Former President Barack Obama's presidential center in Chicago is facing mounting scrutiny over a speech inscription on the building that has left viewers confused. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
"They’re real, but I haven’t seen them," Obama said.
The 44th president also dismissed the idea that extraterrestrials are being held at Nevada’s Area 51, saying there is no secret underground facility "unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States."
After his comments sparked buzz online, Obama sought to clarify his remarks on Instagram.
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Enigma has received more than 9,000 witness sightings of mysterious objects within 10 miles of United States’ shorelines since August 2025, according to the company’s website. (iStock)
Saturday’s appearance was not the first time Obama addressed the topic. During a 2021 interview on "The Late Late Show with James Corden," he said that after entering office, he looked into whether aliens were being studied in a secret lab and was told they were not.
Still, Obama noted that officials are investigating aircraft exhibiting unusual flight patterns.
"There is footage and records of objects in the skies that we don’t know exactly what they are," he said. "We can’t explain how they moved, their trajectory. They did not have an easily explainable pattern. I think people still take seriously trying to investigate and figure out what that is."
Doocy later asked President Joe Biden about Obama’s remarks, referencing unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs.
"What do you think that it is?" Doocy asked.
"I would ask (Obama) again," Biden responded.
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Interest in UAPs has intensified in recent years, drawing attention from federal lawmakers and defense officials. Congress passed the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act in 2023, and the Department of Defense established the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office to further examine such incidents.
Fox News Digital’s Mike Sinkewicz contributed to this report.
Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
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