Trump's announcement on social media followed former President Barack Obama suggesting in a podcast interview that aliens were real. "Hollywood has basically been preparing the public for this," retired Navy Rear Adm. Timothy Gallaudet says of any revelation that intelligent life from outer space exists and has visited Earth. "I think if we found out aliens were on the way, there would be a mix of responses," Wald says. A plethora of documentaries also have been released, including 2025's "The Age of Disclosure," which details government knowledge of the existence of intelligent life outside of humans and attempts to reverse engineer alien technology. "It seems to me it's a reflection on who we are, that we're projecting onto aliens the way we treat each other.

Source: The Telegraph April 04, 2026 10:35 UTC