UFO

This diced spaghetti salad could have been riveting, but leaving out pivotal details and voices in the UFO historical narrative weakens the arguments both for and against the phenomenon in exchange for exorbitant time spent on less significant details, but worst of all the chop suey structuring of the information in this scrambled eggs documentary makes for ADHD broken understanding that jumps from point C to point X to point L to point E to point R to point A, etc. Ever heard of a zig zag? Ever heard of a zig zag that u-turns and ties itself in knots? That's this series. Great music though...

Finally a well made UFO documentary that doesn't jump to conclusions the way most History Channel documentaries do.

It's nice to see reporters, witnesses and politicians being interviewed instead of "UFO researchers" who are nothing more than writers trying to sell books.

This show does a wonderful job looking at the UFO phenomenon critically while also putting you intensely in the shoes of those who have experienced this stuff. "UFO" also lays out all the moving parts, spinning the tales of believers and non-believers alike and leaving you astonished at the topic's complexity. Moreover, clarity is gained from this in terms of understanding why no one has solved the mystery yet. You may find yourself believing in all the possibilities without resting your stance in any one side of the issue. For example, the arguments presented for UFOS being secret government technology is very strong in this series, but that is not without marveling at the arguments for extraterrestrial origins as well. Even though I was up to date with some of the material covered in "UFO", I was glued to the screen the whole time. Finally, you will encounter some of the more exotic UFO phenomena in this series (abductions, skinwalker ranch), but I'd advise you not to turn back from this roller coaster ride just because it has a few wild turns.

Whether or not UFOs exist isn't the question. Their existence is documented by film, photographs, radar, and by credible eyewitness accounts. The problem is that we just don't know what they are, who made them, and why they are in the sky,

If a new species of bird were as heavily documented by UFOs and UAPs are, biologists would be asking for grants from universities to study and name them. However, what happens in the skies of this country is the business of the US government and not colleges and universities.

The impetus for this four part docuseries was the 2017 New York Times publication of an article called "Glowing Auras and Black Money: The Pentagon's Mysterious UFO Program." The article revealed that the government acknowledges UFOs and considers them a serious enough problem to dedicate serious resources into investigating them.

The series is NOT one of the hundreds of pseudoscience on cable television programs that purport to tell the "truth" about the impending alien invasion. Nor is it four episodes of satire making fun of the people who study UFOs. In fact, it goes to great length to show to what extent the people who see UFOs are ridiculed, and to remind the viewer that "there is no more credible witness than a trained Navy flyer" while showing a radar view documenting what the Navy flyer saw.

Instead, the series is a straightforward presentation of the evidence we have, and the ragtag group of eyewitnesses, astronauts, and billionaires trying to know more. On the one hand, it's frustrating because most of us have heard at least one of the stories at one time or another. It's hard NOT to believe a Navy pilot and most of the citizens of Phoenix. It's hard to invest the time in the series and come away knowing little more than we knew going into it. On the other hand, this is a docuseries, not a Netflix sci-fi miniseries.

But, what is the alternative? The U. S. government knows but it won't, as we found out in the infamous Obama interview, tell us. Perhaps the only way to find out how this all works is to keep presenting information like this until we know.

I was warmly recommended to sit down and watch this 2021 mini-series documentary, so of course I managed to find the time to do so. And yeah, I must admit that I find the whole concept of UFOs and life beyond our own little planet to be rather interesting. So I had some expectations to this documentary.

And while "UFO" certainly is interesting and entertaining, there were some nice testimonies and interesting facts brought to light by the documentary makers here. So if you have an interest in extraterrestrial matters then "UFO" is definitely well-worth watching.

Now, it should be said that his series doesn't really paint a picture that either proves or shatters the claim of UFOs and extraterrestrial life. So you should take the information disclosed here with a grain of salt of course. But, I suppose it is as Fox Mulder's poster said: "I want to believe".

The narrative in "UFO" is good and helps to make the episodes rather watchable. And I do like that there is a fairly neutral approach in the documentary making, so it is not a biased documentary that you will sit down to watch.

My rating of "UFO" lands on a six out of ten stars.