Variety's Owen Gleiberman explores how alien conspiracy theory has moved into mainstream discourse. The term 'disclosure'—code for government admission of hidden alien knowledge—has become a cultural rallying point, even though it's rooted in magical thinking rather than evidence. Gleiberman argues this shift reveals something troubling about America: we're increasingly willing to replace facts with comforting myths.

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