Invasion on Chestnut Ridge

IF there were SO many sightings, why no pictures? Too many drugs? Too much alcohol?

A redneck's wet dream, but there's nothing here to see.

Skip this nonsense!

One of the best documentaries I've seen in a good while.

An interesting story form the lesser known valuts of UFO lore. Despite being done almost entirely in archive footage and interviews with a few quests, the movie mantains a serious, even horror-like tone with appropriate ambience and editing, set in the ominous opening credits scene. There's no cosmic importance to the story, but it's filled with mindbending encounters and solid spooks, so it's a great way to spend an evening when you're in the mood for some solid paranormal storytime.

At just sixty minutes, it gets a little thin toward the end but overall, I enjoyed this. It's basically people talking about their experiences with UFOs and strange phenomenon in their area. Much of it deals with 1973 when there was a huge amount of UFO and Big Foot sightings. The people are all well spoken and give concise, compelling detail about what they've seen. What's missing is any evidence. There are mysterious government agents who come and grab cameras from kids, stomp out footprints of Big Foot, and change newspaper reporting. But no proof that any of this occurred. Even events that happened as recently as 2015--some type of monster dog and a huge bird were seen--are only described. No one took a photo. There is no security camera footage or police reports of anything before cell phones. There's simply nothing except people telling their stories. There's no collaboration--no one is asked, "Did you tell your wife/husband/friend?" and then that person is interviewed. Nope. All we have is the one person (and I think in every case it's a man talking.) In 2015, four women see a monster dog in the woods in the daylight; they were preparing for a hike. Three women run back to the car, one woman stares at the creature until it retreats to the woods. Again, no one took a photo or video. The women aren't even interviewed--it's told by someone else (a man) who heard about what they witnessed. This is known as hearsay. The good thing is, the director/producers/writers don't overplay their hand. They just let the people speak, no one is hysterical. They are all telling stories that, for the most part, happened back in the early/mid 70s. I recommend it, just wish they had worked a little harder to make it believable. And I'm guessing there is no proof any of this ever happened or they would have shown it! So, enjoy it for what it is!

This is the next documentary from Seth Breedlove that I decided to check out while I was at work as I work through the ones I hadn't seen chronologically. These are easy watches where I don't need to pay full attention to the video. It is interesting here the experts and eye-witness stories of people or their families, telling what they encountered. I might not fully believe what they're saying, but what I will say is that I don't have an explanation to refute them either.

What makes this area of Chestnut Ridge/Kecksburg is that there are a multitude of weird things that have happened and people experienced. This area is in Pennsylvania. It is wooded and not as much light pollution. The first big story was about lights in the sky that were seen as far north as Ontario, Canada. It was thought to have crashed. It is from there that a white sasquatch was seen. Tales of the Abominable Snowmen were popular around that time of the past. That could be an explanation. The number of people that claimed to see things though is high.

Something interesting about this area and someone who was interviewed. There was a reporter team stationed here. They had state-of-the-art radio systems. They were able to get to areas of sightings faster because of it.

What I'll then say to end this out is that I'm glad that Breedlove and the team were incorporated in CG animated things. That makes it easier to watch instead of just seeing people talk. I also like showing maps, helping to give a better idea of the area. This is well-made which is impressive with how early into doing these docs that Breedlove is. This flew by, which helped make the afternoon go faster. This one is more interesting with the combination of alien and cryptid sightings as a selling point as well.

My Rating: 7 out of 10.