Trump Tells NASA Astronaut Event Pentagon Will Release 'Very Interesting' UFO Files; AARO Pledges 'Never-Before-Seen' Material

At a White House event for NASA astronauts on May 3, 2026, President Donald Trump said the Pentagon is preparing to release UFO files uncovered by his administration, stating 'we're going to be releasing a lot of things that we haven't' and that 'some of it's going to be very interesting to people.' The Department of War's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office issued a statement the same day saying it is working with the White House to release 'never-before-seen UAP information' and welcomed the president's initiative to 'supercharge these efforts.' Sean Kirkpatrick, AARO's first director, told the Washington Post that he does not expect the announced release to contain disclosures of the kind public anticipation has built around. No release schedule, document inventory, or scope for the announced files release has been published on whitehouse.gov, war.gov, or aaro.mil at the time of this entry.