“Are aliens real?” Cohen had asked, to which Obama replied, “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them.” “They’re not being kept in Area 51,” Obama said. “There’s no underground facility — unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.” Obama’s comments, understandably, set the Internet aflame.

After setting social media abuzz by saying aliens were real, former President Barack Obama said he didn't see evidence that aliens "have made contact with us."

Former President Barack Obama says aliens are real, but a famous conspiracy theory about them is wrong. Obama spoke about extraterrestrials in a new interview with podcast host Brian Taylor Cohen, who asked “Are aliens real?