OVNI: Les dossiers déclassifiés américains

I'm pretty worn out by being interested in UFO docs and shows. By the 2010's it was pretty much junk journalism and continuously re-hashed events and the same old talking head inserts. With the revelation by The New York Times about the government's ATIP program and actual military video as teased by the promos for this show I thought "finally, something new and tangible". While it's true the show does present this stuff and backs it up with some of the actual military witnesses there is one big annoying thing. It revisits the same two naval training events in which the videos were made over and over to the point of insulting the viewer's patience. I watched each episode wanting more and getting mostly the same stuff presented again and again lessening any initial enthusiasm. Still, this show could be a corner. If UFO docs and TV shows from here on out are to have any validity there needs to be in-depth cooperation with the government and not just retirees discovering redacted FOIA releases. The thing that makes the show worth at least watching the first two episodes is the times when they are getting close to this. The hard questions need definitive answers such as does the government have knowledge of extra-planetary vehicles and/or possession of any UFO parts or whatever? Does the government actually take the phenomenon as truly serious - potentially good or bad based on what? Is there an actually any relationship for instance with crop circles, cattle mutilations, and supposed geographical sighting hotspots? Finally, has an alien body or being, dead or alive, ever been actually witnessed and studied? That last one seems extremely far fetched for me to even expend the effort to type. Anyway, please going forward with this or other shows give us less of the same old same old and turn a corner into diving deep into credibility to back up these videos and the funding behind ATIP. UFOS are fascinating now make the show that explodes what is real and unknown without the constant "old hat" or "same" stuff endlessly rehashed. Please!

To someone like me, who scoffs at conspiracy theories such as those surrounding 9/11 and the Kennedy assassination, most UFO shows are nothing short of laughable. For some reason I decided to give this one a shot and it surprised.

For one thing, (in the first episode at least) there were no pencil drawings of supposed captured ETs rendered by some oddball recluse with zero credibility. That alone sets it apart from the typical show of its type. And the people involved at least come across as more credible and earnest than the conspiracy quacks featured so heavily in other "UFO" shows. So it's a lot more difficult to dismiss out of hand the information presented.

What's conspicuously missing is a counterpoint from true experts who are less convinced by the evidence. In order for this show to attain genuine credibility the producers need to include commentary from knowledgeable folks offering other plausible explanations for the evidence.

Still probably the best UFO show I've ever watched, although to be fair I haven't watched many. But until various views are fully explored it's probably mostly of interest to the UFO fanbois.

I am interested in this subject, unfortunately it has the same concept like the old classic TV UFO documentaries. Full of same footage repeated over and over with a tiny bit of something new each episode. By episode 4 I was already bored with it.

It's funny that once in a while a man decides to quit his job and "pursue the truth" by making a commercial and superficial "documentary". By doing the same thing others did, by helping the UFO subject look like a joke, AGAIN.

So thanks for this, you should go back to your old job, there are enough people chasing money with "surprising" subjects...

This topic is one that is usually given a very one-sided treatment. For sure, the creators of this series have a strong stance and it shows, but it is all backed up. The main flaw is that it is very repetitive and keeps covering the same facts over and over.

Interesting series but unfortunately it uses the same annoying format as most of these US shows. 1 step forwards, 2 steps backwards...Repeat, repeat & repeat again. A 2 season series that could have all fitted into a 1 hour program..