United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said that he will learn alongside the American public whether his department holds records proving the existence of aliens. When asked if he thinks aliens are real, Hegseth said, “We’ll see. I get to do the review and find out along with you.”

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Last week, current ruler Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Pentagon to release “any and all other information connected” with unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) and unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Hegseth told journalists the instruction was not “on my bingo card at all” and cautioned against expecting a swift release.

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Trump’s command was released in response to a podcast in which former President Barack Obama said he believed aliens were real. Obama also claimed that the U.S. government does not hold any in custody, however.

“There’s no underground facility, unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States,” Obama said. Trump claimed Obama disclosed classified information before ordering the release to meet “tremendous interest” from the American public.

If this were true, why didn’t Trump command the release of this information sooner? Why wait? Is it just to attempt to prove Obama a liar?

The Trump administration has attempted to portray itself as a champion of government transparency, but critics say it has fallen short. Its promise to disclose the Epstein files has been a source of particular contention, especially now that those files have been released and are as horrific as the public imagined them to be.

No official declaration has ever been made by the U.S. government as to whether or not UFOs or UAPs actually exist. But rulers in the U.S. have been collecting reports about UFO/UAP sightings for decades. In fact, the Pentagon is currently running an All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office for the purpose.