Age of Disclosure UFO Documentary Creates Big Buzz at SXSW

Full disclosure, I don’t know just how big a buzz The Age of Disclosure created at this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW). My estimation is based on what I saw this weekend, which was a lot of articles about the UFO documentary from those in the know, like The Hollywood Reporter and Variety.

However, that also could’ve been because it coincided with the doc’s highly anticipated premiere at the film fest on March 9. Either way, my interest was piqued. Not only because The Age of Disclosure was about UFOs/UAPs but because, as The Hollywood Reporter put it, filmmaker Dan Farah set out “to make the most credible nonfiction movie ever about the buzzy topic.”

Hmm. That claim sounded semi-familiar. Not that the UFO documentary Unacknowledged made a similar one, but it also presented some of the most credible evidence and witnesses that even doubters would have a hard time dismissing.

The Age of Disclosure, however, approached the matter from a different angle. Farah’s doc only features interviews with substantial sources. Specifically, “34 senior members of the U.S. Government, military, and intelligence community.”

Several were included in the film’s trailer, including a senior official with the CIA, someone who worked for a highly classified UAP program, an astrophysicist, the director of aviation security in the National Security Council, an admiral, elected officials, and more. What they had to say only ramped up my desire to watch.

Gripping Quotes from The Age of Disclosure

Believers will nod their heads in agreement when they hear statements like:

“Humanity is not the only intelligence in the universe.”

“We are absolutely not alone.”

“Non-human intelligence exists.”

“UAPs are real. They’re here. And they’re not human.”

But here’s where I feel The Age of Disclosure distinguishes itself, and why this UFO documentary was probably on so many radars at SXSW. It’s not trying to convince anyone that UAPs and non-human lifeforms may be real. Rather, they operate under the premise that they are.

I haven’t seen it yet, so I don’t know if Farah delves into questioning why alien lifeforms are visiting us. (Because they can is the sense I get.) Rather, it looks like The Age of Disclosure investigates why governments around the world keep this information secret. The answers may lie in these quotes.

“For over 16 years, on behalf of the U.S. government, I worked as a senior intelligence official on the unidentified aerial phenomenon topic,” one gentleman says. “We learned that the U.S. government is involved in a long-running, secret war with other nations to collect and reverse engineer vehicles not made by humans.”

Another man explains the implications of such discoveries: “The first country that cracks the code on this technology will be the leader for years to come.”

If that doesn’t give you chills, maybe this next quote will: “This is similar to the Manhattan Project. This is the atomic weapon on steroids.”

“This” being the top secret UAP programs, which it also appears The Age of Disclosure questions.

“It’s not acceptable to have secret parts of government that no one ever sees,” one woman says.

“You better be careful about a government that doesn’t trust its people,” another man says, “cuz there’s no telling what they’ll pull on you.”

One of the trailer’s last speakers explains where the documentary’s title comes from and what we, as a human race, should expect from our world leaders: “We should have disclosure today. We should have disclosure tomorrow. The time has come.”

The Age of Disclosure Release Info

Apart from the fact that audiences at this year’s SXSW could screen The Age of Disclosure, there hasn’t been any word on when or where it will release for general consumption.

Tom’s Guide offered a few educated guesses, though. Their research revealed that both Plex and Mubi list streaming dates of March 14. That’d be great if it were that soon. However, it’s doubtful.

Tom’s Guide also found chatter that pointed to it streaming on either Netflix or Amazon Prime Video. Also promising, but just rumors at this point.

Sadly, we’re in that “hurry up and wait” phase until we hear otherwise.

Check-In

Presuming UAPs are real, how do you feel about governments not disclosing this information? Is it right for one country to hoard the knowledge or should it be shared between countries? Or should there be a worldwide federation tasked with governing it and working together to use it for the good of the whole world? Do you believe it’s even possible that the existence of UAPs could unite the human race rather than further dividing us?

See why I’m keen to see The Age of Disclosure. These are just some of the questions the trailer raised in my mind. What about you? Did it make you contemplate any UFO/UAP questions in a new way?