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Fisher: "Three days ago, President Trump directed you to begin the process of identifying and releasing the UFO and UAP files."

Hegseth: [Laughs]

Fisher: "I mean, did you ever think you would be the Secretary of War in charge of, *potentially*, declassifying extraterrestrial life to the American people and the world?"

Hegseth: "I did not have that on my Bingo card, at *all*."

Fisher: "And are you prepared to do that now?"

Hegseth: "Of *course*! I mean. we've got our people working on it right now. I don't wanna oversell how much time it will take, right? We're digging in and we're gonna be in full compliance with that Executive Order, eager to provide that for the President. So, they'll be more coming on that as far as the process of what we'll do."

(There's no Executive Order yet.)

Fisher: "And what sort of timeframe? Do you have any sense for how long this is going to take?"

Hegseth: "I don't have a timeframe for you yet but...stand by."

Fisher: "The

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said today that her office was going to begin the process of declassifying reports on extraterrestrial and alien life."

Hegseth: [Laughs]

(The laughing isn't encouraging.)

Fisher: "I'm going back to these types of questions because the American people (Hegseth: Uh huh) have been wanting to know the answers to these questions for a very long time. And so I'm just curious if you think that, one, if this is the beginning of disclosure for the American people and the world, and two, if the Pentagon is actually prepared to start *declassifying* some of these things that might really shed some answers on this instead of keeping it secret?"

Hegseth: "We would love...we'll work with the DNI, as we always do. I'm heartened to hear that she's doing that. President Trump has been committed to disclosure on lots of levels, and he's made it clear that he wants answers on *this*. He's given us a responsibility to do it. We're gonna be a part of delivering that. It'll be a deliberative process. We wanna make sure... Expectations are gonna be *high*, right? I don't wanna overpromise and underdeliver, so we're gonna take a little time to make sure we assess what this should look like and deliver for the President and for the American people. Thank you."