Government Finally Opens the Alien Files: What Jeremy Corbell Thinks Comes Next

After decades of locked filing cabinets and classified stamps, the Pentagon has started releasing UFO and alien files to the public—and UFO expert and filmmaker Jeremy Corbell is cautiously optimistic about what it signals for transparency.

Corbell appeared on TMZ Live on Friday to weigh in on the initial batch of materials, which includes photos, videos, and documents on unidentified aerial phenomena. Among the more intriguing releases is a photograph from the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 showing unexplained dots hovering above the moon’s surface with zero official explanation attached. It’s exactly the kind of image that raises questions rather than answers them—which may be the whole point.

Here’s where things get interesting: according to Corbell, the White House has signaled this is a slow rollout, what he calls a slow burn approach to disclosure. The optimistic take? The government is easing the public into information that’s been compartmentalized for generations. The skeptical take? It could mean the juicy stuff didn’t make the cut—that President Trump’s administration is holding back the real bombshells. Either way, controlled disclosure beats perpetual secrecy, and Corbell seems to believe this marks a turning point in how much the establishment is willing to acknowledge about what’s actually happening in our skies and beyond.

Corbell is hoping the Apollo 17 photo in particular will encourage NASA astronauts to come forward about their own experiences in space. It’s a reasonable bet—once one door opens, others tend to follow. The filmmaker is also promoting his new movie,“Sleeping Dog,”which premiered in select theaters on May 8, 2026, and apparently explores similar territory around what space explorers have encountered but rarely discussed in public.

The broader question hanging over all of this is why it took so long. Decades of denial, ridicule, and official silence have given way to measured disclosure—a shift Corbell sees as overdue. Whether this pace of revelation continues or stalls will tell us a lot about how seriously the current administration takes transparency on one of the most existential questions we can ask: Are we alone?