Trump says Air Force pilots described a round UFO flying three times faster than an F-22 fighter jet
President Donald Trump said Air Force pilots told him a mysterious round object flew past an F-22 fighter jet at three times its speed, while pledging to investigate claims that a secret government program studying UFOs could exist without the president's knowledge.
Key points
- They look perfect, like Tom Cruise." Trump called the pilots "the real deal" and said they had told him "things that are very strange." REP TIM BURCHETT CONVINCED THAT ALIENS EXIST, SAYS HE'S 'SEEN TOO MUCH' IN GOVERNMENT BRIEFINGS He described one of those encounters involving an F-22.
- It’s not aerodynamic." NEW TRUMP UFO FILE DUMP INCLUDES MILITARY FOOTAGE OF MYSTERIOUS STAR-SHAPED OBJECT Trump did not identify the pilots or say when or where the encounter occurred.
- LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Among them was a 2026 account from federal law enforcement agents who reported seeing a matte-black triangular object rise vertically above a mountain ridge, hover silently and then accelerate into a canyon at a speed they compared to a fighter jet.
Trump described himself as "not too much of a believer," but pointed to conversations with Air Force pilots in the Oval Office.
Additional details
- UFO WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIMS BILLIONS IN SECRET SPENDING HIDDEN FROM CONGRESS SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS "No, and I haven’t heard that," Trump said.
- Trump made the comments during an interview with correspondent Ross Douthat that aired Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes." Douthat asked Trump whether anything the president had seen, heard or been told led him to believe there was more behind unidentified objects spotted in the sky.
- TRUMP ADMIN RELEASES HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FILES DOCUMENTING UFOS, 'EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE' FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Douthat then asked Trump about claims from alleged whistleblowers that the government operates a secret program studying UFOs that even presidents may not know about.
- "But if there is, I’m going to find out about it right after this interview." CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB Trump later said there are "a lot of very solid people" who believe such claims are true, though he remained skeptical himself.
- Trump's remarks come just weeks after the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) released a batch of recently declassified records detailing UFO sightings spanning decades.
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