Disclosure Flop 2026 Special Post
At Least We Know Who to Ignore
Like the JFK, RFK, and MLK Jr. Files…
The United States government has released the first round of the long promised UFO files. As I repeatedly assessed - via making logical connections based on facts - on Substack Notes, there are no mentions of alien bodies or machines in American custody, and we have no documented knowledge of life elsewhere. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some odd reports in the files and documents of people claiming things, but it turns out the government is in the dark as much as we are. Between covering up classified technology, other countries flying some cool tech, and a heck of a lot else, it’s still an open question if life is out there and if anyone has visited planet Earth.
The Release
The Department of War (also known as the Department of Defense) released the files this morning at around 8am Eastern Daylight Savings Time. Inside are a collection of images of weird things, some explained while others are not, and documents of the government studying the claims. Again, there is no proof of aliens given, just the government saying here’s what we are looking at so you can use transparency to reach a rational assessment. Nothing in the files indicates this is a slow rollout of something bigger, instead, as the FBI director put it, As these files continue to be reviewed and released, the American people can be confident that their security remains our highest priority.” The government is taking the investigation of weirdness seriously to gague the threat, this is great news.
“The Department of War is in lockstep with President Trump to bring unprecedented transparency regarding our government’s understanding of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation — and it’s time the American people see it for themselves. This release of declassified documents demonstrates the Trump Administration’s earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency.” -United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
But We Know Who to Ignore
What we have learned since 2017 is that there are plenty of people who do not tell the truth or who are extremely gullible. These individuals, who claimed controlled Disclosure of aliens was happening or that this was all a government psyop into tricking us into believing in aliens so we would no longer be Christian, hinder critical thought regarding UAPs and should be avoided.
The UFO Faithful
The Disclosure Crowd gathered around these claims of UFOs and that the government was slowly preparing the world for “the truth,” making tons of money while spreading stories that turned out to be wrong.
Self-proclaimed UFO task force leader Lue Elizondo, formerly of the Defense Intelligence Agency, wrote the book Imminent claiming Disclosure was just around the corner. He also shared “proof” of UFOs. These pieces of evidence included a chandelier reflection in a Romanian hotel window and center pivot irrigation. Elizondo supposedly was the Department of Defense’s expert in all things alien.
David Grusch, who testified to congress things he was allegedly told but did not have first hand access to himself, claimed in December 2025 that President Trump has been briefed about crashed UFOs and “biologics” aka alien bodies. In early May, he said UFO disclosure would “dramatically escalate” in the next 60 to 90 days.
Meanwhile, Chris Bledsoe, whose book UFO of God tried to combine his New Age theology with Christianity, claimed in 2026 (note the video in this post was filtered to make it appear older) that in 2012 he warned the Pentagon that orbs would arise from the sea and stop an April 2026 war between Israel and Iran. Needless to say, there were no orbs.
Members of Congress fall in this group, too. Representative Anna Paulina Luna believes these are “interdimensional” beings and cites the non-Biblical Book of Enoch to claim these Nephilim gave pre-flood humanity technological know-how. She pushed “Disclosure” saying those who were trying to stop would be rolled over. Congressman Eric Burlison meanwhile repeated David Grusch’s claim that Trump was briefed about tall. blonde “Nordic” aliens from the Contactee days of the 1950s. Congressman Tim Burchett told Joe Rogan about a moon around Saturn or Jupiter that was bigger than earth and was a UFO base. The claim was so ridiculous Joe Rogan called him out. Nothing in the files give an credence to these congressional claims.
The Counter Christian “Aliens Are Demons” Faithful
Where the Disclosure groupies gather, so will a fringe of Christians who will believe everything the UFO crowd says while stating the aliens in the stories are really demons. They feed the same interest to a different clique, with the same results as the UFO Faithful preachers. This was exemplified when one pastor’s claim about a secret meeting sent the religious fringe into a tizzy.
On May 4, Protestant pastor Perry Stone claimed a fellow minister told him about “a large number” of preachers who were invited to a meeting with U.S. officials. These officials told the pastors to prepare their congregations for alien disclosure. Stone didn’t share who the person who told him this was, who else was there, or who the officials were. Nothing that could verify this odd claim was provided. What Stone did was tie it to his Project Blue Beam (see my takedown of this conspiracy theory) idea that it was all a front to trick people into not believing in the Rapture.
The next day, Protestant End Times pastor Alan DiDio stated he was at this meeting. He provided details that, when paid attention to, hurt the believability of the story. He claimed the meeting of about six pastors was held in an Airbnb in the mountains of Tennessee. That should have been enough to cry foul, as half a dozen isn’t a large gathering and why would government officials hold a meeting at an Airbnb, demanding phones had to be on airplane mode and not in a SCIF where phones are stowed far away? (If you think your phone is safe on airplane mode, I’ve got bad news for you.) Also, on that same day, another pastor, Joseph Z, claimed to have been at that meeting. He added to the allegations that the government was about to do Disclosure.
On the Catholic front, End Times “The Warning” believer Daniel O’Connor fully bought into claims that Obama and Trump’s words in February 2026 were the beginning of the end with the “Great Deception” underway, with the event only furthering his belief that Trump was the “Disclosure” president. When asked by a user about the pastors’ claims, O’Connor replied, “Yes. The formal opening of the Deception is almost here…” Just yesterday, O’Connor released a nearly three hour long video stating Trump was going to do Disclosure and how Disclosure was a demonic deception. The X post for this video stated, “The ‘Day of Disclosure’ now appears truly imminent, and there are things all Catholics must know before Trump announces it.”
Meanwhile, former White House speechwriter and Catholic influencer Joshua Charles had been claiming since 2021 that Trump would be the Disclosure president, and in April 2026 he said things were moving that way. He also said Disclosure would “be promulgated by apostate temporal powers” to do a Project Blue Beam maneuver against Christianity. He has tied Freemasonry with human-demonic cooperation to make advanced technology as part of UFO deception. Additionally, Charles retweeted a post stating Charles “has been right about everything, and every dispensationalist evengalical you know is about to get one-shotted by the antichrist.”
As for the American Eastern Orthodox, Rod Dreher stated he was skeptical of the Christian pastors’ meeting claims but then went on about how he believed “Disclosure” was part of a greater occultic-government effort to bring about an era of transhumanism and drown out Christianity. In his eagerness to endorse all UFO claims while portraying aliens as demons, he erroneously blended information. For example, he incorrectly asserted that in 1947, L. Ron Hubbard, the future founder of Scientology, and Jack Parsons attempted to conjure an occultic demon woman, directly linking this with the 1947 flying saucer flap. However, the alleged magic rituals took place in 1946. Dreher also overlooked Foo Fighters, which in 1947 people thought were related to flying saucers. (In a future post, I’ll explain how people in 1947 viewed flying saucers as either mistaken identities of ordinary objects or covert government initiatives, rather than extraterrestrial craft).
All these prophets of Disclosure, whether alien or demonic, came up short. Their cries kept people hooked as they promised secret inside knowledge and a leg up on everyone else.
Side Note: The Meeting Claims were Bunk as Presented
What set off these fringe Christians off? Hyperbole that if people asked questions and demanded proof could have easily been disarmed. The “meeting” was merely Congressman Eric Burlison on an audio call giving his opinion in which he stated he did not know what the origins of UFOs/UAPs were. His key takeaway line was, “When I had a chance to speak, I expressed my views which is that we Christians tend to get dug into our personal world views even if they have nothing to do with what has actually been written in the Bible. It would be wise for Christians to stick to what the Bible says, and not to what they think it says. If, and that is a big IF, disclosure occurs of any type then it will be even more important for us Christians to be educated in our own scriptures.”
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Loser Prophets Don’t Reflect, They Will Move On to Continue the Panic
Few, if any, of those who fell for this will stop to think what led them to believe such exaggerated claims. Now, the wrong prophets will move on to the next crazy claim, dragging people with them. Everything will always be on the cusp of major events. They can never, ever be wrong, it would destroy their worldview. At first, they will hold on to “more is coming.” Then the narrative will change to “someone stopped the real release” or “God protected us.” Just remember, they never can admit they will be wrong.
When I was growing up, I had the Late Great Planet Earth and books about Nostradamus to make me realize grifters would make apocalyptic claims and adjust them to reset the clock. I fear too few people in this social media panic age will realize this.
Aerial Phenomena is a Serious Subject that Demands Seriousness
There are odd things in the skies, whether drones, new technology, natural wonders, or even possibly aliens flying around. The subject deserves serious study, and we need to purge those who flood the zone with falsehoods.
Not only do these falsehoods prevent rigorous investigations, but they fuel sadness. From Chandra Levy’s parents believing the mysterious death of the intern was connected to UFOs and not a criminal illegal, to the mentally ill being made worse by the obsession with UFOs hyped up by failed prophets, there is a little reported high cost to these false claims.
Meanwhile, I will continue to write my own fantasies (without the use of generative AI), but I will tell people it’s science fiction when they buy it.
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My favorite quote: "Meanwhile, I will continue to write my own fantasies (without the use of generative AI), but I will tell people it’s science fiction when they buy it."
I actually quite like a lot of Joshua Charles’ content. It’s a real shame he has to be on the side of paranoid apocalyptic conspiracy theories.