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Barack Obama

Barack Obama

44th U.S. president; the center documents his time in office

Appears in 2 stories

Notable Quotes

"This is more than a museum. It's a place to gather, to learn, and to take action," Obama said of the campus.

"They're real but I haven't seen them." — Podcast interview with Brian Tyler Cohen, February 2026

"The distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we've been visited by aliens is low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us." — Clarification statement, February 16, 2026

Stories

Obama Presidential Center opens on Chicago's South Side

Built World

Spoke at the June 18 dedication; chairs the Obama Foundation board

The Obama Presidential Center opened to the public on June 19, 2026, on a 19.3-acre site in Chicago's Jackson Park. The roughly $830 million campus had been argued over since 2015.

Updated Jun 19

U.S. government moves toward releasing UFO and UAP records

Rule Changes

Clarified podcast remarks on extraterrestrial life

For nearly eight decades, the United States government has investigated reports of unidentified objects in its airspace while keeping most of its findings classified. On February 19, 2026, Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and federal agency heads to identify and release government files on UAPs, UFOs, and extraterrestrial life — the broadest UFO transparency directive ever issued.

Updated May 29