Donald Trump suggested in a recent interview with celebrity influencer Logan Paul that he has access to UFO files after being asked about what information he had about the existence of alien life. The former president, appearing on Paul's podcast, was asked what files or documents he was privy to on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)—the term used by defense officials referring, in part, to sightings of what are colloquially called UFOs. Trump's conversation comes amid heightened interest in the topic, following the 's release of declassified documents detailing instances reported to it by airmen and other service personnel.
Last summer, 36-year-old Air Force veteran David Grusch caused a media storm after he said that a had found the wreckage of several fully intact unidentified aerial craft, claiming some of which contained dead nonhuman pilots. A 2023 report from the Office for the Director of National Intelligence found that there , higher than the 366 seen in 2021. Of these, 171 were considered to "appear to have demonstrated unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities, and require further analysis.
" During the podcast, when asked about aliens, Trump said he had spoken to Air Force personnel who had claimed to see aircraft "round in form, going like four times faster than my super jet fighter plane." "I have met with people that are serious people that say there are some really strange things they see flying around out there," he added. Pressed wheth.
