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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Michael Toledo

3.8 Million UFO Files Wiped Hours After Donald Trump's Alien Disclosure Order — Accidental Error or Something More?

Greenewald's archive includes files on UFO crash sites like Roswell and secret groups like Majestic 12, despite official US denials of extraterrestrial contact. (Credit: Khem Raj/Pixabay)

A vast archive of declassified US government files vanished from The Black Vault just hours after Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to release all documents relating to aliens, unidentified aerial phenomena and unidentified flying objects. The server wipe affected 3.8 million files, including CIA projects, military reports and other sensitive documents collected over decades by researcher John Greenewald Jr. The timing has raised questions about whether the deletion was accidental or deliberate.

The Black Vault and Trump's UFO Directive

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