{"id":36792,"date":"2026-02-20T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/02\/20\/alien-files-incoming\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:29:00","slug":"alien-files-incoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/02\/20\/alien-files-incoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Alien files incoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would direct federal agencies \u200bto begin releasing government files related \u2060to aliens and unidentified flying objects, pointing to what he described as strong public interest in the issue.       In a social \u200bmedia post, Trump said \u200che would order Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and other agencies to release the information, calling the matter &#8220;extremely interesting and important.&#8221;       Earlier in the day, Trump, without providing evidence, accused former \u200bPresident Barack Obama of improperly disclosing classified information when discussing aliens publicly, saying Obama &#8220;made a big mistake.&#8221;       &#8220;He took it out of classified information &#8230; He&#8217;s not supposed to be doing that,&#8221; Trump told reporters while \u200ctraveling to Georgia.       During an interview \u200cwith podcast host Brian \u200bTyler Cohen released on Saturday, Obama was asked if aliens were real.       &#8220;They&#8217;re real, but I haven&#8217;t seen them, and they&#8217;re not being kept in &#8230; Area 5<br \/>1. There&#8217;s no underground facility unless there&#8217;s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of \u200bthe United States,&#8221; Obama said. Area 51 is a classified Air Force facility in Nevada that fringe theorists have speculated holds alien bodies and a crashed spaceship. CIA archives released in 2013 said it was a \u200btest site for top-secret spy planes.              PENTAGON INVESTIGATIONS       There was no indication in Obama&#8217;s remarks that the former president released classified information. Obama&#8217;s office did not respond to a request for comment.       &#8220;I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!&#8221; Obama said in an Instagram post on Sunday.       In the post, \u200cObama explained his belief that aliens exist by saying the statistical odds of life beyond Earth were high because the universe is so vast. 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