'They’re using me': UFO hunters 'have gotten nothing' despite Trump order

• President Trump directed the U.S. government to begin the process of identifying and releasing files on extraterrestrial life in February. The order came after former President Barack Obama made a claim about aliens being real but not seeing them. Trump was reportedly angered by the disclosure, stating Obama made a "big mistake." The administration began declassifying UFO files in May. In June, Trump tapped Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb to lead a team studying national security risks posed by UFOs. A new report by Politico states that little movement has been seen since the team was tasked with reviewing and testing existing government-collected data. Loeb was hopeful that a July directive by deputy director of national intelligence Aaron Lukas would get "the ball rolling" on intelligence sharing between agencies, military branches, and the UAP Science Advisory Council. "But he had received no new data then or since," Politico reports. "It’s just amazing to think that months into this, we’ve gotten nothing," one team member told Politico. Still, the member "[believes] that’s about to change."

• The report highlights a persistent doubt about whether the government will release the data it has been holding. One team member who attended the July meeting with Lukas said, "It’s been months already with little to show." The report also mentions that some members of the council worry they may be risking their reputations by participating. The CIA is stymieing efforts for public disclosures, according to the report.

• The article also notes that some UAP experts argue Trump "knows more about it than people think he does," and that he seems to believe the government has evidence of non-human technology. The report suggests that Trump is disturbed about what to do next. There are concerns that Trump might announce that the deep state is aware of extraterrestrial intelligence, noting there are "UFO people" who want this kind of disclosure to come before the midterms. Loeb, who is skeptical about the council being used as a tool for the president’s midterm chances, stated that if there is clear evidence beyond a reasonable doubt for alien tech, it would constitute the biggest scientific discovery ever made.

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