Overview
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said officials are identifying materials for possible release and will fully comply with the president’s directive.
- Trump instructed federal departments on Feb. 19 to find and release files related to extraterrestrial life, UAPs and UFOs, triggering an interagency review.
- NASA said it will continue its open-science approach and make data public where possible, while noting some agency information is not releasable.
- The Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office reported in 2024 that it found no evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technologies.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer welcomed greater transparency on UAP records, marking rare common ground with Trump on the issue.