Summary
In mid-March 2026, the White House registered two new federal domains — alien.gov and aliens.gov — roughly one month after President Trump’s February directive to release U.S. government UAP and extraterrestrial records (src-uap-trump-disclosure-2026). The domains were registered Tuesday evening, hosted on Cloudflare, and had no connected websites as of publication. Their arrival is notable because the federal government was not accepting new .gov registrations due to a lapse in appropriations. White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly responded only with “Stay tuned!” and an alien emoji — the same emoji pete-hegseth used when reposting Trump’s disclosure promise. cisa confirmed it manages the .gov registry but does not audit how agencies use their domains. See alien-gov-portal for tracking the eventual content.
Key Claims
- alien.gov and aliens.gov were both registered Tuesday evening (~March 17, 2026), hosted on Cloudflare
- Neither domain was serving content at time of publication
- The registrations occurred during a lapse in federal funding that had paused new .gov domain requests
- The Pentagon referred all domain questions to the White House, signaling White House ownership of the rollout
- White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly responded with “Stay tuned!” + alien emoji — matching one pete-hegseth used on social media
- cisa Acting EAD for Cybersecurity Chris Butera clarified CISA verifies registrants but does not review or control domain content
- aliens.gov was first spotted by a .gov-tracking bot and reported earlier by 404 Media
- Recaps aaro’s mission, 2022 founding, and current reporting scope (government/military/contractor personnel only, with planned public expansion)
Notable Quotes
“Stay tuned!” — Anna Kelly, White House spokeswoman (paired with an alien emoji)
“CISA does not generally review or audit how government organizations use their registered domains and does not control content on all .gov websites.” — Chris Butera, CISA