Aliens.gov ~ domain registered 17MAR2026

That thing in the lake in the China poster, is that some AI nightmare hybrid between a Japanese Shinto shrine and a Chinese pagoda (EDIT: no, it seems to be real: https://img.visiontimes.com/2022/01/hangzhou-ge36163601_1920... - it's just the color that looks more like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Itsukushima_Shrine_Torii_...)? And of course the Taj Mahal in the India poster only has one tower. But I wouldn't put it past the current administration if they really printed 100,000 of these low-effort AI slop posters. The designer probably got a boatload of money for them too, after all the extremely generous budget increase for ICE has to go somewhere...

SV_BubbleTime5• 4 months ago

Objectively, which is hard to say because I’m just obviously not in this position, but if I were in the United States legally and I’m looking at three options…

1. I take self-deportation offer. At Christmas it was $3000 a person, but usually $1000, a commercial plane ticket anywhere, and I can come back to the US upon following the legal method. I can say goodbye to people I can sell my things. I can do this on my own timeline within reason.

2. I’ve risk it and trying to invade ice for the next three years minimum. If Vance wins, I need to make it to at least 2032 without showing up on any radar. I’m careful and looking over my shoulder constantly and work is a never ending dread.

3. I am caught by ICE. I have absolutely no claim to stay in the US. I can sit in a detention center while an NGO funded lawyer tells me that I do. And in high likelihood, I am sent back with no money on a cargo jet and I’m banned from the United States forever. This happens at any moment.

Practically speaking, I just cannot picture taking option two which could be three at any time. The fact is, I would know without a doubt, unfair or not that I am here legally, that my state would apply in any European country as well. I cannot fathom how option one is not the best option. Perhaps I’m too risk adverse.

StephenHerlihyy• 4 months ago

I had heard of that but it wasn’t until you posted the link that I actually read through it.

My question after actually reading it though is simple - how does it prevent fraud? Like you just need GPS and a selfie to verify. No bank account required! Since the nominal case is undocumented you don’t have ground truth to check against. What is stopping someone from using an eSIM, OpenClaw, and an emulator from self-deporting thousands of virtual persona at $2600 profit

It just seems poorly considered. I don’t know if they really thought this through.

seriocomic• 4 months ago

From an outside-US point of view, both of these links border on the satirical. The DHS one, with it's no-longer-funded/maintained banner, and the entire content, complete with the quote is just eye-brow raising.

I wonder if anyone did read through the accordian FAQs, especially this one:

How will exit bonuses be issued to participants?

DHS is working with Project Homecoming partners on the disbursement of exit bonuses. Illegal aliens will receive the exit bonuses after they land in the country of arrival.

The delivery method will vary based on country-specific guidelines and regulations. However, no bank account is necessary for illegal aliens to receive their exit bonus. In most instances, illegal aliens will collect their exit bonus in their home country.

---

Yeah, like _that_ is going to happen...

lm28469• 4 months ago

I can't believe the official US gov posts these things. Between this, the CoD inspired war propaganda and Hegseth semi-irgasning on live TV while describing how they're going to kill and destroy everything "evil" we're really scraping the bottom. Is there anyone in these organizations who has an ounce of morality or humanity left? Or even just any sense taste really

low_tech_love• 4 months ago

I never get why people think these things will work. The only ones who take deals like this are honest people who are struggling. Criminals don’t self deport, they want to stay, not leave. It’s the same in Europe, they make laws to deport people for small bureaucratic details, honest people say “yes sir” and leave, but the criminals don’t give a shit, they just stay. So you deport the good ones and keep the bad ones, what the hell do you get from that? I guess the real point is that nobody in politics really cares about illegal aliens and criminals, they only want the power that comes from populism.

dizhn• 4 months ago

That subdomain would go well with war.gov too :)

drstewart• 4 months ago

or dei.gov :))

rob742• 4 months ago

Aliens tried to contact us, but Trump's DHS deported them.

sebmellen• 4 months ago

And DNS hosted by Cloudflare. Who hosts DNS for other government websites?

ericpauley• 4 months ago

All of .gov is contracted to Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/press/press-releases/2023/cloudfl...

Maxious• 4 months ago

cio.gov and trumpcard.gov are also Cloudflare.

Cloudflare has proudly protected Trump campaign websites for the last decade https://www.businessinsider.com/cloudflare-ceo-anonymous-ddo...

ezfe• 4 months ago

Okay or maybe they won the contract for `.gov` in 2023: https://www.cloudflare.com/press/press-releases/2023/cloudfl...

buckle8017• 4 months ago

Of course it's gonna be the obvious NSA/CIA op hosting DNS.

They'd be stupid to use anybody else.

john_strinlai• 4 months ago

obvious NSA/CIA op

there is so much you can legitimately be upset with cloudflare for, that i do not understand the need to exaggerate

eevahr• 4 months ago

aliens.gov is such a bait-y name. What is the requirement to register .gov domains?

b40d-48b2-979e• 4 months ago

    Official websites use .gov
    A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Seen in the banner of any .gov website.

diath• 4 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gov#Eligibility

snitzr• 4 months ago

More nonsense.

ernesto905• 4 months ago

Red herring?

recursivedoubts• 4 months ago

impressive... very nice... now let’s see epstein.gov

KernelOwO• 4 months ago

New Epstein files distraction?

whalesalad• 4 months ago

if u want to avoid domaintools captcha noise - https://client.rdap.org/?type=domain&object=aliens.gov&follo...

dsabanin2• 4 months ago

New distraction is coming in! All eyes on this now!

Man, they really don't think much of their voter base or ordinary people for that matter.

propagandist• 4 months ago

Gas is $4 a gallon?

We have discovered aliens!

ZeroCool2u• 4 months ago

More like over $5.00 per gallon, but your point stands.

idiotsecant• 4 months ago

WA state. I would be ecstatic if it was $4.

13hunteo• 4 months ago

Cries in UK $8 a gallon

landl0rd• 4 months ago

My gas was $3.09/gal this morning

Still too expensive but not exactly going to bankrupt me.

esseph2• 4 months ago

Had been over $7/gal in Menlo Park

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/menlo-park-gas-prices-...

netsharc• 4 months ago

As Trump said, people won't need to worry about elections after 2024...

I wonder if Hitler ever said that in the 30s..

ivanjermakov• 4 months ago

adj. /ˈeɪ.li.ən/

coming from a different country, race, or group

pluc• 4 months ago

I'm not a gambler, but there should be a thing on those gambling sites on whether this is about extraterrestrial life or mexicans

koolba• 4 months ago

Who said it’s a binary choice? Could have extraterrestrials taking advantage of our weak southern border to enter the country.

messe• 4 months ago

They're eating the cats![0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALF_(TV_series)

tokai• 4 months ago

Even better, then noone will be payed out.

ahmahxee• 4 months ago

Who said it’s a binary choice?

Have you not been paying attention to this administration?

Void_• 4 months ago

According to Polymarket, there's a 16% chance US will confirm aliens exist: https://polymarket.com/event/will-the-us-confirm-that-aliens...

kevmo314• 4 months ago

Someone with the ability to register .gov domains is trying to make a sneaky buck.

Insanity3• 4 months ago

That's just gambling without any basis for reality though. Not sure if you're actually attributing any weight to random gamblers lol.

kibwen• 4 months ago

We know for a fact that the US government has no evidence of aliens existing, because there's a 0% chance Trump wouldn't have blabbed about it during his first term.

nxobject• 4 months ago

Ah, the wisdom of the crowds (of gamblers.)

wavemode• 4 months ago

Taking the opposite side of this bet feels like a free 19% return on your money.

barchar• 4 months ago

It's because of the time value of money. Buying no is much like buying a bond.

It doesn't mean there's a 16% chance.

It's probably more attractive to gamblers when presented like this.

jjmarr• 4 months ago

If it was about extraterrestrial life, there would be a massive insider trade and Polymarket would've climbed. It's been static for the past day.

https://polymarket.com/event/will-the-us-confirm-that-aliens...

crumpled• 4 months ago

et.aliens.gov, mexicans.aliens.gov

It can do it all!

casey2• 4 months ago

ancient.aliens.gov

A possible collaboration

pndy2• 4 months ago

mexicans.aliens.gov

You mean that 2023 "reveal"?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37494876

benmanns• 4 months ago

Ask and ye shall receive: https://manifold.markets/benmanns/aliensgov-prop-bets (play money). I set this up so multiple can resolve and other users can add additional speculations.

hootz• 4 months ago

Oh my god.

EDIT: oh it's play money, good website

ramon156• 4 months ago

This is so smart. Gambling with fake money.

I love the idea of polybet but would never invest into it. Gonna check this out

chatmasta2• 4 months ago

Who do you think built Chicken Itza?!

Insanity3• 4 months ago

This gave me a good laugh. I think you got auto-corrected from 'Chichén Itzá', to 'Chicken'.

wnevets• 4 months ago

Interview with the Press Secretary

https://youtu.be/nCP3LZoxABs?si=2qspQFC-Imfwy2Ua

Beestie• 4 months ago

I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords.

pndy2• 4 months ago

What was that card game that supposedly predicted the outcome of the future? Was there revealing the presence of aliens in the deck? /s

I remember reading shady sites in 00s, where the other side claimed that govts around the world will get along on this idea and with help of elaborated holograms hoax will tell populations that aliens are here among us/are about to invade.

Here, in the mid-20s it's much cheaper to do that with help of AI. /s

Anyway, guess it's "some kind of" distraction, again? /s

someprick• 4 months ago

Illuminati? That game was ripper. Good times…

sschueller• 4 months ago

I guess they need more money for an agency that burns it. Using conspiracies to goat the dumbed down public to get the ok to spend more money on a pointless Space Force.

billpg• 4 months ago

It's a cookbook!

jbverschoor• 4 months ago

Ah good. So the diversity program is opening soon?

bibimsz• 4 months ago

they are trolling us

Maken• 4 months ago

More like distracting us.

adamas• 4 months ago

They really want you to forget Epstein

LogicFailsMe• 4 months ago

What if Epstein was an alien all along?

theturtle• 4 months ago

Fuck CAPTCHAs.

pixel_popping2• 4 months ago

exactly what a bot would say.

cestith• 4 months ago

A bot, sure, but also an extra terrestrial intelligence. Unless we’re talking a Stargate or The Magicians type of scenario where humans exist on a lot of different worlds. After all, they tend to ask you to prove you’re a human.

If they ask you to prove you’re not a robot, then we get into discussing sentient robots from other worlds.

What we’d be really interested in proving if we found proof of other intelligent life is personhood.

gitaarik• 4 months ago

It's to keep the aliens out

jonny-puma• 4 months ago

Probably related to the bear problems on the moon base: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3o-3pL79O4

svidgen• 4 months ago

My guess:

"Welcome to Aliens.gov -- a friendly guide and reminder to leave."

...

"Ya fired."

beej71• 4 months ago

If it's for aliens, why does it ask you to verify that you're human? This government makes no sense!

xz18r• 4 months ago

Which will be released in full first, the X-files or the Epstein files?

realo• 4 months ago

Still waiting for trump.epstein.gov to come up...

ottah• 4 months ago

Remember, alien is also a term also applied to non-us citizen people.

HiryuSingh• 4 months ago

also alien.gov, why.gov, ai.gov...

layer8• 4 months ago

I just realized that Alien Nation was a pun.

michaelhoney• 4 months ago

proposal to rescind all naked .gov domains and redirect to .gov.us

Aliens.gov ~ domain registered 17MAR2026

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