Former President Barack Obama clarified remarks after saying aliens “are real," stating he saw no evidence of extraterrestrial contact and rejecting Area 51 conspiracy theories in a podcast interview.

After setting social media abuzz by saying on a podcast over the weekend that aliens were real, former President Barack Obama said he didn't see evidence that aliens "have made contact with us."

After he was asked “Are aliens real?”, Obama said: “They’re real but I haven’t seen them.”