Dan Farah

Date: 2025-11-21 | Duration: 2h 30m

Episode Overview

Documentary filmmaker Dan Farah joins Joe to discuss his film on UAP disclosure and share details that couldn't make the final cut. Farah recounts how Jay Stratton, who ran the Pentagon's UAP task force, stated on camera that he briefed Treasury Secretary Mnuchin at Trump's direction — evidence of executive-level acknowledgment of the phenomenon. He explains how classified programs operate entirely outside congressional and presidential oversight, with the CIA effectively quarterbackking information that even sitting presidents can't access. A grim case study involves a law enforcement officer who died within weeks of a close UAP encounter after contracting a bacterial infection doctors couldn't identify or treat. The conversation also covers the strategic problem of military responses to UAP — firing on craft from a more advanced intelligence could accidentally trigger a nuclear-level escalation — and how intelligence agencies began treating UAP surveillance as reciprocal when they realized they were being watched while watching. Farah connects JFK's famous speech denouncing secret societies as repugnant in a free society to the broader pattern of institutional secrecy, and discusses servicemen given sodium pentothal after UAP encounters to suppress their memories.

About Dan Farah

Dan Farah is an accomplished director and producer renowned for his work on the groundbreaking documentary "The Age of Disclosure," which unveils an 80-year global cover-up surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena. With a background steeped in storytelling and film production, Farah has garnered recognition for his ability to tackle complex subjects with clarity and passion. His exploration of controversial topics not only captivates audiences but also sparks vital conversations about transparency and truth in our society. Dan's unique perspective and dedication to unveiling hidden narratives make him a compelling figure in the documentary filmmaking landscape.

Key Moments

– Jay Stratton briefing Trump's Treasury Secretary on UAPs
– Classified programs outside presidential and congressional oversight
– Law enforcement officer dying from unidentifiable bacterial infection after UAP encounter
– Military response risk — provoking a more advanced intelligence could cause nuclear escalation
– Reciprocal surveillance — UAPs watching those who study them
– JFK's secret societies speech and its connection to UAP secrecy
– Servicemen given sodium pentothal after UAP encounters to suppress memories
– Biological and radiation effects from UAP interactions
0:11:20 – Declassifying UAP material from military facilities — the government's obligation
0:22:22 – Firing on UAPs could accidentally trigger nuclear conflict with a superior intelligence
0:45:23 – Jay Stratton says on camera he briefed Mnuchin; Trump had already received a briefing
0:58:20 – Counterterrorism funding dwarfing actual need — how appropriated funds get misdirected
1:08:04 – Classified programs outside the president's and Congress's reach — CIA as quarterback
1:19:14 – Police officer dies within weeks from an unidentifiable bacterial infection after UAP encounter
1:32:11 – Non-human intelligence watching them because they were watching it — reciprocal surveillance
1:54:37 – JFK's speech — secrecy is repugnant in a free society; not long before he was killed
2:05:54 – Servicemen given sodium pentothal after UAP encounters to suppress what they experienced

Transcript Excerpt

Starting point is 00:00:00 Joe Rogan podcast checking out The Joe Rogan Experience Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night All day What's up, Dan? How are you? Good to see you. Good. Good to see you again. First time I saw you was the first time I saw you documentary, which is fucking excellent. Thank you, bro. The Age of Disclosure, really good. Can't recommend it enough. Starting point is 00:00:25 If you're a UFO dork like myself, and you're in and out, Like sometimes, like, this is bullshit. Maybe it's real. This is bullshit. Maybe I'm wasting my time. Maybe it's real. Maybe it's... Go see the age of disclosure. Starting point is 00:00:37 And then you'll be fully in the I don't fucking know, but who... Something's going on. That's where I am right now. I don't know, but something's going on. Definitely something going on. It's a real situation. Yeah, it's a real weird one. When you see all these, like, high-level government employees talking about secret access programs Starting point is 00:00:55 and back engineering programs that have been going on for decades, and decades in secrecy, and you're like, your documentary did a fantastic job of highlighting a couple of reasons why I always, when people are skeptical and they go, okay, if there was a program like this, why wouldn't they just tell us? You have to really understand the consequences of what they've done, because what they've done is lie to Congress for a long time. It's a misappropriation of funds, clear felonies. Yeah, lie to the public, lie to Congress, lie to sitting presidents. Starting point is 00:01:27 Just the money stuff. Also, let's just be really, let's be just honest about human nature. If you have complete access to enormous amounts of money that's not under any oversight at all, for sure, some of it went in the pockets of people that probably shouldn't have got it. 100%. I think it's safe to say. 100%. Everyone I've talked to who's aware of the details of the deeply hidden legacy program...

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