A new website being prepared by the White House has led to speculation about what information it may contain, as well as the motives behind the project. In mid-March 2026, the Executive Office of the President registered the domains aliens.gov and alien.gov, which currently go to a placeholder website. According to statements made by several administration officials, the site is intended to be a cross-government clearinghouse for all things “extraterrestrial.”

This, of course, means different things to different audiences. And the potential for ambiguity has many analysts concerned that the new website will bolster false claims that advance societal division while enriching the ecosystem of “disclosure entrepreneurs” that has sprung up around the topic.

Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, former head of the Defense Department’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), responded to our request for comment, saying the “website, and the commentary of the Administration on aliens, is more theatrics to distract the American public from reality. It is more evidence that this Administration bases its actions and decisions on conspiracy and fiction rather than evidence and fact.”