President Donald Trump has issued a statement that he will instruct the federal government to begin releasing all of its files related to UFOs, or UAP, as they're now known.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he will direct the Pentagon and other government agencies to identify and release files related to extraterrestrials and UFOs because of "tremendous interest."

In a post on his social media platform on Thursday night, Mr Trump said he was directing government agencies to release files related “to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena...