Former President Barack Obama said he did not see evidence that aliens “have made contact with us,” after sending social media abuzz by saying aliens were real on a podcast over the weekend.

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Scientists say aliens are not hiding in Area 51. Experts believe life may exist on distant planets with water and the right temperature. Some moons in our Solar System, like Enceladus and Titan, may also have hidden oceans where life could survive.

The former president’s clarification comes a day after he said about extraterrestrials: “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them.”