President Trump on Thursday directed his administration to release files on UFOs and any "alien and extraterrestrial life," an issue that has drawn decades of public fascination — and spawned more than a few wild theories.

After comments from former President Barack Obama reignited debate over extraterrestrials, President Donald Trump says he will direct agencies to release government files on UFOs and possible alien en...

Obama, who made his comments in a podcast appearance over the weekend, later clarified that he had not seen evidence that aliens “have made contact with us,” but said, “statistically, the universe is ...