What UFOlogists Say about Disclosure Day

 

In my recent review of the new film Disclosure Day, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2026/06/disclosure-day-film-review.html, I did an analysis of the mainstream critics' pronouncements of Spielberg's summer blockbuster. I deliberately avoided all reviews and interviews until after I had seen the film so I could make up my own mind. When I read the various movie columnists I saw that opinion was very divided. Then reviews started coming in from the UFO community. This took a few days longer because, unlike official journalists, we do not get invited to press previews. I was surprised, and a bit dismayed, to find that generally the UFO-osphere regards the film much less favourably than the mainstream media; and that is quite rare. I think a lot of it was disappointment. Our hopes were so high for Disclosure Day and we were hyping it up to be some kind of miracle. I myself tried to keep that instinct in check, and in my opinion it lived up to my expectations. That wasn't the only reason though; I suspect the way many UFOlogists have become more downhearted lately also contributed. (I'll avoid links to the following because there would be too many.) I was not surprised to find that the backslappers tended to be the ones who were most anti. They took their usual cynical "It's all a grift!" line. The skeptics were, of course, even more opposed. PZ Myers called it "mush-brained mystical bullshit through and through." His video is called I saw Disclosure Day so you don't have to. The thumbnail is the well-known image of Scanlon sitting in the dive chair with his gum-shield and grimace and the words: "This is what I looked like when I was watching Disclosure Day." One thing I did not expect was the hostility from the ultra-woo contingent; the believers in blue chickens, time travel and Antarctic temples etc. They all hated it. I recall one lady, whom I will not name, being furious at the idea of empathy towards the greys because she regards all greys as evil. "If I see a grey I'll kick its arse!" she hissed. Not all aliens are good guys by any means, but to make such a sweeping judgement of all greys is totally false and ignorant. Another woman, somebody I know and usually like, also took a very boorish line. She said she'd read a load of reviews and decided it was a total psyop so she decided to avoid it. Why can't she make up her own mind?

Condemnation is not universal though; Ross Coulthart, Dave Hodrien Andrew McGrillen and Richard Dolan enjoyed it. I think those with a more widespread interest, hopeful feelings about Disclosure and a more positive attitude are suited for getting the most out of this film. There are exceptions though. Surprisingly Bryce Zabel was not impressed; he felt it was not credible and too much like an action movie. Darcy Weir had mixed feelings about it. Steven Greenstreet astounded me. I assumed he would hate the film, but he actually had a lot of positive words to add along with his predictable scorn. I actually even agreed with some of his points. He said that the bad guys were too incompetent, and that's true. See how easy it was for Daniel to steal one of their cars and how they fell for the trick when he and Jane dumped it over the cliff. Boyd couldn't shoot straight during the train scene even though the range was almost point-blank. Why are Wardex such a threat to the truth coming out when they are that amateurish? I found it interesting to read what my fellow conspiratorial questers thought of Disclosure Day. Would it surprise you? I think it did me... I have yet to find any review from anybody as pro-DD as my own.
See here for more information: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2020/02/ufo-disclosure-portal.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2008/06/critics.html.