Dr. Phil Says Trump Hired Him to Audit Secret UFO Files—Claims Government Cover‑up

In a surprising turn of events, daytime television’s own Dr. Phil has claimed that the Trump administration secretly recruited him to comb through classified UFO material before it went public. The 75‑year‑old psychologist says the White House wanted his “independent” take on how ordinary Americans might react if they learned humanity is, in the grand cosmic food chain, somewhere…different.

According to Phil, the task was more than a media stunt. He was handed a trove of documents—reports from the Pentagon, NASA briefings, CIA memos—that spanned everything from odd sightings by Apollo astronauts to a 2025 sensor blip over the Yellow Sea that resembled a six‑pointed star. After sifting through the files, he says the patterns point to an organized effort to keep the full story under wraps.

“It infuriates me,” Phil told the Daily Star, echoing his frustration that officials treated President Trump like a “temp employee,” feeding him only fragments while the rest of the data stayed hidden. He added that this secrecy, he believes, is not just a bureaucratic oversight but a deliberate cover‑up of what truly lies behind UFO encounters.

The host, who also served on the administration’s religious‑liberty committee, warned that releasing such information without context could spark everything from spiritual crises to outright doomsday scams. “The American public is ready,” he said, “but we need to be prepared to help those who struggle with it.”

He isn’t the first celebrity to be roped into the UFO conversation. Over the past few years, four batches of declassified material have surfaced, prompting endless speculation. Yet investigators like Donald Schmitt of the International UFO Museum in Roswell argue the disclosures are “the same game” – a carrot dangled, but never the full feast.

Whether Phil’s claims will spur a new wave of transparency or simply add another chapter to the long‑running mystery remains to be seen. What is clear, however, is that the intersection of pop culture, politics, and the unknown continues to capture the public imagination.