You guys know how into UFOs I am.
And one thing I’ve been keeping my eye on is this Spielberg movie. Ever since it was announced a couple of years ago, I’ve been eagerly scrounging up the little breadcrumbs Stevie’s been leaving as he’s traveled deeper and deeper into the forest.
For those who aren’t aware, Spielberg swore off ever making movies about aliens again. He felt like he’d covered the subject matter inside and out. And he’s probably right.
But when the 2017 New York Times article broke about U.S. pilots chasing UFOs, and Congress started booking UFO hearings, Spielberg felt like there was a new story to tell. And hence, we get this new film, Disclosure Day, whose trailer just debuted yesterday.
Now, when it comes to Spielberg and UFOs, he’s the top-dog director no questions asked. Close Encounters of the Third Kind might as well be a documentary. He worked closely with J. Allen Hynek, who infamously worked for the government, discrediting all UFO sightings, only later, once he left the position, to admit that many of the cases he had come across were real alien UFOs. Many of the best moments in Close Encounters were based on stories Hynek gave Spielberg.
You gotta understand, people in the UFO community have been simping over the release of this movie for months. They believe Spielberg will use it as a pseudo-means to prep the world for disclosure. It’s non-fiction disguised as fiction.
Here’s the trailer…
So, what do I think?
I think it looks like a big ball of crapola.
I’m sorry but THIS is Spielberg’s return to science fiction???
Where’s the story?
Where’s the tease?
Where’s the anything that gets me interested in seeing the movie?
Emily Blunt gurgling?
THAT’S YOUR BIG MOVIE TRAILER MOMENT???? REALLY????
Ugh.
I suppose there are still a million directions this story can go and Spielberg’s holding off on the good stuff until we get closer. But the fact that this trailer doesn’t have a single cool or memorable moment is concerning.
Which is why I want to talk to you about real disclosure.
I want to show you what real UFOs and aliens feel like.
I’m talking about a genuine UFO sighting.
Before you take a listen to this, let me give you some context. This audio recording is from 1987. The caller is calling from the Ozarks. After the government shut down its UFO investigation programs, a public call-in center was created to handle UFO sightings. If you thought you’d seen something strange in the sky, you could call in and report it. Over time, the center logged thousands of these calls.
Okay, check this out…
This is one of the most convincing sightings I’ve ever heard. I mean, I suppose you could argue the guy is lying. But if he’s lying, he’s a very good actor. Not to mention, at the beginning of the call, he says, “I suppose you’ve heard about MIssouri.” And the guy says, “Yes,” meaning this is not the first call he’s received about the UFOs that night. Also, later on, the guy mentions that he ran into multiple people in the area who also saw it.
However, if you’re a skeptic, you might say that the much more plausible explanation is that this guy is a having a laugh. He’s a joker. He probably made all the previous calls himself, each in a different voice, his friends sitting nearby and laughing their asses off. The 1980s were the heyday of the crank call. Surely, that’s a more plausible explanation than that there’s a real UFO with aliens in it flying around Missouri. And I would agree that, yes, that’s the more likely scenario.
One skill I’ve developed through reading so much is the ability to discern what is invented and what feels grounded in reality. The giveaway, when someone is describing something real, is specificity. If this person had claimed to see a flying saucer with little green aliens popping out of the top, I would have been skeptical.
But listen to what he actually describes. Three cigar-shaped crafts flying separately, then aligning into a staircase pattern, all oriented toward him. That level of detail is unusually specific. I have never heard anything like it, in either reality or fiction. Would a screenwriter come up with that? Would any of you? I don’t think so. It is so singular that, to me, it becomes the final confirmation that this account is real.
And the thing is, there are tens of thousands, maybe HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, of experiences people have had through the years exactly like this – up close encounters with UFOs. Is it all a lie?
I don’t think so.
