“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.

Lara Trump recently claimed the president already has a speech prepared on UFOs.

Former President Barack Obama clarified remarks after saying aliens “are real," stating he saw no evidence of extraterrestrial contact and rejecting Area 51 conspiracy theories in a podcast interview.

The former president also condemned the actions of ICE in Minnesota and commented on a video posted by Trump.

Barack Obama is setting the record straight on extraterrestrials after his podcast comments went viral recently.

Obama replied “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them, and they’re not being kept in … what is it …?” “Area 51?” the interviewer responded. Then Obama said, “Area 51. There’s no underground facility. Unless there’s this enormous conspiracy, and they hid it from the president of the United States.”