Trump says review of UFO files found 'interesting' documents

The president in February directed the Department of Defense to begin reviewing government files related to extraterrestrial life.

President Donald Trump said Friday that “very interesting documents” related to UFOs will be released by the Department of Defense “very, very soon.”

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“As you remember, I recently directed the Secretary of War ... to begin releasing government files relating to UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomenon,” Trump said at a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix.

“This process is well underway, and we found many very interesting documents, I must say, and the first releases will begin very, very soon,” the president continued.