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US President Donald Trump said his administration will soon begin releasing government files on UFOs.
Speaking at a Turning Point event in Arizona on Friday, April 17, Trump asked the crowd if they remembered directing U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to “begin releasing government files on UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomena.”
“I am pleased to report today that this process is progressing well and we have found some very interesting documents.”
“The first releases will begin very, very soon.”
Trump did not specify a specific date when the announcement could be expected.
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Responding to a reporter’s question on Thursday, April 16, about 10 scientists who have already disappeared or been found dead, Trump said, “I hope it’s random, but we’ll find out in the next week and a half.”
“It’s a pretty serious situation… Some of them were very important people and we will be addressing this issue in the next short period.”
It is not clear whether the information about the scientists is linked to the information about the files.
Many cases in recent years have revealed a worrying pattern of unexplained deaths or disappearances of scientists researching important areas of technology or space exploration, while others remain unexplained.
The Daily Express previously reported that anti-gravity woman Amy Eskridge, 34, died of a gunshot wound to the head in Huntsville, Alabama, on June 11, 2022, after stating that her life may have been in danger. Neither police nor coroners have publicly released details of the investigation into his death.
Five leading researchers have also died or disappeared, including two who were killed in their own homes.
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Nuno Loureiro, 47, was killed in his home in Boston on December 15, 2025. Authorities stated that the gunman was a former classmate from Portugal. But a former FBI official and independent researchers have suggested that Nuno’s work on nuclear fusion may have made him the target of a broader conspiracy against US scientists.
In a separate incident, 67-year-old astrophysicist Carl Grillmair was shot in an unprovoked attack at his California home on February 16, 2026, after being shot on his front porch. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department identified a person of interest in Grillmair’s case and subsequently charged him with murder, carjacking and burglary.
Separately, NASA scientists Michael David Hicks and Frank Maiwald, who both worked at the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, died at a young age under unknown circumstances.
In another surprising case, Jason Thomas, a pharmaceutical researcher testing cancer treatments at Novartis, was found dead in a Massachusetts lake on March 17, 2026, and had disappeared without a trace three months earlier. Local police maintained that no foul play was suspected.
Some other people were also reported missing and their names were not disclosed.
