The former agent’s admissions came at a cost, though. A short while after speaking with UFO investigator Linda Moulton Howe, he was apprehended by the Men in Black.

“I was going to a grocery store when two guys in black suits came out of a black Lincoln Town Car and came over to see me. They told me that I’d better not publish anything or talk to Linda about any more things.”

They succeeded in intimidating him. But that was before the interview below took place. As an old man whose time is almost up, the former CIA operative felt he should ignore their warning and disclose what he knew.

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“I feel much better having talked about it,” he told Richard Dolan. “I kind of feel like there’s a load off my shoulders because I have an awful lot of secrets I’ve kept over the years.”

More than 50 years have passed since the events described by the CIA agent took place. Nowadays, more and more people believe we’re on the brink of disclosure. Some even speculate that President Obama will take up this mission before leaving the White House or by the end of the year.

That is also the opinion of U.S. lobbyist Steve Bassett, director of the Paradigm Research Group and the only official UFO disclosure lobbyist in the United States. He is convinced the White House has known about the existence of extraterrestrials for several decades now. It’s about time the rest of the world knew.

“ET is real, we have got beyond that,” Bassett said. “We are going to get disclosure this year. I am not sure who will win the election, but I think Obama will be the disclosure president. He will be looking at a Nobel Prize for making an announcement like that. I am 85 per cent sur Obama will make the announcement before he leaves office and within days the [United Kingdom’s] Prime Minister will follow. I am trying to force Obama to make the disclosure. I think we are going to get there,” he added.

Lately, there’s been much talk of disclosure.

Leaked e-mails between former chief of staff John Podesta and astronaut Edgar Mitchell show that the two were planning to arrange a meeting with Obama to discuss releasing the truth from custody.

“Five decades of UFO information have dramatically shifted the public awareness of an extraterrestrial presence,” Mitchell wrote. “And yet, our government is still operating from outdated beliefs and policies. These are detrimental to trust in government transparency, science, religion and responsible citizenry embracing the next step in our country’s space travel and research.”

The former astronaut was one of the biggest proponents of alien life and his death in February of 2016 was a blow for the pro-disclosure community. But it looks like we might have a chance at winning this.

In an interview with CNN, Podesta let the world know that it’s high time the government “released any evidence” of alien life.

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He knows what’s up

“The U.S. government could do a much better job in answering the quite legitimate questions that people have about what’s going on with unidentified aerial phenomena.”

Heck, even the Vatican’s on board with disclosure. Huh, who would’ve thought it possible?

In 2015, Father Jose Funes, the Pope’s chief astronomer said that the Vatican believed life on other planets is not only possible, but highly likely. Furthermore, he stated that the existence of aliens does not contradict the Bible or the Christian belief system.

“The Bible is not a scientific book,” Funes said. “If we look for scientific responses to our questions in the Bible, we are making a mistake. It answers great questions like ‘what is our role in the Universe?’”

Still don’t believe in the upcoming disclosure? Good, that means you’re prepared for anything.