The former presidents have all left the door open to the possibility that extraterrestrial craft could in fact be real.
There has been renewed attention on Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in recent days following comments by former director of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (ATTIP) Luis Elizondo. ATTIP is a Pentagon unit that studies UFOs and Elizondo told CBS News on Sunday that there is “compelling” evidence for their existence. His remarks come just weeks before a government report on the topic is due to be published and followed a leaked video apparently showing a UFO off California. Three recent former presidents have broached the subjects of UFOs in the past: Donald Trump, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, with Trump becoming the first commander-in-chief to admit to receiving a briefing on the matter. In June 2019, Trump responded to reports that navy pilots had spotted UFOs off the eastern seaboard in 2014 and 2015 on an almost daily basis, according to New York Magazine. Trump told ABC ‘s George Stephanopoulos that month “we’re watching” for extraterrestrials “I want them to think whatever they think,” Trump said of the pilots. “I did have one very brief meeting on it,” he said.
