U.S. President Trump orders release of UFO, UAP Files

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My gosh. >> American Navy pilots have spotted them. >> Strange objects flying in unusual ways. But now the US president vowing to release whatever his government knows about UFOs and aliens. But is Donald Trump a believer? >> I don't have an opinion on it.

I never talk about it. A lot of people do. A lot of people believe it. >> Trump directing America's Department of War and other agencies to begin the process of identifying and releasing government files. related to alien and extraterrestrial life.

That includes UFOs, which these days are called unidentified aerial phenomena. >> A lot of UFO fans are really excited that this is it. This is what we've been waiting for. This is this is Christmas. We're going to be like getting all the files >> there.

There's some >> It all comes after former US President Barack Obama appeared on a podcast and offered a surprising answer to this question. >> Are aliens real? Uh, they're real, but I haven't seen them. And and and uh they're not being kept in uh what is it? Area 51. >> Area 51. >> His statement that they're real led to so much buzz online.

Obama later clarified, writing, "Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there's life out there," adding, "I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us really." Still, Trump accused Obama of revealing classified information. In 2024, the US Pentagon said there was no evidence alien life had ever been encountered, but added there were sightings that needed further investigation. Still of Trump's latest directive, some think he's just using it to deflect attention. >> Some people had said already that this was going to be a distraction from some other files that he doesn't want to release. So maybe we'll get something, but I'm not holding my breath quite yet.

Meanwhile, Trump did not set any kind of a deadline for the release of