President Trump on Thursday directed his administration to release files on UFOs and any "alien and extraterrestrial life," an issue that has drawn decades of public fascination — and spawned more than a few wild theories.

President Trump had lashed out at former President Barack Obama earlier Thursday for telling a podcaster that aliens were real.

He made a big mistake.” Obama, in a recent podcast interview with Brian Tyler Cohen, said of alien life: “They’re real but I haven’t seen them.” And then he said—and this might be what Trump is jumping on—that there are no aliens at “Area 51.

President Donald Trump said he is directing federal agencies to release government documents that discuss extraterrestrial life and unexplained aerial phenomenon.

President Donald Trump on Thursday contradicted Barack Obama‘s assertion that aliens exist and said his predecessor made a “big mistake” by disclosing “classified information.” Obama made his comments during a wide-ranging interview with journalist Brian Tyler Cohen published last weekend,

US President Donald Trump says he will direct US agencies, including the defence department, to "begin the process of identifying and releasing" government files on aliens and extraterrestrial life. Trump made the declaration in a post on Truth Social,

In a Truth Social post, the U.S. president said his move was based on the "tremendous interest" in the subject, without providing additional details.

President Trump is directing his administration to begin releasing government documents related to aliens and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), he announced Thursday evening. The big picture: Trump's comments on Truth Social came hours after he accused former President Obama of disclosing classified information for saying aliens are "real" in a podcast last week.