UFO researchers say upcoming US defence files on unexplained phenomena could reveal proof of alien life within weeks, potentially supporting claims extraterrestrials are already on Earth, even as mainstream scientists remain deeply sceptical.

THOUSANDS of never-before-seen files related to UFO sightings have been released by the White House as part of its effort for transparency around the possible existence of extraterrestrial life.

Do aliens exist? Could Earth really be the only planet hosting intelligent life? Debates over the existence of extraterrestrials date back to the earliest Indigenous and western thought. The tools generating the evidence within western science,

Out of everything the Trump administration had promised its citizens recently, one task is definitely on track—that of declassifying extraterrestrial .

NASA officials have previously spoken of the possibility of extraterrestrial life amid scientific uncertainty while highlighting the agency’s role in collecting evidence for the search of alien life. In 2023, then NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced that he was appointing a committee of scientists to address “so many suspicions about aliens.”

Scientists are using advanced telescopes, models and AI to help them look for signs of life beyond Earth, including in distant solar systems.

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He said his reasoning for this is that the government is "terrible at keeping secrets."