Trump's declassified UFO files could mean payouts for alien betters

President Donald Trump said he would direct federal agencies to declassify government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena, and unidentified flying objects, posting the move on Truth Social. He also accused former President Barack Obama of improperly discussing classified material about extraterrestrials on a podcast, saying Obama "gave classified information" and wasn't "supposed to be doing that," and that declassifying the relevant files could get him "out of trouble." Obama had told podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen that aliens are "real" and later clarified there was no evidence during his presidency that aliens "have made contact with us." The announcement has energized bettors on the decentralized prediction platform Polymarket.

Traders have poured millions into markets about whether the US will confirm extraterrestrial life before 2027; one such market had drawn more than $4 million in trading volume as of Thursday.

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