Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
3 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
Fox News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
President Donald Trump said Air Force pilots told him a mysterious round object flew past an F-22 fighter jet at three times its speed, while pledging to investigate claims that a secret government program studying UFOs could exist without the president's knowledge.
uncertain
program → say → knowledge
Trump made the comments during an interview with correspondent Ross Douthat that aired Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes."
asserted
that → make → Minutes
Douthat asked Trump whether anything the president had seen, heard or been told led him to believe there was more behind unidentified objects spotted in the sky.
asserted
president → ask → sky
Trump described himself as "not too much of a believer," but pointed to conversations with Air Force pilots in the Oval Office.
asserted
Trump → describe → Office
"These are not people that you would say are conspiracy theorists – they don’t even know what it means – but they’re great, great pilots," Trump said, before joking about their appearance.
asserted
Trump → say → appearance
"Young, handsome, they have beautiful, nice flat tops.
asserted
they → have → tops
I’d like to have a haircut just like them.
asserted
I → like → them
They look perfect, like Tom Cruise."
asserted
They → look → Cruise
Trump called the pilots "the real deal" and said they had told him "things that are very strange."
asserted
that → call → things
He described one of those encounters involving an F-22.
asserted
He → describe → F-22
"They’re flying an F-22, which is the best there is, the fastest, the best plane that anyone’s ever seen," Trump said.
asserted
Trump → fly → that
"And something goes by them at three times their speed.
asserted
something → go → speed
And it’s round.
asserted
it → ’ → ?
It’s not aerodynamic."
asserted
It → ’ → ?
Trump did not identify the pilots or say when or where the encounter occurred.
asserted
encounter → identify → pilots
Douthat then asked Trump about claims from alleged whistleblowers that the government operates a secret program studying UFOs that even presidents may not know about.
uncertain
presidents → ask → that
"No, and I haven’t heard that," Trump said.
asserted
Trump → hear → that
"But if there is, I’m going to find out about it right after this interview."
asserted
I → be → interview
Trump later said there are "a lot of very solid people" who believe such claims are true, though he remained skeptical himself.
uncertain
he → say → people
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.
asserted
Digital → reach → comment
Trump's remarks come just weeks after the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) released a batch of recently declassified records detailing UFO sightings spanning decades.
asserted
Office → come → decades
Among them was a 2026 account from federal law enforcement agents who reported seeing a matte-black triangular object rise vertically above a mountain ridge, hover silently and then accelerate into a canyon at a speed they compared to a fighter jet.
asserted
they → report → jet
The witnesses described no visible engines, rotors, exhaust or other conventional means of propulsion.
asserted
witnesses → describe → propulsion
Handheld thermal equipment also showed a uniform heat signature across the object's surface rather than concentrated heat typically associated with a propulsion system.
asserted
equipment → show → system
The object was never identified, and the Pentagon report noted that its speed was estimated by witnesses rather than measured by instruments.
asserted
speed → identify → instruments
The Aporia
