President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will order the release of government records related to “alien and extraterrestrial life.”
Trump announced his plans to release the records in a Truth Social post. The move comes after former President Barack Obama asserted that aliens “are real” in a recent YouTube interview.
“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 (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!” said Trump.
Earlier on Thursday, the president joked that Obama “gave classified information” when he spoke about the existence of aliens with podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen on Saturday.
“I can tell you he gave classified information, he’s not supposed to be doing that,” said Trump when asked by Fox News’ Peter Doocy about Obama’s remarks while aboard Air Force One.
“He made a big mistake. He took it out of classified information,” said Trump without affirming or denying the existence of extraterrestrial life.
“No, I don’t have an opinion on it. I never talk about it,” Trump continued. “A lot of people do. A lot of people believe it.”
“Do you believe it, Peter?” Trump said, returning the question back to Doocy, who responded in kind.
“The president can declassify anything he wants to,” Doocy said.
“Maybe I’ll get him out of trouble,” Trump said. “I may get him out of trouble by declassifying.”
377K likes, 4,214 comments - barackobama on February 15, 2026: "I was trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round, but since it’s gotten attention let me clarify. Statistically, the universe...
“I was trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round, but since it’s gotten attention let me clarify. Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there. But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we’ve been visited by aliens is low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!” said Obama.
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