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Alien concept / Are aliens really out there?

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17.03.2026

We have all wondered if we are alone in the cosmos; if beings born under the light of another star embark on fabulous voyages between the stars to reach us – their cosmic cousins.

Those who believe the Earth has been visited by aliens must think all their dreams are coming true. The recent rumors are that Donald Trump will break the “truth embargo” and make an alien disclosure speech on May 1. Then there is Steven Spielberg’s film about aliens, Disclosure Day, due out in the summer. This is surely no coincidence.

YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen recently interviewed Barack Obama and asked what many people want to know from a US President, current or former: are aliens real? All presidents are asked this. Most have their jokey answers ready. Obama said: “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them. And they’re not being kept in – what is it? – Area 51. There’s no underground facility unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.” The news spread at warp speed, especially in the UFO community, which is primed for any chink in the armor of what they see as a government cover-up.

Are we are being prepared for the biggest news in history? Are we, perhaps, not alone?

Realizing he had been misinterpreted, Obama clarified in an Instagram post that his remarks weren’t to be taken seriously, saying that statistically it’s likely that extraterrestrial life exists, “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.........

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