The first years of the 2020s have seen the debate about Whether humanity is alone in the universe developed from a far -reaching distraction to a pressing two -party issue. An increasing number of military meetings with flying objects that defy all laws on existing human technology have led to many of the most serious leaders we have left to start in earnest given that foreign civilizations have made the way to earth. It led to two of the first Public congressional negotiations About foreign observations of 50 years, with representatives from both sides of the time who grill former Pentagon officials about what the military knows – and does not tell – about what we now call unidentified anomal phenomena (or UAP, because “UFO” is apparently passé).
It is ironic that an increase in seemingly credible evidence of foreign meetings has coincided with our media ecosystem being transformed into a free-for-all that allows conspiracy theorists for each stripe to spew bullshit without consequences. If you have not been attentive, you would be forgiven for assuming that a new documentary about Pentagon’s alleged meetings with foreigners was Roganit nonsense that is best ignored by someone who has not pre -ordered UFC 314 yet. But the first time documentary Dan Farah is determined to convince you otherwise with ”The age of disclosure“Containing 34 former military and intelligence officials who talk about the post of what they see as convincing evidence that foreign civilizations are a geopolitical threat that must be further studied. Selected officials from both parties, many of whom are known for their serious foreign -political cutlets, are also shown in the documentary to emphasize that the issue deserves serious attention.
The proof of UAPs begins with the claim that certain flying objects taken by US military radar in recent years could not possibly have been made by humans. First, the fastest aircraft known for humanity to max out at about 5,000 miles per hour, while UAP has been seen traveling at almost ten times that speed. They can also be said to stay on a penny in Midair and make turns in sharp right angles that would be impossible for any jet that we designed. Combine it with a puzzling lack of environmental emissions and strange medical aftermath of people who meet them, and it is starting to seem like we are dealing with something beyond this world.
People who have seen UAPs also make similar claims about their appearance and often describe the vehicles as massive matte black prisms that are inside giant floating bubbles. The fact that many of these alleged observations have taken place around military bases has led to many, including UAP whistle pipes and “Age of Disclosure” protagonist Luis Elizondo, to believe that extraterrestrial civilizations are actively trying to study our military and nuclear power.
A former Pentagon Counterintelligence official who claims to have examined UAPs as head of the classified Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification program (Aatip), says Elizondo that he resigned his position because of his belief that Pentagon did not deal with the serious issue with the serious thing. While he and the military officials who back up him refuse to reveal classified information, they claim that the unlocked handsets are sufficient to justify the commitment for significantly more resources to the UAP problem.
Elizondo works like filmThe protagonist and narrator, describes the scientific evidence of UAP, the geopolitical threat they pose and what he sees as the US military’s long -term refusal to treat them as a serious issue. He claims that the Pentagon has monitored a decades that extend over the UAP investigation known as the Legacy program, with career bureaucrats that protect sensitive information by keeping it out of the hands of presidents who may feel compelled to impulsively blab if it (the movie does not comment on who can be). In his opinion, many of the powers have an interest in keeping knowledge of UAP’s secret, and we are all suckers who will pay a price for their arrogance.
That thinking eventually facilitates Achilles heel that lowers so many promising conspiracy theories: individual components are convincing and credible, but to link them all to a worldview that simplifies our infinitely complex society to a single good to evil story requires gaps in the logic. I am willing to entertain the idea that some people in the US military have seen crucial evidence of foreign technology. I am even open to the view that parts of Pentagon may have felt the need to hide such information from other branches of the military and the government that could have used it. But you lose me when you start to insist that there is a shadow government that has spent 80 years cooperating with defense contractors to hide foreigners from the public by finance Hollywood films who produce UFO observers such as nuts who lack credibility. The scientific statements are sufficiently interesting on their own, but anyone who has encountered enough human nature should be able to say that we are just not to Good at collaborating and keeping secrets.
Farah is a little too willing to let their topics turn into a conspiracy area sometimes, but I think these keys can be forgiven for two reasons. First, they do not spread any really harmful or urgent audience to take any dangerous action. But even more important is that everything is based on the rather reasonable goal from which the movie takes its name: revealing. Farah mainly advocates for our government to show his hand to the public by revealing the status of its many investigations of foreign lives – and regardless of their results, it now seems obvious that such investigations have taken place. Whether that information turns life into a sci-fi movie or forces us to rectify Mundanity does not change the fact that people have the right to know what is happening. It is a point that should be able to combine the most Diehard’s foreign truths and skeptics that are tired of hearing about this.
As someone who has never been persuaded by something I had ever heard of foreigners before watching the movie, I feel qualified to say that the “age” is really convincing. The number of military officials sharing detailed, affirmative stories about foreign meetings and congress people who guarantee the credibility of their claims makes this feel like a documentary with news potential on the front. Of course there is still the problem to never be able to see This classified evidence, and each viewer must decide how many generals swear that they have seen foreigners with their own eyes is enough to convince them. And for some, no amount of fixed testimony will ever suffice. But it still feels fair to say that the “age” makes a more serious argument for the idea that we have had close meetings with the third type than any documentary that preceded it.
Rating: B+
“The Age of Disclosure” premiered at SXSW 2025. It is currently seeking US distribution.
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