The Age of Disclosure: A Documentary Unveiling the Truth About UFOs

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A new documentary titled *The Age of Disclosure* has ignited debate by making an explosive claim: aliens are real, and the U.S. government has been covering up their existence for decades. The film, which had its world premiere at SXSW, features testimonies from 34 senior officials across the U.S. military, intelligence, and government sectors. It doesn’t just explore whether extraterrestrials exist—it questions why the government has kept this information hidden for so long and whether that secrecy has put the world at risk.  

 

 

The film’s director, Dan Farah, asserts that government cover-ups surrounding unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs)—a term now used instead of UFOs—have spanned 80 years. He claims that secret programs have been working to reverse-engineer alien technology retrieved from crashes, fueling an arms race with Russia and China. “The first country that cracks this technology will be the leader for years to come,” Jay Stratton, former director of the Pentagon’s UAP task force, states in the documentary. “This is similar to the Manhattan Project: We developed the atomic weapon, we won the war, and it made us a superpower for almost a century now. This is the atomic weapon on steroids.”  

 

 

Among those interviewed is Luis “Lue” Elizondo, a former Defense Department official who once worked with the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). Serving as the film’s narrator, he alleges that an ultra-classified initiative, known as the Legacy Program, has been collecting and concealing evidence of extraterrestrial activity for decades—even from U.S. presidents. “Even presidents, it seems, have been operating on a need-to-know basis,” Senator Marco Rubio says in the film.  

 

Elizondo suggests that UAPs are studying Earth's nuclear and military capabilities and warns that the lack of widespread awareness could lead to catastrophic consequences. He compares the situation to 9/11, when intelligence failures led to a devastating attack despite prior warnings. “We discovered that there actually was another deeply hidden and much larger UAP program,” he states in the documentary. “This program was so sensitive that it was withheld from the secretary of defense, Congress, and even the president of the United States.”  

 

The documentary also features James R. Clapper Jr., former director of national intelligence, and Tim Gallaudet, former chief oceanographer for the Navy. Farah reveals that while 34 officials were willing to appear on camera, at least 10 others—including politicians and intelligence officers—refused due to fears of professional ruin or even personal harm. “Fearful about retaliation from those who do not want this information revealed [or] fearful for their lives,” he tells *The Washington Post*.  

 

One of the most controversial claims in the film is that the U.S. has been capturing UFOs since 1947, and that these retrievals have included “the bodies of non-humans.” Elizondo goes even further, alleging that multiple species of extraterrestrials exist. The film also presents firsthand accounts from military personnel who claim to have witnessed crafts defying the laws of physics, including sightings of giant flying black cubes and red squares the size of football fields hovering near military bases. Some interviewees recount seeing UAPs deactivate and even activate nuclear weapons in both the U.S. and Russia.  

 

Physicist Hal Puthoff, who has conducted government-funded UFO research, praises Farah for giving credibility to these testimonies by bringing them forward simultaneously. “The brilliance of what Dan Farah did was to quietly go behind the scenes and talk to 34 people and say, ‘Okay, if you all come out at the same time, then you don’t have that stigma associated [with talking about UFOs],’” Puthoff says.  

 

However, skeptics argue that the documentary lacks scientific rigor. *The Hollywood Reporter’s* Daniel Fienberg criticizes it for presenting theories without counterarguments, writing, “My problem with *The Age of Disclosure* isn’t the lack of opposing voices. It’s that there couldn’t be experts debunking anything here. Nothing is proven, and thus nothing can be refuted.”  

 

Despite the controversy, bipartisan political figures, including Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) and Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota), have expressed concerns about UAPs. The film calls for greater transparency and official reporting channels for pilots and military personnel who encounter unknown aerial phenomena. Brett Feddersen, former director of aviation security on the White House National Security Council, emphasizes the importance of breaking the stigma. “If you see something or you know someone who has, don’t be afraid,” he says in the film. “It’s hard to identify things, but let the professionals take it and make sure you pass it along.”  

 

Beyond national security concerns, some experts believe the technology behind UAPs could have significant humanitarian benefits. Many of the reported crafts appear to move at extraordinary speeds without visible propulsion or fuel emissions, hinting at a possible energy source that could revolutionize clean energy.  

 

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tennessee), who is pushing for UFO disclosure, argues that withholding this information is unacceptable. “I am one of those crazy Christians in the world. I mean, I’m a fundamentalist. I believe Jesus died on the cross for my sins, and I don’t hate anybody that doesn’t,” he says. “I think [alien life is] just another one of God’s creations.” His concern, he adds, is that agencies like NASA and the CIA are using taxpayer dollars to fund unnecessary research when the truth is already known. “As we say in East Tennessee, it’s as crooked as a dog’s tail.”  

 

Ultimately, *The Age of Disclosure* raises a question that may define the future: if aliens are real, how long can their existence remain a secret?

 

Based on a report by WP  2025-03-13

 

The Age of Disclosure | Official Trailer (2025)

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

I've long been of the opinion that Biden and Harris were not of human origin .

[thaibeachlovers]

7 minutes ago, Social Media said:

Ultimately, *The Age of Disclosure* raises a question that may define the future: if aliens are real, how long can their existence remain a secret?

As long as they want to keep it a secret.

[Tarteso]

[Dionigi]

If extraterrestrials have the technology to travel between solar systems in a short period of time, they hardly need to study our capabilities, if they wish to either take over or befriend.

[WDSmart]

In 2019, I wrote and published The Gliese Project, a 4-book series documenting the reverse engineering of a downed, salvaged UFO. The books are fiction, but they explore four advanced technologies, three of which are hypothetical.

[Summerinsiam]

The truth is out there.

[lou norman]

Isn’t it amazing that with possibly several billion high quality cameras in the world alien images are always grey and blurry.

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, Tarteso said:

Congratulations on the most stupid meme I've seen on here, and there have been a lot. Keep em coming.

[Jeff the Chef]

I'm sure they've been coming here for centuries, taken a look and gone back home shaking their heads.

[thaibeachlovers]

1 minute ago, Jeff the Chef said:

I'm sure they've been coming here for centuries, taken a look and gone back home shaking their heads.

They are probably hiding on the dark side of the moon waiting to make sure we never escape into the galaxy.

[trainman34014]

If they are out there and are so advanced then they would only want to observe us.    Nothing we have can possibly be of any use to such advanced species.

[Tarteso]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

They are probably hiding on the dark side of the moon waiting to make sure we never escape into the galaxy.

Congratulations on the most stupid reply I've seen on here, and there have been a lot. Keep em coming.

 

[thaibeachlovers]

Just now, Tarteso said:

Congratulations on the most stupid reply I've seen on here, and there have been a lot. Keep em coming.

 

Not a movie goer then? I guess the reference went right over your head.

[thaibeachlovers]

40 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

If they are out there and are so advanced then they would only want to observe us.    Nothing we have can possibly be of any use to such advanced species.

Exactly, which is why IMO they are here to make sure we are never a threat to them if we escaped into the galaxy.

[Task Master]

More 🐮💩 from the usual suspects.

[Tarteso]

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Not a movie goer then? I guess the reference went right over your head.

Old man 😂.. still fussy

[Freddy42OZ]

2 hours ago, Dionigi said:

If extraterrestrials have the technology to travel between solar systems in a short period of time, they hardly need to study our capabilities, if they wish to either take over or befriend.

 

 

Humans study slime molds, not to take their tech (which they don't have), but to learn more about ourselves and the things around us.   No reason why super advanced aliens wouldn't want to check us out for similar reasons.  

Although, personally I don't believe that any alien life has been visiting us, the distances they would need to travel are just too vast even at near light-speed. 

What you see in movies etc is entertainment, whereas what science says is fact, and interstellar travel is just not practical.

[Jeff the Chef]

28 minutes ago, Freddy42OZ said:

 

 

Humans study slime molds, not to take their tech (which they don't have), but to learn more about ourselves and the things around us.   No reason why super advanced aliens wouldn't want to check us out for similar reasons.  

Although, personally I don't believe that any alien life has been visiting us, the distances they would need to travel are just too vast even at near light-speed. 

What you see in movies etc is entertainment, whereas what science says is fact, and interstellar travel is just not practical. 

 

100 years ago you would have been burnt at the stake for suggesting TV and Radio was possible, never mind space travel.

The way we're going I'd be surprised if we exist in another 100 years.

[Thingamabob]

2 hours ago, Tarteso said:

Congratulations on the most stupid reply I've seen on here, and there have been a lot. Keep em coming.

 

Lighten up.

[Smokin Joe]

We still get reports occasionally from people that claim to have been abducted by aliens.

 

My question is, if aliens have such advanced technology why would they only abduct the stupidest people on the planet.

[candide]

4 hours ago, lou norman said:

Isn’t it amazing that with possibly several billion high quality cameras in the world alien images are always grey and blurry.

 

On addition, isn't it amazing that they always look like drawings in comics magazines from the 50s! 

[Tarteso]

12 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Lighten up.

Try to read the previous replies before commenting..👍

 

[ronnie50]

4 hours ago, lou norman said:

Isn’t it amazing that with possibly several billion high quality cameras in the world alien images are always grey and blurry.

 

Or photos of the landing sites of all the Apollo missions that are no bigger than one pixel, despite all the advanced telescopes that can take vivid images of the Milky Way and black holes a billion miles away.

[lou norman]

4 minutes ago, ronnie50 said:

Or photos of the landing sites of all the Apollo missions that are no bigger than one pixel, despite all the advanced telescopes that can take vivid images of the Milky Way and black holes a billion miles away.

 

Here's a pretty good one. I think taking a pix of a moon landing site with Hubble would be a bit of a bitch.

[dinsdale]

Impossible. God exists and Earth is the only place in the entire universe where God put man and that's that. Evidence of this is not needed. No possible way could there be life in the estimated 100 to 200 billion galaxies (so far observed) in the observable universe. As for have there been any visitations well I'm not convinced. Oddly enough I'm currently re-watching The X-Files series.

[worgeordie]

I want to believe ....

 

regards Worgeordie

[Paul Henry]

Thaibeachlovers is correct Biden and Harris are far to advanced when compared to Trump.

[impulse]

1 hour ago, lou norman said:

 

Here's a pretty good one. I think taking a pix of a moon landing site with Hubble would be a bit of a bitch.

 

Holey moley.  We left a guy up there?  I hope they left him enough Tang.

 

TBH, that could have been taken in a zillion studios anywhere in the world.  Not that I believe that it was, but it's hardly convincing proof.

 

I don't know why they'd have a problem with a credible hi-res photo from Hubble or one of the others.  I've seen a few, but they're not very convincing either.  And they could be taking photos of tracks left by unmanned vehicles.

 

[pacovl46]

7 hours ago, Dionigi said:

If extraterrestrials have the technology to travel between solar systems in a short period of time, they hardly need to study our capabilities, if they wish to either take over or befriend.

Let’s assume that mankind is 1% smarter than chimps. Now imagine an alien race being 1% smarter than us and how much more advanced than us they’d be. Studying us would literally be like visiting a zoo…..