“Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life” hits shelves in North America on Oct. 18.

Former senior U.S. official Jay Stratton to reveal ‘the truth about non-human intelligent life’ in bombshell memoir (exclusive)

"Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life" hits shelves in North America on Oct. 18.

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- Former senior U.S. intelligence official Jay Stratton is releasing a new memoir, EW can exclusively reveal.

- *Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life *hits North American shelves on Oct. 18.

- Stratton was the top figure in the government's modern investigation of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and non-human intelligent life.

The truth is out there — and it's coming to a bookstore near you.

** can exclusively reveal that former senior U.S. intelligence official Jay Stratton — the top figure in the government's modern investigation of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and non-human intelligent life — is releasing a bombshell memoir that promises to blow the lid off "the deepest and most significant mystery in human history."

*Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life* will hit shelves in North America on Oct. 18 via HarperCollins' William Morrow imprint.

"Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life" by Jay Stratton.

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The news is just the latest in a series of groundbreaking developments in this space, including the release, at the White House's behest, of previously classified UAP documents. Last month, hundreds of files — including military incident reports, photos, videos, intelligence files, astronaut mission material, and historical sightings dating back to the 1940s — were made public through a new U.S. government portal hosted on the Department of War website.

The announcement of Stratton's memoir also comes a little over a week before the release of Steven Spielberg's *Disclosure Day*, which follows a fictional whistleblower (Josh O'Connor) who attempts to expose the truth about a complex cover-up of alien life on Earth. The movie, in theaters next Friday, feels almost like an unofficial, fictional companion piece to Prime Video's hit documentary *The Age of Disclosure*, in which Stratton heavily participated.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, Rep. Tim Burchett, Dan Farah, Brett Feddersen, Rep. Jamie Moskowitz, and Jay Stratton.

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In the doc, Stratton spoke about discovering an 80-year cover-up of the existence of non-human intelligent life, detailing his fight against powerful gatekeepers who have kept the truth hidden. In addition to Stratton, the film featured interviews with 34 senior members of the U.S. legislative, military, and intelligence communities, including then-U.S. Senator and now-Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

With his memoir, "Stratton breaks his silence to provide a startling first-hand account of the shocking discoveries, encounters, challenges, and behind-the-scenes revelations that profoundly altered his understanding of humanity's place in the universe and took a disturbing toll on him and his family," per a press release.

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*The Age of Disclosure *director Dan Farah has secured the film and television rights and "plans to develop an elevated scripted series based on Stratton's one-of-a-kind story, which has attracted the excitement of a number of high-profile screenwriters and streaming platforms."

"In *Out of the Shadows*, Jay Stratton delivers the most revealing and definitive testimony ever written about the government’s investigation and cover-up of UAP and non-human intelligent life," Farah tells EW in a statement. "After discovering the related national security concerns and a potential existential threat, Jay defied powerful institutional gatekeepers and risked everything in order to reveal that humanity is not alone in the universe and to ensure the government takes action. *Out of the Shadows* has the propulsive storytelling of a high-stakes political thriller and exposes the biggest cover-up in human history, and the deeply personal, harrowing toll Jay's pursuit of the truth had on him and his family."

He adds, "Jay Stratton is the closest there has ever been to a real-life Mulder from *X-Files*."

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