Former President Barack Obama believes aliens exist, but not at Area 51. In New York, thousands of UFO sightings have been reported, with the earliest in 1790 and the most recent in Poughkeepsie.

Liberal influencer Brian Tyler Cohen interviewed Obama for a video that was published Feb. 14, touching on a variety of topics, from racism to ICE raids. But it was a lightning round at the end that got the most attention, with Cohen asking, “Are aliens real?”

While idea may violate Occam’s razor, “it remains a speculative but logically open alternative,” says biologist Robert Endres.