{"id":5216,"date":"2026-06-15T11:51:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=5216"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:51:47","slug":"disclosure-day-is-alien-footage-real-steven-spielberg-on-true-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/06\/15\/disclosure-day-is-alien-footage-real-steven-spielberg-on-true-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait, is that \u2018real\u2019 alien footage in Disclosure Day? Steven Spielberg on film&#8217;s true story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Warning: Spoilers ahead for Disclosure Day*<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since Disclosure Day landed in cinemas, there\u2019s been a rumour Steven Spielberg included a \u2018real\u2019 alien clip. If you believe it\u2019s true, there\u2019s something you should know.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spielberg is no stranger to extraterrestrial media. E.T. made us fall in love with space dwellers, while Close Encounters of the Third Kind tapped into concerns that the government was covering up UFO information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/06\/12\/wait-does-disclosure-day-have-a-post-credit-scene-and-what-does-the-ending-mean\/\">Disclosure Day<\/a> revisits those themes as it follows a meteorologist (Emily Blunt) and a cybersecurity expert (Josh O&#8217;Connor) who find themselves in the middle of a movement aimed at exposing the government\u2019s concealment of alien secrets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the end, they\u2019re able to present historical evidence of alien encounters and following cover-ups to the world, finally getting the truth out there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even before the film dropped, a number of posts emerged suggesting it included footage from the Roswell incident (more on this shortly). And now it\u2019s out, one <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@echobrownevlogs\/video\/7650401128881999134\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TikToker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> claims, \u201cThe fact that they used real footage of aliens in Disclosure Day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>So, is it true?<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Disclosure Day | Final Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/icDuEHSxE-w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the rumours circulating on social media, there\u2019s no evidence that Disclosure Day uses genuine footage of extraterrestrial encounters or authentic recordings of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/05\/29\/celebrity-billionaires-ranked-by-net-worth-as-hailey-bieber-joins-exclusive-club-of-top-earners\/\">Steven Spielberg<\/a> has drawn from decades of UFO folklore, witness accounts, conspiracy theories, and documented UAP incidents, weaving in references to some of the most infamous cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As such, some viewers may recognise echoes of several real-life mysteries, including the Roswell incident, the Kecksburg UFO case, and even a scene recreating the Nixon administration\u2019s role in shaping public attitudes towards government secrecy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Roswell and the alleged alien cover-up<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most obvious real-world influence on Disclosure Day is Roswell. In July 1947, a rancher discovered unusual debris on land near Roswell, New Mexico.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Screenshot from the final trailer for Disclosure Day: <\/p>\n<p>Seems to be July 1947 footage of the Roswell\/Corona UFO crash site, broadcast worldwide on all TV networks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZYm8pRdifE\">pic.twitter.com\/ZYm8pRdifE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; wow (@wow36932525) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wow36932525\/status\/2060110620561727498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nearby Roswell Army Air Field initially announced that personnel had recovered a \u201cflying disc\u201d, before quickly retracting the statement and claiming the material was from a weather balloon. The abrupt change in explanation fuelled decades of speculation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the US military later maintained that the debris was linked to Project Mogul, a classified surveillance programme, conspiracy theories continued to grow, with some alleging that alien bodies were recovered and hidden from the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclosure Day taps directly into these long-running claims. A number of characters suggest the government has been hiding evidence of alien life for \u201c79 years\u201d &#8211; the same time frame between Roswell and now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, in the leaked clips at the end of the movie, a news reporter announces one of them as being from \u201cRoswell,\u201d with the footage showing a clapperboard saying, \u201cRoswell, N.M. Roll 4.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Nixon connection<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5219\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5219\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-8.jpg\" alt=\"Recreation of Nixon incident in Disclosure Day\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-8.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-8-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-8-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Universal Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also references former US President Richard Nixon, who was famously claimed to have taken actor Jackie Gleason to a Florida-based top secret military facility in the \u201870s due to his interest in extraterrestrials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story goes that Nixon showed Gleason the embalmed bodies of several alien beings that were two feet long, with small bald heads and big ears. He was allegedly sworn to secrecy, but was shaken by the sighting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, this was all relayed by Gleason\u2019s second wife Beverly McKittrick after their divorce. None of these claims have ever been substantiated, but it has been a long-standing urban legend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This becomes a direct reference in Disclosure Day, when Daniel shows Jane old CCTV footage he\u2019d stolen from a company he works for. One clip shows Nixon greeting a man at a military base. Daniel tells Jane it\u2019s \u201cNixon\u201d and \u201csome old TV comedian.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Pennsylvania&#8217;s Roswell<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another lesser-known incident referenced in the archival footage that plays at the end of the movie is the Kecksburg UFO case, often nicknamed \u201cPennsylvania&#8217;s Roswell\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jim Romansky, volunteer firefighter who witnessed the 1965 Kecksburg UFO crash \ud83d\udc7d\ud83d\udef8<\/p>\n<p>This case featured prominently in the Steven Spielberg movie &#39;Disclosure Day&#39;<\/p>\n<p>A huge acorn shaped metallic object, seamless with no rivets, doors, windows, or propulsion signs. It had strange\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/603hLX1boc\">pic.twitter.com\/603hLX1boc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Interstellar (@InterstellarUAP) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/InterstellarUAP\/status\/2065606327511011331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The incident took place on December 9, 1965, when residents across several US states reported seeing a blazing object streak across the sky.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Witnesses in the small Pennsylvania community of Kecksburg claimed it crashed in nearby woodland, with some later reporting strange lights and military activity in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One witness described seeing an acorn-shaped object marked with symbols resembling ancient writing before authorities allegedly removed it from the scene.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officials later suggested the sighting was likely a meteor, while others proposed it may have been a Soviet satellite &#8211; but speculation never went away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NASA added further fuel to the fire decades later when, in response to a 2003 lawsuit seeking records related to the incident, the agency admitted that a number of documents connected to Kecksburg had been lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Steven Spielberg explains Disclosure Day&#8217;s real-life inspirations<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5220\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5220\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/disclosure-day-real-alien-footage-debunked.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Spielberg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/disclosure-day-real-alien-footage-debunked.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/disclosure-day-real-alien-footage-debunked-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/disclosure-day-real-alien-footage-debunked-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/disclosure-day-real-alien-footage-debunked-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Creative Commons\/Martin Kraft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s4Q0NHp-f_s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Spielberg explained the real-life inspirations that helped form the basis of his new sci-fi movie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was just that things had been percolating and there had been so many more videos backing up eyewitness testimony and creating more credibility among the witness base once the smartphone came into real existence with the iPhone,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOnce you went from the Blackberry to that everything kind of changed, and long before that story people were starting to come forward and the witnesses have been coming forward ever since Roswell.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe story\u201d he\u2019s referring to is the New York Times\u2019 coverage of a secret government programme that studied UAPs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the evidence and officials who came forward during this time, Spielberg said he purposely avoided interviewing any of them for his film.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy story is a science fiction story, but the foundation upon which I built my science fiction story is a very credible foundation just based on everything that I&#8217;ve absorbed over many, many decades, but especially over the last decade,\u201d he explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The filmmaker added, \u201cI will say that this film is more about humanity and people and community and the things that divide us and what could be occurring that possibly could bring us a little closer together, such as aliens being real.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes, <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FilmShrine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">like our Facebook page<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image credit: Universal Pictures<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The truth is out there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[236,235,4,15,237],"coauthors":[17],"class_list":["post-5216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explained","tag-aliens","tag-disclosure-day","tag-film","tag-now-showing","tag-steven-spielberg"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wait, is that \u2018real\u2019 alien footage in Disclosure Day? 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