Trump Pledges to Release Files on Extraterrestrial Life
In 1977, children and adults in Broad Haven, Wales, reported a silver craft and figures in nearby fields. The sightings have never been definitively explained.
President Trump announced he would direct the administration to identify and release files on extraterrestrial life and unidentified phenomena. The announcement put the 1977 Broad Haven sighting back in the headlines. The village is near a base where US Navy personnel also served, but the files have yet to be released.
President Donald Trump announced on social media that he would direct US government agencies, including the Pentagon, to begin identifying and releasing files on extraterrestrial life and unidentified aerial phenomena. The public has a “great interest” in the subject, he said, according to the Herald Wales, which reported the announcement on November 3, 2026. Hours earlier, Trump told reporters, “Well, I don’t know if they’re real or not.”
The announcement has turned attention back to an incident in West Wales nearly half a century ago. In late 1977, schoolchildren and adults in Broad Haven, a small village in Pembrokeshire, reported a silver, cigar-shaped craft and humanoid figures in fields near the primary school. Their reports were part of a wider wave of sightings in the area, sometimes called the “Welsh Triangle.”
The Base Near the Fields
RAF Brawdy, a Royal Air Force base, was a few kilometers away. US Navy personnel also served there at the time. The newspaper said the base raises the possibility that the US military documented aerial phenomena, but noted that there is no evidence it did.
The British Department of Defense has released some of its UFO files over the years, but the Broad Haven sightings have never been definitively explained. In 2024, the Pentagon released an assessment that found no evidence the United States had encountered extraterrestrial life and concluded that most sightings likely involved ordinary objects or misidentification.
What About the Files?
The files Trump promised have not yet been released, and it is not known whether any documents about Broad Haven are in US archives. If they are, local residents would likely be interested in them. So far, none of the files have been made public.
Questions & answers
What exactly did Trump promise?
He said he would direct government agencies, including the Pentagon, to begin identifying and releasing files related to extraterrestrial life and unidentified aerial phenomena. Nothing has been released so far.
What was reported in Broad Haven in 1977?
Children and adults reported a silver, cigar-shaped craft and humanoid figures in fields near a school. The sightings have never been definitively explained.