pertaining to UFOs and extraterrestrial life.

Question is - who is telling the truth?

You decide.

Source: Hollywood Reporter | Comments (21)




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Comment icon #12 Posted by Piney 5 days ago
Like those so called experts on Mike Douglas were saying in the 70s?   
Comment icon #13 Posted by Hazzard 5 days ago
Yep. Same pattern, different packaging. Sadly the evidence never catches up to the hype.
Comment icon #14 Posted by Katniss 5 days ago
Well that's true. Presidents in the past have hinted or teased about UFOs before, like Reagan. This current President or his current admin was talking about putting up a website called 'Aliens.gov'.  I haven't seen that happen yet. 
Comment icon #15 Posted by Hazzard 5 days ago
Im guessing you are talking about his speech to the United Nations General Assembly back in -87. In that speech, Reagan made a brief hypothetical remark about how quickly world leaders would set aside differences if Earth faced an external threat from an alien force. He said, in essence, that he sometimes wonders how quickly our differences would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world. That line is rhetorical, not a claim about real extraterrestrial contact or intelligence. It was used as a political metaphor about unity and global cooperation, especially in the conte... [More]
Comment icon #16 Posted by Katniss 5 days ago
Yes, that was it. That was speech he made. I think at the time it had something to do with the Star Wars program or whatever it was to do with building defense satellite lasers in space? I can't remember if was something about that behind as to why he made his speech. I was really young then and too busy playing to remember it all. Kids don't care or pay too much attention about adult stuff like that. Because at that age it's playtime, all the time! 
Comment icon #17 Posted by Golden Duck 4 days ago
The Twilight Zone episode 'Small Talent for War" aired in Jan 1986. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Small_Talent_for_War I would not be surprised if Ronnie took inspiration from the TV.
Comment icon #18 Posted by kingsway 4 days ago
obama is a liar
Comment icon #19 Posted by Earl.Of.Trumps 3 days ago
Twilight Zone was airing in 1986?? wow. I never would have guessed that.
Comment icon #20 Posted by Golden Duck 3 days ago
The second series ran in the 80s. There's been two subsequent series this century. There may be more TZ episodes on ET/aliens.
Comment icon #21 Posted by bigjonalien 3 days ago
best not start a whirlpool if your not the top man, keep your title as a great president but not the greatest.


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