President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will direct his administration to begin releasing long-classified government files related to space aliens, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and UFOs — delivering on a promise that millions of Americans have been waiting decades to see fulfilled. The announcement, made via Truth Social, marks a potentially historic moment of transparency that previous administrations have been unwilling or unable to provide.
"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 and unidentified flying objects and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters," Trump wrote in his characteristic, direct style.
The directive targets Secretary of War Pete Hegseth along with other relevant departments and agencies, signaling that this will be a broad, coordinated effort across the national security apparatus rather than a narrow or piecemeal release. While the president did not specify a timeline for when the documents would be made available to the public, the order to begin the process of "identifying and releasing" the files is a meaningful and concrete first step — one that past presidents, despite public pressure, consistently declined to take.
The announcement comes on the heels of a pointed exchange involving former President Barack Obama, whom Trump criticized for divulging what he described as "classified information" when Obama publicly stated his belief that alien life is statistically likely given the vastness of the universe. Speaking on a podcast last week, Obama acknowledged the scale of the cosmos makes it probable that life exists beyond Earth, but went on to deny that extraterrestrial beings are being held at the legendary Area 51 facility in Nevada.
"There's no underground facility unless there's this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States," Obama said.
It is a curious defense. For a man who occupied the Oval Office for eight years, oversaw one of the most expansive national security states in American history, and had access to some of the most sensitive intelligence ever collected, Obama's assurances ring hollow to many Americans who have watched successive administrations stonewall, delay, and deflect on this issue for generations. If there is nothing to hide, the question naturally arises: why has it taken this long for a president to order the files released?
Trump himself struck a note of honest uncertainty Thursday, saying he did not know whether "aliens are real or not." That kind of candor is refreshing compared to the carefully calibrated non-answers that Washington has offered the public for decades. Rather than pretending to have all the answers, Trump is taking the straightforward approach of simply opening the books and letting the American people — who fund these agencies and whose government this is — see the evidence for themselves.
This is, at its core, a transparency issue. Conservatives have long championed the idea that government secrecy, when applied beyond genuine national security necessity, erodes the public trust and feeds the kind of institutional cynicism that has come to define Americans' relationship with their federal government. The handling of UFO and UAP information over the decades has been a textbook case of exactly that problem. Credible military pilots, radar operators, and intelligence officials have reported encounters with unidentified phenomena that defy conventional explanation, only to be met with official dismissal, ridicule, or silence.
A 2024 Pentagon report acknowledged an increase in UAP sightings but stopped short of confirming extraterrestrial origins, finding no direct evidence of alien beings. While that conclusion may satisfy some skeptics, the report itself validated what many had long argued: that these phenomena are real, measurable, and worthy of serious investigation. The question has never really been whether something unusual is happening in American airspace — it has been whether the government has been fully honest about what it knows.
Trump's directive suggests he believes the American people deserve a fuller accounting. Whether the released files ultimately reveal evidence of extraterrestrial life, undisclosed advanced technology, foreign adversary capabilities, or something else entirely, the act of opening those archives is a victory for transparency and accountability. An informed citizenry cannot make sound judgments about their government's activities if critical information is perpetually locked away in classified vaults.
Critics will no doubt attempt to characterize this move as a distraction or a political stunt. But that framing ignores the decades of bipartisan public demand for exactly this kind of disclosure. Members of Congress from both parties have pushed for UAP transparency in recent years, and whistleblowers from within the intelligence community have made stunning claims about the existence of concealed programs. The appetite for answers is not fringe — it is mainstream.
Whether the files ultimately reveal the extraordinary or the mundane, President Trump has done something no predecessor was willing to do: he has ordered the government to show its work. That alone is worth noting.
The process of identifying and releasing the relevant government files is expected to begin in the coming weeks. Further details on the scope and timeline of the release are pending.
Trump Orders Release of Government Files on Aliens, UFOs, and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
- by: Ben Martin
- 2026-02-20
- Source:
patriotuncensored.com
- 02/20/2026
