U.S. President Donald Trump accused his predecessor, Barack Obama, on Thursday (February 19, 2026) of disclosing “classified” information in his recent viral remarks about the existence of extraterrestrial life. Mr. Obama, in a podcast interview released last week, declared that he believed aliens were real but that he had not seen any evidence of it during his 2009-2017 presidency. Unless, there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.”The comments quickly lit the internet aflame, prompting the 64-year-old ex-President to issue a clarification. “Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there,” he wrote on Instagram. In March 2024, the Pentagon released a report saying it had no proof that UAP were alien technology, with many suspicious sightings turning out to be merely weather balloons, spy planes, satellites and other normal activity.

Source: The Hindu February 20, 2026 05:19 UTC