#656 Aliens: Fact, Fiction, or Fantastic Imagination?

The Niall Boylan Podcast (They Told Me To Shut Up) · Feb 17, 2026 · 56m

This week, Niall dives into an intriguing story involving former US president Barack Obama and the question that never seems to go away — aliens.

Speaking recently on a podcast with Brian Tyler Cohen, Obama said that while the universe is vast and statistically life could exist elsewhere, the chances Earth has actually been visited by extraterrestrials are “low.” He joked that aliens aren’t being hidden in Area 51 and said he saw no evidence of alien contact during his presidency.

He later clarified that his comments came during a quick-fire question round — but reiterated that although life…