Trump Drops UFO Info on 60 Minutes: Fighter Pilots Saw 'Round' Objects

President Donald Trump says Air Force pilots have told him about a mysterious round object flying three times faster than an F-22 fighter jet.

In a Sunday 60 Minutes interview with Ross Douthat, Trump recalled meeting pilots in the Oval Office who described encounters with objects they could not explain.

“Something goes by them at three times their speed and it’s round,” Trump said. “It’s not aerodynamic, it’s round.”

Trump compared the pilots to Tom Cruise, praising their professionalism and credibility. They were flying F-22 Raptors, fighter jets developed by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Boeing (NYSE:BA).

Despite their extraordinary accounts, Trump remains unconvinced that extraterrestrials are involved.

“I’m not too much of a believer,” he admitted.

Douthat then raised the possibility of a secret government UFO program, one so closely guarded that even the president might not know about it.

Trump said he had never heard of such a program, but appeared intrigued.

“But if there is, I’m going to find out about it right after this interview,” he said.

“I would like to find out whether or not it’s true,” Trump added. “I will tell you, you have a lot of very solid people that believe it’s true.”

What Prediction Markets Say About Aliens

Traders on Polymarket assign just a 2% probability that the U.S. government will officially confirm extraterrestrial life or technology before December 31.

The market has attracted approximately $78 million in cumulative trading volume across its deadlines.

In May, the same year-end contract traded near 19%. The probability peaked this year in April when speculation grew that Trump would release files that might show evidence of alien encounters. The files proved to be a disappointment.

The contract requires explicit government confirmation. Reports of unexplained sightings or additional UFO documents alone would not qualify.

Traders are considerably more optimistic about further disclosures.

A separate Polymarket market puts the probability of new UFO files being declassified by Nov. 15 at just 8%, rising to 59% by November 30 and 90% by year-end. The market has over $106,000 traded across its deadlines.

The Pentagon’s latest report examined 319 new UFO sightings. It explained 114 as ordinary objects, but couldn’t identify the other 205, often because there wasn’t enough evidence.

Traders expect more UFO files before the year ends, but aren’t holding their breath for proof we aren’t alone in the universe.

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