US President Donald J. Trump and former US President Barack Obama.
“There are certainly things that NASA found in the work that they can’t explain….” The saga “Do aliens exist?” continues in the USA.
NASA reacted to Donald Trump’s latest statements about UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects), UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) and extraterrestrial life.
The controversy began after Barack Obama was asked about aliens on a podcast, as was ZAP. To the question “Are aliens real?”, the former president answered very directly yes, but that he has never seen proof of this and that there is no underground facility in Area 51 hiding aliens.
The former US president also suggested, in an ironic tone, that a possible conspiracy of this magnitude would have to have been hidden even from him, the, at the time, president of the United States.
The response generated strong repercussions online and led Obama to clarify his position on Instagram:
“Statistically, the Universe is so vast that the chances of there being life out there are good. But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances of us having been visited by aliens are low, and I have seen no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Seriously!”, the former president wrote on Sunday.
Before this clarification, Donald Trump had already reacted to his predecessor’s first statement, accusing him of having committed “a big mistake” when talking about the subject. In a statement to journalists during a flight to Georgia, Trump stated that Obama had revealed confidential information and that he “should not be doing that”, according to Reuters.
Later, Trump plans to order the release of more government files related to alien life, UAPs and UFOs. In a publication in Truth Social, he wrote that, given the “tremendous public interest”, he would instruct the “Secretary of War” and other agencies to begin the process of identifying and releasing documents on these phenomena, describing the topic as “complex” but “very important”.
Congress recently held public hearings in which witnesses and officials described sightings and presented investigative findings. In several cases, conventional explanations — including weather balloons — have been found. In other cases, the episodes remained inconclusivedue to the limitation of available images or the quality of the testimonials.
NASA’s response
NASA responded to Trump’s post through agency spokeswoman Bethany Stevens, saying on social media X that NASA “continues to embrace President Trump’s commitment to open science. We have promoted open science since our founding so the public can build on our innovations. We continue to make all NASA data publicly available and encourage public participation in the use of that data.”
Stevens also quoted NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman as saying that there are certainly things he has encountered on the job that he cannot explain… but they relate more to unnecessarily expensive programs than to extraterrestrial life!”
Stevens’ statement is not entirely accurate, he warns despite everything. Although NASA is one of the most transparent agencies in the United States and publishes a wealth of information, does not disclose “all” data.
The agency’s own policy provides exceptions, including classified information, sensitive public procurement data, information protected by the Privacy Act, communications subject to legal privilege, and other sensitive unclassified content.
