The White House has finally launched its mysterious ‘aliens.gov’ website, revealing it was never meant for UFO disclosure.
The domain, which went live Thursday, opens with a Star Wars-style crawl with ominous text that warns, ‘They walk among us,’ teasing what appears to be a decades-long government secret involving extraterrestrial life living undetected among ordinary Americans.
Only after scrolling further do visitors discover the site is not about such species at all, but instead features a live ticker tracking federal law enforcement ‘encounters’ involving migrants living in the US illegally, alongside immigration enforcement data and arrest statistics.
The domain, which the Trump administration secured in March, features a searchable database detailing ICE arrests, including detainees’ alleged criminal histories, nationality, arrest records and purported gang ties.
It also directs visitors to an ICE reporting portal labeled for ‘suspicious aliens’ while claiming government leaders spent decades concealing what it describes as an ongoing ‘invasion.’
The rollout immediately sparked backlash from members of the UFO community, who accused the White House of ‘hijacking the language of disclosure for an immigration campaign.’
Investigative journalist Jeremy Corbell appeared to anticipate the move hours before the website launched, posting on X: ‘I suspect tonight the White House is going to punk the American people.’
‘They’ll use the massive public interest in UAP, in “aliens,” and weaponize that curiosity for a political message that has nothing to do with the global mystery surrounding UFOs,’ he wrote.
The White House has finally launched its mysterious ‘aliens.gov’ website – but the site is not about extraterrestrials at all, rather migrants living in the US illegally
A White House official told Fox News Digital: ‘This is a first-of-its-kind effort to draw eyeballs to the fact that the previous administration’s porous border didn’t just put families in border states at risk, many across the country were in harm’s way.’
The website text accuses the US government of hiding illegal immigrants from Americans for 60 years.
‘Aliens have been walking among us, living in our neighborhoods, and interacting with us in our daily lives,’ it states.
‘They’ve shopped in the same stores, attended the same classes as our children, and lived seemingly normal human existences.’
‘With one exception – they do not belong here,’ the website text continued.
A running counter on the website claims more than 3.1 million ‘encounters,’ with the figure continuing to climb as of Thursday evening. The site does not explain what period the tally covers.
‘President Trump was the first to call out the real danger Aliens pose to every American family, every community, and the future of our nation,’ the website reads.
The website sparked backlash from members of the UFO community, who accused the White House of ‘hijacking the language of disclosure for an immigration campaign’
The site is packed with UFO disclosure language, telling people not to be alarmed if they witness an alien abduction.
‘The Alien is in good hands. We will take care of it… and return it safely to its place of origin,’ it reads.
The site also includes a heat map of the US featuring immigration arrest statistics pulled from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data
The website, however, has led many people to believe that the Trump administration may not be taking disclosure as seriously as it seemed.
One X user posted: ‘There is clearly something going on with UAP (should have never changed from UFO) and conflating “illegal aliens” with “aliens/extraterrestrials” is f***ing stupid.
‘And everyone was thinking this administration was taking disclosure seriously, and then you drop this sad attempt at being witty and punny.’
Other X users did not seem surprised about the true purpose of the domain, with one saying: ‘Wait, you really thought there were real aliens the government was going to tell us about?
‘Aliens are almost certainly real, but none of the fuzzy footage, weird radar signals or anything else this gov could release will be aliens.’
The frustration comes as the President released troves of UFO files in the past month, promising Americans transparency.
The White House has been approached for comment.
