How the Disclosure Movement Made Me a Skeptic
by ArtisanTony
I’ve loved science fiction and UFOs ever since I was a kid growing up in the 1970s. I had great hopes back then that one day, we’d find undeniable proof of life out there in the cosmos. Raised in a Christian family—my mother working two jobs to support us—much of my childhood was spent in church. In many ways, the church became our school, our daycare, and our community. It was where I first learned about God, about the Bible, and over time, studied other philosophies and theologies too.
But there was always a healthy separation between faith and the UFO phenomenon. As Christians, we believed that if there was life elsewhere, it was created by God—plain and simple. But the idea that UFOs were angels or demons? That was considered heresy. Angels and demons in the Bible serve specific missions. They communicate. They take action. They don’t loiter in the sky, causing confusion and mystery. The Bible isn’t mysterious. Its message is direct and clear.
Yet as the years went on, every decade seemed to bring a new hype cycle. In the ’80s and ’90s, and especially around Greer’s press conference in ’92, there was a swell of excitement—witnesses, testimonies, promises of disclosure. But then... it faded, just like the times before.
Now, we’re in another cycle—but this one feels different. There’s a strange desperation, particularly within the intelligence community, to tie spirituality to the UFO phenomenon. And I can’t help but ask: why? What purpose does it serve? Why this push?
As someone grounded in Christianity, I find the recent spiritual reinterpretations troubling. There’s no biblical basis for linking UFOs to spiritual beings in this way. When I listen to stories like Chris Bledsoe’s—filled with vague mysticism and references to mysterious feminine entities—I notice what’s missing: Jesus Christ. There’s no foundation, no grounding in Christian truth. And that, for me, is a red flag.
But there are other red flags too. One of the biggest is the absence of science—and scientists. For a movement claiming to seek truth and evidence, there’s a stunning lack of serious engagement with the scientific method. You don’t see physicists at the podium. You don’t see astronomers or biologists weighing in. What you see are intelligence operatives, influencers, and anecdotal stories that go unquestioned. That’s not how science works. And if there really were something this monumental going on, wouldn't the world’s best scientists be front and center?
Another red flag for me—and this one hit a little closer to home—was the apparent coordination among the so-called whistleblowers. I started noticing how they were being scheduled, almost rolled out like a media campaign. Their backgrounds? Nearly all ex-military, tied to intelligence work. And somehow, they all land on the same podcasts, saying the same kinds of things, at just the right times. It reminded me of something Lue Elizondo said years ago—he told us he wasn’t a UFO guy, he was a counterintelligence guy. I had interviewed him twice by then, and I think at some point, I let my own skepticism slide a bit. I got caught up in the drama on UFO Twitter, played along, asked the nice questions.
But the moment I started thinking out loud—expressing doubts, asking harder questions—I suddenly found myself blacklisted. The podcast invites stopped. The doors quietly closed. And that made something crystal clear: there’s an effort to manage the media and the message. To shape not just what’s being said, but who gets to say it.
And now, there's another red flag I can’t ignore: what appears to be the slow political co-opting of the UFO narrative. Maybe “corruption” is too strong a word, but something doesn’t sit right when I see members of Congress spending taxpayer dollars on disclosure efforts that result in little more than headlines and vague promises. I was especially disappointed by what happened with Representative Tim Burchett. I had interviewed him multiple times—we were developing a rapport, maybe even a friendship. But after the Elizondo cancellation, a wave of other interviews got pulled too. His was one of them. Emails and DMs that used to get replies suddenly didn’t.
And maybe I’m just being paranoid. But what’s that old saying? Sometimes paranoia is just pattern recognition with too much experience.
My gut tells me there’s more going on here—possibly NDA pressure, maybe even an intentional guiding of congressional voices to align with a crafted narrative. When I saw Rep. Burchett appear in a documentary, I couldn’t help but wonder: was he courted into that role? Or was it just a natural extension of his interests? I don’t know. But it feels like the same hands managing the message in media may be doing something similar in government too.
When I started my hobby of interviewing people 10 or 12 years ago, it was never about fame or money. I named it The PiFi Show—People I Find Interesting—because I genuinely enjoyed listening to people. I never thought I was a great interviewer, but I did it out of curiosity and love for conversation. I didn’t ask for sponsors. I didn’t ask for anything, really. So when people like Lue Elizondo and Garry Nolan agreed to come on, I was excited. I thought maybe I was doing something meaningful.
But looking back, I wonder if I was just thrown on a list—accidentally, maybe even humorously. And when they finally figured out my show wasn’t as influential as they hoped, the curtain dropped. No explanation. Just silence.
The sad part is, it’s drained my passion for interviewing people. It’s left me more skeptical of people in general. And I can’t help but wonder if all of this—this entire campaign of secrecy and control—was worth it to those pesky intelligence dudes.
Because if there really is some rogue element operating outside the doors of our Constitution, with quiet ties still reaching into official intelligence agencies... then maybe the biggest question of all is this:
If they’re truly doing all of this to save humanity . . . why does it feel like they’re doing it at the cost of it?