Why did Obama say aliens are real? – The Latest

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  This is The Guardian.

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  A former US president saying the words aliens are real is going to raise a lot of eyebrows.

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  Are aliens real?

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  They're real but I haven't seen them and they're not being kept in Area 51.

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  86% of astrobiologists agree or strongly agree that there is life out there.

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  It's just that there haven't been any signs yet.

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  A former US president says aliens are real.

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  So could Barack Obama be right from the Guardians today in focus?

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  This is the latest with me, Lucy Hoff.

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  I'm joined by Madeleine Finley, who is the host and producer of our sister podcast, Science Weekly.

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  Madeleine, it's so nice to have you in the studio.

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  And it's safe to say I was not expecting to talk about whether aliens are real on a Monday.

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  But here we are.

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  Former US President Barack Obama has been on a podcast,

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  the podcast of a man called Brian Tyler Cohen,

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  who seems to have got this mad scoop that Obama thinks aliens are real.

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  the power of a lightning round questions I mean yeah quite incredible so yeah so he was asked during this quick fire round are aliens real and Obama responds and then he goes on to say they're not in area 51 there's no underground facility and I haven't seen any evidence of them and so you know.

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  Now if they are real there was a conspiracy to keep them from the US president.

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  Yeah and Area 51 is this very secretive kind of military site in the middle of the desert right for which there's this very rich history of conspiracy theories.

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  Yeah Area 51 is really fascinating

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