Trump says Pentagon UFO document releases are coming ‘very, very soon’

President Donald Trump said the first results of the Pentagon’s study of UFOs would be available “very, very soon.”

Speaking at a rally at Dream City Church in North Phoenix hosted by Turning Point USA and Turning Action on Friday night, Trump told the audience that he seemed to be the right audience to hear about the research because Arizonans were “really interested in this issue.”

The comments came as interest in unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs, continues to grow in Washington, as lawmakers push for greater transparency and the Defense Department expands efforts to investigate unexplained phenomena.

“I thought this was a good crowd because I know you. You really care about this issue. I don’t know if I am,” the president told them.

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He said he recently spoke with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth about making the study’s findings public, before giving the crowd a brief update on what he saw.

“I must say we found very interesting documents,” Trump said. “And the first releases will start very, very soon, so you can go out and see if this phenomenon is true.

“You’ll figure this out. Let me know,” he added. “But we have so many questions. This is something that is truly mind-blowing, there’s no question about it.”

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UFO sightings increased in 2025 as new reports, archival discoveries, and government documents renewed national interest. (iStock photo illustration)

Trump said in February that he would direct the release of government files on alien and extraterrestrial life and unidentified aerial phenomena.

The president said there was “tremendous interest” in the issue at the time following statements by former President Barack Obama, who Trump said shared classified information suggesting aliens were real.

“Based on the tremendous interest demonstrated, I will direct the Secretary of War and other appropriate Departments and Agencies to begin the process of identifying and publishing Government files relating to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and all other information connected with these extremely complex but extremely interesting and important topics,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “GOD BLESS AMERICA!”

The report found “small but statistically significant associations” between temporal observations and nuclear testing events. (iStock photo illustration)

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Interest in UAPs has increased significantly in recent years and has come under increasing scrutiny from federal lawmakers and defense officials.

In 2023, Congress enacted the Unidentified Anomalous Events Disclosure Act, while the Department of Defense established the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office to further investigate these events.

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.