I’ve seen the saucers says Obama - 31st May 2021

Expressing an interest in unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, had generally been looked down upon in polite society but is fast turning into a legitimate subject for discussion.

Remarkably, when questioned about these unexplained phenomena, former US President Barack Obama confirmed that the government holds “footage and records” of UFOs. His admission was part of a lighthearted interview on a late night US talk show hosted by British actor James Corden.

President Obama is not alone, with many other public figures voicing their opinions on unexplained aerial sightings, a domain previously left to conspiracy theorists. One such celebrity is retired basketball star Shaquille O’Neal, who insists he witnessed a UFO over California. The desks of right-wing news pundits have been littered with others on shows dedicated to the matter.

The UK’s former Ministry of Defence investigator Nick Pope contends that UFOs deserve serious investigation. He insists they ought to be “taken seriously as a defence and national security issue”.

Much of the newfound, and newly sincere, interest in UFOs, can be traced to a recent investigative TV programme ‘60 Minutes’, which tackled “the US government’s grudging acknowledgment” of UFOs. Among numerous reliable witnesses interviewed by the programme was a former US Navy pilot who reported having observed unidentified aerial phenomena – the government’s preferred term – “every day for at least a couple of years”.

This prompted Obama’s revelation on aerial phenomena. He admitted to Corden, “What is true, and I’m actually being serious here, is that there’s footage and records of objects in the skies, that we don’t know exactly what they are, we can’t explain how they moved, their trajectory”.

With the truth now out there, the US defence department and intelligence agencies are due to deliver Congress a much-anticipated official report on mysterious close encounters. Three videos featuring unidentified aerial phenomena have been declassified by the Pentagon, which plans to make public its knowledge of UFOs and analysis of these and other unexplained sightings.