'80 Years of Deception' Film Makes Case That Aliens Are Here on Earth

A splashy documentary that asserts the presence of extraterrestrial life on Earth and alleges a US government effort to hide information on possible alien activity is causing a stir at the SXSW festival.

- Adrian Horton

The Age of Disclosure delves into years of US congressional testimony on unidentified anomalous phenomena — or UAP, a rebranding of the stigmatized UFO — drawing both buzz and skepticism at the cultural festival in Austin, Texas.

The film, directed by Dan Farah, features 34 military and intelligence veterans with direct knowledge of or experience with UAPs. All testify to the presence of alien flying objects and, for some, extraterrestrial beings on Earth. Some also allege a government cover-up of supposedly paradigm-shifting information — an effort that the film’s lead subject, Luis Elizondo, a member of the government’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), deemed "the most successful disinformation campaign in the history of the US government," representing "80 years of lies and deception."