February 2026: Trump Signs Executive Order to Declassify UAP Files Amid Agency Backlogs and Vanishing Researchers

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Donald Trump signed an executive order to release government files on alien life, UAPs, and UFOs, Pete Hegseth pledged compliance as AARO handles a backlog, declassified materials are expected to include thousands of photos and videos, physical samples with anomalous signatures, and internal communications, many documents will be heavily redacted, two researchers William Neil McCasland and Monica Jacinto Reza disappeared fueling talk of a cover-up prompted by Congressman Tim Burchett, the alien.gov portal remains empty signaling a slow rollout, and oversight committees are pressing for timelines and transparency as the UAP file remains sprawling and unresolved.

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Trump ordered all government UFO & alien files declassified in 2026. Days later, a UFO general and NASA scientist mysteriously vanished. Is this a cover-up?