Former President Barack Obama confirmed the existence of extraterrestrial life during a wide-ranging interview with progressive podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen. When asked directly about aliens, Obama responded, "They're real, but I haven't seen them, and they're not being kept in Area 51." The former president joked that his first question upon becoming president was "Where are the aliens?"

Obama's comments come amid growing congressional interest in Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. Recent hearings between 2022 and 2025 have focused on government knowledge of UAPs, with Retired Maj. David Grusch testifying that the U.S. possesses retrieved "non-human" biological matter. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has also claimed to have seen evidence of "interdimensional beings" while leading the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets.

While Obama didn't elaborate on how he obtained this knowledge or whether it was based on classified information, his confirmation adds to the mounting evidence that government officials possess information about extraterrestrial phenomena. The former president's remarks, delivered with characteristic humor, suggest that questions about alien life remain a serious topic even at the highest levels of government.