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‘A lot of stories but very few facts’: sceptics push back on buzzy UFO documentary
The Age of Disclosure was granted a Capitol Hill screening and has broken digital rental records but does it really offer proof of alien life?
TL;DR
- The documentary "The Age of Disclosure" claims to reveal an 80-year government cover-up of UFOs and extraterrestrial technology.
- The film achieved significant commercial success on Amazon Prime Video.
- Skeptics criticize the documentary for relying on old, grainy footage and anecdotal evidence without presenting new or convincing proof.
- Critics suggest the film may be a sophisticated media campaign to secure government funding for defense contractors.
- Some interviewees, like Luis Elizondo, have ties to defense contracting companies.
- Skeptics believe UAP sightings are more likely explained by misidentification, perceptual errors, or secret terrestrial technologies.
- The film's pseudoscientific claims, such as UFOs existing in spacetime quantum bubbles, are dismissed by critics.