Hi Everyone,

Today is the release of the film, The Age of Disclosure by Dan Fara.  I thought I would simply write a post about this, rather than doing a video, at least for the moment, since I have not yet seen it. 

However, I will be watching it later this evening and will have something to say about it very soon after. Overall, based on the relatively limited amount of hard information available about it, this looks like a promising UFO documentary. One of the reasons I am thinking so is purely based on the establishment media’s reaction in the buildup to its release. Just recently Fara was interviewed on CNN, and before that, Fox and also Bill Maher. You can find all these and other interviews on YouTube, I am sure. Not that any of the mainstream media is our arbiter for this topic. Obviously not. But I do think it matters that these outlets are promoting the film. 

There are several ways to look at this. One way is to assume that any mainstream attention, especially if it’s positive, should be a mark against the film, and most likely a sign that the film is performing some kind of negative role. Perhaps as a gatekeeper. Perhaps as misdirection or disinformation. There’s always a logic in such a conclusion. We have all come to distrust establishment media to the point that many of us are inclined to think that anything positive from such sources would automatically make the object of their attention suspect. 

Another perspective, which I suppose is my own, is that positive attention from mainstream outlets can be genuinely positive. Not always, I grant you. But if the coverage is intelligent, and if it allows a genuine message to reach a broader audience, then it can definitely be something beneficial. 

I personally think this is the case regarding the publicity surrounding The Age of Disclosure. Fara seems to have been able to get his fundamental message through, which is pretty straightforward: UFOs (UAPs) are real, there’s a major coverup going on, and of course much more: technology, bodies, covert competition, etc. It’s a message many of us in the field have been trying to get the mainstream media to cover for years. 

There are analysts who (in my view, anyway) are reflexive in their belief that anything coming from mainstream media is part of the control system. Well, there’s no question that pretty much all of that media has strong connections to intelligence and similar circles. But I have come to believe that this isn’t simply an Age of Disclosure. It’s also an Age of the Cracking of the Empire. We are seeing fissures, more and more. Leaks are increasingly flowing through those fissures. 

In other words, I don’t think we are dealing with a monolithic entity, not in the government, and not even in the old legacy media. For sure, it’s still almost uniformly pro-Empire, pro-military, and dominated by neocons. Mostly. But on the matter of UFOs, we are seeing a greater openness to at least engage in this subject with more good faith than in the past. 

Now, I am speaking solely of American media. I have seen no evidence that the UK media is anywhere close to this level of coverage, and I haven’t caught how the Canadians are doing this, or any other region, for that matter. Certainly the British media is hopeless when it comes to this subject. Even so, within the U.S. we have seen some strides over the last few years. I consider that a good sign. 

That doesn’t mean we sit back and trust the media. But in my own thinking, at any rate, I’ve concluded at this time that whatever we think of our establishment institutions, we are not going to make any progress on the matter of UFO/UAP disclosure/transparency until we get some of that establishment on board.

I often hear people say that no one pays attention to the mainstream media any more and that it’s therefore irrelevant. I think the first of those statements is mostly true, but not the second. The MSM is not irrelevant, despite our most sincere wishes. It still matters, a lot. But what you can see here is that the MSM knows fewer and fewer people believe or respect it, and they are obviously trying to play catch up to some extent. This can work in our favor. Mainly because the UFO subject is so explosive — you open that door even a little bit and you really don’t know what or how much will come into the room. This is a potentially volatile topic. 

Plus, because we are seeing cracks in the system, I think this could be a harbinger of more of this to come. 

Anyway, I’ll be watching the film tonight and will be back this weekend with some thoughts about it. 

Richard