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Trump Directs Administration to Release Alien Files

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President Donald Trump announced that he is directing his administration to release government files on alien and extraterrestrial life.

“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),” Trump wrote on Truth Social, “and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters.”

"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… pic.twitter.com/3fKQ7wrSvi— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 20, 2026

"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… pic.twitter.com/3fKQ7wrSvi

On Saturday, former President Barack Obama said on Brian Tyler Cohen’s podcast that aliens are real, but he hasn’t seen them.

Fox News’ Peter Doocy on Thursday asked Trump to respond to the statement.

“Well, he gave classified information,” Trump said of Obama. “He’s not supposed to be doing that.”

“I don’t know if they’re real or not, I can tell you he gave classified information,” he continued. “He’s not supposed to be doing that. Well, he made him he made a big mistake.”

Trump said he might get Obama “out of trouble” by declassifying the alien files.

In recent years, the Pentagon has investigated reports of UFOs, and senior military leaders said in 2022 they found no evidence to suggest that aliens had visited Earth or crash-landed here.

A 2024 Pentagon report said U.S. government investigations since the end of World War II had found no evidence of extraterrestrial technology and most sightings were misidentified ordinary objects and phenomena.

The website of the National Archives and Records Administration says it has records related to UFOs across numerous collections.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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