President says Trump administration will soon release UFO files
President Trump has said his administration plans to release information and materials about UFOs.
On May 8, the Department of Defense announced that it would publish “never-before-seen” files on unidentified aerial phenomena and sightings of unidentified flying objects on a new government website, war.gov/UFO.
The current public website shows 162 files labeled by government agencies such as the military, FBI, NASA, and the State Department. It was not immediately clear what the files contained and whether they were original.
President Donald Trump previously indicated that the Pentagon would release new files on UFOs. In February, he announced on social media that he would direct Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth and other government officials to release “government files on aliens, extraterrestrials, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).”
These documents come from the White House, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Defense’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, NASA, and the Department of Energy.
In a statement on a May 8 news release, Hegseth said the Pentagon is “aligned” with President Trump to “bring unprecedented transparency regarding our government’s understanding of unidentified anomalous phenomena.”
White House press secretary Anna Kelly said President Trump has directed the Pentagon to release files related to aliens, extraterrestrials, unmanned aerial vehicles and UFOs to increase government transparency.
“While previous administrations have sought to discredit or dissuade the American public, the president is committed to providing maximum disclosure to the public so that the public can ultimately make their own decisions about the information contained in these files,” Kelly told USA TODAY. “The American people asked, and President Trump answered – enjoy!”
