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By Lawrence Agbo
Following decades of calls by certain Americans, US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is directing federal agencies to start “identifying and releasing” official material related to aliens and UFOs.
“Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs),” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
While he did not specify whether classified documents would be released to the public, Trump added that the files should include “any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters.”‘
The Republican president said earlier in the day that Barack Obama, his Democratic predecessor, had disclosed “classified” information in his recently widely shared podcast comments regarding the possibility of alien life.
“They’re real, but I haven’t seen them and they’re not being kept in… Area 51,” Obama told host Brian Tyler Cohen, referring to the top-secret US military facility in Nevada at the heart of many UFO conspiracy theories.
“There’s no underground facility. Unless, there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.”
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When questioned about the remarks on Thursday, Trump informed reporters that Obama “gave classified information, he is not supposed to be doing that.”
The president claimed that some of Obama’s comments were classified, although he did not say the exact one. “he made a big mistake.”
Regarding his own views on aliens, Trump, 79, stated, “I don’t know if they are real or not.”
There is no proof that intelligent life exists anywhere else than on Earth.
Amid concerns that opponents might be testing highly sophisticated technologies, the US government has recently investigated multiple claims of aircraft that appear to be supernatural, reigniting interest in UFOs and UAP.
As numerous alarming sightings turned out to be nothing more than weather balloons, surveillance planes, satellites, and other regular activity, the Pentagon issued a study in March 2024 stating that it had no evidence that UAP were alien technology.
