Recently, US President Trump and former President Obama came into conflict over "alien"!
Earlier, when Obama was asked in an interview whether aliens really existed, he said that aliens "do exist" but he had not seen them. In response, Trump accused Obama of leaking "confidential intelligence," which may constitute a crime.
On February 14, local time, Obama and self-media personality Brian Taylor Cohen jointly released an interview video. After discussing a number of social issues, Cohen asked Obama: "Do aliens really exist?" Obama said that aliens "do exist," but he has never seen them. Obama also did not explain in detail what he meant by "does exist."
In an interview released on the 14th local time, Obama said that aliens "do exist." Picture from foreign media
Obama also denied a widespread speculation about aliens: "We do not imprison aliens in the legendary Area 51 Air Force Base, and there are no legendary underground facilities there." Then he half-jokingly said, "Unless there is a huge conspiracy that can be hidden from the President of the United States," the so-called rumors that "aliens are hidden in Area 51 Base" cannot be true.
After remarks about "aliens do exist" sparked controversy among netizens, on February 15, local time, Obama clarified on the social platform Instagram, "From a statistical point of view, the universe is so vast, the probability of life existing elsewhere is very high. But the distance between galaxies is very far, and the possibility of us being visited by aliens is very low, and during my tenure as president, I have not seen evidence of alien contact with us. Really."
The "Area 51" in the United States has always been considered by many people as a landing place for aliens and an alien research base in the United States, but the U.S. government has been vague when talking about this area. In recent years, the U.S. government has released many videos of UFOs, which has triggered a lot of speculation about aliens. However, none of the claims have been confirmed so far.
It is reported that this is not the first time Obama has talked about speculation about aliens. In 2021, Obama confirmed in an interview with a program that he had collected confidential information about aliens during his tenure as president, but he refused to disclose what he learned.
US President Trump. Source: Global Network
In response to Obama's remarks in a recent interview that he believed aliens "are real," on the afternoon of February 19, local time, while on his way to Georgia aboard the Air Force One special plane, U.S. President Trump said in response to a question from a Fox News reporter that Obama "shouldn't do that."
A reporter asked, so aliens are real? Trump said, "I don't know if they really exist, but I am sure that he leaked secrets. He made a big mistake and disclosed classified information without authorization. I have no opinion on this (alien issue), I have never discussed it. But many people have discussed it, and many people believe that aliens exist."
Reuters said that some media contacted the White House and Obama for comment. The White House said it had nothing to add to Trump's response. Obama did not respond to a request for comment.
It is understood that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) held an expert group public meeting on May 31, 2023 for the first time on UFOs. The meeting was broadcast live to the public via NASA Web Podcast. Experts attending the meeting believed that obstacles such as a lack of high-quality data are still hindering the unraveling of mysteries such as UFOs or so-called unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).
Later on the 19th local time, US President Trump posted on social media that in view of the "huge interest shown" by the public, he will instruct the Secretary of War and relevant departments and agencies to initiate the identification and release of government documents related to extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and unidentified flying objects (UFO).
Trump said in the post that the scope of the declassification would include "any and all information" related to these "highly complex but extremely fascinating and important" topics. At the end of the article, he wrote: "May God bless America."
