In this episode of The Diary Of A CEO, Steven Bartlett explores the topic of unidentified aerial phenomena and non-human intelligence with filmmaker Dan Farah and physicist Harold E. Puthoff. The conversation centers on the Trump administration's recent declassification directive, the documentary "The Age of Disclosure," and testimony from high-level military and intelligence officials regarding recovered craft and non-human beings.
The discussion examines the physics behind reported UAP capabilities, including space-time manipulation and trans-medium travel, as well as the decades-long government secrecy surrounding these phenomena. Farah and Puthoff address the reasons behind historical cover-ups, the implications of disclosure for technology and society, and the bipartisan political momentum building around UAP investigation. The episode also touches on consciousness-based technology, remote viewing programs, and how confirmation of non-human intelligence might affect humanity's understanding of its place in the universe.

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The subject of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) and non-human intelligence has entered a new phase of government transparency, driven largely by the documentary "The Age of Disclosure." Filmmaker Dan Farah reports that President Trump issued a directive in mid-February instructing federal agencies to declassify evidence related to non-human intelligent life and UAPs. The first release included approximately 400 previously classified files containing videos, photos, and reports, notably featuring a 1972 Apollo mission image of a triangle-shaped craft hovering above the Moon. While only a few agencies responded meaningfully to the directive, the administration signals that more substantive evidence releases are expected within 30 days.
Farah and his interviewees assert that an extensive cover-up has existed for 80 years, rooted in what insiders call "the legacy program" involving the CIA, Air Force, Department of Energy, and defense contractors. This program has operated entirely outside congressional or presidential oversight, with members so entrenched they can outlast sitting presidents. According to Farah, U.S. presidents historically remained unaware of recovered craft and non-human life until recently, when senior figures like Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio began bringing information to the Oval Office.
"The Age of Disclosure" played a pivotal role in advancing public conversation and encouraging officials to participate safely in disclosure. Farah describes engaging with Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committee members who understood the issue's scope through classified investigations. Marco Rubio's unique dual role as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor—the first since Henry Kissinger—brought significant influence to the declassification process. The White House has assured military and intelligence personnel that ongoing efforts are not punitive, encouraging fuller cooperation in releasing additional evidence.
Notable discrepancies exist in public statements among top U.S. leaders. When asked about aliens, President Obama remarked they're real but not kept at Area 51. Farah believes Obama gained some knowledge but was kept in the dark about many details due to compartmentalization. Trump chastised Obama for revealing classified details but hasn't clarified his own position. Institutional compartmentalization persists, with agencies like NASA producing public reports denying alien involvement despite internal evidence suggesting otherwise.
High-level officials have provided testimony and documentation on encounters with non-human craft and beings. Jay Stratton, former UAP Task Force director, stated he personally saw non-human beings and craft. Testimonies under oath to Congress confirmed that crashed crafts contained non-human bodies. Farah's interviews with military leaders and intelligence officials yielded consistent accounts, though one Special Forces officer who participated in multiple recoveries declined to be interviewed, stating doing so would mean "forfeiting my life."
Analysis of recovered craft has reportedly identified at least four different types of non-human life forms. Harold E. Puthoff notes that dozens of recoveries have been documented in the United States alone. These craft sometimes crash naturally and other times appear deliberately left in remote locations, as if gifted to humanity.
Direct proof exists but remains unavailable due to secrecy agreements and classified programs. Classified videos showing triangular craft hovering over nuclear sites have reportedly been seen by multiple credible officials. Until declassified, the best available evidence is on-record testimony from respected officials.
Since the late 1940s, the U.S. government used disinformation campaigns to stigmatize interest in extraterrestrial life. The CIA orchestrated efforts to portray UFO researchers as irrational, including funding movies that made extraterrestrial life seem absurd. This cultural stigma made it professionally risky for scientists and officials to discuss the topic openly, resulting in a lack of academic inquiry.
Credible witnesses report UAP performing extraordinary feats like ascending from sea level to 80,000 feet nearly instantaneously. Physicist Harold E. Puthoff explains that Einstein's general relativity theoretically allows for space-time engineering—by modifying the space-time metric, one could enable travel at speeds surpassing light without violating physics. Farah describes UAP creating an immense energy field—a warp bubble—around the craft, enabling seamless trans-medium travel from space through air into water without friction.
Puthoff and Farah emphasize that while physicists can model space-time engineering in accordance with Einstein's equations, current human technology and material science are insufficient for practical application. The theory doesn't violate known physics, but construction exceeds current engineering capability.
Multiple reports document UAP reaching speeds over 450 knots underwater—far surpassing advanced submarines' 50 mph limit. Officials have also reported UAP disabling nuclear missiles at launch sites. These behaviors have been consistently reported since World War II, with regular UAP activity around nuclear installations.
Puthoff proposes that crashes may result from electromagnetic pulse or laser interference from military systems disrupting the craft's space-time engineering field. Other instances suggest deliberate positioning of craft on Earth—possibly "gifts" left by non-human intelligence for human discovery.
Farah and Puthoff's investigative interviews span high-ranking sources including former and current U.S. Senators like Rubio and Gillibrand, Cabinet members, former National Intelligence head Jim Clapper, Navy pilots, admirals, generals, and leaders of classified UAP investigations. These individuals have extensive security clearances and significant achievements. Their testimonials are consistent and genuine, coming from diverse backgrounds that independently confirm the reality of encounters with non-human intelligence.
Government secrecy originated after the 1947 Roswell incident, motivated by lack of understanding and desire to prevent panic. The Cold War intensified secrecy, as intelligence confirmed Russia's recovery of non-human technology, placing the U.S. in a secretive technological arms race. Key policy emerged: "you can't tell your friends without telling your enemies." Secrecy also stemmed from doubts about public readiness, though recent documentaries suggest people are more prepared than previously thought.
Individuals maintaining secrecy fear being villainized for resisting disclosure. Recent White House directives stress that disclosure is about gaining facts, not punishing gatekeepers, promising that bringing forward evidence will not result in punitive actions.
Secrecy has stunted U.S. scientific inquiry, keeping academia unaware of valid research lines. Farah points out that most top minds from institutions like MIT don't consider this field credible. Without scientific community engagement, the U.S. risks lagging behind China and Russia. Senator Rubio warns that such lack of imagination historically led to catastrophic intelligence failures like Pearl Harbor and 9/11.
In the 1970s, the CIA approached physicist Harold Puthoff to assess whether ESP phenomena were real. This launched the decades-long "Stargate" program, which revealed that remote viewing is a talent many can develop. Army Intelligence officers were trained in this skill, with practical successes including locating a crashed Soviet aircraft in Africa within three miles of accuracy and predicting silver futures with measurable results.
The Stargate program was eventually declassified, with documentation now accessible through the CIA reading room. Farah speculates that more advanced iterations continue under secretive "black" programs. Reports from recovered craft indicate vehicles containing only seats with no visible controls, suggesting consciousness-based piloting.
Recovered non-human craft often have seats but no discernible mechanical controls, pointing to consciousness-based technology where piloting is achieved through direct mental interfaces rather than manual manipulation.
Confirmation of non-human intelligence could lead to dramatic scientific advances like anti-gravity propulsion and new energy sources. Psychologically, it would spark a "renaissance" in how humanity views its place in the universe. The panel notes that realization of an "outside" presence could unify humanity, emphasizing shared existence over division, referencing Ronald Reagan's address about how an external presence could bring humanity together.
The Vatican has stated that belief in other intelligent life doesn't contradict Catholic doctrine. Christian perspectives increasingly view God's creative potential as unlimited, making extraterrestrial intelligence compatible with religious teachings. Harold Puthoff, a practicing Catholic, expresses that such existence fits both statistical reasoning and personal faith.
UAPs and non-human intelligence have become significant bipartisan concerns in American politics. Both Democratic and Republican leaders recognize these issues as central to national security and broader existential considerations, reflecting rare consensus across political divides.
1-Page Summary
The subject of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) and non-human intelligence has entered a new era of government transparency, sparked in large part by the release of the documentary "The Age of Disclosure." According to filmmaker Dan Farah, President Trump issued a "super unprecedented historic directive" in mid-February, instructing federal agencies to begin declassifying evidence related to non-human intelligent life and UAPs. This initiative commenced shortly after the film began fueling a national conversation on the topic.
The process began with the release of the first tranche of evidence to the public. Last Friday, approximately 400 previously classified files, including videos, photos, and reports on UAPs, became available. Notable evidence among these releases is a still image from the 1972 Apollo mission depicting a triangle-shaped craft hovering above the Moon and astronauts. This image, taken from the lunar module, had previously been vetted by the UAP Task Force and deemed authentic.
Despite the presidential directive, Dan Farah notes that only a few federal agencies meaningfully engaged with the order, submitting only a small fraction of their holdings within the short timeframe allowed. The current administration, however, appears determined to continue the process, signaling that more substantive tranches of evidence are expected to be released on a rolling basis, with the next significant batch anticipated within 30 days.
Farah and his interviewees assert that an extensive cover-up of non-human intelligence has taken place over the past 80 years. The roots of this secret management trace back to the late 1940s, with what insiders call "the legacy program." This program involves elements of the CIA, Air Force, Department of Energy, and key defense contractors, all of whom possess privileged access to information from across federal agencies and military branches.
The legacy program has operated in the shadows, entirely outside congressional or presidential oversight. According to Farah, this bureaucratic apparatus is so entrenched that its members can outlast sitting presidents and senators, regarding them as “temporary help.” This has enabled the program to evade scrutiny and maintain control over funding and disclosure, even suppressing legitimate efforts to investigate UAPs, such as the OSAP program, which was defunded in 2010 after internal pushback.
Historically, U.S. presidents remained unaware of both recovered craft and non-human life. Only recently, due to the growing awareness among senior figures like Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio, has information begun to reach the Oval Office with clarity and urgency.
"The Age of Disclosure" documentary played a pivotal role in advancing the public conversation and encouraging government officials to participate safely and openly. Dan Farah describes how he engaged with members of the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, who had come to understand the true scope of the issue through classified investigations such as OSAP, ATIP, and the UAP Task Force. Despite major media limitations and the complexity of the subject, the documentary became the preferred mechanism for information sharing and cautious, lawful disclosure.
Notably, Marco Rubio, serving in a unique dual role as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor—the only individual to do so since Henry Kissinger—brought tremendous influence to the process. Rubio, aware of the legacy program's activities, helped initiate the disclosure that led to the presidential directive. His central involvement lent significant government backing to the declassification efforts.
In response, the White House and Director of National Intelligence have assured military and intelligence personnel that the ongoing efforts are not a witch hunt and that there will be no punishment for prior gatekeeping. This assurance is designed to encourage fuller cooperation in locating and releasing additional evidence.
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Cover-Up, Declassification, and Disclosure Efforts by Trump Administration
High-level officials, intelligence sources, and those involved in UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) investigation programs have provided testimony and documentation on encounters with non-human craft and beings. Jay Stratton, former director of the UAP Task Force and co-founder of OSAP, has gone on record stating that he personally saw non-human beings and non-human craft. Stratton has described going as far as he legally could in what he could share, limited by secrecy regulations.
Testimonies given under oath to Congress have confirmed that crashed crafts recovered by U.S. government personnel contained non-human bodies. Dan Farah, who has interviewed military leaders, intelligence officials, and direct program participants, found many willing to go on record and affirm their firsthand knowledge of these events. Off the record, a senior Special Forces officer who had participated in multiple recoveries declined to be interviewed, citing after deep consideration and discussion with his wife that doing so would mean "forfeiting my life," underscoring both the seriousness and the risk involved.
Interviews with both public and private sources—ranging from military leaders to program participants—have yielded consistent accounts of UAP crashes and the retrieval of non-human bodies by elements within the U.S. government.
Analysis of recovered craft has reportedly identified at least four different types of non-human life forms. Although Harold E. Puthoff has not directly observed them, he trusts sources who claim these recoveries involve multiple distinct, non-human intelligences.
Dozens of recoveries of crashed craft of non-human origin have been documented in the United States alone. These craft sometimes crash "organically" and other times appear to have been deliberately left in remote locations, as if gifted to humanity. Puthoff describes instances where craft were found in the desert with no indication of an accident, resembling a donation for human study.
Direct proof of non-human intelligent life, such as classified videos and recovered materials, exists but remains unavailable to the public due to secrecy agreements and highly classified programs. Every interviewee describes reaching a legal boundary regarding what they can lawfully disclose, universally acknowledging there is more information that cannot yet be shared.
Classified videos, described as indisputable and confirming the existence of non-human craft, have reportedly been seen by multiple credible officials. For example, Jay Stratton’s introduction to the field included a classified videotape showing a triangular craf ...
Alien Life: Recovered Craft and Bodies
Credible witnesses, such as Commander Dave Fravor during the 2004 "Tic Tac" encounter, report UAP performing extraordinary feats like ascending from sea level to 80,000 feet—the edge of space—nearly instantaneously. These maneuvers require energy levels and acceleration far beyond current human technology. According to physicist Harold E. Puthoff, while Einstein's general relativity provides the equations describing space-time phenomena such as black holes, it's theoretically possible to engineer these principles. By modifying the space-time metric—effectively altering the rules of space and time in a local region—one could enable travel at effective speeds surpassing those of light, without violating the laws of physics. This makes concepts like warp drives and traversable wormholes feasible in principle.
Dan Farah describes UAP as creating an immense energy field—a warp bubble—around the craft. This bubble isolates the craft from external environments, enabling seamless trans-medium travel: from space, through air, into water, all without friction, impact, or splash. The space-time bubble puts the craft "in its own environment," insulating it from inertia and external forces. This phenomenon also explains the visual distortion in many videos of UAP, comparable to photographing koi through water; the warp bubble refracts light and confounds cameras.
Puthoff and Farah both emphasize a distinction between theory and practice. While physicists can model space-time engineering and warp effects in accordance with Einstein’s equations, current human technology and material science are insufficient for practical application. The equations for warp bubbles and modified space-time don't violate known physics, but constructing such systems exceeds current engineering capability. Farah stresses that, although recent breakthroughs clarify the theory behind UAP operations, replication depends on advances in materials and construction that are not yet realized.
Multiple reports document UAP demonstrating trans-medium travel and outpacing the fastest human submarines. According to Puthoff and Farah, there are UAP that enter water and reach speeds over 450 knots—far surpassing the 50 miles per hour limit of advanced submarines. These craft move through space, air, and water with equal facility.
Officials have also reported UAP disabling nuclear missiles at missile sites, effectively deactivating launch systems—and in some cases, even initiating launch countdowns in Soviet-era facilities. These behaviors are consistent and ...
Physics and Tech of Uap (Warp Drives, Space-Time Manipulation, Trans-Medium Travel)
Investigative interviews, as detailed by Dan Farah and Harold E. Puthoff, span a wide range of high-ranking, credible sources including former and current U.S. Senators such as Rubio and Gillibrand, Cabinet members, the ex-head of National Intelligence Jim Clapper, White House National Security Council members, Navy fighter pilots, admirals, generals, former Secretaries of Defense, and the leaders of recent classified U.S. government UAP investigations. These individuals have extensive security clearances, long-standing reputations, and significant achievements within the federal government and military. For instance, Jay, a former senior executive in federal service, held a position reached by less than 1% of federal employees and was the equivalent of a two-star admiral or general, having led high-level intelligence and warfare efforts.
Their testimonials are consistent and genuine, coming from diverse backgrounds often ideologically or politically opposed, and yet they independently confirm the reality of encounters with non-human intelligence and the recovery of anomalous craft. Many of these officials, due to the legal restrictions and risk to their careers and legacies, only share what they can, but emphasize—on and off record—that evidence at the classified level is unequivocal.
Retired and serving military officials, leaders of intelligence agencies, and committee members responsible for national security and armed services corroborate each other’s accounts, providing a volume of credible testimony that makes fabrication implausible. These are not anonymous sources but decorated, senior professionals putting their reputations on the line, confirming non-human activity is real and urging public readiness.
Government secrecy surrounding non-human intelligence originated after the 1947 Roswell incident, motivated by a lack of understanding of the threat and a desire to prevent panic. Decision-makers like Truman and Eisenhower faced the dilemma of revealing an unknown, advanced potential threat they could neither explain nor defend against, making secrecy the default stance.
The Cold War intensified secrecy. Intelligence confirmed Russia’s recovery of non-human technology, placing the U.S. in a secretive technological arms race with adversaries like Russia and, later, China. Key policy emerged: "you can’t tell your friends without telling your enemies," meaning public disclosure also revealed U.S. knowledge and potential technological advantages to foreign competitors.
Secrecy also stemmed from doubts about public readiness for such knowledge. Gatekeepers feared widespread panic, but filmmakers and investigators now point to recent documentaries as evidence people are more prepared than previously thought, as society has not descended into chaos when exposed to these revelations.
Individuals involved in maintaining secrecy on non-human intelligence often hesitate to come forward, fearing they will be villainized for resisting disclosure. These officials are anxious that their involvement in gatekeeping could be interpreted as obstruction or deceit, leading to reputational harm or professional consequences.
To counteract this, recent White House and intelligence directives stress that on ...
Credibility of Government/Military Witnesses and Reasons For Secrecy
In the 1970s, the CIA became concerned about extensive Soviet research into ESP and approached physicist Harold Puthoff at Stanford Research Institute to assess whether such phenomena were real. The expectation was that remote viewing would be debunked and dismissed as nonsense. Instead, this inquiry launched a decades-long, multimillion-dollar investigation under the now-famous "Stargate" program, with the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) both involved.
The research revealed that remote viewing—the ability to acquire information about a distant or unseen target using extrasensory perception—is a talent many people can develop, much like artistic or athletic ability. Army Intelligence officers at Fort Meade were trained in this skill, and some now offer remote viewing training commercially. The program demonstrated practical successes: remote viewers helped locate a crashed Soviet aircraft in Africa with an accuracy within three miles over a massive search area, allowing the CIA to recover the plane.
Remote viewers also predicted silver futures as part of an experiment, with six out of seven participants generating actionable data and a total of $260,000 earned in just 30 days for the investor—$26,000 of which funded the research group. These results suggested remote viewing could even facilitate limited glimpses into the future.
The Stargate program was eventually declassified, and much of its documentation can now be accessed through the CIA reading room. The declassification demonstrated the U.S. government's serious commitment to investigating unconventional phenomena that could yield measurable results. The publicity surrounding Stargate, however, almost certainly did not mark the program's true end. It is widely speculated by figures like Dan Farah that more advanced iterations of remote viewing research have continued under new, more secretive agencies—highly classified "black" programs—since such capabilities would be highly desirable and strategic to keep hidden from adversaries.
The conversation also highlights an intersection between remote viewing and unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) technology. Some reports from recovered craft incidents indicate that certain vehicles lacked any visible control panels, containing little more than seats, which suggests that these craft are piloted using some form of mind-based or consciousness-driven interface.
According to these reports, recovered non-human craft often have seats but no discernible mechanical controls. This points to the use of consciousness-based technology, where piloting is achieved not through manual manipulation of machinery but through direct mental or neural interfaces. This view is bolstered by evidence suggesting non-human beings may intentionally employ advanced mind-technology integration in their craft, representing a fundamentally different approach to vehicle operation compared to human engineering.
The potential confirmation of non-human intelligence and recovered technology holds transformative promise for humanity. Exposure to such technology could lead to dramatic scientific advances, such as anti-gravity propulsion and entirely new sources of energy, potentially addressing global crises and opening the door to interstellar travel.
On a psychological and societal level, discovery of extraterrestrial life is expected to spark a "renaissance" in how humanity views its place in the universe, fundamentally altering cosmology and self-understanding. It would force a reconsideration of what it means to be human, expanding our perspective from potentially being alone in the cosmos to sharing the universe with a diversity of intelligent life.
This revelation also holds the prospect of unifying humanity. By shifting our outlook beyo ...
Classified Programs and Societal Implications of Disclosure
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