Trump ‘doesn’t know if aliens are real’ but directs release of UFO files

Donald Trump accused Barack Obama of disclosing 'classified information' when the former US president recently suggested in a podcast interview that aliens are real
Trump ‘doesn’t know if aliens are real’ but directs release of UFO files

US president Donald Trump said he may get Barack Obama ‘out of trouble’ by releasing UFO files (AP)

US president Donald Trump has said he is directing the Pentagon and other American government agencies to identify and release files related to extraterrestrials and UFOs because of “tremendous interest” in the subject.

Mr Trump made the announcement in a social media post hours after he accused Barack Obama of disclosing “classified information” when the former US president recently suggested in a podcast interview that aliens are real.

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