Joe Rogan speaks to Dan Farah, the director and producer of “The Age of Disclosure,” a new UFO documentary that is notable for featuring interviews with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former DNI James Clapper, and multiple senators and congressmen. The film posits that the U.S. government and top defense contractors have been secretly reverse-engineering recovered extraterrestrial spacecraft since the 1940s. “This film features 34 credible people putting their reputations and names on the line – which I think is stronger evidence than any video or photo,” Farah says. “These days, you could put a 4K video of a giant craft over Vandenberg and half the human population will say it’s AI.” Farah and Rogan discuss the idea of an “amnesty” for people accused of lying to Congress and hiding billions in black-budget programs: “While it’s hard for anyone to accept letting people off the hook for wrongdoings, it does seem like it’s in the best interest of the bigger picture. These people just have no incentive to come forward with what they’ve learned.” Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio reportedly says, on camera in the film: “I’m not trying to punish anyone. I need to know what they learned, because taxpayers paid for this and it’s in our interest to know what’s going on.” Farah argues that stronger whistleblower protections and an official announcement from the president are needed to take “disclosure” to the next level. “I wouldn’t be surprised if it happens soon after the film comes out – the sitting president has to step to the microphone and say: humanity is not alone in the universe. We have recovered technology of non-human origin. So have other nations. There is a high-stakes, secret cold war race to reverse engineer this technology. We need to win this race.” Rogan jokes: “I think Trump might be the only guy that’s willing to do something that crazy.” “I know he is aware of what people in his administration say in the film,” Farah said about Trump. “And I know that they are discussing internally how they’re going to react to the film publicly.” “Rubio says on camera, on the record in the film, that this has been kept from sitting presidents,” Farah continued. “He goes into detail on how that’s been done, and how it’s the career bureaucrats in certain elements of the government who control this information and just wait presidents out, and don’t feel they have a need to know.” “Trump actually found out about the base facts in his last presidency, and was contemplating stepping to the microphone then,” Farah said. “So we know Trump contemplated doing this already. Now, I think the release of this film and Rubio’s involvement puts enough on the table that it makes it easier for him to do.” “They would have to have some sort of plan in place if they were going to say that, right?” Joe Rogan asked. “Or at least grab control of the situation and say, this is real and the U.S. intends to lead the way,” Farah said. “Because the other factor that the White House has to keep in mind is: you don’t want Xi or Putin being the guy to do that, right? You don’t want them to have that moment.” “Something I always think about with regards to that moment of a president stepping to the mic: when we entered the space race, Kennedy gave that big famous speech, right? He was like, We’re going to lead in space. Space technology, like nuclear technology, has no conscience of its own. And it’s up to man to use it for good or bad, and we’re going to make sure it’s used for the betterment of all mankind,” Farah said. “I think that’s needed in this race. We need all the support of the scientific community, of academia. The kids coming out of MIT – we need them putting their brainpower towards this. And I think the White House knows that.” “And it’s also the greatest TV moment a leader could have in the history of humanity – stepping to the microphone,” Farah said. “If he could be the guy that blows the lid off it, that would definitely help his legacy,” Rogan suggests. “And also, people would be excited about it.” “I’ve come to understand that Trump is borderline enraged about how much has been hidden from the White House,” Farah said about Trump. “That alone might motivate him to step up and say the truth. It’s also the most bipartisan issue of our time.”
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