Overview
A new documentary, The Age of Disclosure, has ignited fresh debate over the global race to recover and reverse-engineer unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), commonly known as UFOs. The film, which features interviews with high-ranking officials from the United States and abroad, presents claims of an international arms race to unlock the technology behind non-human craft—allegedly including a “Tic Tac”-shaped vehicle recovered by Russia in 1989. The revelations are part of an 80-year narrative of secrecy, cover-ups, and intense competition among world powers.
Global Arms Race for Alien Technology
According to the documentary’s director, Dan Farah, the U.S. is not alone in deploying specialized teams to recover downed extraterrestrial craft. “We’re in a secret arms race,” Farah told host Elizabeth Vargas, describing ongoing efforts by the United States, Russia, and China to retrieve and study non-human technology. The documentary cites U.S. intelligence officials who assert that “China and Russia both have retrieved alien spacecraft,” with Russia’s 1989 recovery of a large Tic Tac-shaped craft highlighted as a pivotal event. This craft was reportedly even larger than the now-famous object encountered by the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in 2004.
Officials interviewed in the film argue that the first country to successfully reverse-engineer such technology would secure “the leader[ship] for years to come,” likening the stakes to a new Manhattan Project—“the atomic weapon on steroids.” The documentary suggests the technology could include directed-energy weapons and propulsion systems capable of changing the balance of global power.
High-Level Testimony and Secrecy
What sets The Age of Disclosure apart is its roster of interviewees: former secretaries of state, sitting senators, former directors of national intelligence, Pentagon brass, and senior officials from the CIA, Air Force, and Navy. Farah underscores the credibility of these sources, stating, “These are 34 extremely high-level military, government, and intelligence officials… people who have been entrusted with very high-level security clearances.” The documentary details how, for decades, “legacy crash retrieval programs” operated in secrecy, with multi-agency teams tasked to recover and analyze non-human technology.
Farah reveals that these programs were designed to be even more secretive than the Manhattan Project, responding to earlier security leaks by imposing stricter controls. He asserts that the U.S. Air Force, CIA, Department of Energy, and military contractors all played roles in these covert efforts, with similar units active in Russia and China.
Extraordinary Claims: Non-Human Beings and Government Deliberations
Among the most startling claims in the documentary are testimonies from two astrophysicists and intelligence officials stating that the U.S. government has recovered “at least two different alien species.” One official recounts an incident where “not human beings exited a craft and interacted with members of the Air Force and the CIA” at a U.S. military base. While the film acknowledges the extraordinary nature of these accounts, it emphasizes their source: figures with decades of experience at the highest levels of government.
The documentary also reveals a little-known episode from the administration of President George W. Bush, where cabinet officials reportedly “convened a meeting and debated for days” whether to disclose the existence of these programs and technologies to the public. Ultimately, the decision was made to maintain secrecy, continuing a legacy of non-disclosure that, according to the film, spans more than eight decades.
A Unified but Controversial Assertion
Despite the political and ideological diversity of the documentary’s sources, Farah notes a rare consensus: “They’re aligned on this—such 34 senior officials sharing one truth.” While the claims remain controversial and, for many, difficult to accept, The Age of Disclosure raises profound questions about transparency, global security, and humanity’s place in the universe. As lawmakers from both parties call for greater openness on UAPs, the documentary’s revelations are likely to fuel ongoing debate in Washington and beyond.
