"Given the great interest, I will be directing the Secretary of War and other relevant departments to begin the process of identifying and releasing government documents relating to aliens and extraterrestrial life, unidentified airborne phenomena (UAPs) and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and all information relating to these complex but very interesting and important issues," Trump wrote.
The decision comes just hours after Trump accused Barack Obama of revealing classified information, following the former president's comment in an interview that aliens exist.
