Trump Says Review Of Ufo Files Found 'interesting' Documents

President Donald Trump said Friday that "very absorbing documents" related to UFOs will beryllium released by nan Department of Defense "very, very soon."

"As you remember, I precocious directed nan Secretary of War ... to begin releasing authorities files relating to UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomenon," Trump said during a Turning Point USA arena successful Phoenix.

"This process is good underway, and we recovered galore very absorbing documents, I must say, and nan first releases will statesman very, very soon," nan president continued.

Trump's comments travel amid accrued unit from Capitol Hill to disclose files related to unidentified aerial phenomena, aliases UAPs. Trump has not said that he believes nan phenomena are of alien origin.

The Pentagon did not instantly respond to a petition for remark connected nan timeline for a merchandise of documents, aliases what nan merchandise whitethorn contain.

Trump announced successful February that he had directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and different agency officials to statesman reviewing authorities files related to "alien and extraterrestrial life.”

The February announcement came days aft former President Barack Obama's comments connected a podcast that aliens were real. Shortly aft his appearance, Obama clarified that he meant "the likelihood are bully there's life retired there" and that he hadn't really seen grounds of alien life while successful nan White House.

Lawmakers person pressed for disclosure of authorities files connected UAPs. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., wrote a missive last period demanding that nan Pentagon merchandise 46 videos from its investigation into UAPs by April 14. After that deadline passed Tuesday, Luna, who chairs nan House Oversight Task Force connected nan Declassification of Federal Secrets, said successful an interview pinch NewsNation that she is considering utilizing lawsuit authority if nan videos are not released.

"The continued deficiency of transparency surrounding these anomalies and nan imaginable nationalist information threat they airs is troubling," Luna wrote successful her March letter. "The beingness of UAPs successful and astir nan delicate airspaces of U.S. subject installations poses a threat to nan information of nan equipped forces and their readiness."

The congresswoman posted a clip of Trump's remarks Friday on X, simply penning a winking emoji supra nan clip.

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., has besides urged nan management to merchandise accusation connected UFOs. Burchett reposted a clip of Trump's remarks Friday pinch nan caption, "Thank you for keeping your connection to maine @realDonaldTrump."

The Pentagon said successful November 2024 that it received hundreds of reports connected UAPs pursuing a 2024 hearing, including 21 that were worthy of "further analysis" owed to "anomalous characteristics and/or behaviors." However, officials said they did not find grounds to substantiate life from different satellite successful immoderate of nan reports received.

Additionally, a Pentagon report from March 2024 recovered that location was nary reliable grounds that U.S. authorities covered up findings of UFOs aliases UAPs that revealed extraterrestrial life, penning that "most sightings were nan consequence of misidentification of mean objects and phenomena."