UAP Disclosure: Could a WikiLeaks-Style Dump Force Transparency?

The Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) disclosure movement seems to be turning into a weird standoff. Hollywood pushes hard, while government disclosures continue at a much slower pace. Here’s where things stand.

Discussing The Government’s Strategy

Recently, on NewsNation’s Reality Check, Ross Coulthart said the government’s strategy seems obvious: release so much boring, blurry footage that the public loses interest. “They’re trying to take the steam out of the disclosure debate,” he said. Slow drip. Bore us to death.

Coulthart and co-host Megan Medic fielded a lot of questions. The debate ranged quite far, and included government disclosures, alleged intelligence programs, and the idea of DNA and hybrid humans. But it also included a close look at movies and their role in the UAP debate.

Hollywood vs. The Gatekeepers

Hollywood’s interest in UAPs shows little sign of slowing. Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film Disclosure Day is expected this month, while journalist Jeremy Corbell recently released the documentary, Sleeping Dog.

Notably, it’s not the 2023 crime thriller or the 2024 Russell Crowe movie.

Sleeping dog’s got leaked documents said to originate from Los Alamos. That naturally interests people seeking more information about UAPs.

The Risk of A Messy Leak

Some critics wonder if Corbell and others accidentally help the government by making disclosure feel like entertainment. Coulthart called that a “silly theory.” Journalists get leaks. That’s how it works.

He also suggested that frustrated insiders could eventually trigger a “WikiLeaks-style” release of information. If that happened, disclosure would likely move beyond the government’s control.

Viewers React

Regarding Disclosure Day, Sleeping Dog, and the possibility of a WikiLeaks-style leak, one viewer argued “Slow drip leak through media, commercials, entertainment like movies (Disclosure Day), counterintelligence agents posing as disclosure advocates is what I see. Controlling the narrative every step of the way.”

Here are a few more notes from the discussion:

• I don’t think the “disclosure influencers” that like to write books and make documentaries on the subject would really want full disclosure.
  Their whole business model is built on claiming to have access to information no one else has; remove that, and they’re unemployed.
• As much as I’m glad they’re releasing these files, I’m completely baffled, even disappointed, that the president is surprised this kind of information would go viral. Really? This shows how out of touch he is… or that he takes us for idiots. Or both…

Here’s one comment that offered a different perspective: “Here’s the problem. If the gov knows what the object is then it’s not a UFO and therefore not subject to Trump’s directive to release photos and documents related to that object. This will be the obvious gov angle.”

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