Official position · S-048
Asked at a press briefing about Lara Trump's remarks that the president had a speech on extraterrestrial life ready, the press secretary replied that such a speech was news and that the speechwriting team would be asked.
White House · Karoline Leavitt, press secretary · Feb 18, 2026
Disclosure process
What it denies and what it leaves open
It is not a formal denial: it only says that the press secretary is unaware of any speech. In July and August 2026 administration officials told the press that no UFO speech was scheduled; on October 15 Trump neither confirmed nor ruled out an announcement (T-129).
- Original words
a speech on aliens would be news to me
- Who disputes it
- Mark Christopher Lee, Liberation Times and other disclosure advocates say, citing anonymous sources, that a text already exists; no one has made it public (GN-13).
- Concerns
- Donald Trump
Sources
- White House press briefing of February 18, 2026, transcript (Roll Call Factbase) (primary source)
- IBTimes UK, the White House on the speech rumors (February 18, 2026) (press)
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