The disclosure troll: aliens.gov was not what UFO believers thought

The Trump administration may have just pulled the ultimate troll.

For weeks, UFO enthusiasts were told to get ready for a major reveal. A website called aliens.gov was teased, and speculation spread rapidly throughout the UFO community. Many believed it could become a hub for government disclosure related to unidentified aerial phenomena, extraterrestrial life, or long-classified files.

UFO journalist and investigative reporter Jeremy Corbell expressed concerns that things might not be exactly what they seemed. As it turns out, that concern was well-founded.

When aliens.gov went live, the site wasn’t about extraterrestrials at all. Instead, it focused on aliens of a different kind: illegal immigration. The website’s messaging stated that “they have walked among us for 60 years” and proceeded as an anti-immigration platform rather than a UFO disclosure portal.

Now, to be fair, we don’t yet know what the long-term plans for the website are. It is entirely possible that information regarding UFOs, UAPs, or even what some would call aliens of the third and fourth kind could eventually appear there. But as of right now, that’s not what people found.

The reaction has been predictable. Those who have spent years following the disclosure movement feel frustrated and misled. Meanwhile, many who never trusted the Trump administration’s promises regarding UFO disclosure are feeling vindicated. In their eyes, the ultimate trolling job just happened.

Whether the website eventually becomes a legitimate source of information remains to be seen. What we are witnessing right now, however, is a segment of Trump’s own support base becoming disappointed. Many people who believed he would be the “disclosure president” are suddenly questioning whether they were sold a promise that was never intended to be fulfilled.

And honestly, why not join the club?

A lot of Americans, regardless of political affiliation, have looked at the visual images of the White House coming out of Washington this week and wondered the same thing: if we’ve somehow stumbled into an episode of Idiocracy, how exactly do we find our way back out?