What would the existence of aliens mean for Christians?

It’s a question that former aspiring nun Jane Blankenship (Eve Hewson) wrestles with in Steven Spielberg’s newest movie, Disclosure Day. It’s also a question that some Christians are now considering in light of U.S. President Donald Trump’s recently launched initiative to publicly declassify and release decades of records, videos, and investigative files about UFO’s (now called UAP’s).

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Released over three phases, the most recent disclosure of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) files under Trump was pushed by Republican congresspeople following years of increased scrutiny of the government’s UAP files by (mostly) Republican members of congress and conservative influencers. While most of the files are blurry photos, videos, recreations of eye witness testimony, or other already seen documents, that hasn’t stopped people from speculating. 

Disclosure Day, meanwhile, follows a band of underground freedom fighters, insistent on releasing previously withheld and covered conclusive proof of alien life and visits to earth publicly. It is in this context that Jane is forced to question how this information would shape humanity. Jane is shown evidence of extraterrestrial life and experiences a crisis of faith. She wrestles with whether helping to reveal the truth will undermine people’s belief in God.

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