The Age of Disclosure: Is There a Book?
What the film is, and what it is not
The Age of Disclosure is built entirely from interviews: 34 of them, including Luis Elizondo, the former head of the Pentagon's AATIP program, Jay Stratton, the former director of the UAP Task Force, Senators Marco Rubio and Kirsten Gillibrand, and James Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence. Its claim is that the United States has been running a secret program around recovered non human craft for eighty years and that disclosure is now under way.
What it is not is a documentary of documents. Almost nothing is shown on screen that a viewer can check. That is why the search for a book exists: people want to read the sourced version of what they just heard. There is no book of the film. There are books by the people in it, and there is one book that puts the whole thing in order.
Five books that document what the film says
- Imminent, Luis Elizondo, 2024. The film's central voice, in his own words, at book length. AATIP, the Pentagon, and what he says he saw. A bestseller, and the closest thing to the film in print.
- In Plain Sight, Ross Coulthart, 2021. The Australian journalist's investigation that preceded and fed much of the film's framing. Sourced, skeptical in method, startling in conclusion.
- UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here and Out There, Garrett Graff, 2023. The mainstream history. Where the government programs in the film came from, from 1947 to the 2023 hearings, written by a journalist with no stake in the answer.
- American Cosmic, Diana Walsh Pasulka, 2019. A religion scholar's account of the scientists and insiders who believe, and why. The film's believers, explained from outside.
- Ancient Aliens to Modern UFOs: The Disclosure Revolution, Adil Bhatti, 2025. Ancient Aliens to Modern UFOs: The Disclosure Revolution, by Adil Bhatti, is the documented record in one volume, from the Sumerian tablets to the 2023 Congressional hearings. Paperback, hardcover, and Kindle on Amazon. The people in the film appear in its final part. The three parts before them are why their testimony is not the beginning of the story.
| Book | People from the film | Government programs | Documented cases | The ancient record | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imminent | Elizondo himself | AATIP | Nimitz, others | No | 2024 |
| In Plain Sight | Several | Yes | Yes | No | 2021 |
| UFO (Graff) | Context for them | Yes, in depth | Yes, 1947 onward | No | 2023 |
| American Cosmic | The believers, studied | Some | Some | No | 2019 |
| Ancient Aliens to Modern UFOs | Elizondo, Grusch, Fravor, Graves | AATIP, PURSUE context | 1561 to Nimitz | Yes, seven threads | 2025 |
Which one to read first
Want the film's main voice at length: Imminent. Want the sourced investigation behind it: In Plain Sight. Want the history of the programs: Graff. Want to understand why serious people believe: American Cosmic. Want the whole arc, with the film's witnesses as the last chapter of a record that begins with Sumerian tablets and runs through the 1942 Battle of Los Angeles, Roswell, and the USS Nimitz: Ancient Aliens to Modern UFOs.
One more thing the film does not mention because it was finished before it happened: since May 8, 2026 the Pentagon has been publishing declassified UAP records at war.gov/ufo under the PURSUE program. Our guide to those files is the other half of what to read next.
What people get wrong
- Searching for a companion book
- There is none. Amazon listings using the title are unrelated or unofficial. Buy the books by the people in the film instead.
- Confusing it with Disclosure Day
- Different film. Disclosure Day is Spielberg's fiction, released June 12, 2026. The Age of Disclosure is a documentary. Our guide to the Spielberg film is separate.
- Treating the interviews as documents
- They are testimony. The documents are in the books, and increasingly at war.gov/ufo.
- Starting with the ancient material
- Start with the people you just watched: Imminent or Graff. Come to the ancient record when you want to know where it all began.
Questions and answers
Is there a book of The Age of Disclosure?
When did The Age of Disclosure come out?
Who is in The Age of Disclosure?
What should I read after watching The Age of Disclosure?
Is The Age of Disclosure the same as Disclosure Day?
Does Ancient Aliens to Modern UFOs cover the people in The Age of Disclosure?
Is The Age of Disclosure credible?
Where can I watch The Age of Disclosure?
What is the Pentagon doing about UFO disclosure now?
Which book covers both the ancient evidence and the modern witnesses?
Ancient Aliens to Modern UFOs: The Disclosure Revolution
The documented record in one volume, from the Sumerian tablets to the 2023 Congressional hearings. Paperback, hardcover, and Kindle.