President Donald Trump has announced, in one of his signature late-night Truth Social posts, he will order government agencies to release information about extraterrestrial life and related phenomena.
“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 in the post.
The post followed former President Barack Obama’s comments on alien life in a podcast interview earlier this week.
In the interview with podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen, the Epoch Times reported Obama was asked whether aliens were real, to which he replied, “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them—and they’re not being kept in [Area 51]. There’s no underground facility, unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.”
Obama later tried to walk back his claim extraterrestrials are real, however, during a press gaggle on Air Force One, Trump was asked about Obama’s answer, and he responded that Obama was disclosing “classified information.”
News Nation reported President Trump remained circumspect saying, “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’s announcement comes as former federal insiders and researchers in the field of UAPs have become increasingly vocal in their calls for the U.S. government to be transparent about potential alien tech or visitors that may have visited the planet.
Among the UFO enthusiast community, the President’s post immediately gave renewed hope that full disclosure would reveal that aliens have indeed visited Earth.
Zero Hedge reported documentary filmmaker Dan Farah appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast in November to promote his new documentary, The Age of Disclosure, and predicted that his film might force Trump to become the first world leader to confirm the existence of extraterrestrial life publicly.
"I wouldn't be surprised if it happens soon after the film comes out — the sitting president has to step to the microphone and say: humanity is not alone in the universe,” Farah told Rogan. “We have recovered technology of non-human origin. So have other nations. There is a high-stakes, secret cold war race to reverse engineer this technology. We need to win this race.”
“I think Trump might be the only guy that’s willing to do something that crazy,” Rogan replied.
The Zero Hedge article reminded us that a House hearing in July 2023 featured testimony from former military intelligence officer David Grusch, who told lawmakers under oath that he "was informed in the course of my official duties of a multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse-engineering program to which I was denied access." Grusch further alleged the government had retrieved what he called "non-human biologics" from recovered craft, citing accounts from dozens of witnesses he interviewed over four years.
The Pentagon, of course, pushed back. A March 2024 report rejected the core claims — no reverse-engineered alien spacecraft, no hidden extraterrestrial biological material, no off-world technology stashed in some classified warehouse. The agency stood by its denials even as lawmakers held classified briefings.
In an apparent response to the government’s rejection of Grush’s claims, social media appears to be all-in for full disclosure.
President Trump's directive to release government files on extraterrestrials and UAPs represents a potentially significant inflection point in the decades-long push for transparency—though the practical impact remains uncertain.
The UFX Database maintained by the UAP community documents over 63,800 sighting reports since 1947, with "lights" comprising 20.8% of cases, followed by triangular craft (10.1%) and circular objects (9.8%). Any meaningful disclosure would need to address whether official records correlate with these civilian patterns.
As one online commentator suggested, “Historical context is crucial here.”
Previous administrations have approached disclosure cautiously—the Carter administration notably tasked NASA with handling public inquiries in the late 1970s, though substantive investigation never materialized. The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act established formal UAP oversight mechanisms within the Pentagon, creating institutional infrastructure that could theoretically facilitate such a release.
However, skepticism is warranted, both for proof that aliens have visited Earth, and that the government would ever release it if it existed.
George Rasley is editor of Richard Viguerie's ConservativeHQ.com and is a veteran of over 300 political campaigns. A member of American MENSA, he served on the staff of Vice President Dan Quayle, as Director of Policy and Communication for former Congressman Adam Putnam (FL-12) then Vice Chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, and as spokesman for retired Rep. Mac Thornberry formerly a member of the House Intelligence Committee and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
“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 in the post.
The post followed former President Barack Obama’s comments on alien life in a podcast interview earlier this week.
In the interview with podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen, the Epoch Times reported Obama was asked whether aliens were real, to which he replied, “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them—and they’re not being kept in [Area 51]. There’s no underground facility, unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.”
Obama later tried to walk back his claim extraterrestrials are real, however, during a press gaggle on Air Force One, Trump was asked about Obama’s answer, and he responded that Obama was disclosing “classified information.”
News Nation reported President Trump remained circumspect saying, “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’s announcement comes as former federal insiders and researchers in the field of UAPs have become increasingly vocal in their calls for the U.S. government to be transparent about potential alien tech or visitors that may have visited the planet.
Among the UFO enthusiast community, the President’s post immediately gave renewed hope that full disclosure would reveal that aliens have indeed visited Earth.
Zero Hedge reported documentary filmmaker Dan Farah appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast in November to promote his new documentary, The Age of Disclosure, and predicted that his film might force Trump to become the first world leader to confirm the existence of extraterrestrial life publicly.
"I wouldn't be surprised if it happens soon after the film comes out — the sitting president has to step to the microphone and say: humanity is not alone in the universe,” Farah told Rogan. “We have recovered technology of non-human origin. So have other nations. There is a high-stakes, secret cold war race to reverse engineer this technology. We need to win this race.”
“I think Trump might be the only guy that’s willing to do something that crazy,” Rogan replied.
The Zero Hedge article reminded us that a House hearing in July 2023 featured testimony from former military intelligence officer David Grusch, who told lawmakers under oath that he "was informed in the course of my official duties of a multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse-engineering program to which I was denied access." Grusch further alleged the government had retrieved what he called "non-human biologics" from recovered craft, citing accounts from dozens of witnesses he interviewed over four years.
The Pentagon, of course, pushed back. A March 2024 report rejected the core claims — no reverse-engineered alien spacecraft, no hidden extraterrestrial biological material, no off-world technology stashed in some classified warehouse. The agency stood by its denials even as lawmakers held classified briefings.
In an apparent response to the government’s rejection of Grush’s claims, social media appears to be all-in for full disclosure.
President Trump's directive to release government files on extraterrestrials and UAPs represents a potentially significant inflection point in the decades-long push for transparency—though the practical impact remains uncertain.
The UFX Database maintained by the UAP community documents over 63,800 sighting reports since 1947, with "lights" comprising 20.8% of cases, followed by triangular craft (10.1%) and circular objects (9.8%). Any meaningful disclosure would need to address whether official records correlate with these civilian patterns.
As one online commentator suggested, “Historical context is crucial here.”
Previous administrations have approached disclosure cautiously—the Carter administration notably tasked NASA with handling public inquiries in the late 1970s, though substantive investigation never materialized. The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act established formal UAP oversight mechanisms within the Pentagon, creating institutional infrastructure that could theoretically facilitate such a release.
However, skepticism is warranted, both for proof that aliens have visited Earth, and that the government would ever release it if it existed.
George Rasley is editor of Richard Viguerie's ConservativeHQ.com and is a veteran of over 300 political campaigns. A member of American MENSA, he served on the staff of Vice President Dan Quayle, as Director of Policy and Communication for former Congressman Adam Putnam (FL-12) then Vice Chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, and as spokesman for retired Rep. Mac Thornberry formerly a member of the House Intelligence Committee and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
