The Tennessee congressman has pushed relentlessly for government transparency about unidentified areal phenomena, or UAPs, since he got to Washington.

Based on “tremendous interest shown,” Trump said in a social-media post Thursday night, he will direct the defense secretary and relevant departments to begin the process of releasing government files...

Trump's comments on Truth Social came hours after he accused former President Obama of disclosing classified information for saying aliens are "real" in a podcast last week.