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Former President Barack Obama said he has seen no evidence that extraterrestrials “have made contact with us” after sparking a social media uproar over the weekend by saying in a podcast that aliens are real. During a lightning question with podcast host Brian Taylor-Cohen, Obama was asked: “Do aliens really exist?”
“They’re real,” he continued, “but I didn’t see them. And they’re not being held at Area 51.”
The former president issued a statement on Instagram yesterday that appeared to clarify the meaning of his comments, which have since gone viral.
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Kane County Farmhouse Verified by National Park Service as Former Underground Railroad Safe House
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