ALBAWABA - A new political and public debate has started in Washington after former President Barack Obama said in a podcast interview that "aliens are real, but they are not being held in Area 51." This made President Donald Trump very angry.
Trump said that Obama leaked classified information, saying, "He leaked classified information." That was wrong of him to do. It's a big mistake. But Trump also said he wasn't sure and added, "I don't know if they are real."
Obama said these things on the "No Lie" podcast, where he made it clear that there is no secret underground base hiding aliens, even though the chances of life elsewhere in the universe are high. Later, he used social media to stress that his comments were meant to be funny.
Trump Tells UFO Files to Be Released
In the middle of the new controversy, Trump said he would tell federal agencies, including the Pentagon, to start finding and making public government files about UAPs and extraterrestrial life. He wrote on his Truth Social platform that the public is very interested in the topic and deserves to know the truth.
The move brings back decades of public interest in Area 51, the secretive U.S. Air Force base in Nevada that is often linked to conspiracy theories about alien spacecraft and hidden bodies.
The Pentagon's Point of View
The Pentagon's 2024 report said that investigations into UFOs that had been seen since World War II had not found any evidence of technology from other planets. Officials said that most of the sightings were just regular things or events that were misidentified, but some cases are still not clear.
Obama's comments have sparked more conspiracy theories online, but Trump's promise to release classified information has moved the issue from speculation to action.
With political tensions and public interest at an all-time high, the upcoming revelations—if they happen—could either put an end to long-held beliefs or add to one of America's most enduring mysteries.
