Aliens Visiting Earth Fact Check: No Confirmed Evidence Found

There are a growing number of large databases online. In this study, we used data from 80,332 cases of UFO sightings reported from 1906 to 2014 as a t…

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But the marker is now one of at least 15 that say, without hesitation, that aliens have come to visit Earth.

The former president appeared to confirm decades-old conspiracy theories. Lawmakers say Barack Obama is simply saying what many Americans already believe.

Obama’s podcast comment was picked up by media outlets around the world, with headlines such as “Former US president Barack Obama says aliens are real” and “‘They’re real’: Obama’s shock alien claims”. Time Magazine covered the drama, reporting: “Obama says aliens are real, but they aren’t at Area 51”. However, following the media frenzy, Obama released a statement on Instagram on Sunday evening. “I was trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round, but since it’s gotten attention let me clarify. Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there,” he said. “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.

WATCH: New book details U.S. government's UFO investigations and search for alien life · Trump told reporters Thursday that when it came to the prospect of extraterrestrial visitors: "I don't have an opinion on it. I never talk about it. A lot of people do.

The authors used data from the National UFO Research Center, and included approximately 98,000 total sighting reports over a 20-year period, from 2001 to 2020.

Although often viewed as abnormal, UFO sightings are reported frequently. During the United States' initial 1947 wave, over 800 sightings were reported in the news. The British Ministry of Defence receives hundreds of reports each year.

Almost half—47 percent—of Americans say they think aliens have definitely or probably visited Earth at some point in time, according to a new poll from YouGov conducted in November 2025 that involved 1,114 adult participants.