This UFO Doc Tied to Spielberg’s Next Film Is Breaking Streaming Records

Whether you’re a true believer or merely a curious cat who loves a conspiracy theory, the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe is a fascinating one. It’s inarguably the most important question underpinning our very existence, and it’s inspired some of the greatest sci-fi movies and TV shows of the last 100 years, many of which we owe to Steven Spielberg.

If you like to separate fact from fiction, though, you’re more likely to veer towards the documentary section on streaming services like Prime Video and Netflix. While you’re there, you may have spotted an intriguing new release called The Age of Disclosure, and it should absolutely be your next watch.

If you’ve already watched it, you’re one of the many, many viewers who pushed this documentary into record-breaking territory. Here’s what The Age of Disclosure is about, why it’s been so popular, and how it’s intrinsically linked to Spielberg’s new movie.

What is The Age of Disclosure?

Directed by Dan Farah, who was a producer on Spielberg’s Ready Player One, this documentary is only one hour and 49 minutes long, but it packs so much information into that relatively short runtime.

Incredibly, Farah has managed to get 34 government, military, intelligence officials, and ex-employees to speak out on the matter of UFOs and that the US government has long known of the existence of non-human life on Earth. The problem is, no one wants to share that information with the general public.

Luis Elizondo, formerly of the United States Department of Defence, is the key voice in all of this. Elizondo has seen it all and believes it’s time for the world to learn the truth about what the government is hiding. Essentially, he claims to have irrefutable evidence that extraterrestrial life has visited our planet many, many times, even suggesting aliens are here living among us.

According to Elizondo, nations across the globe are attempting to reverse engineer the technology they discover from various crash sites, and the future of the human race is set to drastically change, for better or worse. 

The Age of Disclosure is explicit in its stance on the matter, but that lack of neutrality is quite refreshing and certainly helps to give this documentary a sense of urgency and purpose. If, like me, aliens are a source of great curiosity for you, you’ll find it an absorbing watch.

The Age of Disclosure Nets a Prime Video Record

Clearly, The Age of Disclosure has found an audience on Prime Video, and a big one at that. So much so that it’s been claimed that the streaming service has never had a more successful documentary.

Upon its release earlier this month, The Age of Disclosure became the highest-grossing documentary Prime Video has ever put out, surpassing the Oscar-winning hit Free Solo. That’s impressive enough, but it’s also outdone the likes of Sinners and One Battle After Another – incidentally, my two favourite movies of 2025 – in the rental and purchase charts during its first week of release.

Even now, two weeks out from its debut, The Age of Disclosure is still in the top ten for Prime Video’s new releases chart and is top of the pile for the documentary genre.

You Have to Watch This Doc Before Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day

If all of this wasn’t enough to tempt you into watching The Age of Disclosure, it’s important to know that this documentary is the perfect precursor to Steven Spielberg’s next movie, Disclosure Day.

The first trailer for the director’s new sci-fi thriller dropped recently, and if you haven’t seen Emily Blunt bugging out and talking like an alien in the clip yet, check it out immediately and let the hype levels rise.

It may be fiction, but Disclosure Day looks like it will tackle the very thing Luis Elizondo and Co. are pushing towards: for the world to see that aliens are real and they’re all around us.

This is a welcome return to the topic of alien life for Spielberg, who previously tackled the subject with movies like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He’s a master of his craft, and Disclosure Day already seems like a brilliant blend of sci-fi and horror elements, making it one of our most-anticipated movies of 2026.

In the meantime, watching the record-breaking The Age of Disclosure will get you suitably warmed up for what is sure to be a wild ride.