Keith Adams

His announcement came after Barack Obama said he thought aliens existed, although he said he'd seen no evidence of that while he was president.

Our correspondent Divya Talwar reports.

They're real, but I haven't seen them and they're not being kept in, what is it?

Area 51.

Area 51.

There's no underground facility.

Unless there's this enormous conspiracy, they hid it from the president of the United States.

Divya Talwar.

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I'm Keith Adams.

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I'm Keith Adams, and in the early hours of the 7th of February, these are our main stories.