President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will direct the Pentagon and other federal agencies to release government records related to extraterrestrial life and UFOs. It was not immediately clear what information the records contain or when they would be released. “They’re real but I haven’t seen them,” Obama said when asked whether aliens are real. The former president later clarified in an Instagram post that he was referring to the statistical likelihood of life existing on other planets given the vastness of the universe. When asked about the comments on Thursday, Trump said on Air Force One, “Well, I don’t know if they’re real or not.

Source: CNN February 20, 2026 08:16 UTC