""I was trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round, but since it's gotten attention let me clarify. Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there's life out there. But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we've been visited by aliens is low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!""
""Secrecy around Area 51, a top-secret Cold War test site in the Nevada desert, has long fueled conspiracy theories among UFO enthusiasts. In 2013, the CIA acknowledged the existence of the site, but not UFO crashes, black-eyed extraterrestrials or staged moon landings. Declassified documents referred to the 8,000-square-mile (20,700-square-kilometer) installation by name after decades of U.S. government officials refusing to acknowledge it.""
Barack Obama said aliens are likely to exist given the vastness of the universe but stated he saw no evidence that extraterrestrials have made contact with Earth during his presidency. He answered "They're real" during a lightning-round question on a podcast and later clarified via Instagram that long interstellar distances make visitation unlikely. He explicitly denied that aliens are being held at Area 51. Secrecy around Area 51 has fueled conspiracy theories. The CIA acknowledged the site's existence in 2013 while not confirming UFO crashes or alien encounters. Area 51 served as a testing ground for aircraft like the U-2 and the B-2 stealth bomber.
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