WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s directing the Pentagon and other government agencies to identify and release files related to extraterrestrials and UFOs because of “tremendous interest.” Trump made the announcement in a social media post hours after he accused former President Barack Obama of disclosing “classified information” when Obama recently suggested in a podcast interview that aliens were real.

Trump accuses Obama of leaking classified information regarding aliens after Obama's comments on extraterrestrial life in a podcast.

Former President Barack Obama said in an interview that he thought aliens were real, given the vastness of the universe, but clarified he was guessing.