How Alien Conspiracy Theory Got Respectable — and Helped Bring America Back to Magical Thinking

“Disclosure” has become a cult word.

It shouldn’t be, since all it means, technically, is to reveal something.

But the new wave of alien conspiracy theorists have made “disclosure” into a teasingly passive-aggressive code word.

They will say: We’re awaiting disclosure — which means the day the U.S. government bows down and releases all its […] ...