Trump's top US intelligence chief says she believes in aliens and vows to ‘share the truth' on UFOs
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THE US intelligence chief has vowed to "share the truth" on UFOs after saying she believes in aliens and that extraterrestrials are real.
Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence in Donald Trump's administration, hinted that she has a lot of classified information on aliens but is forced to remain tight-lipped due to her job.
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The US Department of Defense released footage of one UFO caught by an aircraft
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UFOs were spotted hovering over top-secret military bases and flying near aircraft, according to the US Navy (computer-generated image)
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has hinted that she has a lot of classified information on aliens
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Speaking with Pod Force One podcast host Miranda Devine, Gabbard was asked if "there could be aliens".
The US intel chief replied: "I have my own views and opinions. In this role, I have to be careful with what I share."
Devine then asked Gabbard if she believes aliens and UFOs are real, to which she replied: "Yes."
She said that right now she has "nothing to share with the public about aliens and UFOs today".
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But she vowed to reveal the truth when the time comes.
"We're continuing to look for the truth and share that truth with the American people," Gabbard told the New York Post podcast host.
Americans are curious and fascinated about aliens more than ever.
One Pentagon whistleblower who claims UFOs are real presented his bombshell testimony at a major "alien" hearing before the US Congress last year.
Former counterintelligence officer Luis Elizondo, who is said to have investigated UFO cases while at the Department of Defence, claimed America is in "possession of UAP technologies".
In Elizondo's written testimony, the former defence expert said many "advanced technologies" that do not belong to the US or any other government exist around the world.
First ever bombshell vid of infamous 'Mosul orb' UFO is released
Trump has long pushed for more transparency on UFOs and ET life.
He vowed last year to reveal exclusive UFO footage if he was elected back to the White House.
The MAGA prez said he would push the Pentagon to declassify the alleged UFO sighting videos in a sensational interview.
He told popular American podcaster Lex Fridman that he would "surely" make secret footage of alleged UFO sightings public.
During the chat, Fridman asked Trump: "Will you help push the Pentagon to release more footage, which a lot of people claim is available?"
To which Trump readily agreed and said: "Oh yeah, sure, I'll do that. I would do that. I'd love to do that. I have to do that."
The Republican leader also claimed he had faced pressure to declassify previous records of alien encounters as he admitted "there could be life on other planets".
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Donald Trump vowed to declassify footage of alleged UFO sightings
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A whistleblower came forward with bombshell allegations that the US has a secret UFO retrieval program
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He added: "People begged me not to do it but I'll be doing that very early on."
It comes after the first-ever bombshell footage of the infamous "Mosul orb" UFO captured by a US spy plane in Iraq has now been released.
The declassified video, filmed in 2016 by a US MC-12 surveillance aircraft, shows a mysterious metallic spherical object flying over the city of Mosul.
Interestingly, the four-second footage shows the UFO flying at a constant speed without dropping altitude.
The object appeared suddenly and moved erratically in and out of the camera's view.
The clip was obtained by Dustin Slaughter, a leading UFO investigator, through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request - and was shown to the public by UFO podcaster Jeremy Corbell.
It comes two years after the first still image from the video was declassified by the Pentagon.
Meanwhile, another declassified UFO footage showed a similar mystery metal orb soaring above the ground - leaving US officials puzzled.
In 2023, A testimony was heard at Capitol Hill, Washington DC, as the Pentagon's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office revealed the shocking clips.
The videos released in the declassified cases are said to have been observed by US military drones.
The footage showed a mystery "metal orb" as it hovered and flew across open airspace.
The incidents were believed to have been recorded in the Middle East and South Asia.
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