Key facts
- Trump told CBS News' 60 Minutes he is "not too much of a believer" in UFOs but takes pilots' accounts seriously.
- Trump said pilots told him of objects flying past their aircraft at three times their speed.
- Trump said he had not heard of a secret program studying the phenomena that is hidden from the president.
- Trump said he would look into such claims "right after this interview."
United States President Donald Trump said in an interview with CBS News' 60 Minutes that Air Force pilots had told him about encounters with unidentified flying objects, while saying he remains sceptical and has seen no evidence of an alleged secret program to study them.
"I'm not too much of a believer," Trump said, describing the pilots as credible people whose accounts he took seriously. "They've told me things that are very strange," he added, saying that in some cases pilots reported something flying past their aircraft at three times their speed.
The interview was published on November 9, 2026, according to the primary report. Trump said the existence of UFOs is among the questions he is most often asked in private. Asked about claims from whistleblowers that a program studying the phenomena is hidden even from the president, he said: "I haven't heard that. But if there is, I'm going to find out about it right after this interview."
The White House has not commented beyond the interview excerpts.