President Trump on Thursday directed his administration to release files on UFOs and any "alien and extraterrestrial life," an issue that has drawn decades of public fascination — and spawned more than a few wild theories.

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In a post on his social media platform on Thursday night, Mr Trump said he was directing government agencies to release files related “to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena...