Why the Trump Administration is Telling Us So Much About UFOs

Why the Trump Administration is Telling Us So Much About UFOsHow populists weaponize the language of transparency against our institutions.Jun 24, 2026Share(Photo illustration by Bill Kuchman/The Bulwark | Photos: Shutterstock)by Yaniv RegevLAST MONTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE launched a government portal dedicated to releasing declassified files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or UAPs—an upmarket term for what most of us call UFOs.Anyone with an internet connection can now watch videos of spherical objects gliding through clouds near nuclear facilities, listen to first-hand accounts from intelligence officers who describe orbs splitting apart in midair, and read Cold War–era reports of rotating discs in the sky.

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