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The Age of Disclosure: every expert, with cited credentials
The Age of Disclosure is a 2025 documentary directed by Dan Farah that brings more than thirty U.S. officials, military officers, scientists, and journalists on the record about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). This page is the comprehensive directory — each expert linked to their full profile with verified credentials and primary-source citations.
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“Speaks on her congressional declassification task force and the witness protections it has put in place for UAP-program insiders.”

“Speaks on the multi-decade history of compartmented UAP work inside the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.”
“Speaks on the day-to-day investigative work BAASS performed under AAWSAP, including on the Utah ranch site that gives the Skinwalkers book its name.”

“Speaks on his career inside the UAPTF and NRO, and on the substance of his sworn whistleblower complaint.”

“Speaks on his role in House Oversight UAP hearings and the need for whistleblower protections.”
“Speaks on the technical content of the AAWSAP-era reference documents and on theoretical propulsion physics.”
“Speaks on the academic and scientific case for taking UAP empirical questions seriously, and on his own laboratory work on related medical effects.”

“Speaks on his decades-long reporting on the Nevada UAP story, including Bob Lazar, Area 51, and Skinwalker Ranch.”

“Speaks on the AAWSAP/BAASS scientific work and on the technical case for taking UAP propulsion observations seriously.”

“Speaks as the committee chair who authorized the modern era of formal House UAP hearings.”
“Speaks on his time directing the AAWSAP contract and on the BAASS investigative work it funded.”
“Speaks on the inner workings of the UAPTF and on the cases he prioritized for investigation while he ran it.”
“Speaks on the CIA's institutional posture toward UAP and on his co-founding of To The Stars Academy.”
“Speaks on his time leading the UAPTF and on his on-the-record corroboration of David Grusch's account.”

“Speaks on the legislative history of AARO and on the persistent gaps in what executive-branch UAP programs disclose to Congress.”
“Speaks as the journalist most closely associated with both the AATIP and Grusch stories, and on the editorial standards she applies to UAP whistleblower sourcing.”

“Speaks on his time leading AATIP, the resistance he describes encountering from DoD officials, and his post-resignation public advocacy.”

“Speaks on the credibility of UAP witnesses he interacted with as Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair, and on the limits of what Congress has been told.”

“Speaks on his *Public* Substack reporting on UAP and on his House Oversight testimony.”

“Speaks on the UAP Disclosure Act, the political resistance it ran into, and the case for an independent records review board with eminent-domain authority.”

“Speaks on his investigative reporting on UAP and on the Grusch story specifically.”

“Speaks on the East Coast UAP incursions of 2014–2015 and on the systemic safety issues that led him to found Americans for Safe Aerospace.”

“Speaks on the Office of Naval Intelligence's UAP responsibilities and the constraints on what it can show in open hearings.”
“Speaks on the engineering challenges of the propulsion behaviors reported in UAP encounters, drawing on his career at Skunk Works.”

“Speaks on his work organizing congressional UAP hearings and on the difficulty witnesses report when seeking to declassify their accounts.”

“Speaks as the most senior retired Navy officer on the record, with a focus on transmedium objects and Navy oceanographic data.”
Frequently asked
- What is The Age of Disclosure?
- A 2025 documentary directed by Dan Farah that premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2025. It features more than thirty named U.S. officials, military personnel, scientists, and journalists speaking on the record about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).
- Who is the director?
- Dan Farah — a producer best known for the 2018 film *Ready Player One*, who turned to documentary work for The Age of Disclosure after several years of pre-production interviews with intelligence-community sources.
- How is this list compiled?
- From the documentary's own credit roll plus on-the-record reporting by the major outlets that have covered the film. Each expert profile carries primary-source citations for biographical claims — see the footnoted citations on each individual profile page.
- Is the documentary streaming?
- As of the date of this page, distribution arrangements continue to be announced. Check the documentary's official channels for the latest streaming availability.
- Are these experts authoritative?
- Each profile lists the person's verified institutional credentials with primary-source citations — congressional bioguides, official .gov pages, peer-reviewed publications, sworn testimony transcripts. Authority on UAP topics specifically is a matter for individual readers to weigh; this site presents what the public record shows.
Cross-reference these experts against the full record: Department of War files, AARO releases, Congressional hearings, AATIP, the main timeline, or browse the full witness directory.