Whether you’re a total believer in aliens or roll your eyes at conspiracy theorists, there’s something to be appreciated in Dan Farah’s “The Age of Disclosure.” The documentary attempts to apply some journalistic legitimacy to ideas that, until recently, were confined to obscure forums and podcasts, featuring 34 government officials from both political parties making the case that our government knows a lot more about extraterrestrial life than it’s telling us.
If you’re open to the idea (and at peace with the fact that you can’t see any visual evidence yet), the documentary plays like a sci-fi thrill ride underscored by the optimistic notion that we might have a very exciting century ahead of us if this information begins to be disclosed. And if you’re not convinced by any of the testimony, you might be morbidly fascinated by the performance art of watching so many allegedly serious people would go on the record about such things.
The film, which premiered at the 2025 SXSW Film and TV Festival before distribution rights were acquired by Prime Video, follows alleged government whistleblower Luis Elizondo. Elizondo has become a dashboard saint for alien research enthusiasts after claiming to have resigned as the director of the Pentagon’s classified Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program over what he saw as bureaucratic opposition to telling people the truth.
He outlines a series of unexplainable phenomena that military and intelligence officials have witnessed over the past century, including flying objects that defy all laws of physics and travel exponentially faster than anything mankind has ever produced, which the military has categorized as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (or UAPs, for short).
He’s joined by a series of government officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, all of whom offer their reasons for believing that a massive reveal of information about alien research could be on the horizon.
The film’s findings could signal the beginning of a real-life “X-Files” episode or merely be speculation that never goes anywhere, but it feels safe to say that “The Age of Disclosure” will be one of the most talked-about documentaries of the fall.
The film opens in select theaters and streams worldwide on Prime Video on Friday, November 21. Watch the trailer below.