The Executive Office of the President has registered the federal domain aliens.gov, along with the companion site alien.gov, this week.
This action comes just over a month after President Donald Trump ordered the release of government records related to UFOs and extraterrestrials.
Public records from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) show both domains were registered Tuesday evening and are hosted on Cloudflare servers. Neither site is connected to any website as of Thursday, and both remain empty placeholders set to expire in 2027.
The move follows Trump’s February 19 Truth Social post directing the Defense Secretary to begin “identifying and releasing” all government files related to “aliens, UAPs, UFOs, and related matters.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted the message with an alien emoji and said his team was “working on it.”
White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly responded to questions about the domains with a brief email: “Stay tuned!” She included the same alien emoji Hegseth used.
The registrations come as betting markets react to the possibility of disclosure. Trading volume on Polymarket for a U.S. government confirmation of alien life before 2027 has reached $17 million, with the “yes” outcome at 16%.
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, created in 2022 to investigate unidentified anomalous phenomena, reported more than 2,000 UAP cases in its 2026 annual update. The office has found no evidence of extraterrestrial technology but continues to review unexplained incidents.
Pentagon spokespeople did not respond to questions about the new domains or whether they will support expanded public reporting of UAP. CISA, which manages .gov registrations, also declined comment. The domains were registered even though CISA had paused new requests because of a lapse in federal funding.
The timing echoes earlier comments, thrusting the issue into the spotlight. Former President Barack Obama said in a February podcast that aliens are “real,” though he later clarified that he saw no evidence of contact during his time in office. Trump accused Obama of sharing classified information and issued the disclosure directive hours later.
Lara Trump said on a podcast that the President has “played a little coy” when family members ask about UFOs and suggested he has prepared a speech on the topic to deliver “at the right time,” Audacy reported. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called such a speech “very exciting” but said it was “news to me.”
As of Thursday, aliens.gov returned only an error page.