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'Disclosure Day' Feels Tired Because Spielberg's Mystery Box Has Always Been Empty

Disappointment, disconfirmation, and the creative cycle of the flying saucer

Jun 14, 2026
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KUOW - 'Disclosure Day' isn't as out-of-this-world as its premise

I am not really spoiling anything by telling you that there is ‘found video’ of alien autopsies in this new film by Steven Spielberg. I am not the only viewer to be struck by how dated the black and white ‘archival clips’ ‘disclosed’ in the film are.

The Roswell ‘footage’ too is unconvincing. Crop circles are no longer dramatic or convincing. The aliens…

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