Simulcast on YouTube, Facebook & Twitter | Tuesday, July 14, 2026 @ 8:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Filmmaker Dean Alioto, a longtime friend of Podcast UFO and a returning guest, joins Martin Willis to discuss his documentary The Experiencers: Full Disclosure. The film examines one of the most challenging and often overlooked areas of the UFO/UAP subject: the people who report direct, deeply personal encounters with the phenomenon. While congressional hearings and official investigations tend to concentrate on military sightings, national security, sensor data, and government transparency, the experiencer aspect is rarely discussed in Washington. Why are these accounts largely absent from the public disclosure conversation? Is the subject considered too difficult, too personal, or simply too extraordinary for the average person to accept? Dean discusses the making of the film, the individuals whose stories it presents, and the challenges of approaching extraordinary testimony with sensitivity and credibility. We also explore why the experiencer question may ultimately be essential to understanding the broader UFO/UAP mystery—and why genuine “full disclosure” could involve far more than government documents or military videos. The conversation focuses primarily on Dean’s film, its development, its message, and what he hopes audiences will take away from it. The Experiencers: Full Disclosure is available on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV+. Keep Your Eyes to the Sky.
Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-experiencers-full-disclosure/umc.cmc.3jcdw2xt3pol5eam03tubo1ls
Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H16NZLGL?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback
BIO: Award-winning filmmaker and UFO Researcher, Dean Alioto has produced numerous specials for A+E, Bravo and Discovery, as well as consulted on the successful James Fox UFO documentary The Phenomenon. Dean was featured in the Paramount + documentary Unknown Dimensions: The Story of Paranormal Activity as the creator of the first ever found footage movie The McPherson Tape and the enigmatic UPN TV movie Alien Abduction: Incident In Lake County. Dean recently completed a 7-year filmmaking journey, spanning 4 countries and over 60 interviews for his new documentaries: The Alien Perspective and the newly released Life Beyond Earth.