Alien Truths, Government Secrets: Dan Farah Talks The Age of Disclosure

27:09Dana Carvey:has doing this kind of changed you in a way i mean as it this journey um because it it's such an interesting topic and there's real stuff around it and i'm fascinated by it and there's been in you know alien civilizations and maybe more column casual documentaries about this over the years this is the first one that seemed very com for comprehensively serious about it without pushing narratives that heart just going here's the the information i just wonder as it has it changed you doing this i mean because if you really think aliens are here and they're advanced and they're kind of scary or maybe they'll be benign it's just a different way to walk around on the planet yeah yeah they is the word they're here walking around um no one i interviewed said that to me no oh wow no i know more than you then well wait a minute spade from my sources at the grove uh what does spade do i'm on the chat rooms go ahead.

28:09Now, I feel like they're kind of might be around, but I don't know. I mean, anything from last year on ring doorbells, anything where people are capturing anything on video is written off. Now, once AI comes, it's almost like planned because now you can't believe that stuff as much as you would. And that's scary too, because one in five is probably real. And the first comment is always AI. You bring up a great point though. And I've, I've said this in a couple of interviews recently, which is we live at a time where you can put a 4k video of a giant UFO taken from a security camera on a serious military base.

28:50You can put that on the nightly news on like Fox and CNN at the same time, make a big deal out of it. And half of the human population will say it's AI and that it's made from some visual effects studio in Hollywood. And so that's a challenging time to live in where even actual real video evidence will be viewed as BS. And that's why I think this film is so significant and why I'm so glad it came together because this is 34 people with incredible resumes putting their name and their reputation on the line to share what they lawfully can with the public. about this extraordinary stuff and the reality of this situation.

29:33And I think that is the best evidence at this point in human history that we can have. Because video is the idea of, you know, credible video is a compromised thought, right? It doesn't really exist. But people who hold security clearances and want to keep them so they can provide for their families and, you know, people who have, you know, ambition to run for president one day and people who want to stay in office, like they have a lot to lose going on camera, on the record, saying this stuff. And they're doing it because they think it's important. That to me is the most compelling. And they can get, they were saying in there, you don't want to get the guy dies of four gunshots into the back of the head, suicide.

30:15Yeah, these people, a lot of these people took tremendous risk stepping up. Because this is such high dollar, high stakes. If they have the technology for these craft, that could they said it would cancel out they can your cars could you don't need oil you don't need coal you don't need batteries like these things can just if we have that and someone feels like they do i don't know if it's big corporations big companies hidden in china here but someone's working on that and in the movie they're saying we got to share it with the world because we could cure a lot of things we could fix a lot of problems so aren't we doing that but it also Also, you know, look, the movie, I think, does a really good job at filling people in on why it's so complicated of a situation and why there's different sides of the coin.

31:00So this technology that exists has pros and cons. It can be used to revolutionize the way we live. It could potentially solve the energy crisis. It could lead to interstellar travel and expanding our horizons. It could dramatically revolutionize our lives and change the trajectory of our species. But it could also be used to make weapons of mass destruction that are far more destructive and dangerous than nuclear weapons. And so that has sort of like that dilemma, I think, has sort of paralyzed the gatekeepers of this information because no one wants to pick a lane. I think the film shows that there is a valid argument for just making it a humanitarian issue and having it be the one thing that can unite all nations to tackle this and figure out a way forward that's in the best interest of mankind and doesn't cause problems.

31:55I think people get scared. They go, the government, because the government is on there saying we should know so we could tell the people. And then there's half the people that we don't trust that the government is going to do that and make sure we know everything. And obviously they're not right now. There seems like some good people on here that are trying. And there seems like there's some that are probably behind the scenes saying, we can't let this out and we're never going to and we don't want it to happen. Yeah. So I kind of get both sides. I think it's slowly coming out and the slower it's not bad that it's this slow because people have to get their head around it.

32:29And it's so complicated and a little scary. and to answer your earlier question that's the other that's the second reason i didn't include um topics that fall within this this issue um you know like that are a bridge too far for people like like getting into abductions and stuff like that i think it was really important that the film you know set the the base facts the lay of the land like a sequel one day and say okay you handled that now can you handle this level because we're probably it's tip of the iceberg like of what we know just this is so rudimentary in the real huge huge picture I thought one thing that was interesting was there was only one thing no I thought one of the things that was interesting was nuclear power plants nuclear missiles and all these generals these people that have legit jobs that their credibility is on lines eight they see it come there's a light there's an orb it comes over boom boom it starts knocking them out turning them all off and then they take off or the one flying next to the rocket and they have a video of it and it zaps the rocket and takes off and turns it off the activity of the uap activity over nuclear weapon sites is an ongoing issue that people might say and it's been going on since um since the 40s since we you know since the atomic race since we are messing with you know cracking the atom and atomic energy and as we've progressed technologically and harnessing energy, the UAP activity over sites related to nuclear energy has increased.

34:06One of those particular stories you just mentioned in the film stands out to me as one of the more mind-blowing reveals out of the interviews I did. There was a UAP event at Vanderburgh Air Force Base, which is, you know, we're all in LA right now. That's just about two hours up the coast. It's right around Santa Barbara. So not far.

34:27Dana Carvey:I'm close to it. Yeah. Oh, you're close to it. Yeah. So, you know, not far. And I interviewed a couple of the Air Force security guards who, you know, were trusted to guard this classified military base where there's weapons of mass destruction. And they witnessed with their own eyes one day a bright light coming off the coast, coming from the Pacific Ocean towards the base, which is right on the coast. And at first they thought it was an airplane coming their way because they saw a bright light, but as it got closer, the light faded, and it was this giant black craft that was the size of a football field and rectangular.

35:03And it had no lights, no windows, no visible means of propulsion and it just hovered over them. And they all just looked up with, you know, in awe at what they're looking at. And then it just shot off at thousands of miles an hour up the coast. And what's wild is when you hear multiple people describing the same thing, in separate interviews in detail. And then you get all the full context. You know, they've never spoken up publicly about this. They kept it to themselves. They didn't try to like, it wasn't a story they were out there peddling to try to get rich or famous. It was a process for me to like make them comfortable going on camera in this film.

35:41Wasn't an easy, you know, decision for them. They shared with me the police blotter, the actual Air Force police reports that had come in with all the details. it all lines up and you know that's just so extraordinary you know put yourself in the shoes

35:55Dana Carvey:of uh you know well that's a life-changing event if you see a giant spacecraft in the sky and then yeah there was one over phoenix like that years ago and our governor came out like in the 90s yeah probably probably a mile it had it had it's just like lights like this and so everyone thought it was this it was a bunch of little ships but then it was slowly moving they go oh there's a light over there oh it's all the whole mass is one piece yeah like a mile and for 45 minutes it went slowly went over and they said it was a joke and then later barry uh or uh i think whoever the uh governor's yeah i said yeah it i was on camelback mountain i saw it was real it was yeah he couldn't Yeah.

36:43You know who the first pilot was? The first person to call that in was coincidentally, it was Kurt Russell. Oh, that's right. I've heard this story. Kurt Russell the actor. Yeah. He was in his airplane and he called it in. Wild.

37:01Dana Carvey:Yeah. There was one up here about a week ago. My son took a picture of it, just lined up little lights for so many miles didn't really make any sense yeah yeah i could send you the photo but i do yeah i mean i guess i you know i've seen all these science fiction films and i i love close encounters in 2001 and it's if if this these people these entities these aliens are studying at us they're either going over vanderburg seeing where we're at oh we can still handle them no big deal or they're trying to i can handle these or they're trying to protect us You know, maybe this is the time we get rid of their toys.

37:41Dana Carvey:Or do you have any theory about that in your brain of like, what are they up to? We can't know, but, you know. Well, the leading theory on intention amongst the people I interviewed, we unpacked this some in the film. You remember the leading theory is that they're paying attention to our nuclear progress and our defense capabilities and monitoring that closely because we are either already there technologically in our hidden programs and doing what they're doing, or we're on the verge of doing what they're doing and they're concerned about us. That's the leading theory because the majority of attention is to our nuclear progress and our defense capabilities.

38:28And so if you put yourself in the context of a more advanced, technologically advanced species, you know, there's the most logical scenario is they're monitoring our progress to the point where they would have to contend with us. And then they're monitoring our defense capabilities to see what sort of problems they might encounter with us. And that's the most logical, you know, as one of the intelligence officials, Christopher Mellon, the film says, you know, number one priority of life, you know, writ large throughout the universe is survival yeah where is daredevil a minor don't miss the return of marvel television's daredevil born again so what's next i've been liberated we're gonna take this city back over medicaid in an all new season now streaming only on disney plus

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40:00Dana Carvey:Tomorrow morning is knocking. Stock your fridge now. How about a creamy mocha frappuccino drink? Or a sweet vanilla? Smooth caramel, maybe. Or white chocolate mocha. Whichever you choose, delicious coffee awaits. Find Starbucks frappuccino drinks wherever you buy your groceries. Do you agree with Stephen Greer? You know, Dr. Stephen Greer, you might have heard of him along the way, but we had him on a couple, two years ago. He said that there's some black ops, some hidden places that are building this and reverse engineering. And a lot of the ones we see are made by us. Have you heard any of that?

40:33Yes. I mean, look, one of the intelligence officials in my film goes on the record saying that some of the UAP we see are non-human intelligent technology. The technology of non-human intelligent life. And then some is the product of our retrieval and crash, our retrieval and reverse engineering program. And some is adversarial technology from their reverse engineering program. So there's three sets of circumstances that are all playing out at the same time. Nuts.

41:10Dana Carvey:So a spaceship crashes, they get a hold of it and they try to reverse engineer the technology. It's got to be an expensive piece of machinery that people want. My God. I mean, the lands in China, they get it. I mean, oh, wow. So some of the intelligence officials break down in the film how there are recovery teams in position in various parts of the world that can quickly get to a crash site, recover it, classify all the materials recovered, classify the fact that the mission even happened. And they're extremely well organized. And, you know, as one of the intelligence officials says in the film, very, very specifically, he very specifically says nothing would stop any country from going after one of these one of these recoveries, whether it's in their in their country or not.

42:04um yeah they all want of course yeah so it's uh it's pretty wild and that gets you thinking you know every time you see uh you know from time to time you see these stories like you know multiple military countries militaries end up in the same area of the ocean doing some unexplainable you know activity and makes you wonder what's really going on you know what gave me the chills just one quick dana where he says the guy's on he's testifying one of the i think whistleblowers And he says, when you see all this stuff and you know what's going on and you think they would be a threat to us, could we defend ourselves?

42:40And he goes, absolutely not. Everyone goes, holy shit. And he goes, without question, they would wipe the floor. There's nothing we can do to them. There's nothing. So that's good in a way where you go, they could do what, if they're here, they could do whatever they want. And they're just kind of monitoring and snooping around. And hopefully, I don't know. But do you believe there's any places on the moon? There's any buildings? There's any bases? I didn't get into that, to be honest with you, with anyone. Yeah, I mean, it is an hour and 50.

43:16Dana Carvey:Are you going to make another one? Yeah, you might have to, just for me. We're all hoping that stuff, that more whistleblowers come out and stuff kind of comes out. Of course, the public would want to know. And I think this documentary has kind of stoked it up. I guess you built over time and all of a sudden it was really in the ether, age of disclosure, beating out, you know, getting huge numbers. So that must have been really satisfying. Yeah, number one on Amazon. Yeah, that's a big deal. That means people care. They're interested. Absolutely. Yeah, I'm really proud. We're within a couple days of releasing.

43:50We released on November 21st. And within the first 48 hours, we broke the record for bestselling documentary ever on Prime Video. And in those first 10 days release, we were the number one and number two, the rental option and the purchase option. We're each the number one and number two bestselling movies on all Prime Video out of all movies. And we were outperforming, you know, big studio movies, which was definitely one battle after another. Very satisfying. Yeah, one battle after another, Jurassic Park Rebirth, The Conjuring. We outperformed all these films in the first 10 days in that critical week of Thanksgiving week where everyone's home.

44:30So, yeah, I'm really grateful for that response and humbled to see it break through like that. You guys long worked in mainstream Hollywood like I have. And I'll tell you, every single major distributor and every major streamer passed on this film. I premiered it at South by Southwest. Classic tale. I love it. Yeah. I premiered it at South by Southwest Film Festival in March. We opened opening weekend at the Paramount Theater, the biggest theater they have. 1100 seats. I played that. Yeah. Totally packed, lying around the block, standing ovation, whole nine yards. It all went great. It was an amazing, amazing opening.

45:10the trailer launched with like 20 million organic views which is beyond unprecedented for a doc and you know excitedly went and shared it with all the all the major distributors and streamers and they all had great things to say but then they all they all had great things to say but then they passed and and now they're mad because look at the money it's bringing in look at that now they're now they they missed out but i think we were living in a time where the major studios and the streamers are just staying away from anything that's controversial, you know,

45:44Dana Carvey:anything that could in any way impact them politically. And I think that's unfortunate. But I also think we're living in a time, thank God, where there's all this great, you know, these great platforms like podcasts and civilian journalism that is still bringing attention to this stuff that you know legacy media is ignoring yeah yeah yeah and the people obviously are interested it's an apolitical film yeah that's the irony because it is you know i don't know if it's ironic or bizarre or whatever but first time both parties have chimed in on like the same film or the same documentary so that i i mean in in recent memory uh so but thanks man that's very interesting dane anything else you want to ask i just uh when i reached i just ordered a a really superstar telescope um based on oh for real because you're out there we can see yeah oh yeah i see a night sky out here there's no ambient light it's stunning but yeah it's fascinating and congratulations and thanks for doing it it's really really interesting and it was great thank you to watch so um i guess we'll just all be kind of more interested in this area yeah i think my hope is that the film just makes the average person out there the public realize that this is a real situation that everyone needs to be aware of.

47:04And then eventually that will, that will lead to the public pushing its elected representatives everywhere, all over the world to be more transparent about this. And I think it's only a matter of time before we, we get to a place where a sitting president in the U S steps to the mic and, and tells the world definitively, we're not alone in the universe, the base facts. I think this film really sets the stage for that i wouldn't be surprised if it happened sooner than later um anyway dana will do

47:34Dana Carvey:it yeah there you go we're gonna make a big announcement excuse me we're gonna make it we know how to make it we're gonna tell a lot of people about a lot of things you're not gonna believe it you're gonna you're gonna believe it and many people are saying and if you look at it and you think about it what is it i'm not good all right dan thanks buddy uh uh we'll look for out there and we'll look for a sequel one day thanks for coming on appreciate it appreciate the sport guys well that was interesting um yes that's it was a lot like i watched it and i it was sort of building up and i was like oh boy and i was watching before i went to bed so i i stopped it of course because i'm a total puss we're just scared i was just getting a little weirded out scared yeah they say some stuff and they're like so uh and i kind of buy into it anyway and so by the way i'm scared of it but i do want to know about it it's a definitely a intriguing fascinating area uh and if they if the aliens that are you know zooming around stuff if they are potentially some of them are fans of this podcast yeah i'll just say i'm not afraid of you this is my message for you aliens bring it on yeah i say i say rack them i haven't said rack them in a while too i would i would say it to them uh but uh but ultimately it was worth it i did rent it i guess you could rent or buy i rented it just on a whim and uh i think it's it's worth the watch and thanks dan for coming on and uh i was going to wrap up but i do want to say dana by popular demand we definitely want to do this buzzing around segment because i work on these for months we have to think of comedy scenarios into this okay okay i wrote some names down all right hold on i went into your arsenal hold on what do you have to do i'm just going to tell you well i'm going to write them down go ahead oh okay i can't see you anymore i gotta find i know hang on oh there you are yikes oh you showed up on camera by the way the the stuff was so technological when dan was talking i could tell i understood it and you didn't but that was fine i'll tell you more about later what i mean i yeah i i fell asleep with my eyes open twice you were like i don't know what's going on i couldn't understand a thing you kept getting in there they have a lot of physicists on there they they're smarter they're like that that kind of lost me because they know what they're talking about yeah okay here we go your scenario because i have to go with nicky glazer to the caesar's palace in january oh yeah is vegas and it's a card game any actually any anything in the casino okay and uh liam neeson and michael cain this is going to be buzzing around this is our segment sponsored by five hour energies bless you new gingerbread snap flavor it is the season for tasty caffeine with five don't start yet with five hour energy shots that bring the festive vibes anywhere with a portable resealable two ounce shot head to your local retailer amazon or www.5hourenergy.com to order yours today so you have your instructions i'll try Start when you are ready.

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51:02Dana Carvey:I'd like for you to hit me. What do you mean? What do you mean hit you? Well, I'd like another coat because I'm showing a 16, and I don't think I'll win with this, so you've got to hit me. Oh, you're going to hit on 16? All right. I've got skills I've acquired to make me a nightmare for a hitting man like you. Do you know who I'm doing? That's good. Liam Neeson. Liam Neeson. From Taken. From Taken, yes. And he's still angry. He's mad about everything, usually. I totally busted. You screwed me over. You should have denied me the card. You can't blame me. I have skills I've acquired that make me a nightmare.

51:45Dana Carvey:I heard that part. And it's boring the second time. What about you, Bill Clinton? Well, I've got two queens. And I've got three aces. That's called the full house. We're not playing poker, you fool. You can't wait at 21 when you're playing poker, you bloody fool. You're out of your mind. I like this tracking. Oh, look. Who's there? It's Paul McCartney. Oh, in the casino. Well, you look like you're having a lot of fun. He's playing poker. He's playing 21. I say we start all over and we play tiddlywinks. Tiddlywinks, it's very popular and people seem to like it. I don't know. What about Kerplunk?

52:37Dana Carvey:Kerplunk. My name is Kerplunk. Do you know Kerplunk? It's an old game you can play. Oh, Kerplunk? Do you know what tiddlywinks is? Yeah. I'm not really old, but I've heard that. I got this. Here's what Liam Neeson also says. when Michael Caine says, I'm going to hit on 16. He goes, good luck. It's a little Jason Stratham going in there. You know, when the guy calls on Taken and he can't find his voice, he goes, he plays it back and he hears the guy go, because he goes, I'm going to find you. And the guy goes, good luck. He will kill you. Let's make Jason Stratham the dealer. What's his name? Statham.

53:22Dana Carvey:Yeah. So I've just sat down. I have a cocktail. And I just want to know, are you the one dealing the cards? Are you the dealer? I'm the beekeeper. And I keep the bees. But are you also, I know you're a beekeeper, but are you also the dealer? I'm only doing this undercover. Well, shouldn't he say, I'm the dealer? I'm the dealer. I've got all the cards. And if I hit you, you might not get up. This thing's falling apart. I like how you brought me into it, though. I brought you into it. I bring Bill Clinton in. I like cards. I've always loved cards. I like getting hit on by cards. And it's a beautiful thing.

54:15Dana Carvey:Getting hit on. I'm good at hitting on people. But I thought he'd go, I'm the dealer and I deal cards. Like it's some war movie or something. Oh, I deal the cards. I deal the cards because I'm the dealer. Get it? Jesus. A little bit of a, I don't know if I like my part in this. Well, I don't know. Maybe this one discombobulated. No, I liked it. But that's the fun of it. That was buzzing around. Sponsored by 5-Hour Energy's new gingerbread snap flavor. Feel your holiday hustle with as much caffeine as a 12-ounce premium cup of coffee and zero sugar. available in stores, Amazon, or online at www.5hourenergy.com.

54:57Dana Carvey:That's 5hourenergy.com. Oh, you're still going. Good job. Okay, that's good. And then thanks for watching, everybody. Thanks for watching the show or listening to the show. I hope you enjoyed it. I did, and we'll see you next week, like you said.

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