The Age of Disclosure is a 2025 American documentary film about UFOs. It was directed and produced by Dan Farah. The film includes statements from former United States government officials and people involved in the disclosure movement. These individuals say that alien intelligence is on Earth and that the government has kept this information secret for many years. Dan Farah explained that "disclosure" means when governments share information about alien life that was previously hidden. The film discusses theories about recovered alien materials, secret government programs, and the secrecy of institutions. It includes interviews with a variety of people, such as UFO researchers, former and current U.S. government officials, military employees, intelligence community members, and members of the U.S. Congress.

The film first showed at the 2025 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 9, 2025. It was released in theaters and on Amazon Prime Video on November 21, 2025. It became the most successful documentary ever on Amazon Prime Video. Critics gave the film mixed reviews. Scientists and people who question such claims pointed out that the film does not provide physical evidence to support its claims. They also noted that the film relies heavily on eyewitness accounts without enough proof.

Synopsis

The documentary Age of Disclosure includes interviews with former and current U.S. elected officials, military and intelligence personnel, scientists, and others who study UFOs. These individuals claim that the U.S. government has known about alien life and collected alien technology since 1947 or earlier. According to Variety, the film’s title refers to a future time when governments might share secret information about aliens and UFOs, a belief found in some UFO-related theories.

Luis Elizondo, a former U.S. Department of Defense employee, narrates the film. He says he worked on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) starting in 2009. Elizondo, along with engineer Hal Puthoff and scientist Eric Davis, claims they discovered a secret government program called the "Legacy Program," which studied and hid evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence for over 80 years. Jay Stratton, a former director of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF), says governments are competing to study and copy alien technology, similar to how the Manhattan Project developed nuclear weapons during World War II.

The film includes current U.S. Secretary of State and acting National Security Advisor Marco Rubio, as well as members of Congress such as Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Mike Rounds, and Representatives Tim Burchett, André Carson, Dan Crenshaw, Mike Gallagher, and Anna Paulina Luna. Former intelligence and military officials, including James Clapper, Christopher C. Miller, Christopher Mellon, and Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, share their accounts of UFO-related experiences.

Pilots involved in Pentagon UFO reports, such as Navy pilots David Fravor, Alex Dietrich, and Ryan Graves, as well as former Air Force pilot and NORAD director Colonel James D. Cobb, are interviewed. Ryan Graves and Brett Feddersen, a former National Security Council member and Federal Aviation Administration director, discuss how UFOs may affect aviation safety.

Retired U.S. Army Colonel Karl Nell, along with UAPTF members Travis S. Taylor and Mike Gold, describe events they say occurred in the 2010s. Garry Nolan, a scientist interested in UFOs, and Mike Flaherty, a retired Navy intelligence officer, talk about claims that UFOs may have biological effects. Former Air Force Lieutenant Robert Jacobs describes seeing a UFO disable a missile in 1964. Retired Air Force Captain Robert Salas recalls a 1967 incident where a missile system failure reportedly happened at the same time as a UFO sighting.

Crew

The Age of Disclosure is Dan Farah's first movie as a director. Before this, he worked as a producer on the science fiction film Ready Player One and the fantasy series The Shannara Chronicles. Spencer Averick was the film's editor. Blair Mowat wrote the music for The Age of Disclosure.

Release

The film was shown at SXSW on March 9, 2025. It was released on Amazon Prime on November 21, 2025, and had a limited, Oscar-qualifying release in theaters in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.

Reception

"The Age of Disclosure" broke Amazon Prime Video's record for the highest-grossing documentary less than 48 hours after its release, according to Deadline Hollywood. The documentary performed better than major studio films like "Jurassic World Rebirth" and "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning," as reported by Deadline.

On Rotten Tomatoes, 27% of 11 critic reviews were positive. The audience "popcorn meter" rating was 93%, based on more than 500 user ratings. Metacritic gave the film a score of 45 out of 100, based on five critics, which means the reviews were mixed or average.

In The Hollywood Reporter, Daniel Fienberg described the film as presenting sensational ideas in a calm way. He noted that the film did not introduce many new ideas but stood out due to its high production quality. He called it "a basic cable exploitation doc done up with a fancy gloss" and said it did not prove anything.

On Collider, Nate Richard wrote that the film became more ridiculous as it progressed and was made in a very unexciting way. He compared the pacing to a college PowerPoint presentation and said the film only convinced people who already believe in UFOs. He concluded that the film failed to convince skeptics.

In The Guardian, Adrian Horton said the film was serious and well-sourced but caused gasps and criticism because of its provocative and controversial claims. In The New York Times, Ben Kenigsberg said that watching the film's nearly two hours of unprovable claims made viewers "chumps."

Responses

On December 2, 2025, during an episode of Hannity, host Sean Hannity began his interview with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio by asking what he called a "fun question" about The Age of Disclosure. Rubio, who was in the film, said he was worried that "some other country might have developed an unusual ability to watch or track things that we are not ready for," giving examples like drones or hot air balloons. He also talked about how closely information was kept.

Rubio also mentioned the film's other people interviewed.

Joshua Semeter, a professor at Boston University who studied unusual events for NASA, said he had not seen any proof that the government was hiding information. He added that "stories alone are not enough. They need to be supported by proof."

Jason Colavito, a researcher who studies false ideas about ancient history and UFO beliefs, said the film was "like an episode of Ancient Aliens with higher quality." He noted that by the end of the film, viewers had not seen any new information or stories that had not been shared before.

In Skeptic magazine, Michael Shermer criticized the film for relying on personal stories. He compared these stories to claims about Bigfoot, saying, "If all you had were stories about what you saw, and maybe a few blurred videos or unclear photos, no one would believe you—and for good reason."