India, Feb. 16 -- A light-hearted podcast exchange turned into a viral moment this week after former US President Barack Obama appeared to say that aliens are "real." The short clip quickly spread across social media,

Barack Obama has clarified comments he made recently supporting the idea that aliens exist.

“And they’re not being kept in Area 51. There’s no underground facility unless there’s this enormous conspiracy, and they hid it from the president of the United States.”