Q:

Pentagon and UFO confirmation?

This Monday, the Pentagon released videos of UFO’s claiming that the footage was real. President Trump said of the video, “I just wonder if it's real”. What does this mean for anyone? Why isn’t everybody all over this announcement? Is there any extra consideration now than there was since they are now confirmed as “real”?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/us/pentagon-ufo-videos.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/politics/navy-ufo-incident-reports/index.html

A:

What does 'real' mean in this context?

Is the video the genuine recording of a Navy aircraft or a hoax?
Is the unidentified flying object still unidentified or does the Pentagon know what it is, even if they don't tell their own pilots? (Pilots might be shot down and captured, better not tell them too much top-secret stuff.)
If it is still unidentified, is it extraterrestrial or is some nation other than the US testing new tech over the Atlantic? (It seems reckless to buzz the US that way, unless somebody wants to find out if they can penetrate US defenses.)

The video seems to be real in the sense of the first bullet point. That doesn't make it real in the sense of the second and third bullet point. I would expect the US government to deceive the public to protect their own secret projects or intelligence about foreign secret projects. And sometimes "we cannot confirm or deny ..." says too much, it has to be "we don't know."
That being said, a statement by President Trump is evidence that the President made a statement. He contradicted himself too often to take anything he says at face value.

