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In Context: Here’s what Obama said about aliens
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President Donald Trump ordered federal declassification of alien and UFO related files after former President Barack Obama said on a podcast that aliens are real. Here are Obama’s full comments in context.

Former President Barack Obama arrives to a rally for New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill at a campaign event, Nov. 1, 2025, in Newark, N.J. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will direct multiple U.

S. government agencies to declassify files related to aliens and UFOs. The move came five days after former President Barack Obama sparked interest in the topic by saying aliens are real."Well, I don’t know if they’re real or not," Trump said."I can tell you gave classified information. He’s not supposed to be doing that. He made a big mistake. He took it out of classified information.""Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena , and unidentified flying objects ," Trump’s Feb. 19 post read."So I want to do a little bit of a lightning round here, because it’s not often I’ll get access to the president of the United States. So a couple questions here. Are aliens real?""Area 51. There’s no underground facility, unless there’s this enormous conspiracy, and they hid it from the president of the United States."in 2013 during Obama’s presidency acknowledged the existence of Area 51, saying that the secret government space was used as an aerial testing ground for U.S. government projects., saying,"I was trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round, but since it’s gotten attention let me clarify. 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!" While not discovered, there’s a possibility that there could be life on other planets; NASA researchers said in August 2025 that theya long-lasting source of chemical energy in the ancient past of planet Ceres that could have made it possible for microorganisms to survive. NASA noted that this doesn’t mean that Ceres had life, but that there was likely"food" available should life have ever arisen on Ceres.Savannah Guthrie's husband’s company is listed as a"co conspirator" in the Epstein files, “in case you're wondering why now of all times for mother to be 'kidnapped.'" Protesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They're professional troublemakers.” Video muestra noticia de “última hora” en el que el presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro se “rindió públicamente” ante el presidente Donald Trump. Savannah Guthrie's husband’s company is listed as a"co conspirator" in the Epstein files, “in case you're wondering why now of all times for mother to be 'kidnapped.'" “Durante su presentación en el Super Bowl, Bad Bunny le regaló su premio Grammy a Liam Conejo Ramos”, el niño de 5 años que fue detenido por ICE.

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