Overview
- Trump announced on Truth that he directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and relevant agencies to identify and release government files on extraterrestrial life, UAP and UFOs, a message the White House also posted on X.
- No documents have been released so far and officials have not specified which records could be made public or on what timeline.
- Trump had accused Barack Obama of disclosing sensitive information after Obama said on a podcast that aliens are real, a comment Obama later clarified as a statistical view and not evidence of contact.
- The Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office reported 757 new UAP cases between May 2023 and June 2024 and has found no evidence of non‑human craft on Earth.
- Some politicians and commentators, including Rep. Thomas Massie, argue the declassification push is a diversion from the Epstein files, while others emphasize public transparency.