Case file · CJ-2026-0046

Aliens.gov goes live, and it’s an immigration site

Date
May 28, 2026
Place
Washington, DC
Type
UAP Disclosure
Status
Explained
Record
Documented

In March 2026, weeks after President Trump ordered agencies to release their UFO files, the White House quietly registered the domains Alien.gov and Aliens.gov. Many people in the UFO world assumed a disclosure portal was coming.

On the night of May 28, the White House teased the site with a 10-second video on X. When it went live, it had the look of a sci-fi thriller: dark visuals, green computer-style text and the tagline “They walk among us.” The opening copy read, “For 60 years, the U.S. government has kept a closely guarded secret.”

Then came the reveal. The site was about immigration enforcement. It featured a searchable live map of ICE arrests of undocumented immigrants, a ticker counting more than 3.1 million “encounters” with no explanation of what that meant or over what period, and a tip line urging citizens to report “suspicious aliens” to ICE. One line read, “If you’ve witnessed an Alien abduction, do not be alarmed.”

UFO researchers called it a bait-and-switch. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, posted that he was still looking for intelligent life in the White House. The White House told Fox News it was a first-of-its-kind effort to draw eyeballs to border-related risks.

The Pentagon’s actual UFO archive lives at war.gov/UFO.

What's disputed or missing

  • What the 3.1 million 'encounters' figure counts. The site doesn't define it.
  • Whether the domain was always meant for immigration, or repurposed after the UFO release went to the Pentagon.

Sources

  1. Main
    NBC Washington

    What the site shows and the reactions.

  2. Main
    CNN (via KTVZ)

    The domain registration back story.

  3. Main
    NBC Bay Area

    Another write-up of the launch.

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