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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-20T04:34:01.000Z",
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    "Donald Trump breaks his silence on Andrew's arrest two months before King's US visit",
    "Donald Trump is 'beginning to smell a rat' with Keir Starmer's 'dodgy' Chagos deal, top Tory warns",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nDonald Trump has ordered the release of all files related to alien life and UFOs.\n\nThe US President last night directed the Pentagon and other agencies to begin identifying and releasing files related to aliens and unidentified flying objects.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Trump said: \"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.\"\n\nThe move comes just days after Mr Trump's forerunner in office Barack Obama said aliens were real on political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen's podcast.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Obama said: \"They’re real but I haven’t seen them and they’re not being kept in... What is it called... Area 51.\"\n\nThe former President added: \"There’s no underground facility. Unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the President of the United States.\"\n\nAsked about Mr Obama's question, the current President said he \"gave classified information. He’s not supposed to be doing that.\"\n\n\"He made a big mistake,\" added Mr Trump.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe President said he did not know if aliens were real or not when asked himself on Thursday.\n\nMr Obama later clarified his remarks on social media.\n\nHe said: \"Statistically the universe is so vast that the odds are good there's life out there.\"\n\nHe added the odds we had been directly visited by aliens were low, due to the \"distances between solar systems\".\n\nThere was no evidence extraterrestrials made contact with humanity during his presidency, Mr Obama added.\n\n### LATEST FROM THE PRESIDENT:\n\n\n\n\n  * Donald Trump breaks his silence on Andrew's arrest two months before King's US visit\n  * Donald Trump is 'beginning to smell a rat' with Keir Starmer's 'dodgy' Chagos deal, top Tory warns\n  * Donald Trump hurried into Iran crisis meeting as top ally warns US could 'strike within HOURS'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nLast year, Congress held a hearing to promote transparency of UAPs and protect whistleblowers who report their sighting.\n\nCongress heard from several witnesses who testified to seeing UFOs were dismissed and belittled.\n\nIn 2022, the United States held a Congressional hearing on UFOs and UAPs.\n\nIt was the first such hearing on the flying phenomena since 1969.\n\nShown in the hearing was 2021 footage filmed by a US Navy fighter-jet of an unknown spherical object that \"quickly passes by the cockpit of the aircraft\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThree triangular objects flying off the coast as seen through night-vision goggles were also shown during the hearing.\n\nPentagon officials said at the time there was no indication the UFOs had any extraterrestrial origin, with no evidence of such found through wreckages or unknown materials.\n\nA 2024 Pentagon report said investigations had not found any evidence that sighted UFOs were \"off-world technology\" and most sightings were misidentified objects and phenomena.\n\nIt found that some reported UFO sightings were likely to be classified American defence and space exploration projects.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Donald Trump orders release of ALL secret files on alien life and UFOs"
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