Aliens and Trolling

Last week, Barack Obama stated that aliens (the extraterrestrial kind) were real and then, within a day or two, walked back his comment by suggesting that it was statistically likely they existed given the size of the universe. Trump then interjected himself into the issue by suggesting that Obama had broken secrecy laws. From the New York Post:

    “He gave classified information, he’s not supposed to be doing that,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.

    “I don’t know if they’re real or not, but I can tell you he gave classified information.”

    “He made a big mistake,” Trump went on. “He took it out of classified information. No, I don’t have an opinion on it. I never talk about it. A lot of people do. A lot of people believe it.” 

 [snip]

    Trump has claimed that presidents have the power to declassify anything and suggested he could spare Obama by exercising that power.

    “I may get him out of trouble by declassifying,” Trump said. 

 And, true to his word, Trump ordered the disclosure of files on UFOs and UAPs:

“Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters,” Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social.

I wouldn't expect much in the way of bombshell evidence. If there were aliens and we had some of their technology or dealings with them, it will be withheld or redacted on national security grounds; and if there aren't aliens but the reports might reveal secret projects or methods of monitoring aircraft (or submersible craft) those will also be withheld or redacted on national security grounds. In any event, what we get will be a sanitized version of incidents just like Project Bluebook, except updated. For instance, they might admit that sightings of mysterious "triangular" UFOs were actually stealth aircraft prior to the existence of those aircraft being publicly acknowledged.  

    Today's Anonymous Conservative news brief has more about this issue, including comments from other officials, if you are interested.