The U.S. government registered the domain name “Aliens.gov” a month after President Donald Trump promised to release all federal files on UFOs and supposed extraterrestrial sightings.
The new registration by the Executive Office of the President was first spotted by a BlueSky bot that monitors federal domains, according to 404 Media, but no website exists at the address yet.
Former president Barack Obama caused a stir in February when he appeared on the No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen podcast and appeared to admit the existence of little green men.
“They’re real, but I haven’t seen them, and they’re not being kept in – what is it? There’s no underground facility, unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States,” Obama said.
When the answer attracted huge attention from obsessives online, 44 was moved to elaborate on Instagram, saying: “I was trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round, but since it’s gotten attention let me clarify.
“Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there. But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we’ve been visited by aliens is low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us.”
His walkback was met with scepticism; however, one commentator urged Obama: “Blink twice if the aliens made you say this.”
Trump then weighed in on the furore from Air Force One a few days later, commenting on his predecessor: “He took it out of classified information... He’s not supposed to be doing that. He made a big mistake.
“I don’t have an opinion on it. I never talk about it. A lot of people do. A lot of people believe it… Well, maybe I’ll get him out of trouble. I may get him out of trouble by declassifying.”
The president subsequently announced his intention to do precisely that on Truth Social, writing: “Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”
Despite Trump’s claim that he “never talks about” UFOs, he has frequently been asked about them and has often obliged with a receptive response.
While campaigning for his return to the White House in July 2024, he told influencer Logan Paul that he was not “a believer.”
“Probably I can’t say I am,” he added. “But I have met with people that are serious people that say there’s some really strange things that they see flying around out there.”
Two months later, Lex Fridman, another podcaster, asked whether he would publish any previously withheld UAP footage as president.
“I’ll do that,” Trump promised. “I would do that. I’d love to do that. I have to do that.”
Then, in October, he told Joe Rogan that aliens have “never been my thing.” But, he conceded, “There’s no reason not to think that Mars and all these planets don’t have life.”
Trump subsequently appointed billionaire donor and would-be Mars colonizer Elon Musk to his administration as a senior adviser.
Congress has meanwhile held a number of hearings on UFOs in recent years in the interest of full transparency and in the hope of dispelling conspiracy theories amid widespread public interest.
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