Obama Comments On UFO Sightings, Hopes Aliens Would 'Solidify' Humanity

Former President Barack Obama "absolutely" wants to find out more about the unidentified flying objects (UFOs) that have been spotted hovering above various parts of the world.

In a chat with Ezra Klein, Obama revealed that he, too, is very curious to learn more about the mysterious aerial phenomena that have been making the headlines.

On Klein’s podcast for The New York Times, the former president said that although the possibility of alien contact is interesting, this discovery wouldn't change his politics at all.

Obama’s statement came after Klein asked him where he thinks humanity should go if undeniable proof that aliens exist were to be found.

"It wouldn’t change my politics at all. Because my entire politics is premised on the fact that we are these tiny organisms on this little speck floating in the middle of space," Obama said.

"The analogy I always used to use when we were going through tough political times, and I’d try to cheer my staff up, then I’d tell them a statistic that John Holdren, my science advisor, told me, which was that there are more stars in the known universe than there are grains of sand on the planet Earth."

Obama then continued to emphasize that the things humanity has in common among themselves should be given more importance than their respective differences, CNET reported.

Should the existence of aliens be proven, the former president expressed his hope for the event to help "solidify" humanity even more and bring people closer together.

"The point is, I guess, that my politics have always been premised on the notion that the differences we have on this planet are real. They’re profound, and they cause enormous tragedy as well as joy," he told Klein.

"But we’re just a bunch of humans with doubts and confusion. We do the best we can. And the best thing we can do is treat each other better because we’re all we got. And I would hope that the knowledge that there were aliens out there would solidify people’s sense that what we have in common is a little more important."

Interest in unidentified aerial phenomena has recently peaked since the Pentagon announced that it will be delivering a detailed report about UFOs this month. According to John Ratcliffe, former director of the National Intelligence, the report will feature information about UFOs that have been considered classified until now.