Age of Disclosure?

Age of Disclosure?

From Need To Know by Bryce Zabel

November 23, 2025 · 1h 11m

About this episode

Bryce Zabel and Richard Dolan discuss the documentary 'Age of Disclosure' and its implications on government transparency regarding UFOs.

In this episode of Need to Know, Richard Dolan and Bryce Zabel break down the newly released documentary Age of Disclosure. They frame it as one of the strongest insider-driven treatments yet, highlighting its focus on government officials, intelligence veterans, scientists, and military figures who openly discuss crash retrievals, non-human intelligences, legacy programs, and decades of secrecy. Both hosts note that the documentary lands at a moment where cultural, political, and media attitudes toward UFOs have shifted dramatically. Mainstream outlets like CNN and Fox now discuss the subject without ridicule, and high-level voices like Marco Rubio, Hal Puthoff, Eric Davis, and Lue Elizondo speak more freely than ever before. The film, they argue, captures this moment of accelerating transparency. Dolan and Zabel explore several major themes raised in the documentary: the long-running battle between "legacy" crash-retrieval programs and a reformer faction trying to force disclosure; the rarity of hard evidence due to intense classification; the gravity of claims like Roswell recoveries, bodies, and craft with space-time distortions; and the emerging recognition that USOs and…

People in this episode

Host: Bryce Zabel

Guest: Richard Dolan

Topics covered

  • UFOs
  • government secrecy
  • disclosure
  • documentary analysis
  • cultural attitudes
  • military intelligence

Keywords

  • UFO
  • disclosure
  • government
  • documentary
  • intelligence
  • secrecy
  • crash retrievals
  • non-human intelligences

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