Trump meets with Artemis II astronauts and promises: UFOs and aliens will be soon declassified, with a large amount of unreleased information to be revealed.

Trump publicly promised on April 30th at the White House to reveal as many UFO-related files as possible in the “near future,” including a large amount of “never-before-disclosed material.” This is his third public stance on UFO declassification this year, and the first batch of files is already in the countdown.
(Background summary: Trump: The first batch of UFO files will be “very, very soon” released, uncovering many interesting contents)
(Additional background: Trump wants to declassify alien files! Demanding the Department of Defense to release government files on extraterrestrial life and UFOs).

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• Three waves of statements, the pace getting faster and faster
• What has not been made public yet? The research community is highly concerned
• Is the centralized digital platform about to go live?

A group of astronauts preparing to head to the Moon collided with a president preparing to open another door to the universe. On April 30th, the Artemis II crew of NASA visited the White House Oval Office after completing lunar orbit training, including Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen. During this occasion, when asked by reporters about the UFO declassification progress, Trump gave the clearest timeline commitment so far. Trump stated in the Oval Office:

I believe we will release everything that can be released in the near future. Everyone wants to know about UFOs and everything related to them, and we will make a lot of data accessible. I think some of it will be very interesting to the public.

Three waves of statements, the pace getting faster and faster

This is not Trump’s first time publicly commenting on UFO declassification, but the signals have clearly intensified. Reviewing the timeline:

In February this year, Trump, citing “the American public’s very high interest,” issued an executive order instructing the Pentagon and related intelligence agencies to initiate declassification procedures, aiming to release all government files involving Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), and the possible existence of extraterrestrial life. The White House posted on X platform, instructing the “Secretary of War and other relevant agencies” to identify and disclose related files.

On April 17th, Trump further revealed that government personnel had uncovered “many interesting files” during the review process, and stated that the first batch of files would be “very, very soon” released to the public via a centralized digital platform.

This time, on April 30th, during a public appearance meeting with lunar mission astronauts, Trump once again pledged— not just the first batch, but “as many as possible, including many never-before-disclosed items.”

What has not been made public yet? The research community is highly concerned

Despite Trump’s multiple statements, the U.S. government has not yet officially released any new batches of UFO/UAP declassified files. Researchers and UAP advocacy groups have long been tracking core unresolved issues, including: the full assessment report of the Pentagon’s AATIP (Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program), original videos and analysis data of U.S. military pilots’ sightings over the years, and internal evaluations by intelligence agencies regarding non-Earth origin hypotheses.

It is noteworthy that Trump’s declassification promises have accelerated in frequency, and each time he speaks at symbolically significant occasions— from executive orders to TV interviews, to Oval Office meetings with space exploration heroes. This narrative rhythm has led some researchers to have high expectations for the definition of “soon.”

Is the centralized digital platform about to go live?

According to Trump’s statement on April 17th, the first batch of files will be released through a “centralized digital platform,” rather than scattered across various agency websites. This suggests that the government is planning a unified portal, allowing the public to systematically access declassified materials.

For the UAP research community, if this platform materializes, it would be the most significant transparency breakthrough since The New York Times exposed Pentagon UAP videos in 2017. Trump’s casual mention of this promise during his meeting with astronauts about to go to the Moon also merges the dual cosmic narrative— humanity venturing into outer space, and the government opening dusty archives— within the same Oval Office setting.