Trump directs Pentagon to release files on aliens, UFOs

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Something that got a lot of attention this week. Barack Obama said that aliens are real. Have you seen any evidence of nonhuman visitors to Earth? >> Well, he gave classified information. He's not supposed to be doing that, you know. >> So, aliens are real.

>> Well, I don't know if they're real or not. I can tell you he gave classified information. He's not supposed to be doing that. He made He made a big mistake. He took it out of classified information.

No, I don't I don't have an opinion on it. I never talk about it. A lot of people do. A lot of people believe it. >> Do you believe it, Peter? >> Well, the president can declassify anything that he wants to.

So, >> I'll get him out of trouble. I may get him out of trouble by declassifying. >> We know illegal aliens. >> Yeah. Illegal.

Only illegals. What else? >> All right. President Trump commenting on something that a lot of people have been discussing as of late. He said that he might do some declassifying. Well, guess what? We just got into the newsroom.

President Trump sending this out on social media moments ago saying 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, UAPs, and unidentified flying objects, UFOs, and any and all information connected to these high highly complex but extremely interesting and important matters. God bless America, he says. Uh the president putting this out and the question being asked to Trump in light of some remarks by former President Obama. Obama uh being asked on a interview earlier this week about whether or not there were in fact extraterrestrial life. There was extraterrestrial life at um Area 51.

Obama saying that while he was president, he never saw anything there at that base specifically, at least while he was in