The Age of Disclosure (2025): Personal Review and Thoughts

The Documentary That Promises to the Truth into the Open

Imagine a film so explosive it gets a private screening on Capitol Hill, features a sitting Secretary of State admitting UFOs keep him up at night and drops bombshell after bombshell, including Russia recovering a massive alien craft bigger than the Tic-Tac, UFO/NHI/ALIEN are absolutely 100% real and a myriad of other bits and pieces of the UFO/NHI/ALIEN jigsaw together into a insanely watchable documentary that skips all the fluff and simply lets high level insiders talk about the topic in a very "this is real" matter-of-fact way. That'd be great, right? Well...

Imagine no more because that's exactly what "The Age of Disclosure" Dan Farah's directorial debut that hit like a meteor on 21st November 2025 and turned the UFO conversation from fringe whispers to mainstream thunder is. The documentary clocks in at 109 minutes of on-camera, at points mind-blowing, testimony. This isn't your normal UFO documentary, it's 34 high level insiders who say the truth isn't out there, it's here NOW, and has been here for a very, very long time.

"UAPs have exhibited propulsive performance charataristics that imply the generation 1,100 BILLION watts of power. This is more than 100 times the daily electical utility power generated in the United States."
– Dr. Eric Davis, Astrophysicist

Dan Farah: Who is Dan?

Dan Farah isn't some basement conspiracy theorist with a 360p webcam and $5 microphone, he's a legit Hollywood heavyweight who's produced Steven Spielberg's "Ready Player One" (2018, $583 million worldwide. Awesome movie btw, go watch it if you havent) and the fantasy series "The Shannara Chronicles" (2016-2017). Growing up in the 80s and 90s, Farah was hooked on ETs from "E.T." to "The X-Files," but it was the 2017 New York Times bombshell on the Pentagon's AATIP program that lit the fuse. "I realized this wasn't fiction," Dan told Variety in October 2025. "It was time to make a film that treated it like the national security crisis it is."

For three years, Dan filmed in secrecy, chasing leads through back channels. His production company, Farah Films, teamed with Born Ready Films. Editor Spencer Averick (known for "13th" and "Sound of Freedom") cut the footage into a taut narrative. Executive producers Colin Frederick, Andrew Farah and Shara Senderoff kept the circle tight. And it shows. The result: a highly polished, interview-driven powerhouse that premiered at SXSW on March 9, 2025, earning a standing ovation from the audience and a tsunami of buzz on the internet.

"There is something here on the planet with us that is intelligent, and more intelligent that us."
– Dr Garry Nolan, Stanford University

The Cast: 34 Insiders Who Can't All Be Wrong

Dan's secret weapon? Unprecedented access to heavy hitters. The film boasts 34 current and former U.S. government, military, and intelligence pros with "direct knowledge" of UAPs. Some of the lineup that makes skeptics sweat:

• Marco Rubio (Secretary of State): "Even presidents operate on a need-to-know basis." Rubio, a UFO skeptic turned believer, calls UAPs one of his biggest worries, tying them to national security and 9/11 parallels.
• Lue Elizondo (former AATIP head): The Pentagon whistleblower who leaked the Tic-Tac video. Elizondo claims artifacts and biological specimens are in custody, with reverse-engineered tech "bleeding into modern aerospace."
• Jay Stratton (former DIA official, UAP Task Force Director): "UAPs are here, they are real, and they are not human." Stratton, who infiltrated Skinwalker Ranch undercover, alleges a "secret war" among nations for alien tech.
• Jim Clapper (former Director of National Intelligence): The Obama-era intel chief vouches for the cover-up's depth, saying it's "bigger than Watergate."
• Kirsten Gillibrand (Senator): Pushes for the UAP Disclosure Act, calling for full declassification.
• Mike Rounds (Senator): Bipartisan voice on hearings, linking UAPs to nuclear threats.
• Harold Puthoff & Eric Davis (physicists): Discuss The Breakthrough Theory on How UAP Operate.
• Jim Semivan (former CIA officer): Runs Tom DeLonge's To the Stars Academy, claims UAPs are "spiritual forces."
• Mike Gold (NASA UAP Study Team): Exposes NASA's role in data suppression.
• Admiral Tim Gallaudet (former Navy Chief Oceanographer): Ties UAPs to USO (unidentified submerged objects).
• Brett Feddersen (former White House Aviation Security Director): Details FAA cover-ups.

Dan's rule: No armchair theorists, only those with "direct knowledge." The result? A bipartisan ensemble that makes the film feel like a classified briefing leaked to Netflix.

The Six “Observables”: The details that make UAP stand out

Lue Elizondo lays out the six performance characteristics, aka observables, that make UAPs fundamentally impossible under known physics. These aren’t theories, they’re repeated observations from military sensors, pilots, and radar.

Lue’s closing line on this segment: “If any one of these observables is real, our physics textbooks are wrong. All six have been recorded multiple times. We are not at the top of the food chain.”

"I am aware of at least 2 advanced non-human species. One of which made contact with the Legacy crash retreival program."
– Dr. Eric Davis, Astrophysicist

The Bombshells: 80 Years of Lies and Alien Tech Wars

The film's core thesis: Since 1945 (or earlier), the U.S. (and rivals like Russia and China) has very deliberately hidden proof of non-human intelligence/UFO/UAP. Some key revelations include:

• The Cover-Up Timeline: Starts with 1940s crashes (implied pre-Roswell nods). Elizondo: "Artifacts and biologics in custody." Clapper: "It's an 80-year global secret."
• Russia's Giant Craft: Stratton claims Russia recovered a UAP "significantly larger than the Tic-Tac" in 1989, sparking a tech arms race. Farah told NewsNation: "Officials go on record: it's real."
• Reverse-Engineering Race: Puthoff and Davis detail warp drives, anti-gravity, and zero-point energy from crashes. Gold: "NASA knows, but suppresses data."
• National Security Nightmare: Rubio ties UAPs to 9/11: "Four guys with Cessna training hijacked jets surgically. Imagine if they had alien tech." Tim Gallaudet talks about USOs near nukes.

Runtime: 109 minutes that flies in. No CGI aliens, just raw testimony that builds like a thriller. UFO/UAP appearing around and interfering with nuclear sites is a very serious ongoing matter.

From SXSW Sneak to Capitol Hill Bombshell

March 9, 2025: SXSW premiere at Austin's Paramount Theatre. Standing ovation.

November 20, 2025: Farah screens it on Capitol Hill for five House members, staffers, and interviewees. Rubio attends; buzz peaks.

November 21, 2025: Limited theatrical in NYC, LA, D.C. (Oscar-qualifying), and Amazon Prime debut. By November 26, it's #3 on Prime which is amazing.

Academy confirms eligibility for 98th Oscars (shortlist Dec 15).

"The population had about a 25% mortality rate within 7 years of having an interaction(with UAP)."
– Mike Flaherty, US Navy and Airforce Intelligence Officer

Theories and Likelihood

1. Genuine Disclosure Push
Likelihood: 90%
Bipartisan insiders, timely hearings.

2. Hype for Views
Likelihood: 10%
Rehashes known claims.

3. Psyop/Disinfo
Likelihood: 0% or 100%
Depends on if you trust the words of people in the IC.

"UAPs are here, they are real, and they are not human."
– Jim Semivan, former CIA officer

Timeline: From Secrecy to Screens

Final Verdict

Dan's film assembles the A-list of insiders who state, on camera, that "The truth isn't out there, it's here and it's non-human". Obviously skeptics screeched it's just reheated baloney, normal people don't say that though.

What the usual suspects/skeptics want you to believe is that Marco Rubio, Kirsten Gillibrand, James Clapper, Mike Rounds, André Carson, Jay Stratton, Lue Elizondo, Anna Paulina Luna, Mike Flaherty, Dan Crenshaw, Tim Burchett, David Fravor, Travis Taylor, Bob Salas, Mike Gallagher, Ryan Graves, Mike Gold, Hal Puthoff, Alex Dietrich, Tim Gallaudet, Jeffrey Nuccetelli, Brett Fedderson, Chris Mellon, Chris Miller, Garry Nolan, Terry Lovelace, Eric Davis, Bob Jacobs, Chaz King, Jim Semivan, Karl Nell, Mario Woods, etc, etc... are ALL crazy people that are telling lies. Clapper sure, but the rest?

But... I do understand the people that say we can't trust anyone with connections to any inteligence agency. Because if they can talk about this so openly then it must be IC approved and that means what they say is simply disinformation, or IC approved propaganda etc. But I hope it isn't, and they aren't. I also noticed David Grusch wasn't in the documentary, I'm not sure why though (he appears briefly via footage from David's 2023 hearing at the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and News Nation interview with Ross). I found that a bit strange to be honest.

I'm, obviously, leaving a hell of a lot of details about "Age of Disclosure" becasue I encourage you to watch it yourself. Then get a bunch of friends or family and watch it with them. Even if you keep up with the topic on a daily basis you'll get something out of it, as it's a great refresher on events and details. To someone not interested in the topic I honestly believe it will blow their minds. In a good way.

It's not perfect, nothing ever is on this topic to be honest, but "The Age of Disclosure" is really, really good for what it is. If you think it costs to much then that's fair enough, I bought it and don't regret it.