The ongoing UFO/UAP disclosure movement, covered periodically in this space, has made some headway in the last year, with a few stories coming out of the congressional hearings led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna. But the biggest current publicity push for disclosure is the new documentary The Age of Disclosure, directed by Dan Farah and released on November 21, 2025, via Amazon Prime Video following limited theatrical runs in New York and Los Angeles.
It features interviews with over 30 former U.S. government officials (including figures like ex-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, ex-Pentagon UFO program head Luis Elizondo, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio) alleging an 80-year cover-up of non-human intelligence, reverse-engineered alien craft, and a global “secret war” over such technology.
But all is not sweetness and light shimmering from an upward spiral of increased government transparency. Not a few of the subject’s most interesting figures have upped their skepticism level, uttering dark and disturbing thoughts about the veracity and agendas of the disclosure movement’s current key figures. These dissenters in the UFO/UAP watcher community — ufologists, whistleblower advocates, and disclosure activists — suggest that the current disclosure movement is adding a fresh and disturbing layer of government deception:
- Prominent ufologist and podcaster Daniel Liszt (@darkjournalist), known for “deep dives” into UFO history and covert ops, has repeatedly called the film a “CIA Threat Narrative” and “Big Budget False UFO Threat Documentary,” accusing it of being steered by intelligence insiders (e.g., Clapper as a “disgraced ex-DNI and admitted perjurer”) to hijack genuine disclosure efforts and push a fear-based agenda. He highlights director Farah’s ties to Steven Spielberg (a Hollywood figure long rumored in UFO lore to collaborate with intel agencies) and his role as former AATIP head Luis Elizondo’s agent, suggesting it’s “counter intelligence” to drown out “real UFO file” leakers.
- Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) described the current disclosure angle as the “Deep State’s Attempt To Take Back Control Of The UFO/UAP Narrative From Genuine Whistleblowers & Leakers,” aired in a joint segment with Liszt.
- Other community voices, like @M_M_Aimee (a quantum/UFO commentator), analyzed the film’s transcript via AI and concluded it’s a looped “framing device” turning unknowns into “threats” to justify government overreach: “They’re not informing you. They’re framing you.”
- Similarly, @ZachBrowne (a hidden history/UFO explorer) ran a “psyop checklist” on it, flagging the coordinated hype, lack of hard evidence, and emotional manipulation as signs of an “engineered influence op” benefiting insiders pushing for more funding and control.
- Broader X threads from accounts like @PostDisclosure (a disclosure-focused outlet) and @AmericaShaman (Jake Angeli, a Q‑adjacent UFO skeptic) amplify this, viewing the film’s reliance on “95% intelligence officials who have repeatedly lied” as proof it’s “more Deep State BS propaganda” to obscure real tech like zero-point energy or TR-3B craft.
These critiques may be gaining traction in real-time X conversations among thousands of followers in the UFO niche. Liszt’s posts, for example, appear to be doing well enough, if not showing cultural domination, with 9K – 12K views each in the past week.
Could the government be lying via the documentary itself? That notion is largely absent from mainstream news and review outlets, finally (after decades) allowed to treat the subject as respectable — consecrated, as it seems to be, by the government itself.