US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the UAP sightings
Fox News political anchor Bret Baier examines the UAP’s decades-long research trail and alleged information that past US Presidents have been told about so-called ‘unexplained meetings’ in ‘Special Report.’
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Did former President Barack Obama finally answer one of the world’s greatest mysteries?
During an appearance Saturday on Brian Tyler Cohen’s podcast, the former commander in chief was asked directly if aliens are real.
“They’re definitely there, but I haven’t seen them,” Obama replied.
The 44th president also said aliens could be kept at the Nevada Air Force base known as Area 51.
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Former President Barack Obama joked on a podcast that aliens are real but he said he has never seen them. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images; Netflix)
“There is no underground place, unless there is a conspiracy of this magnitude and they hide it from the President of the United States,” continued Obama.
Cohen then asked what Obama’s first question was after becoming president — and he also touched on aliens.
“Well, where are the aliens?” he joked.
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Saturday’s interview was not the first time Obama has addressed the possibility of life on other planets.
During an appearance in 2021 on “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” Obama said that after taking office, he sought information on aliens and whether they were studied in a secret lab. He was told the answer was “no.”
But Obama has noted that officials are aggressively investigating planes behaving in ways that seem inexplicable.
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“There are pictures and records of things in the sky that we don’t know exactly what they are,” he said. “We can’t explain how they moved, their trail. They didn’t have an easy-to-define pattern. I think people still take it seriously to try to investigate and find out what that is.”
Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy later asked President Joe Biden about Obama’s comments, referring to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAP).
“What do you think that is?”
Biden responded, “I’ll ask (Obama) again.”
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UAPs have received attention in recent years, including from the federal government.
Congress passed the Unknown Anomaly Disclosure Act in 2023 and the Department of Defense also created the office of All-Domain Anomaly Resolution.
