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Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Former President of the United States

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Notable Quotes

"They're real but I haven't seen them." — Podcast interview with Brian Tyler Cohen, February 2026

"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." — Clarification statement, February 16, 2026

Stories

U.S. government moves toward releasing UFO and UAP records

Rule Changes

Clarified podcast remarks on extraterrestrial life

For nearly eight decades, the United States government has investigated reports of unidentified objects in its airspace while keeping most of its findings classified. On February 19, 2026, President Donald Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other federal agency heads to begin identifying and releasing government files related to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and extraterrestrial life — the broadest presidential directive on UFO transparency ever issued.

Updated Feb 20