For years the American people have been handed platitudes and evasions while a shadowy swirl of secrecy tightened around one of the most consequential questions of our time: are we alone, and who in government knew what and when? A new documentary, The Age of Disclosure, throws down a gauntlet by presenting sworn testimony that an eight-decade pattern of concealment has been orchestrated at high levels of our national security apparatus. If you believe in accountable government, you should be alarmed, because this is exactly the kind of hoarded secret that corrodes liberty and endangers the republic.
Lue (Luis) Elizondo — the former Pentagon official who resigned and went public years ago — is front and center in the film, and he makes the same hard claim he has made before: significant UAP evidence has been collected and kept off the public ledger. Conservatives who prize truth and transparency should applaud whistleblowers who risk careers and reputations to bring problems into the light rather than hiding behind classification. Whether you accept every claim Elizondo advances or not, his presence forces a reckoning with the real problem: secrecy without accountability.
This is not a fringe production full of UFO hobbyists; the documentary features more than three dozen current and former military and intelligence insiders who lay out a serious, bipartisan case that demands scrutiny. Senators and senior officials are shown urging more openness, and the film raises uncomfortable questions about whether even the Oval Office has been fully briefed. Conservatives who believe in civilian control of the military and the Constitution should not tolerate parallel power centers that treat the American people like children.
The Age of Disclosure debuted at SXSW in March and landed a wider release in theaters and on streaming in November 2025, putting these explosive claims within reach of millions of Americans who deserve to hear them and judge for themselves. The timing matters: when credible witnesses step forward en masse, it is not a theatrical spectacle to be waved away but a political problem that demands hearings, documents, and oversight. Our elected representatives should be marshaling committees and subpoenas, not playing deaf.
Predictably, establishment skeptics and mainstream critics say the film lacks the single smoking-gun document, and a measured skepticism is warranted when extraordinary claims are made. Yet that criticism cannot be a cover for the comfortable status quo — the same secrecy that has allowed intelligence failures and overspending to fester. At minimum, the documentary should catalyze meaningful congressional oversight and declassification where national security does not require it, because secrecy has a way of becoming self-serving.
More than idle curiosity is at stake; this is about national security, technological advantage, and who holds the keys to knowledge that could reshape global power balances. If rival nations are building or reverse-engineering advanced platforms — or if unknown phenomena are operating in our airspace — then transparency and American leadership are not optional. Patriots who want a strong, secure America should demand accountability, not more bureaucratic curtain-drawing.
Americans who love liberty should be furious that a government that answers to us would hoard potentially epochal information instead of explaining it to the public and to Congress. This film is a call to action: press your representatives, insist on hearings, and refuse the old line that secrecy equals security without proof. We owe that much to our children and to the founders who entrusted power to the people, not to permanent, unaccountable elites.
