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Neil deGrasse Tyson On Aliens, Simulation Theory, and What Happens Inside A Black Hole
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Did Obama Reveal Something About Aliens?
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Steven Bartlett suggests Obama was joking when he said he hadn't seen aliens and they weren't in Area 51. Tyson corrects this firmly: Obama said exactly what any scientifically literate person would say — that aliens probably exist somewhere in the universe. [1] — Neil deGrasse Tyson "Obama said aliens probably exist in the universe — the scientifically defensible statement any informed person would make. The media and pu…" 27:47 The public and media then projected that statement onto a domestic government cover-up narrative, forcing Obama into a clarification he shouldn't have needed to give. Trump's response on Air Force One, Tyson notes, was a different matter — apparently disclosing classified information. What changed Tyson's willingness to engage with UFO discourse was the unprecedented wave of sworn congressional testimony from former military officers and intelligence officials — no longer farmers claiming sightings in back fields, but high-ranking government personnel testifying under oath about recovered craft and reverse-engineered technology.
Obama said aliens probably exist in the universe — the scientifically defensible statement any informed person would make. The media and public then warped that into a claim about government custody of alien bodies, forcing Obama to walk it back despite having said nothing of the sort.
