US President Donald Trump said that his administration will soon start releasing government files relating to UFOs.

Speaking at a Turning Point event in Arizona on Friday, April 17, Trump asked the crowd whether they remembered that he had directed US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to "begin releasing government files relating to UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomena."

"I'm pleased to report today... that this process is well underway and we found many very interesting documents."

"The first releases will begin very, very soon."

Trump did not provide a specific date on which the release can be expected.

Responding to a reporter's question on Thursday, April 16 regarding 10 scientists who had already disappeared or been found dead, Trump said: "I hope it's random, but we're going to know in the next week and a half."

"Pretty serious stuff... Some of them were very important people, and we're going to look at it over the next short period."

It is not clear whether the information on the scientists is linked to the information regarding the files.

Several cases in recent years have shown an alarming pattern of scientists who were investigating crucial areas of technology or space exploration at the time of their unexplained deaths or disappearances.

The Daily Express previously reported that 34-year-old anti-gravity Amy Eskridge, 34, reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in Huntsville, Alabama on June 11, 2022 after stating that her life might be in danger. Neither police nor medical examiners have publicly disclosed any details of an investigation into her death.

Five other prominent researchers have lost their lives or disappeared, including two who were murdered in their own homes.

Nuno Loureiro, 47, was killed at his home in Boston on December 15, 2025. Authorities stated that the gunman was a former classmate from Portugal. However, a former FBI official and independent investigators have suggested that Nuno's work in nuclear fusion may have made him a target in a wider conspiracy against US scientists.

In a separate incident, astrophysicist Carl Grillmair, 67, was shot in an unprovoked attack at his California home on February 16, 2026, after being gunned down on his front porch. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department named a person of interest in Grillmair's case and subsequently charged the individual with murder, carjacking and burglary.

Separately, NASA scientists Michael David Hicks and Frank Maiwald, both of whom worked at the space agency's Jet Propulsion Lab in California, died under unknown circumstances at a young age.

In yet another baffling case, Jason Thomas, a pharmaceutical researcher trialling cancer treatments at Novartis, was discovered dead in a Massachusetts lake on March 17, 2026, having vanished without a trace three months prior. Local police have maintained that no foul play is suspected.

Several other individuals have been reported missing and remain unaccounted for.