Trump’s announcement comes after former President Barack Obama said during a podcast interview that aliens were real, later clarifying that he meant “the odds are good there’s life out there.” The former president added that he had seen “no evidence” of alien existence during his term in office.
Trump, asked by a reporter about Obama’s remarks Thursday, said Obama had given classified information.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that “based on the tremendous interest shown,” he would be directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other relevant 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.”
When asked about Obama’s comments by Fox News’ Peter Doocy today, Trump said Obama was “not supposed to be doing that.”
President Trump: “He gave classified information. He’s not supposed to be doing that.”