Trump’s interview comes days after Republicans faced setbacks in the 2026 midterm elections.
In a sitdown with 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat, President Donald Trump weighed in on UFOs and said that military pilots have “told me things that are very strange”.
In the same interview, Trump stood by his handling of the economy and the Iran war. “These are not people that you would say are conspiracy theorists. They don’t even know what it means. But they’re great, great pilots. Young, handsome. They have beautiful, nice flat tops. I’d like to have a haircut just like them. They look perfect, like Tom Cruise. … They’re thin, you know, very thin and very everything. And … they’re the real deal.
However, he also acknowledged some “bad messaging” on economic issues and said his immigration crackdown was “too tough” at times. Trump said during the interview that one of the most frequent questions he gets asked is what the military calls unexplained anomalous phenomena, also known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. “I’m not too much of a believer, but I sat in the Oval Office, first term and a little bit second term, meeting with Air Force pilots that are really good, solid people,” said the president. And they’ve told me things that are very strange i n certain cases . He added, “ They said, ‘Yes, there’s something going on out there…’ because they’re flying an F-22… and something goes by them at three times their speed, and it’s round…” ” “These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation — and it’s time the American people see it for themselves,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement at the time, per CBS News. Trump, meanwhile, said that the disclosure was aimed at providing “Complete and Maximum Transparency.”
