by Ellen DurneyBuzzFeedBuzzFeed Staff Last week, President Barack Obama went on a podcast and said that aliens are real. And, no, I'm not even slightly joking. Jim Poorten / Getty Images Speaking on the Brian Tyler Cohen Show, Obama casually said: "They're real, but I haven't seen them, and they're not being kept in uh, what is it, Area 51." Brian Tyler Cohen and Barack Obama / Via youtu.be "There's no underground facility," he continued, "unless there's this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.