Is anybody out there? A US report on UFOs falls short of hype

Koehler predicted correctly that fans of UFOs who had hoped to hear more about the dead bodies of aliens or flying saucers crashing into the desert would be left disappointed by the US report. Photos: dpa

Even as former president of the United States, Barack Obama, was fascinated by extraterrestrials and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), he recently generated a surge of excitement among others who are wondering whether there's life out in space.

"The truth is that when I came into office, I asked: 'Is there the lab somewhere where we're keeping the alien specimens and spaceship?'" Obama told television show host James Corden on CBS.