Ancient Aliens (2009–…): Season 14, Episode 21 - Countdown to Disclosure - full transcript
Are governments around the world preparing mankind for the most startling event in human history-the official disclosure of an extraterrestrial presence on Earth? And if so, why is this happening now and what might happen in its aftermath?
Could recent media reports
and newly-released
military videos
be an indication
that the wall of secrecy
concerning extraterrestrial
visitors to our planet
is beginning to crack?
You've been briefed
on unidentified flying objects.
- Are they real?
- We have had people
saying that
they've seen things.
We know that
there were certain incidents
that were
encountered by the U.S. Navy
that were unexplained.
But are these recent revelations
part of a global strategy
intended to prepare humanity
for the ultimate
extraterrestrial encounter?
All those things
we're seeing now
is the government
getting ready to tell us.
This is a completely
new ball game here.
Or are they the result
of an anxious public's
increasingly loud demands
to know the truth?
This will come from us,
from the people.
If we ask the right questions,
we're gonna get
the right answers.
There is a doorway
in the universe.
Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
It demands
we question everything
we have ever been taught.
The evidence
is all around us.
The future
is right before our eyes.
We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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Season 14 Episode 21
Episode Title :
"Countdown To Disclosure"
Osaka, Japan.
July 1, 2019.
In a televised interview,
Fox News political commentator
Tucker Carlson
asks President Donald Trump,
point-blank,
about recent revelations
concerning UFOs.
You've been briefed
on unidentified flying objects.
- Are they... are they real?
- Uh,
well, I don't want to really
get into it too much,
but personally
I tend to doubt it.
But we have had people saying
that they've seen things.
Uh,
I'm not a believer,
but, you know,
I guess anything's possible.
We spoke to a government
official recently who said
the U.S. government
had wreckage from
a UFO in a, in a facility
on an Air Force base.
- Are you familiar with that?
- I haven't heard that, no.
Trump's answer
was extraordinary because
I don't believe
there's been any other time
in, uh, recent American history
where a sitting president
was asked this question
in such a serious manner
and gave a serious reply.
President Trump's interview
with Tucker Carlson
about UFOs was historic.
Usually presidents,
certainly sitting presidents,
do not discuss this subject
at all,
and if they are ever asked
about it,
they dismiss the whole thing
with a joke
or an evasive answer.
Now, Ryan, if you're out
in the crowd tonight,
here's the answer
to your question.
No, as far as I know,
an alien spacecraft
did not crash
in Roswell,
New Mexico in 1947.
Ten years ago,
UFOs were about laughter,
UFOs were the easiest punch line
in a room.
Not so today.
Now, in the new world we live in,
people are paying attention.
We have moved
from a fringe topic
and brought UFOs
to the forefront
of both popular culture
as well as mainstream media.
On August 29, 2019,
journalist and former British
Defence Ministry employee
Nick Pope
traveled to Washington, D.C.
He had arranged to meet
with Tucker Carlson
and get his thoughts
on his extraordinary exchange
with America's 45th president.
- Tucker, hey.
- Thank you, Nick.
- Nice to meet you in person.
- Great to meet you.
- Okay. Thanks.
- Thank you. UFOs are real.
Tucker,
you've taken the lead
in the mainstream media
in discussing
the latest revelations
about UFOs.
Why is that?
Is it a personal interest?
I just believe it's clear
that there's been deception
around this question
from the U.S. government,
the Pentagon specifically.
And I think
it's important to find out more.
I mean,
if there is real evidence
that this planet
is being visited
from other planets
or solar systems,
or even if there are aircraft
whose behavior we can't explain,
why is that not
the biggest story in news?
I agree. Now, do you have
any kind of pushback
with that
when you run these stories?
How do
the senior executives feel,
and other media professionals?
My feeling was
it's time to rethink, like,
what you think you know,
and so we started doing
UFO segments.
And basically,
the first three times we did it,
people made fun of us,
and after that,
no one has said a single word
about it.
Well, there are these videos
that...
I mean, we've all seen
the Navy jets chasing the UFOs.
What kind of emotional reaction
do you get
watching something like that?
You know pilots.
My brother's a pilot.
I've talked to a lot of pilots.
They're very interested
in how things
lift off the ground and move.
They're interested in flight.
They're saying,
"This is something
completely different.
I don't even know
how this works."
That's... compelling to me.
I asked the president about it.
What did you make
of his response?
I thought his response was odd,
to be honest with you.
I thought it was odd.
- In-in what way?
- He said, "You know,"
"I'm not interested
in that topic at all.
"I'm just... I'm not interested
in that topic,
and I don't think
there's anything there."
I didn't believe him
when he said that,
to-to be honest with you.
It was funny, because he nodded
- his head and then said no.
- Yes, that's exactly right.
The president,
like probably most people
in power,
is uncomfortable conceding
that... he's got questions.
I mean, it's much easier just to
say "Nah, there's nothing there."
It's a weather balloon."
And because
there's a stigma attached
to asking questions.
I mean, I've never once said
that I believe
anything in particular
about UFOs, because I don't.
I don't know what to believe,
but I know bull **** when I see it.
Do you think he knows more
than he's letting on,
or do you think,
as some people say,
even the president
doesn't know?
My impression was
that the president...
does know more than he said.
You know,
you'd have to think
that, that any person
of moderate curiosity,
given the power
that a president has,
would, at some point,
in, you know,
his first couple years in office,
would call down and say,
"You know, send me all the
information you have on UFOs."
Like, why wouldn't you do that?
Do you think the public want
to know
- and can handle the truth?
- Well, you know the...
I mean, let's be... I mean,
let's... let's be honest.
The people keeping
this information secret
at the Pentagon believe
the information is so terrifying
to the public
that it would be contrary
to the national interest
to reveal it.
- Yeah.
- I mean, obviously.
When we run through the theories
about this,
we say, could it be some other
part of the U.S. government?
Some secret black project?
Could it be Russia or China?
Or could it be extraterrestrial?
I'm starting to believe
that there is...
and I-I've heard this
from someone
who I think is knowledgeable
on the subject...
that there is physical evidence
that the U.S. government
is holding, um,
that, you know,
would tell us a lot more
- about what these objects are.
- Physical evidence.
- Uh, wreckage?
- That is correct.
Who-who was that?
It's, you know, a well-known...
someone who worked on this
within the government
for many years who would know.
And I asked point-blank,
"Is there physical evidence of
the existence of these objects,
these aircraft,
whatever they are?"
And he said, "Yes, there is."
- Wreckage in a hangar?
- Wreckage.
- He did not say in a hangar.
- Well, somewhere.
He just said, "The U.S..."
He said,
"The U.S. government
has physical evidence."
Here we have a major
mainstream news media figure
telling it how it is.
It goes beyond simply saying,
"UFOs are real,
they're extraterrestrial."
There's something more.
Something too terrible
to be told.
- Are they real?
- I'm not a believer, but
we have had people saying
that they've seen things.
But were
President Donald Trump's
no-nonsense answers
on the question of UFOs
simply an attempt to dismiss
the matter once and for all?
If so, it didn't work.
In fact, many saw it as a sign
that the U.S. government's
policy toward all things
extraterrestrial had begun
to take a more candid
and possibly more honest turn.
And they remain convinced
that disclosure
is not simply imminent
but that it's already underway.
The Pentagon
September 18, 2019
In a reversal
of decades of denial,
a Navy spokesman confirms
that recently circulated
military footage
that was thought to show UFOs
is in fact authentic.
The statement comes
just four months after
Navy pilots from the aircraft
carrier Theodore Roosevelt
revealed to The New York Times
that in the summer of 2014
through March 2015,
they encountered UFOs
on a near daily basis
off the East Coast
of the United States.
A number of senators
have confirmed that they have
received classified briefings
on all this.
This is a completely
new ball game here.
We are in new
and uncharted territory.
But do the
recent military revelations
concerning UFO encounters really
mean that we are moving closer
to the day of disclosure?
Oh, my gosh, dude.
Or is it simply
that they are equally baffled
by what they are witnessing,
and seek the help
of the general public
in finding answers?
It's frightening
to hear how little
our government truly knows
about these unknown vehicles
of unknown origin invading
our airspace with impunity
at all times upon their will.
Many people in the UFO community
talk about it in terms
of it being a single event.
Disclosure with a big "D,"
as I call it.
In that scenario,
the president
clears his schedule,
goes on television,
announces to the world
that there is an alien presence.
Disclosure
is simply an acknowledgment
by the established structure
of power
that UFOs are real
and some don't belong
to our civilization.
Society is being
prepped for this,
some believe,
through the revelations
about government programs
and military encounters.
But all those things
we're seeing now
is the government
getting ready to tell us
so that there won't be
the huge shock
and panic when it is announced.
Because the point is,
with all of this, of course,
you don't shock people
so much
if you tell them something
they already believe or suspect.
But whether the
government's recent revelations
about UFOs are the result
of an unintended leak
or part of a strategic plan,
two things are certain:
unexplained encounters
are happening
with increasing frequency
in U.S. airspace,
and at the same time,
the Navy revealed plans
to create a new process
to make it easier
for pilots
to report UFO sightings.
Even though the U.S. military
stopped collecting reports
for many, many years,
they're clearly back
in the business
of at least filing them,
accepting them from their pilots
and so on,
so I think it is the first
real crack in the taboo.
This is not the way
it used to be.
It used to be
you don't talk
about things you see in the sky
if you want to fly.
So when the Navy loosens up
the reporting options
for pilots,
that is a huge concession
to the new reality.
If these craft
that are currently
being observed...
if those craft are not ours,
if they are not Russian,
and if they're not Chinese,
we should all wonder
who it is
who has that type
of aviation technology.
And if it's not someone
from our planet,
well, who else is left?
The fact is that military pilots
for years and years
have been saying
the same thing publicly.
They just haven't gotten
the attention
that these individuals
have gotten.
That's the difference.
And the real question is:
why, and why now?
Now we've had these
revelations, the Navy videos,
the fact that the Navy
have... changed their policy,
telling their pilots
to report,
are things changing?
And where do you think
we're going with this?
I don't think
that most news organizations
will cover this persistently
until some...
you know, the alien king
breaks into the 6:00 news
and demands obedience.
Right? I think they're
gonna persist in ignoring it
because there's just a-a lot
of social pressure to, to scoff.
You get societal
breakdown after a while
when the people in charge lie.
Because it makes it impossible
for people to accept anything,
any explanation at face value.
Um, and it corrodes
the bonds that,
that connect the government
to its citizens, so...
I think it's very likely
that we're gonna learn more.
There are many who believe
that the disclosure process
is not new
but has simply entered
a different phase.
They argue that disclosure
actually started decades ago,
and was part of
a strategic plan
to prep the global population
by means of books,
movies,
TV shows, and other forms
of popular entertainment.
45% of the
American people right now,
when polled, say that, yeah,
the ETs are already here.
They've been watching movies
since they were five years old
about extraterrestrials.
We have been heavily
indoctrinated or educated
on the concept
of extraterrestrials.
We fly in spaceships
in-in our CGI movies.
So the idea that suddenly
we're told there's extraterrestrials
actually here as being
some unbelievable,
had-no-idea kind of thing... no.
NARRATOR
But if mankind is on a so-called
"countdown to disclosure,"
does that simply mean
that our government and those
around the world are aware
that intelligent life does exist
on some other, distant planet?
Or does it suggest
that some form of alien intelligence
has already come here,
and may, in fact,
have been living here
for centuries?
As far as
ancient astronaut theorists
and UFO enthusiasts
are concerned,
the sudden flurry of information
concerning possible
alien encounters
comes as no surprise.
For them, evidence
of extraterrestrial
encounters has been obvious
for several decades.
What has them baffled, however,
is the fact that
after decades of harsh denials,
governments all over the world
are beginning
to open up their files
and cooperate.
In fact,
there's been a disclosure movement
for about 70 years now.
Starting in the 1950s,
you get an organization
known as NICAP
formed in the late '50s
with the express intent
of researching UFOs
in a very meticulous way,
at the same time
getting political action
on this matter in Congress.
I think that
there's been a history
and a perception
that the government
has been hiding the ball.
And I think there's
a reason for that,
which is that most
of the investigations,
uh, has been done
through classified programs.
And I think that's led
to a lot of speculation
about what
the government's hiding.
And the best disinfectant is
to let the American people
know what the truth is.
That system was a
closed loop for a long time.
However,
after the recent events,
the Navy has then changed
their attitude towards
reporting these things.
This is big, this is real,
this is happening, and
if-if you don't understand it,
it's time for you catch up.
Many date the origin of both
the first U.S. government cover-up
and the disclosure movement
to July 1947...
the date of the now-famous
Roswell UFO crash.
The incident began
when the Air Force
issued an astounding
press release
stating that the military
recovered the remains
of a "flying disc"
from a New Mexico ranch.
The story immediately
became front-page news
in the local paper.
But within a day,
officials retracted
their initial statement
and dismissed the find
as simply debris
from a downed weather balloon.
The first press release
was the truth.
And the second one was a lie.
And I call it
"the foundational lie."
Because, to the best
of my knowledge,
from that day, 1947,
until 2017,
the group that became
what we have called the
shadow government has not told
the truth about
anything of significance.
Shortly after
the Roswell incident,
various groups and individuals
began demanding
that the U.S. military
tell the truth about UFOs.
But although
the government formed
a series
of investigative bodies,
including Project Grudge,
Project Blue Book,
and the Condon Committee,
they never produced
any viable evidence.
In retrospect, many consider
that such government efforts
were designed
not to promote disclosure
but to stifle it.
They would investigate cases.
And the intriguing thing
about all of it is,
is maybe ten percent of
the cases that they looked at
were unexplainable.
They did not know
what they were.
They always come out
officially after and go,
"Hey, there's some things
we can't explain here,
"but there's nothing to see,
there's no ET,
"there's no evidence of any kind
of extraterrestrial-controlled
craft flying in the skies."
When the CIA
formed a scientific committee
called the Robertson Panel
to review unsolved UFO cases,
the committee found that
continued reporting on UFOs
might cause
"hysterical mass behavior."
It issued a top secret
recommendation
suggesting that the government
undertake an aggressive
public relations campaign
to systematically
debunk UFO sightings.
This is the-the typical
government response.
Just form a panel
and tell everybody that what
they think they saw is not
what is the actual reality.
I think that was the
start of the propaganda machine.
It's counterintelligence
information.
So they release little bits
of truth, but then
they just say, "You know what?"
"It... there's nothing
to see here.
Go back to sleep."
Over the decades,
and despite government denials,
a robust citizens' movement
took shape
that investigated incidents,
published reports,
and held news conferences...
all in an attempt
to demand disclosure.
One notable effort was the
Citizens' Hearing on Disclosure,
held in Washington in 2013,
in which multiple
credible witnesses
testified about UFO incursions.
There is no doubt that
the United States government
has known
about the extraterrestrial
interactions with Earth
and that their policies of
denial in the alleged interest
of national security
are still in effect.
Paradigm Research Group,
my organization,
began by delivering
to the entire Congress a full
30 hours of testimony,
which I felt, and many do feel,
was the most important citizen
disclosure event at that time.
These objects know
in great detail
how our missiles operate
and they can
shut down our missiles
at any time.
We got a lot of media attention,
in-including some attention
from Congress.
Um, and, of course,
we had these ex-congressmen
sit in as we presented our case.
So this movement,
disclosure movement, uh,
has been going on for some time.
What kind of defense do we have
against these things?
I think we changed
a lot of minds.
But then, of course, things...
changed the next day,
The-the news cycles.
For years,
UFO advocates have argued
that such high-profile efforts
were secretly subjected
to government whisper campaigns,
each designed
to discredit witnesses
and divert public attention
from disclosure.
The government did everything
in order to stop
these whistleblowers
or to deny these witnesses,
but guess what.
That did not stop the
whistleblowers from talking
and it certainly
did not stop the research.
In fact, this little flame
that began in the 1950s
is now a raging fire.
And it is illuminating
all of the darkness.
But if the
government has been conspiring
to silence UFO researchers,
witnesses,
and believers since
the Roswell crash... why?
Is it to avoid widespread panic?
Or was it something
more strategic?
Possibly, it was designed
to keep the knowledge
that was gleaned from
extraterrestrial encounters
from getting into
so4called enemy hands.
Washington D. C.
December, 1960.
Prominent think tank
the Brookings Institution
issues a 186-page,
government-funded report
that examines, in part,
the question
of how humanity would react
to the discovery
of extraterrestrial life.
The report speculates
that if NASA were to make
such a discovery public,
it could result in chaos.
They used the
Brookings Institute
to get a report done and to talk
about the implications of this.
And it was kind of about,
"Oh, people will panic,
"uh, markets will collapse,
religion will collapse,"
blah, blah, blah.
I would be willing to accept
that the original decision
to, uh, withhold the truth
was based partly, at least,
on that concern.
But that, over the years,
has disappeared totally.
In a 2018 study conducted
by Arizona State University,
participants were asked
to review media stories
about recent discoveries
that suggest
extraterrestrial life exists.
Surprisingly, researchers found
that in the 2000s,
the reaction to this idea
has become almost
entirely positive.
What this suggests is that,
even from a religious perspective,
people have grown more accepting
of the possibility
of extraterrestrial life.
If fears of creating
widespread panic are outdated,
why is the U.S. military
still so reluctant
to share what it has learned
about extraterrestrials
and UFOs?
The fact that there
might be panic in the streets,
I-I think that was more
of an excuse.
I think, uh,
the military aspect...
that the recovered craft
could be used to develop
military weaponry...
was probably more the reason
for the secrecy.
San Deigo, California
November 14. 2004
Two fighter pilots from the
aircraft carrier USS Nimitz
investigate
an unidentified aircraft
off the coast of San Diego.
They encounter a bright white,
oval-shaped craft
that resembles
a massive Tic Tac...
over 40 feet long,
and it has no windshield
or wings.
According to Navy pilot
David Fravor,
the ship makes seemingly
impossible stops
and turns over the Pacific
before accelerating away
at thousands of miles per hour.
And this is David Fravor,
skilled pilot.
He said, "I am looking"
"at speeds,
"90-degree angles,
stopping."
Any human inside
of what I'm watching
could not sustain life.
We have these videotapes.
We can actually
calculate the velocity
of these objects.
We can calculate the g-forces
on these ships.
So that's the sea change.
It used to be that
if you were a UFO believer,
the burden of proof was on you
to prove that you saw
something in the sky.
Now it's shifted.
Now the establishment
has to prove
that it isn't a visitor
from another planet.
For UFO researchers,
the recent videos
finally provide
clear evidence not only
of what the government
has been hiding for decades...
...but the potential reason
for the cover-up.
The technology is the key.
If any single factor
explains UFO secrecy,
it's the aspiration to acquire
extraterrestrial technology.
The nation that first
acquires that technology
is going to be
in game-changing territory.
This is truly an arms race.
Whoever figures
this out first wins.
So any developed nation is
looking right now to leap ahead
with a technological
innovation, based upon
the reverse engineering of what
we're seeing in the skies.
What our pilots are
engaging in the skies.
What Commander Fravor chased.
To many, the military's desire
to monopolize
extraterrestrial technology
is reason enough
to explain a cover-up.
But some believe there
are additional motives
for government secrecy.
While others point
to a general culture
of bureaucratic secrecy
that pervades all of government.
Some disclosure advocates
say that the reason why
we haven't seen disclosure yet
is because of economics.
That you have an oil-based
economy, and clearly
the craft that we see in the
skies are not running on oil.
They're using
advanced propulsion systems
that would completely transform
the economies of Earth
if they're ever implemented.
So, yes.
It would have
a negative financial
impact for the wealthiest people
who own the oil in the ground.
But it's not the whole story.
The government
seems to be completely
unaccountable
to the American public.
They may be accountable
to their superiors
in the Department of Defense
or at NASA or others.
But they rarely release
anything they do know.
I think we're afraid to
find out what these phenomena are.
Governments in particular are
afraid, and the reason for that,
I think, is because
the contract between
governments and their people
is that governments
provide security,
and that we provide
loyalty to the government.
If you even raise the issue
of the possibility
that UFOs are ETs,
then that raises big questions
about that contract because
it's clear that the government
cannot provide security
for us from these beings.
And that would call into
question, well, why should I
be loyal to the government
and everything else?
It would undermine the
sovereignty of the government,
the sovereignty of the state.
But even with a growing
number of more open-minded policies
concerning both UFO reporting
and disclosure, there are many
who doubt that the U.S.
military's penchant for secrecy
will ever really allow
full disclosure.
They insist that America
is far too afraid
that extraterrestrial knowledge
could fall into the hands
of its territorial enemies
to ever admit
that aliens do exist.
Santiago, Chile.
November 11, 2014.
A Chilean Navy helicopter
is on a routine
daytime patrol mission
flying north along the coast,
west of Santiago.
While filming the terrain,
a technician observes
a strange object
flying to the left,
over the ocean.
He aims his camera
and records the encounter.
The Navy immediately turns over
the footage to the CEFAA...
the Chilean government agency
that investigates UFOs.
And they release it.
We have the Chilean government
also releasing all kinds of
fighter footage
from their own military jets.
So the government
and the-the military
has been studying this
for over 70 years.
And they must have
so much evidence,
in-including video footage, that
they are keeping secret from us
that would boggle your mind.
Over the past ten years,
there has been a movement
among many governments
to declassify some
of their UFO investigations
and release them to the public.
I think that people
around the world,
in Belgium and Chile and in,
in, uh, the U.K.
and other countries have said,
"You know, we ought to,
we ought to really take a look
at what's going on."
But the fact is,
the U.S. intelligence
infrastructure
is often deeply imbedded
in the infrastructures
of those countries.
So, in other words,
they can't say boo
without the U.S. and NSA,
particularly, knowing about it.
If allies of the United States
are reluctant
to disclose the facts
about UFOs and possible
extraterrestrial visitation
without American permission,
what about America's
adversaries?
Hangzhou, China.
July 7, 2010.
Chinese officials shut down
Xiaoshan International Airport
for nearly an hour
after an unidentified aircraft
is seen in the vicinity.
The incident marks
one of the very few times
the Chinese ever publicly admit
that UFO sightings
happen in their country.
I can't see any
circumstances where disclosure
of an alien presence would
do anything other than loosen
the hold of the party
on the people.
It's not in China's interest
to disclose.
In Russia,
details about
any recent UFO incidents
are even harder to come by,
as all media outlets are
currently controlled by one man,
Vladimir Putin.
Announcing the existence
of aliens is not in any way
going to strengthen
Putin's hold on power.
Why would he? What's, what's
the benefit to him?
What would he get out of it?
Putting one over
on the Americans? Well, maybe.
But the downside,
in terms of the one thing
that Putin can't afford...
instability...
the downside
is too big to gamble with.
But if China and Russia
are unwilling to disclose
what they know
about possible
extraterrestrial contact,
and no other countries
will do so
without the blessing
of the United States,
then why are we beginning to see
a gradually more open attitude
concerning disclosure on
the part of the U.S. military?
What has changed
in recent years?
Ancient astronaut theorists
believe the answer can be found
by taking a closer look
at recent activities involving
America's space program.
Boca Chica, Texas.
August 27, 2019.
SpaceX, a private
aerospace company
run by billionaire Elon Musk,
announces the successful
fourth and final test flight
of their starship prototype
Starhopper.
The craft is
an early conceptual model
that Musk hopes will bring
the company closer
to its ultimate goal:
creating a 100-person starship
capable of transporting
humans to Mars.
I think in the private
sector, oddly, there's the potential
to have at least
more public disclosure,
given the fact that the
Air Force have been so unwilling
to try to seriously review
and release what they do know.
As far as many ancient
astronaut theorists are concerned,
the ongoing efforts
to privatize space exploration,
by everyone from Elon Musk
to Robert Bigelow and Virgin
Atlantic's Richard Branson,
will soon make secrecy
about UFOs
and possible alien visitations
a thing of the past.
Sooner or later,
there will be space tourists,
so what if they walk
on the surface of Mars
or the surface of-of the Moon
and will walk by an artifact?
Well, am I allowed
to take a-a selfie?
Am I allowed to take a photo?
Or do I have to go
through NASA first?
You're not going to ask NASA
for permission first.
The fact that we are now
entering this new era
in space exploration
illustrates to me
that the doors are open.
In a world that
includes 24-hour news, WikiLeaks,
and a growing number of
corporate space entrepreneurs,
is discovering the truth
about aliens simply inevitable?
Throughout history,
governments have never been able
to keep a secret.
Look at all
the so-called secrets
that are being exposed
almost on a daily basis.
Governments are furious
that some lowly clerk
is simply leaking all this
evidence into the public domain,
and so I think
it's gonna happen anyway.
But at that point,
what do we do?
I think there is huge
public interest in this...
- Yes.
- ..and everyone wants to know
what's going on.
Why will the government not tell us?
Well, whose government is it?
Does it belong to some GS-13,
some bureaucrat?
Of course not. We pay for it.
We own it. This is a democracy.
The default setting in D.C.
is secrecy.
There are still documents
from the First World War,
which was 102 years ago,
that are classified.
So, there's a lot of information
in Washington
that ought to be public
but that is not.
If you want to fix that,
what you need is just political will.
You need someone to stand up
and say I'm not gonna be quiet.
Look me in the eye, speak slowly
so I can understand.
Why are we not sharing this
with the public?
I want to make
this stuff public.
Scientists, academics
and researchers
gather at the Royal Society
for a conference titled
"The detection
of extra-terrestrial life
and the consequences
for science and society."
Although their stated goal is to
create protocols for the world
in the event of an
extraterrestrial visitation,
they are unable to come up
with a cohesive plan.
In fact, thus far,
no official protocol
for a post-disclosure world
has been offered
by the United Nations,
the U.S. government,
or any other global superpower.
We have military plans,
economic plans,
we've got health care plans
for people.
But no plan for the single most
important event
in human history?
How can that be, or why is that?
In government,
you call it a low probability,
high-impact scenario.
Even if you think something
is unlikely to happen,
if the societal consequences
of it happening are big enough,
you sure as heck need a plan.
There isn't one
for extraterrestrials.
There should be.
We have to prep the population.
Prep humanity
for what this means.
And that's not something that
could be done in a week or two.
That's gonna require
a long, long discussion...
ethical discussion,
political discussion...
about humanity and our place
in the universe and so on.
That's a long process.
As far as ancient
astronaut theorists are concerned,
whether the truth
about alien encounters
is revealed by world powers,
renegade journalists,
whistleblowers, or the
extraterrestrials themselves,
disclosure is inevitable.
We are in the midst
of finding out about our true
cosmic origin on planet Earth,
and right now it is one of the
most exciting times to be alive.
And what I hope for
after full disclosure
is that we finally come together
as one human species
and understanding
that we are
on this blue marble together.
I think it would change
humanity's consciousness.
Okay, Neil, we can see
you coming down the ladder now.
Perhaps,
much like when the astronauts
first took photos
of the Earth from space,
and you began to see
the fragility and the beauty
of the Earth
when shot from the Moon.
That, I think, changed
the way people related
to the natural world,
to our place in the universe.
And I think it could have
the same kind of effect.
This will come from us,
not from a big daddy government.
This is gonna come
from the people.
Disclosure is up to individuals
in this world
asking the right questions.
Because questions are weapons,
and if we ask
the right questions,
we're gonna get
the right answers.
I think the next time
you're with the president
on Air Force One,
you should give him
a couple of beers and, uh,
get the conversation going
and say, "Come on,"
you know,
"What-What's going on?"
You know, the funny thing is,
I was on Air Force One.
I had dinner with him alone and
I should have asked him that.
- Thank you guys for coming.
- Yeah, no, thanks.
- It was so nice to meet you in person.
- Yeah.
Nice to meet you in person.
If mankind really is
on the verge of discovering
that extraterrestrials
not only exist but that they've
been right here on Earth
throughout human history,
will it really come as a shock?
Or will it merely be
a confirmation of a truth
that somehow we've always known
deep within ourselves?
It is for this reason that
ancient astronaut theorists
believe disclosure isn't an
event that others must trigger
in order for it to happen.
It's happening every day.
And it's not because information
we are receiving has changed.
What's changed is the way
we interpret it
and our willingness
to accept the simple fact
that we are not alone.
and newly-released
military videos
be an indication
that the wall of secrecy
concerning extraterrestrial
visitors to our planet
is beginning to crack?
You've been briefed
on unidentified flying objects.
- Are they real?
- We have had people
saying that
they've seen things.
We know that
there were certain incidents
that were
encountered by the U.S. Navy
that were unexplained.
But are these recent revelations
part of a global strategy
intended to prepare humanity
for the ultimate
extraterrestrial encounter?
All those things
we're seeing now
is the government
getting ready to tell us.
This is a completely
new ball game here.
Or are they the result
of an anxious public's
increasingly loud demands
to know the truth?
This will come from us,
from the people.
If we ask the right questions,
we're gonna get
the right answers.
There is a doorway
in the universe.
Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
It demands
we question everything
we have ever been taught.
The evidence
is all around us.
The future
is right before our eyes.
We are not alone.
*ANCIENT ALIENS*
We have never been alone.
*ANCIENT ALIENS*
Season 14 Episode 21
Episode Title :
"Countdown To Disclosure"
Osaka, Japan.
July 1, 2019.
In a televised interview,
Fox News political commentator
Tucker Carlson
asks President Donald Trump,
point-blank,
about recent revelations
concerning UFOs.
You've been briefed
on unidentified flying objects.
- Are they... are they real?
- Uh,
well, I don't want to really
get into it too much,
but personally
I tend to doubt it.
But we have had people saying
that they've seen things.
Uh,
I'm not a believer,
but, you know,
I guess anything's possible.
We spoke to a government
official recently who said
the U.S. government
had wreckage from
a UFO in a, in a facility
on an Air Force base.
- Are you familiar with that?
- I haven't heard that, no.
Trump's answer
was extraordinary because
I don't believe
there's been any other time
in, uh, recent American history
where a sitting president
was asked this question
in such a serious manner
and gave a serious reply.
President Trump's interview
with Tucker Carlson
about UFOs was historic.
Usually presidents,
certainly sitting presidents,
do not discuss this subject
at all,
and if they are ever asked
about it,
they dismiss the whole thing
with a joke
or an evasive answer.
Now, Ryan, if you're out
in the crowd tonight,
here's the answer
to your question.
No, as far as I know,
an alien spacecraft
did not crash
in Roswell,
New Mexico in 1947.
Ten years ago,
UFOs were about laughter,
UFOs were the easiest punch line
in a room.
Not so today.
Now, in the new world we live in,
people are paying attention.
We have moved
from a fringe topic
and brought UFOs
to the forefront
of both popular culture
as well as mainstream media.
On August 29, 2019,
journalist and former British
Defence Ministry employee
Nick Pope
traveled to Washington, D.C.
He had arranged to meet
with Tucker Carlson
and get his thoughts
on his extraordinary exchange
with America's 45th president.
- Tucker, hey.
- Thank you, Nick.
- Nice to meet you in person.
- Great to meet you.
- Okay. Thanks.
- Thank you. UFOs are real.
Tucker,
you've taken the lead
in the mainstream media
in discussing
the latest revelations
about UFOs.
Why is that?
Is it a personal interest?
I just believe it's clear
that there's been deception
around this question
from the U.S. government,
the Pentagon specifically.
And I think
it's important to find out more.
I mean,
if there is real evidence
that this planet
is being visited
from other planets
or solar systems,
or even if there are aircraft
whose behavior we can't explain,
why is that not
the biggest story in news?
I agree. Now, do you have
any kind of pushback
with that
when you run these stories?
How do
the senior executives feel,
and other media professionals?
My feeling was
it's time to rethink, like,
what you think you know,
and so we started doing
UFO segments.
And basically,
the first three times we did it,
people made fun of us,
and after that,
no one has said a single word
about it.
Well, there are these videos
that...
I mean, we've all seen
the Navy jets chasing the UFOs.
What kind of emotional reaction
do you get
watching something like that?
You know pilots.
My brother's a pilot.
I've talked to a lot of pilots.
They're very interested
in how things
lift off the ground and move.
They're interested in flight.
They're saying,
"This is something
completely different.
I don't even know
how this works."
That's... compelling to me.
I asked the president about it.
What did you make
of his response?
I thought his response was odd,
to be honest with you.
I thought it was odd.
- In-in what way?
- He said, "You know,"
"I'm not interested
in that topic at all.
"I'm just... I'm not interested
in that topic,
and I don't think
there's anything there."
I didn't believe him
when he said that,
to-to be honest with you.
It was funny, because he nodded
- his head and then said no.
- Yes, that's exactly right.
The president,
like probably most people
in power,
is uncomfortable conceding
that... he's got questions.
I mean, it's much easier just to
say "Nah, there's nothing there."
It's a weather balloon."
And because
there's a stigma attached
to asking questions.
I mean, I've never once said
that I believe
anything in particular
about UFOs, because I don't.
I don't know what to believe,
but I know bull **** when I see it.
Do you think he knows more
than he's letting on,
or do you think,
as some people say,
even the president
doesn't know?
My impression was
that the president...
does know more than he said.
You know,
you'd have to think
that, that any person
of moderate curiosity,
given the power
that a president has,
would, at some point,
in, you know,
his first couple years in office,
would call down and say,
"You know, send me all the
information you have on UFOs."
Like, why wouldn't you do that?
Do you think the public want
to know
- and can handle the truth?
- Well, you know the...
I mean, let's be... I mean,
let's... let's be honest.
The people keeping
this information secret
at the Pentagon believe
the information is so terrifying
to the public
that it would be contrary
to the national interest
to reveal it.
- Yeah.
- I mean, obviously.
When we run through the theories
about this,
we say, could it be some other
part of the U.S. government?
Some secret black project?
Could it be Russia or China?
Or could it be extraterrestrial?
I'm starting to believe
that there is...
and I-I've heard this
from someone
who I think is knowledgeable
on the subject...
that there is physical evidence
that the U.S. government
is holding, um,
that, you know,
would tell us a lot more
- about what these objects are.
- Physical evidence.
- Uh, wreckage?
- That is correct.
Who-who was that?
It's, you know, a well-known...
someone who worked on this
within the government
for many years who would know.
And I asked point-blank,
"Is there physical evidence of
the existence of these objects,
these aircraft,
whatever they are?"
And he said, "Yes, there is."
- Wreckage in a hangar?
- Wreckage.
- He did not say in a hangar.
- Well, somewhere.
He just said, "The U.S..."
He said,
"The U.S. government
has physical evidence."
Here we have a major
mainstream news media figure
telling it how it is.
It goes beyond simply saying,
"UFOs are real,
they're extraterrestrial."
There's something more.
Something too terrible
to be told.
- Are they real?
- I'm not a believer, but
we have had people saying
that they've seen things.
But were
President Donald Trump's
no-nonsense answers
on the question of UFOs
simply an attempt to dismiss
the matter once and for all?
If so, it didn't work.
In fact, many saw it as a sign
that the U.S. government's
policy toward all things
extraterrestrial had begun
to take a more candid
and possibly more honest turn.
And they remain convinced
that disclosure
is not simply imminent
but that it's already underway.
The Pentagon
September 18, 2019
In a reversal
of decades of denial,
a Navy spokesman confirms
that recently circulated
military footage
that was thought to show UFOs
is in fact authentic.
The statement comes
just four months after
Navy pilots from the aircraft
carrier Theodore Roosevelt
revealed to The New York Times
that in the summer of 2014
through March 2015,
they encountered UFOs
on a near daily basis
off the East Coast
of the United States.
A number of senators
have confirmed that they have
received classified briefings
on all this.
This is a completely
new ball game here.
We are in new
and uncharted territory.
But do the
recent military revelations
concerning UFO encounters really
mean that we are moving closer
to the day of disclosure?
Oh, my gosh, dude.
Or is it simply
that they are equally baffled
by what they are witnessing,
and seek the help
of the general public
in finding answers?
It's frightening
to hear how little
our government truly knows
about these unknown vehicles
of unknown origin invading
our airspace with impunity
at all times upon their will.
Many people in the UFO community
talk about it in terms
of it being a single event.
Disclosure with a big "D,"
as I call it.
In that scenario,
the president
clears his schedule,
goes on television,
announces to the world
that there is an alien presence.
Disclosure
is simply an acknowledgment
by the established structure
of power
that UFOs are real
and some don't belong
to our civilization.
Society is being
prepped for this,
some believe,
through the revelations
about government programs
and military encounters.
But all those things
we're seeing now
is the government
getting ready to tell us
so that there won't be
the huge shock
and panic when it is announced.
Because the point is,
with all of this, of course,
you don't shock people
so much
if you tell them something
they already believe or suspect.
But whether the
government's recent revelations
about UFOs are the result
of an unintended leak
or part of a strategic plan,
two things are certain:
unexplained encounters
are happening
with increasing frequency
in U.S. airspace,
and at the same time,
the Navy revealed plans
to create a new process
to make it easier
for pilots
to report UFO sightings.
Even though the U.S. military
stopped collecting reports
for many, many years,
they're clearly back
in the business
of at least filing them,
accepting them from their pilots
and so on,
so I think it is the first
real crack in the taboo.
This is not the way
it used to be.
It used to be
you don't talk
about things you see in the sky
if you want to fly.
So when the Navy loosens up
the reporting options
for pilots,
that is a huge concession
to the new reality.
If these craft
that are currently
being observed...
if those craft are not ours,
if they are not Russian,
and if they're not Chinese,
we should all wonder
who it is
who has that type
of aviation technology.
And if it's not someone
from our planet,
well, who else is left?
The fact is that military pilots
for years and years
have been saying
the same thing publicly.
They just haven't gotten
the attention
that these individuals
have gotten.
That's the difference.
And the real question is:
why, and why now?
Now we've had these
revelations, the Navy videos,
the fact that the Navy
have... changed their policy,
telling their pilots
to report,
are things changing?
And where do you think
we're going with this?
I don't think
that most news organizations
will cover this persistently
until some...
you know, the alien king
breaks into the 6:00 news
and demands obedience.
Right? I think they're
gonna persist in ignoring it
because there's just a-a lot
of social pressure to, to scoff.
You get societal
breakdown after a while
when the people in charge lie.
Because it makes it impossible
for people to accept anything,
any explanation at face value.
Um, and it corrodes
the bonds that,
that connect the government
to its citizens, so...
I think it's very likely
that we're gonna learn more.
There are many who believe
that the disclosure process
is not new
but has simply entered
a different phase.
They argue that disclosure
actually started decades ago,
and was part of
a strategic plan
to prep the global population
by means of books,
movies,
TV shows, and other forms
of popular entertainment.
45% of the
American people right now,
when polled, say that, yeah,
the ETs are already here.
They've been watching movies
since they were five years old
about extraterrestrials.
We have been heavily
indoctrinated or educated
on the concept
of extraterrestrials.
We fly in spaceships
in-in our CGI movies.
So the idea that suddenly
we're told there's extraterrestrials
actually here as being
some unbelievable,
had-no-idea kind of thing... no.
NARRATOR
But if mankind is on a so-called
"countdown to disclosure,"
does that simply mean
that our government and those
around the world are aware
that intelligent life does exist
on some other, distant planet?
Or does it suggest
that some form of alien intelligence
has already come here,
and may, in fact,
have been living here
for centuries?
As far as
ancient astronaut theorists
and UFO enthusiasts
are concerned,
the sudden flurry of information
concerning possible
alien encounters
comes as no surprise.
For them, evidence
of extraterrestrial
encounters has been obvious
for several decades.
What has them baffled, however,
is the fact that
after decades of harsh denials,
governments all over the world
are beginning
to open up their files
and cooperate.
In fact,
there's been a disclosure movement
for about 70 years now.
Starting in the 1950s,
you get an organization
known as NICAP
formed in the late '50s
with the express intent
of researching UFOs
in a very meticulous way,
at the same time
getting political action
on this matter in Congress.
I think that
there's been a history
and a perception
that the government
has been hiding the ball.
And I think there's
a reason for that,
which is that most
of the investigations,
uh, has been done
through classified programs.
And I think that's led
to a lot of speculation
about what
the government's hiding.
And the best disinfectant is
to let the American people
know what the truth is.
That system was a
closed loop for a long time.
However,
after the recent events,
the Navy has then changed
their attitude towards
reporting these things.
This is big, this is real,
this is happening, and
if-if you don't understand it,
it's time for you catch up.
Many date the origin of both
the first U.S. government cover-up
and the disclosure movement
to July 1947...
the date of the now-famous
Roswell UFO crash.
The incident began
when the Air Force
issued an astounding
press release
stating that the military
recovered the remains
of a "flying disc"
from a New Mexico ranch.
The story immediately
became front-page news
in the local paper.
But within a day,
officials retracted
their initial statement
and dismissed the find
as simply debris
from a downed weather balloon.
The first press release
was the truth.
And the second one was a lie.
And I call it
"the foundational lie."
Because, to the best
of my knowledge,
from that day, 1947,
until 2017,
the group that became
what we have called the
shadow government has not told
the truth about
anything of significance.
Shortly after
the Roswell incident,
various groups and individuals
began demanding
that the U.S. military
tell the truth about UFOs.
But although
the government formed
a series
of investigative bodies,
including Project Grudge,
Project Blue Book,
and the Condon Committee,
they never produced
any viable evidence.
In retrospect, many consider
that such government efforts
were designed
not to promote disclosure
but to stifle it.
They would investigate cases.
And the intriguing thing
about all of it is,
is maybe ten percent of
the cases that they looked at
were unexplainable.
They did not know
what they were.
They always come out
officially after and go,
"Hey, there's some things
we can't explain here,
"but there's nothing to see,
there's no ET,
"there's no evidence of any kind
of extraterrestrial-controlled
craft flying in the skies."
When the CIA
formed a scientific committee
called the Robertson Panel
to review unsolved UFO cases,
the committee found that
continued reporting on UFOs
might cause
"hysterical mass behavior."
It issued a top secret
recommendation
suggesting that the government
undertake an aggressive
public relations campaign
to systematically
debunk UFO sightings.
This is the-the typical
government response.
Just form a panel
and tell everybody that what
they think they saw is not
what is the actual reality.
I think that was the
start of the propaganda machine.
It's counterintelligence
information.
So they release little bits
of truth, but then
they just say, "You know what?"
"It... there's nothing
to see here.
Go back to sleep."
Over the decades,
and despite government denials,
a robust citizens' movement
took shape
that investigated incidents,
published reports,
and held news conferences...
all in an attempt
to demand disclosure.
One notable effort was the
Citizens' Hearing on Disclosure,
held in Washington in 2013,
in which multiple
credible witnesses
testified about UFO incursions.
There is no doubt that
the United States government
has known
about the extraterrestrial
interactions with Earth
and that their policies of
denial in the alleged interest
of national security
are still in effect.
Paradigm Research Group,
my organization,
began by delivering
to the entire Congress a full
30 hours of testimony,
which I felt, and many do feel,
was the most important citizen
disclosure event at that time.
These objects know
in great detail
how our missiles operate
and they can
shut down our missiles
at any time.
We got a lot of media attention,
in-including some attention
from Congress.
Um, and, of course,
we had these ex-congressmen
sit in as we presented our case.
So this movement,
disclosure movement, uh,
has been going on for some time.
What kind of defense do we have
against these things?
I think we changed
a lot of minds.
But then, of course, things...
changed the next day,
The-the news cycles.
For years,
UFO advocates have argued
that such high-profile efforts
were secretly subjected
to government whisper campaigns,
each designed
to discredit witnesses
and divert public attention
from disclosure.
The government did everything
in order to stop
these whistleblowers
or to deny these witnesses,
but guess what.
That did not stop the
whistleblowers from talking
and it certainly
did not stop the research.
In fact, this little flame
that began in the 1950s
is now a raging fire.
And it is illuminating
all of the darkness.
But if the
government has been conspiring
to silence UFO researchers,
witnesses,
and believers since
the Roswell crash... why?
Is it to avoid widespread panic?
Or was it something
more strategic?
Possibly, it was designed
to keep the knowledge
that was gleaned from
extraterrestrial encounters
from getting into
so4called enemy hands.
Washington D. C.
December, 1960.
Prominent think tank
the Brookings Institution
issues a 186-page,
government-funded report
that examines, in part,
the question
of how humanity would react
to the discovery
of extraterrestrial life.
The report speculates
that if NASA were to make
such a discovery public,
it could result in chaos.
They used the
Brookings Institute
to get a report done and to talk
about the implications of this.
And it was kind of about,
"Oh, people will panic,
"uh, markets will collapse,
religion will collapse,"
blah, blah, blah.
I would be willing to accept
that the original decision
to, uh, withhold the truth
was based partly, at least,
on that concern.
But that, over the years,
has disappeared totally.
In a 2018 study conducted
by Arizona State University,
participants were asked
to review media stories
about recent discoveries
that suggest
extraterrestrial life exists.
Surprisingly, researchers found
that in the 2000s,
the reaction to this idea
has become almost
entirely positive.
What this suggests is that,
even from a religious perspective,
people have grown more accepting
of the possibility
of extraterrestrial life.
If fears of creating
widespread panic are outdated,
why is the U.S. military
still so reluctant
to share what it has learned
about extraterrestrials
and UFOs?
The fact that there
might be panic in the streets,
I-I think that was more
of an excuse.
I think, uh,
the military aspect...
that the recovered craft
could be used to develop
military weaponry...
was probably more the reason
for the secrecy.
San Deigo, California
November 14. 2004
Two fighter pilots from the
aircraft carrier USS Nimitz
investigate
an unidentified aircraft
off the coast of San Diego.
They encounter a bright white,
oval-shaped craft
that resembles
a massive Tic Tac...
over 40 feet long,
and it has no windshield
or wings.
According to Navy pilot
David Fravor,
the ship makes seemingly
impossible stops
and turns over the Pacific
before accelerating away
at thousands of miles per hour.
And this is David Fravor,
skilled pilot.
He said, "I am looking"
"at speeds,
"90-degree angles,
stopping."
Any human inside
of what I'm watching
could not sustain life.
We have these videotapes.
We can actually
calculate the velocity
of these objects.
We can calculate the g-forces
on these ships.
So that's the sea change.
It used to be that
if you were a UFO believer,
the burden of proof was on you
to prove that you saw
something in the sky.
Now it's shifted.
Now the establishment
has to prove
that it isn't a visitor
from another planet.
For UFO researchers,
the recent videos
finally provide
clear evidence not only
of what the government
has been hiding for decades...
...but the potential reason
for the cover-up.
The technology is the key.
If any single factor
explains UFO secrecy,
it's the aspiration to acquire
extraterrestrial technology.
The nation that first
acquires that technology
is going to be
in game-changing territory.
This is truly an arms race.
Whoever figures
this out first wins.
So any developed nation is
looking right now to leap ahead
with a technological
innovation, based upon
the reverse engineering of what
we're seeing in the skies.
What our pilots are
engaging in the skies.
What Commander Fravor chased.
To many, the military's desire
to monopolize
extraterrestrial technology
is reason enough
to explain a cover-up.
But some believe there
are additional motives
for government secrecy.
While others point
to a general culture
of bureaucratic secrecy
that pervades all of government.
Some disclosure advocates
say that the reason why
we haven't seen disclosure yet
is because of economics.
That you have an oil-based
economy, and clearly
the craft that we see in the
skies are not running on oil.
They're using
advanced propulsion systems
that would completely transform
the economies of Earth
if they're ever implemented.
So, yes.
It would have
a negative financial
impact for the wealthiest people
who own the oil in the ground.
But it's not the whole story.
The government
seems to be completely
unaccountable
to the American public.
They may be accountable
to their superiors
in the Department of Defense
or at NASA or others.
But they rarely release
anything they do know.
I think we're afraid to
find out what these phenomena are.
Governments in particular are
afraid, and the reason for that,
I think, is because
the contract between
governments and their people
is that governments
provide security,
and that we provide
loyalty to the government.
If you even raise the issue
of the possibility
that UFOs are ETs,
then that raises big questions
about that contract because
it's clear that the government
cannot provide security
for us from these beings.
And that would call into
question, well, why should I
be loyal to the government
and everything else?
It would undermine the
sovereignty of the government,
the sovereignty of the state.
But even with a growing
number of more open-minded policies
concerning both UFO reporting
and disclosure, there are many
who doubt that the U.S.
military's penchant for secrecy
will ever really allow
full disclosure.
They insist that America
is far too afraid
that extraterrestrial knowledge
could fall into the hands
of its territorial enemies
to ever admit
that aliens do exist.
Santiago, Chile.
November 11, 2014.
A Chilean Navy helicopter
is on a routine
daytime patrol mission
flying north along the coast,
west of Santiago.
While filming the terrain,
a technician observes
a strange object
flying to the left,
over the ocean.
He aims his camera
and records the encounter.
The Navy immediately turns over
the footage to the CEFAA...
the Chilean government agency
that investigates UFOs.
And they release it.
We have the Chilean government
also releasing all kinds of
fighter footage
from their own military jets.
So the government
and the-the military
has been studying this
for over 70 years.
And they must have
so much evidence,
in-including video footage, that
they are keeping secret from us
that would boggle your mind.
Over the past ten years,
there has been a movement
among many governments
to declassify some
of their UFO investigations
and release them to the public.
I think that people
around the world,
in Belgium and Chile and in,
in, uh, the U.K.
and other countries have said,
"You know, we ought to,
we ought to really take a look
at what's going on."
But the fact is,
the U.S. intelligence
infrastructure
is often deeply imbedded
in the infrastructures
of those countries.
So, in other words,
they can't say boo
without the U.S. and NSA,
particularly, knowing about it.
If allies of the United States
are reluctant
to disclose the facts
about UFOs and possible
extraterrestrial visitation
without American permission,
what about America's
adversaries?
Hangzhou, China.
July 7, 2010.
Chinese officials shut down
Xiaoshan International Airport
for nearly an hour
after an unidentified aircraft
is seen in the vicinity.
The incident marks
one of the very few times
the Chinese ever publicly admit
that UFO sightings
happen in their country.
I can't see any
circumstances where disclosure
of an alien presence would
do anything other than loosen
the hold of the party
on the people.
It's not in China's interest
to disclose.
In Russia,
details about
any recent UFO incidents
are even harder to come by,
as all media outlets are
currently controlled by one man,
Vladimir Putin.
Announcing the existence
of aliens is not in any way
going to strengthen
Putin's hold on power.
Why would he? What's, what's
the benefit to him?
What would he get out of it?
Putting one over
on the Americans? Well, maybe.
But the downside,
in terms of the one thing
that Putin can't afford...
instability...
the downside
is too big to gamble with.
But if China and Russia
are unwilling to disclose
what they know
about possible
extraterrestrial contact,
and no other countries
will do so
without the blessing
of the United States,
then why are we beginning to see
a gradually more open attitude
concerning disclosure on
the part of the U.S. military?
What has changed
in recent years?
Ancient astronaut theorists
believe the answer can be found
by taking a closer look
at recent activities involving
America's space program.
Boca Chica, Texas.
August 27, 2019.
SpaceX, a private
aerospace company
run by billionaire Elon Musk,
announces the successful
fourth and final test flight
of their starship prototype
Starhopper.
The craft is
an early conceptual model
that Musk hopes will bring
the company closer
to its ultimate goal:
creating a 100-person starship
capable of transporting
humans to Mars.
I think in the private
sector, oddly, there's the potential
to have at least
more public disclosure,
given the fact that the
Air Force have been so unwilling
to try to seriously review
and release what they do know.
As far as many ancient
astronaut theorists are concerned,
the ongoing efforts
to privatize space exploration,
by everyone from Elon Musk
to Robert Bigelow and Virgin
Atlantic's Richard Branson,
will soon make secrecy
about UFOs
and possible alien visitations
a thing of the past.
Sooner or later,
there will be space tourists,
so what if they walk
on the surface of Mars
or the surface of-of the Moon
and will walk by an artifact?
Well, am I allowed
to take a-a selfie?
Am I allowed to take a photo?
Or do I have to go
through NASA first?
You're not going to ask NASA
for permission first.
The fact that we are now
entering this new era
in space exploration
illustrates to me
that the doors are open.
In a world that
includes 24-hour news, WikiLeaks,
and a growing number of
corporate space entrepreneurs,
is discovering the truth
about aliens simply inevitable?
Throughout history,
governments have never been able
to keep a secret.
Look at all
the so-called secrets
that are being exposed
almost on a daily basis.
Governments are furious
that some lowly clerk
is simply leaking all this
evidence into the public domain,
and so I think
it's gonna happen anyway.
But at that point,
what do we do?
I think there is huge
public interest in this...
- Yes.
- ..and everyone wants to know
what's going on.
Why will the government not tell us?
Well, whose government is it?
Does it belong to some GS-13,
some bureaucrat?
Of course not. We pay for it.
We own it. This is a democracy.
The default setting in D.C.
is secrecy.
There are still documents
from the First World War,
which was 102 years ago,
that are classified.
So, there's a lot of information
in Washington
that ought to be public
but that is not.
If you want to fix that,
what you need is just political will.
You need someone to stand up
and say I'm not gonna be quiet.
Look me in the eye, speak slowly
so I can understand.
Why are we not sharing this
with the public?
I want to make
this stuff public.
Scientists, academics
and researchers
gather at the Royal Society
for a conference titled
"The detection
of extra-terrestrial life
and the consequences
for science and society."
Although their stated goal is to
create protocols for the world
in the event of an
extraterrestrial visitation,
they are unable to come up
with a cohesive plan.
In fact, thus far,
no official protocol
for a post-disclosure world
has been offered
by the United Nations,
the U.S. government,
or any other global superpower.
We have military plans,
economic plans,
we've got health care plans
for people.
But no plan for the single most
important event
in human history?
How can that be, or why is that?
In government,
you call it a low probability,
high-impact scenario.
Even if you think something
is unlikely to happen,
if the societal consequences
of it happening are big enough,
you sure as heck need a plan.
There isn't one
for extraterrestrials.
There should be.
We have to prep the population.
Prep humanity
for what this means.
And that's not something that
could be done in a week or two.
That's gonna require
a long, long discussion...
ethical discussion,
political discussion...
about humanity and our place
in the universe and so on.
That's a long process.
As far as ancient
astronaut theorists are concerned,
whether the truth
about alien encounters
is revealed by world powers,
renegade journalists,
whistleblowers, or the
extraterrestrials themselves,
disclosure is inevitable.
We are in the midst
of finding out about our true
cosmic origin on planet Earth,
and right now it is one of the
most exciting times to be alive.
And what I hope for
after full disclosure
is that we finally come together
as one human species
and understanding
that we are
on this blue marble together.
I think it would change
humanity's consciousness.
Okay, Neil, we can see
you coming down the ladder now.
Perhaps,
much like when the astronauts
first took photos
of the Earth from space,
and you began to see
the fragility and the beauty
of the Earth
when shot from the Moon.
That, I think, changed
the way people related
to the natural world,
to our place in the universe.
And I think it could have
the same kind of effect.
This will come from us,
not from a big daddy government.
This is gonna come
from the people.
Disclosure is up to individuals
in this world
asking the right questions.
Because questions are weapons,
and if we ask
the right questions,
we're gonna get
the right answers.
I think the next time
you're with the president
on Air Force One,
you should give him
a couple of beers and, uh,
get the conversation going
and say, "Come on,"
you know,
"What-What's going on?"
You know, the funny thing is,
I was on Air Force One.
I had dinner with him alone and
I should have asked him that.
- Thank you guys for coming.
- Yeah, no, thanks.
- It was so nice to meet you in person.
- Yeah.
Nice to meet you in person.
If mankind really is
on the verge of discovering
that extraterrestrials
not only exist but that they've
been right here on Earth
throughout human history,
will it really come as a shock?
Or will it merely be
a confirmation of a truth
that somehow we've always known
deep within ourselves?
It is for this reason that
ancient astronaut theorists
believe disclosure isn't an
event that others must trigger
in order for it to happen.
It's happening every day.
And it's not because information
we are receiving has changed.
What's changed is the way
we interpret it
and our willingness
to accept the simple fact
that we are not alone.