Reagan Told White House Audience Everything in E.T. Was Absolutely True
"I want to thank you for bringing E.T. to the White House. We really enjoyed your movie. And then he looked around the room and he said, And there are a number of people in this room who know that everything on that screen is absolutely true. And he said it without smiling. And everybody laughed, by the way. The whole room laughed because he presented it like a joke, but he wasn't smiling."
About this episode
Jesse Michaels hosts this deep-dive analysis of Steven Spielberg's new film Disclosure Day, arguing the legendary director embedded genuine UFO secrets throughout the movie based on insider intelligence access. Michaels presents evidence that Spielberg has maintained longstanding connections to Naval Intelligence and the UFO disclosure community, beginning with director Tobe Hooper's alleged revelation that Spielberg received classified case files after Jaws. The episode systematically unpacks seven major revelations hidden in Disclosure Day, connecting the fictional Wardex corporation to real programs like Gray Fox and SAIC in Northern Virginia, tracing the film's depiction of the Majestic 12 committee to actual intelligence operations, and revealing how the movie's portrayal of remote viewing and timeline manipulation mirrors claims from real whistleblowers like Lou Elizondo and NASA operative Tim Taylor. Michaels details Easter eggs spanning Spielberg's entire career, from Close Encounters featuring real intelligence contractors Lockheed and TRW, to Back to the Future's Doc Brown character being modeled on anti-gravity inventor Thomas Townsend Brown, to Reagan's cryptic White House comment that everything in E.T. was true. The episode explores whether Spielberg included actual classified UFO footage in Disclosure Day's climactic evidence dump, noting the film was shot in Morris County, New Jersey near Picatinny Arsenal where the 2024 drone flap occurred. Michaels argues the movie's central message about receptivity and uncomfortable truth versus institutional stability represents the real choice humanity faces regarding disclosure.
Key takeaways
- Tobe Hooper allegedly revealed Spielberg received Naval Intelligence access to classified UFO case files after Jaws, forming the basis for Close Encounters and E.T.
- President Reagan told White House national security personnel during E.T. screening that some in the room knew everything on screen was absolutely true, delivered without smiling.
- UFO whistleblower Lou Elizondo worked for Gray Fox, the Army's elite intelligence unit that conducts recon in the most sensitive areas and likely handles UFO crash retrievals.
- CIA Director Glenn Gaffney personally blocked 2008 transfer of UFO materials from Lockheed Martin to Bigelow Aerospace according to congressional testimony.
- NASA mission controller Tim Taylor told multiple witnesses he ran a secret time travel intelligence group with anti-gravity inventor Thomas Townsend Brown as president.
- Disclosure Day depicts Wardex corporation in Northern Virginia mirroring real programs like Gray Fox and SAIC that study exotic propulsion and remote viewing.
- Spielberg filmed Disclosure Day in Morris County, New Jersey near Picatinny Arsenal where 2024 drone flap occurred, possibly during UFO material transport.