Donald Trump could soon confirm the existence of non-human intelligence, filmmaker Dan Farah has said as he promotes his documentary The Age of Disclosure.
The director has spoken publicly about the film’s contention the US government has concealed evidence of non-human life for decades.
His film, which is now being released in select cinemas and on Amazon Prime, draws on interviews with dozens of people described as insiders from the military, intelligence agencies and government.
Dan made the remarks about the possibility of officials confirming alien life in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, which reported he believes political leaders may soon address the subject publicly.
He said: “I think it’s only a matter of time before the release of this film is followed by a sitting president stepping to the podium and telling the world, ‘We’re not alone in the universe.’ It’s the most significant moment a leader could possibly have.” The Independent reported the White House had been asked for comment on his comments.
In the same interview, Dan described speaking to 34 individuals who claimed knowledge of what he called an “80-year global cover-up of non-human intelligent life and a secret war among major nations to reverse-engineer advanced technology of non-human origin”.
His documentary features contributions from political figures including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand and former director of national intelligence James Clapper, who discuss government investigations into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.
A former senior CIA official says in the trailer for the film: “UAPs are real, they’re here, and they’re not human.”
Dan told Entertainment Weekly that, since completing the film, he had been informed by “people who are in my film and sources outside of my film” that Donald Trump “has become aware of the base facts and has his team all over trying to learn everything that he needs to know so we can decide a course of action”.
He said: “I know the movie’s on his radar a hundred percent, and look, President Trump said on the campaign trail that he intended to declassify what the government knows about this topic.”
In July 2024, Trump told influencer Logan Paul that he was not a “believer” in aliens, adding: “Probably I can’t say I am. But I have met with people that are serious people that say there’s some really strange things that they see flying around out there.”
In September 2024, when podcaster Lex Fridman asked him whether he would release more UAP footage, Trump said: “I’ll do that. I would do that. I’d love to do that. I have to do that.”
The following month, during an interview with Joe Rogan, Trump said extraterrestrial life “has never been my thing”, adding: “There’s no reason not to think that Mars and all these planets don’t have life.”
Congress has also held hearings on UAPs.
In September, representative Anna Paulina Luna called for greater transparency, saying: “The American people deserve maximum transparency from the federal government on sightings, acquisitions, and examinations of UAPs and whether they pose a potential threat to Americans’ safety.”
Dan told Entertainment Weekly: “For too long, the public has blatantly been lied to, kept in the dark, and misled with a really sophisticated disinformation campaign.
“And I think we’re now at a tipping point where not only does the public deserve to know the truth, but it’s really essential because the stakes have never been higher.
“And the stakes impact not only everyone in the United States, but everyone in the world.”
