Disclosure Day writer addresses the wild internet rumor that the movie will reveal the truth about aliens

Josh O'Connor as Daniel Kellner in Disclosure Day. — (Image credit: Universal Studios)

Disclosure Day is almost upon us. Steven Spielberg's latest movie is a UFO-themed science fiction epic that marks the great director's return to a topic that has thrilled and inspired him for decades. But, perhaps, we're also talking about a real event: the US government finally coming clean about the truth of extra-terrestrial life. Or, as the UFOlogists put it, "disclosure".

That's what one theory presupposes, anyway. Amid likely unsubstantiated rumors that Disclosure Day may turn out to be a stealth sequel to 1977's Close Encounters of the Third Kind comes another, much wilder theory: that the film is actually a part of the real world disclosure movement, and that Spielberg is working with the government to help break the news about the existence of aliens to the general public.

"I love that one!" screenwriter David Koepp told SFX magazine in an interview in its latest issue. "My favourite that I read was that the government was financing this film and got Steven to do it because he's loved and trusted by the public. They felt that this information needed to get out and they were soft-launching it in entertainment form so that we could handle it, because otherwise we'll all freak out. That's a well worked out internet conspiracy theory and I love it!"

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Regardless, Disclosure Day is well-timed, being released amid the US government's high-profile and ongoing release of its information on UFOs – or UAP, as we're meant to call them now.

Will Salmon is the Streaming Editor for GamesRadar+. He has been writing about film, TV, comics, and music for more than 15 years, which is quite a long time if you stop and think about it. At Future he launched the scary movie magazine Horrorville, relaunched Comic Heroes, and has written for every issue of SFX magazine for well over a decade. His music writing has appeared in The Quietus, MOJO, Electronic Sound, Clash, and loads of other places too.