Obama Clarifies Alien Comments After Podcast Interview Buzz

Obama Clarifies Alien Comments After Podcast Interview Buzz

Source: Anadolu / Getty Former President Barack Obama is setting the record straight after comments he made about aliens sparked headlines and social media chatter. In an Instagram post on Sunday, Obama said he had been trying to “stick with the spirit” of his interviewer, political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen, during a wide-ranging podcast released Saturday. During a speed round, Obama told Cohen that aliens are real. “I was trying to stick w…

Obama casually said aliens are real on a podcast, then had to post an Instagram correction

The first thing Barack Obama wanted to know when he became president was where the aliens are. He admitted this, laughing, during a lightning-round Q&A on Brian Tyler Cohen's podcast, published Saturday. When Cohen asked, "Are aliens real?" Obama said, "They're real." — Read the rest The post Obama casually said aliens are real on a podcast, then had to post an Instagram correction appeared first on Boing Boing.

Barack Obama Clarifies Alien Comments Made During Podcast

Barack Obama had to clarify a statement he made during an appearance on a podcast. The former president participated in an interview with podcaster Brian Cohen. Toward the end, Cohen asked Obama a series of questions in what he called a “lightning round.” During that, he asked “are aliens real?” “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them, and they’re not being kept in Area 51. There’s no underground facility unless there’s this enormous conspiracy a…