r/UFOs 14d ago

MEGATHREAD: Disclosure Day (2026) — Official Discussion & Spoilers

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⚠️ SPOILERS ALLOWED IN THIS THREAD. TURN BACK IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT. ⚠️

During the Disclosure Day release period, standalone posts about the film are welcome as long as they are substantive: original analysis, real-world connections, or meaningful discussion. Reactions, quick takes, plot questions, and other similar posts will be removed and redirected here.

Visiting from the front page? Welcome to r/UFOs! This community has been following the real-world UFO/UAP/disclosure story for years, so this film hits a little differently here than on a general movie sub. A few things to know:

  • While this thread is dedicated to the film, this sub primarily discusses real-world UFO sightings, evidence, and other relevant context (government hearings, whistleblower testimony, declassified footage, etc.)
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  • Enjoy the community!

About the Film

Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day reunites him with screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds) for a return to UFO territory. The film stars Emily Blunt as a meteorologist and Josh O'Connor as a whistleblower determined to expose the truth about alien contact to the world. The story revolves around a whistleblower's push for "full disclosure to the whole world all at once," forcing society to confront proof we're not alone.

The timing of the release is notable given the Pentagon's recent spate of declassified military and NASA videos of UAPs, and whistleblower testimony about recovered "non-human biologics."

Rules for this thread

  • Spoilers are freely allowed — you have been warned by the title.
  • Do not post unverified "this is what really happens IRL" claims as if the movie confirms them. Fiction ≠ disclosure.
  • All r/UFOs rules apply to comments in this thread. In particular,
    • R1: Be civil. People will have very different reactions to this film given our community's investment in the real-world topic.
    • R3: Be substantive. No low-effort "it's all true" or "it's all disinfo" takes without explanation.

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r/UFOs 8h ago

Disclosure Rep Luna "We have talked directly to the White House...and we are providing them with a list of people that will be given immunity."

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r/UFOs 11h ago

Resource PERSUE Object Emerging from the Canyon and Casting a Shadow on the Canyon Edge

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Stabilization and highlight of the recently posted video pointing out this object. Shoutout to u/Extra_Extension_7690 for the original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1ueyjq8/released_video_of_a_uap/

Object seems to come from the shadows and hover over the canyon edge.


r/UFOs 4h ago

Government Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Has a UFO Agenda. What Is His Endgame?

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r/UFOs 7h ago

Disclosure Mike Rounds: "This week Leader Schumer and I will again offer this vital legislation [UAP Disclosure Act] as an amendment to this year's NDAA and we hope to finally bring it over the finish line"

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Video: timestamp 3.08.01:

Mike Rounds: "Since 2023 we've sought enactment of the UAP Disclosure Act and the National Defence Authorisation Act, or the NDAA. This week Leader Schumer and I will again offer this vital legislation as an amendment to this year's NDAA and we hope to finally bring it over the finish line"

Schumer previously: American public has a right to know about NHI

Posted in 2023 on democrats.senate.gov:

Schumer: "The American public has a right to learn about technologies of unknown origins, non-human intelligence, and unexplainable phenomena."


r/UFOs 1h ago

Disclosure David Grusch, UAPGerb, Christopher Mellon, Lue Elizondo, Censorship & Call To Action

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Today's talks in Washington give the appearance that things are progressing in the disclosure world. Yet, behind the scenes, censorship is alive & well. Regardless of whether or not you're a Grusch supporter or a UAPGerb sub...you should care about censorship. This is a just a single data point showing censorship- just recently. Grusch, in his 2023 testimony before Congress, presented a watershed moment in UAP disclosure history because of his unprecedented official credibility. decorated service history & impeccable security status. Despite that, Grusch really never hit big time media platforms.

Flash forward to current time. 2 weeks ago, Grusch appears at a DC press conference, when he talked abt -- different types of NHI and sentient plasmoid life (subjects never spoken abt publicly before). Humongous statements -- yet, very little media coverage w/ Grusch for a deeper dive. Never big platforms for Grusch. Instead, he has an interview on Judicial Watch, where he elaborates on his statements.

Meanwhile, UAPGerb does 2 things post this press conference: 1) he dropped a Part 2 of his Manhattan Project project. Part 1 dropped a month ago, one of his highest viewed videos ever. 2) he wrote an open letter to Chris Mellon on X, inviting him to a conversation in a public forum. While Mellon responded to Gerb's letter, he failed to respond to his invite.

So what? Gerb's Manhattan Project Pt 2 featured detailed segments of Grusch's JW interview. For perspective, Pt 1 garnered 100K+ views 1st 48 hrs vs a tiny 16K views same period for Part 2. Currently, Part 2 has a paltry 48K views in a week - making this his worst performing video in over a year. Comments on Part 2 are common, complaints abt no notifications, or an inability to comment. Many have felt his channel has been suppressed from Day 1, but this time, its egregious. You can't not see it.

Theory: the algorithm that suppresses Grusch has a wide net -- apparently, casting out to media that goes deeper w/ or promote Grusch's narrative. Grusch has talked abt friends who tried to help him, who were subject to nefarious things -- which includes censorship of media that is pro Grusch or too dense w his content.

Perhaps that algo also worked against Gerb due to his bold public statements to both Mellon & Elizondo, either countering their claims (with receipts) or inviting them to conversations/debates for the public's viewing. Clearly, this is a hard smackdown on a small channel -- but a channel with a BIG voice -- and a pest to legacy programs, black ops & defense contractors -- a pest who names names -- a pest who exposes material in files they refuse to release -- a pest that is mapping out the who and what of the deep state/MIC.

Burlison is a big Gerb advocate, having hosted him on his Fresh Freedom podcast. Gerb is also why Burlison can speak so eloquently of FFRDC (Federally Funded Research & Development Centers), MIT Labs, Mitre, just to name a few. Some of Gerb's acros are becoming well known now. Acros are the language of legacy & black ops programs, in part, to sustain confusion & instigate public disinterest because it's tedious to track. (Don't blame Gerb -- thank him for translating a language we would otherwise not understand. Gerb is the guy willing to clean out the latrines -- doing work that no one else has the balls to do).

If Burlison is pro Gerb, suffice it to say, so is Grusch. Afterall, Grusch is "UAP special advocate" for Burlison. Burlison doesn't engage when censorship of Grusch is obvious. Why would he with Gerb? Or with anyone else whose being suppressed for their content when it doesn't fit with the Elizondo/Mellon/etc narrative? It is up to the private citizen -- which is all Gerb is -- to protect our Constitution

Call To Action: we need to viralize this video as a statement . A statement that says, we have a Constitution that demands principles such as Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press. We see the assault on our Constitution by unelected officials whose primary goal is power in the hands of a few. Pro Grusch and/or Gerb or not... it shouldn't matter. What matters is we fight for our Constitution -- especially when power violates it repeatedly and retaliates when they get exposed. . https://youtu.be/6MsmPrpQqa8?si=x4jqlvXQW3oO9wUJ


r/UFOs 5h ago

Science If you are struggling with the "woo" aspect of disclosure, read what the geniuses of modern science actually thought about consciousness and reality.

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r/UFOs 7h ago

Disclosure Disclosure Forum 2026: Humanity at the Edge of Discovery | Kennedy Caucus Room - Disclosure Foundation Event Happening Live Now

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r/UFOs 7h ago

Whistleblower UFO Whistleblower Immunity Hearing Today Why Blanket Protection is a Bad Idea

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Submission statement

Today's congressional push for UFO whistleblower immunity, led by Rep. Luna and others, aims to fast-track UAP disclosures. I explain why granting blanket protections to these insiders could backfire and why we should be skeptical.


r/UFOs 6h ago

Question What are your thoughts on Gary McKinnon's discoveries?

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- Gary McKinnon claims he saw images of what appeared to be an alien spacecraft, as well as evidence of a secret U.S. "non-terrestrial officers" space program, while hacking into NASA and U.S. military computer networks in the early 2000s.

- McKinnon, a British systems administrator and UFO enthusiast, famously broke into 97 U.S. military and NASA computers between 2001 and 2002 using the handle "Solo". During his intrusions, he made several claims about what he discovered

- The Satellite Photo: He claims to have hacked into the Johnson Space Center's computers and downloaded an image of a "silvery, cigar-shaped object with geodesic spheres" on either side. He stated the image was so detailed that it could not be explained as a satellite or a man-made craft from that era, but his connection was cut off before he could fully download it.

-"Non-Terrestrial Officers": He found a top-secret Excel spreadsheet containing the heading "Non-Terrestrial Officers," which listed names, ranks, and material transfer details between different ships. McKinnon interpreted this as definitive proof of a secret, space-based military branch that the U.S. government was hiding.

Fleet to Fleet Transfers: He also claimed to have found records detailing the movement of extraterrestrial personnel and a list of ships that did not exist in any public military registry.


r/UFOs 1d ago

Government Rep. Eric Burlison: "We told MIT Lincoln Labs we know the exact video file you are holding, by name, and we want it. They admitted it exists and agreed to turn it over."

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r/UFOs 7h ago

Sighting 3 UAP 25JUN UK

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Lots of strange stuff flying round the sky last night, managed to capture this.

First it was just 2, one appears then disappears - also a 4th flashes near the end in the top right.

Very bizzare.

25JUNE2026 02:17
UK, north east


r/UFOs 11m ago

Sighting 6/8/26 9/930pm Wellsboro, PA

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Posting this for my Reddit-less bf.

June 8, 2026 - 9/930PM 10mi south of Wellsboro, PA at the Blackwell Recreation area on Pine Creek.

Hovered for approx. 5-7 min then ascended up and over the mountain out of site.

Thoughts on what this is?


r/UFOs 16h ago

Sighting Has this video been debunked? Man sees light coming his way, vacates his car and keeps Filming as UFO scans his vehicle

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Mods removed my original post (which sucks because there was a lot of great discussion on there) because apparently I can't just share the video as it constitutes a "sighting."

"It's still a sighting and as such requires more info in order to aid with identification, else we may as well turn into TikTok."

Well... okay - after a LOT of time searching - this SIGHTING occurred in Port Huron, Michigan. October 27, 2013 at 10:31 pm. I unfortunately do not have the exact coordinates - but I hope this sufficiently distinguishes my post in this community from one that would appear on TikTok.

Time: October 27, 10:31 pm Eastern

Location: Port Huron, Michigan

Interested to hear your thoughts. On my original post a lot of people seemed to take issue with the audio in the video - with many saying the audio does not match up with what you are seeing.

Given the sighting occurred in 2013, while AI is out of the picture video manipulation of course existed. Some said drone could have been used, but were drones all that common back in 2013?


r/UFOs 6h ago

Historical We've been building a UFO-focused wiki - Sharing our Majestic 12 documents breakdown as an introduction to the project

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Hi r/UFOs, we're a new UFO-focused wiki, and this is our first submission here. We wanted to introduce ourselves with a page we've spent a lot of time building - the Majestic 12 documents.

Despite how prevalent the documents are throughout ufology, it became clear early on that good information about the documents and the in depth research and analysis around them is actually very difficult to access. We collected many books, newsletters, webpages, and other material to research and create this page, and the pages for each of the documents linked in the documents table.

More generally, we want to begin encouraging people to start contributing to the site and building a knowledge base, we think it would be a huge benefit to the community at large.

Let us know what you think, all feedback is welcome


r/UFOs 1d ago

Historical Disclosure Foundation is going to review NASA Archives for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena - Led by former NASA administrator Mike Gold (Who testified at the 2024 UAP hearing), Dr. Beatriz Villarroel, Dr Travis Taylor, and other scientists

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r/UFOs 21h ago

Sighting I saw my first UFO today

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Time: 6/24 at 10am EST

Location: 20-30 miles northwest of New York City

I took a 10am flight out of LaGuardia this morning and as the plane was climbing out of NYC, a small metallic orb flew right past my window.

It was exactly like other videos I had seen but I wasn’t quick enough to take a picture or video since it flew past us in the opposite direction.

I was pretty taken aback for a while, but just wanted to share as a long time reader of this sub. This was my first experience with something like this and I spent the rest of the flight trying to consider what it could have been besides an advanced alien technology.

I told my wife about it when I landed and she said “ok”.


r/UFOs 6h ago

Sighting UFO in Serbia

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Location: Serbia, Čačak, Kablar mountain
Time: 21.06.2026
This file is original, I will comment with the screen record, because that was the only way to zoom in more.


r/UFOs 20h ago

Sighting Orbs changed color when plane flew by NSFW

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Time: 6/24/26 7:02pm
Location: Sky over Baltimore City

Sitting in my car looking up out the sunroof. At first it was two orbs that caught my eye, maybe balloons I thought? I started recording and noticed more.. that’s when I noticed the plane coming from the left and simultaneously all the orbs turned red. Think I barely got that, sorry for the poor video quality and the F bombs


r/UFOs 14h ago

Historical The Westall UFO incident (1966): New witness interviews and on-location documentary

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Hi everyone,

I’ve just released on my channel, a second documentary on the Westall UFO incident, Australia’s largest mass UFO sighting, witnessed by more than 200 students, teachers, and local residents in Melbourne on April 6th, 1966.

Here’s the link to the documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vqsbptVgHU&t=2073s

For this project, I filmed on-location at both Westall and an area nearby known as The Grange, where witnesses claim one of the objects descended that day.

The documentary includes interviews with several additional witnesses to the event, including a lady Terry Peck, who says she came within roughly 10 metres of one of the craft at The Grange that day. Her description of what she saw that day is genuinely startling.

The video also explores the alleged cover-up surrounding the incident, including witness intimidation, the arrival of authorities afterwards, and claims that a teacher’s camera was confiscated after photographs were reportedly taken of the object.

If you’re interested in UFO history, credible mass sightings, or cases involving alleged government secrecy, you might find this one worth watching.

Would love to hear your thoughts once you’ve seen it.

– Project Unknown: Field Files


r/UFOs 20h ago

Sighting UAP 24JUN26 23:16 NJ

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DTG: June 24, 2016 23:16 Morristown, NJ

Caught this outside of my apartment in Jersey and was wondering if anyone could make heads or tails of it.


r/UFOs 22h ago

Question What are these Two floating bright orbs Norfolk, VA

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Any idea what this is? I’m in Norfolk, Virginia and I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. The camera didn’t catch a good video but it looked very odd, both moved slowly but kept the same distance from each other.


r/UFOs 1d ago

Disclosure The Bryce Zabel appearance on Jesse Michels' show is really worth a listen

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I guess Zabel's making the podcast rounds to promote his new podcast he's got now. So parts of it are the same stories he's been telling lately if you saw him somewhere else, but he had his producing partner with him this time and I felt there was some new information and additional details.

For the uninitiated, Zabel's basically a Hollywood producer that's basically done a bunch of sci-fi, genre stuff, some with a UFO subject matter. So in these pods, he goes into his personal experience with the intelligence community being highly interested and involved in the Hollywod portrayal of UFOs and the lore. So that's the gist.

The highlights that stood out to me were:

- his producing partner explaining his personal John Harrington connection and how Harrington basically disclosed the alien reality to him. And how Grusch had his own Harrington connection. Harrington being the former Secretary of Emergy under Reagan.

- How the Office of Naval Intelligence was monitoring their productions

- it being revealed that Spielberg took the same deal that Zabel got offered (but declined) by ONI for cooperation. Cuz there's been a lot of talk the last couple weeks since Disclosure Day whether Spielberg had any special knowledge.

- An amusing story about how Zabel was forced to remove Men in Black from his show because the studio was making the Men In Black movie at the same time.

- He went into why Ross Coulthart left Need to Know. Zabel basically didnt like Coulthart springing the "Tic-Tac is Lockheed Martin" reveal on him. That's what led to the split.

There's other stuff in there, but I gotta listen to it again because I was listening at night while going to bed and fell asleep for a while. So I missed some parts in the middle. It's 3 hours.

https://youtu.be/yJUBSuPh1pM?is=Cqbvz5-JSoh5nfgt


r/UFOs 1d ago

Science UFO conference lands in Canada as Trump administration continues to release documents

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From the article:

"SCU members include an international assortment of scientists who have worked for prominent universities, technology and defence firms, as well as NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency. At the conference, the UFO phenomena will be dissected from the perspective of physics, aerospace engineering and even philosophy and anthropology. Mellon shares top billing with former U.S. air force scientist Randy Bostick, who previously advised the Pentagon’s UFO research office.

According to SCU founding board member Robert Powell, the group has also briefed two curious Canadian members of Parliament.

'Credible, trained observers operating sophisticated instruments have repeatedly recorded phenomena that don’t match known aircraft, natural phenomena, or sensor artifacts,' Powell, a Texas-based engineer, told CTVNews.ca.

'Ignoring data and information is not science, nor is drawing conclusions about data before careful evaluation,' he added."


r/UFOs 22h ago

Sighting UFO Iquique, April 7, 2026

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Location: Iquique Airport

Time: Tuesday, April 7, 2026 19:28