Former President Barack Obama dismissed conspiracy theories about government cover-ups of extraterrestrial evidence, stating that federal agencies are incapable of keeping such secrets confidential.

Speaking with television host Stephen Colbert, Obama emphasized that the government's track record demonstrates an inability to maintain secrecy around sensitive information, making alien cover-up theories implausible.

The former president's comments address persistent speculation about unidentified flying objects and potential extraterrestrial encounters that have circulated in public discourse for decades.

Obama's remarks come amid ongoing public interest in UFO phenomena and government transparency regarding unidentified aerial phenomena, which have been the subject of official government reports and congressional hearings in recent years.

The former president did not elaborate on specific classified information but focused his response on the general inability of government institutions to maintain long-term secrecy on major issues.