politics
February 21, 2026
Trump orders Pentagon to release files on aliens and UFOs
US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to release files on aliens and UFOs, citing “tremendous interest”

TL;DR
- President Trump is ordering the release of government files concerning alien life, UFOs, and UAPs.
- The decision is reportedly driven by "tremendous interest" in the subject.
- This announcement comes after former President Obama suggested aliens might be real in a podcast interview.
- Obama later clarified that he had not seen evidence of aliens making contact but acknowledged the statistical probability of extraterrestrial life.
- The Pentagon received 757 new reports of unidentified UAPs between May 2023 and June 2024.
- Twenty-one of these UAP reports "merit further analysis" due to anomalous characteristics.
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