Aliens have invaded the news again. Last month, two US presidents weighed in on the topic in rapid succession, managing to make a public that was already obsessed with extraterrestrials even more so.
First, Barack Obama sparked a furor by saying aliens are “real” during a podcast lightning round. He later clarified that he simply meant this in the sense that it’s very likely that there is life somewhere in the vast universe, but the accidental media frenzy seemed to inspire President Donald Trump to announce in a Truth Social post that his administration would “begin the process