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.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’ll release UFO records.

In a post on his social media platform on Thursday night, Mr Trump said he was directing government agencies to release files related “to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena...