Just when you thought politics couldn’t get any weirder, Barack Obama went on a podcast and casually confirmed that aliens are “real.” Then, just as the internet was about to collectively lose its mind, he had his team issue a clarification, effectively saying, “Just kidding.” What in the world was that all about? Was it a slip of the tongue, or a calculated leak?
On February 15th, during an interview on the “No Lie” podcast with Brian Tyler Cohen, Obama was asked a simple question: “Are aliens real?” His response was anything but simple. “They’re real,” he said, before adding, “but I haven’t seen them.” He even threw in a little tidbit for the conspiracy theorists, confirming that aliens are not being kept at Area 51.
For a moment, it seemed like the biggest story in human history had just been casually dropped in the middle of a podcast. But then, just eight hours later, the walk-back came. A spokesperson for the former president issued a statement saying that Obama has seen “no evidence that aliens have made contact with Earth.” So, which is it? Are they real, or is there no evidence?
A Calculated Leak?
Let’s be clear: former presidents don’t just “casually” drop bombshells like this. Every word is calculated. Every statement is vetted. So, the idea that this was just a slip of the tongue is laughable. It’s far more likely that this was a calculated leak, a way of testing the waters, of slowly introducing the public to a reality that they are not yet prepared to accept.
Think about it. The government has been slowly but surely releasing information about UFOs for years. Congress held hearings on the topic in 2024. The Pentagon has a whole task force dedicated to studying “unidentified aerial phenomena.” They are preparing us for something. And Obama’s little “slip-up” was just the latest step in that process.
The Non-Denial Denial
The clarification that followed was a classic non-denial denial. “No evidence of contact” is not the same as “aliens don’t exist.” It’s a carefully worded phrase that leaves the door wide open. It’s a way of saying, “We know they’re out there, but we don’t have a crashed saucer in a hangar.”
So, what did Obama mean when he said, “They’re real”? He was likely referring to the overwhelming statistical probability that life exists elsewhere in the universe. With trillions of galaxies, each containing billions of stars, it’s almost a mathematical certainty that we are not alone. But the fact that a former president would say it so bluntly, and then immediately have to walk it back, tells you everything you need to know. They know more than they’re letting on.
