Written by Andrew K. Arnett

I was traveling northbound on the 2 train, moving through the network of underground tunnels and transit lines that run like veins through the bedrock foundation of New York City. It was business as usual. Above, something unusual was happening. If I was a touch more sensitive I would have picked up a strange vibration as my train passed beneath 42nd street. A 50 foot tall Times Square billboard for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming UFO film was just revealed to the public and it was causing seismic ripples through the ethers.

Spielberg’s yet still unnamed film (originally slated to be “Disclosure,” but then changed to “The Dish” after the release of “The Age of Disclosure” and now tentatively back to “Disclosure”) will be released on 12 June 2026. The poster shows a surreal image depicting a human eye inside a bird silhouette. The vagueness of the symbol with its aura of high strangeness is perfect marketing for a paranoid fan base bent on concealed deception. So what does it mean?

The consensus thus far is that the bird in question represents a “Blue Jay,” which turns out to be the codename of CIA neurologist Kit Green who was a member of the Aviary Group— a group operating in the field of ufology, parapsychology, etc. During the 1970s Green was involved in the CIA’s remote viewing research program at Stanford Research Institute (SRI). This of course was the agencies Cold War effort to compete with the Soviet Union in the fields of psychic research and its possible applications to the military. Notable subjects of these experiments include Ingo Swann and Uri Geller.

Some feel Green may in part be an inspiration for the X-Files “Spooky Mulder” character. But Green wasn’t just tethered to the “Weird Desk” and in fact worked more mainstream efforts like forensic medical analysis and threat assessments of chemical and biological hazards.

The Aviary Group is directly tied to ufology literature, described as being allegedly, an informal circle of scientific and intelligence figures with high clearance who shared information with each other about UFO phenomenon encountered during their work in the government and military. Some notable names were said to be members of this group and, each having their own bird flavored code name. These include Hal Puthoff (physicist, remote-viewing research) named “Owl.” Bruce Maccabee (Naval scientist, UFO researcher) named “Seagull.” Ron Pandolfi (CIA science official) named “Pelican.” John B. Alexander (Army intelligence) named “Penguin.”

Officially however, there is no government documentation proving the existence of the Aviary Group, unlike Project Blue Book and Project Stargate. As well, there are those in conspiracy circles who think the Aviary Group was a disinformation program whose purpose was to misdirect public narratives and muddy the ufology waters via managing leaks and spreading confusion.

Regarding the image in the poster, there has been observed by people online who feel the upside down eye is a view of a human on an examination table from the viewpoint of the alien engaged in an alien autopsy on board a UFO. If you look closely at the reflection on the eyeball, you will see lights that appear to be those of an examination light above the patient. If this is what Spielberg intended, then it makes the film all the more interesting. The fact is that the topic of alien abduction has been effectually left out of the current “disclosure” narrative, though should be examined more thoroughly.

Andrew K. Arnett is a writer for New Dawn Magazine and author of the book The Crowley Conspiracy available on Amazon.