The White House today issued a statement virtually confirming that President Barack Hussein Obama is neither an American nor a terrestrial. This is evidently the first time a public building has ever issued a statement of any kind.

When asked to specifiy the President's likely origins, neither the House or any human beings in or around the House was available for comment.

The controversy arose during the 2008 presidential campaign when conservative Obama detractors accused Obama of lacking a passport,or any reasonable facimile thereof.

Said an unnamed conservative source "it feels good to get his origins out of the country, and even greater to get them off planet".