Newspaper headline reports on notice sign at Rendlesham UFO trail, Rendlesham forest, Suffolk, England, UK. (Photo by: Geography Photos/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump has hinted multiple times over the past few months at his administration releasing new information on UFOs.
Last month, President Trump related a similar message at a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix, telling supporters that the initial release of documents “will begin very, very soon,” but no timetable was immediately given.
Trump again addressed the issue when asked about it at a news conference held with the Artemis II crew at the White House.
“We’re going to be releasing a lot of things that we haven’t,” Trump said addressing reporters. “I think some of it’s going to be very interesting to people.”
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The backstory:
In February, in response to what he called “tremendous interest” from the public, President Trump directed the Pentagon and other agencies to identify and release some UFO files.
The Pentagon has promised more transparency since a group of former officials leaked Navy videos of unknown objects to the New York Times and Politico in 2017. The leak led to Congress holding the first UFO in 50 years in May 2022.
Back in June 2024, an 18-page unclassified report submitted to Congress said the U.S. military had filed 485 reports of unidentified phenomena in the past year, with 118 cases found to be “prosaic objects such as various types of balloons, birds, and unmanned aerial systems.”
The other side:
The release of new information does not necessarily mean proof of extraterrestrial life. Former career intelligence officer Sean Kirkpatrick said he’s seen the government’s and does not believe any new revelations will be found. He said videos that people question as alien technology usually have mundane explanations.
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Kirkpatrick explained that modern infrared cameras often capture jet engines and other hot objects in a thermal bloom which would resemble the speedy, pill-shaped objects people see.
“Readers should not get their hopes up that there’s going to be some document with photos, interviewing the aliens when they came down,” he said. “Because that just doesn’t exist.”
The Source: This story was written with information provided by the Associated Press. This story was reported from Orlando.