Real-world alien disclosure would follow scientific discovery model, not Hollywood's cinematic reveal
By
Nathaniel Janowitz
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Summary
The article argues that the real-world disclosure of extraterrestrial contact will likely resemble major scientific discoveries (like the Higgs boson or gravitational waves) rather than the dramatic, cinematic reveal depicted in Steven Spielberg's new film "Disclosure Day." It contrasts Hollywood's fictionalized version of a government cover-up and mass revelation with the slow, evidence-based, peer-reviewed process that would actually accompany such a monumental scientific finding.
Key quotes
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The UFO community has been chasing that type of cinematic big reveal for 80 years.
Steven Spielberg's new film Disclosure Day imagines the moment 8 billion humans find out that we are not alone in the universe.
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