The Trump administration's Department of Defense released its first batch of files regarding "unidentified anomalous phenomena" in May 2026.

The Pentagon on Friday began releasing “never-before-seen” files relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena — previously and more infamously known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs — that the government has been holding onto for decades –The files have been a source of intrigue and fascination for generations of skeptical Americans wondering if we’re alone in the universe.

The Defense Department has released a collection of UFO files with images, videos, and documents on war.gov/ufo.

Donald Trump's supporters and UFO enthusiasts are poring over fresh clues from Washington, after a little-known White House-linked domain, alien.gov, suddenly began throwing encrypted error messages this week,

Web domain added to government registry a month after president directed agencies to release files relating to UAPs It was a gift to conspiracy theorists. Last week, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency registered the alien.gov and ...

UFOs, or the notion of them, have been around a long time. Here’s a look at how the various iterations of the subject — from government investigations to sightings to movies and TV — have unfolded since World War II: 1947: First widely reported UFO ...