Trump's comments came hours after he claimed that former President Barack Obama shared "classified information"' when he told a podcaster recently that he believed aliens were real.

Donald Trump has said he will direct the Pentagon and other US agencies to release "government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life".

“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 relat...