UFO's Are Real

Frankly, I was surprised to find such extremely LIMITED commentary on this film! I'd RATHER have extensive ADVERSE judgements, rather than such a big SNORE! I guess that this film is basically, "pre-Internet", hence, lacks the "big review" number of responses! Based upon my "to date" research, I have garnered a lot of respect for Stanton Friedman, and know he DESERVES a much larger VOTE, regardless of whether UP or DOWN.

As far as I can tell, this is something of a "masterwork" for Friedman, and, within the limitations of the UFO format, a brilliant execution! Interest in UFO's seems to come and go in "waves".

Hence, two things I know for sure. First, we seem to be at the bottom of the current cycle, in terms of interest by the American public.

Two, it will take only a a "slight nudge", to rocket this topic back to, "the top of the charts."

Though the production budget looks extremely limited, and the narration is a bit ripe, this still manages to be an interesting and informative (and even a bit creepy) documentary on the UFO phenomenon up to the late seventies. In other words, it succeeds despite itself. It does suffer from a bit too much pomposity now and then (note the frequent questioning by the narrator: "Could this be proof of...", "Is this evidence of...", and so on). But it does have in its favor a significant amount of UFO still and movie footage, not to mention in-depth interviews with Betty Hill, Travis Walton and several people involved with the Roswell incident. Highly recommended as a primer for those just starting out in their search to find "what's out there".

NOTE: The link to Amazon is misleading. While an interesting and more up-to-date report on the UFO phenomenon (and also featuring Dr. Stanton Friedman), the "Flying Saucers Are Real" DVD/VHS contains only a few minutes of footage from "UFOs Are Real". The "UFOs Are Real" VHS is likely long out-of-print since it was first released in the 80s, but you're still better off trying to find an old copy if you can.

Sensational sky watcher Edward Hunt's lazer-bright, cigar-shaped documentary 'UFOs Are Real' (1979) is still keepin' it real, man! I happily remain an unapologetically obsessive, astronomically objective fan of Extraterrestrial truth-seeking titillation, dude! Come on, who can't dig on a terrestrially grainy, terrifically zany vintage UFO docco every now and again! I still got a lotta spare inner Space for outrageously out-there outta space ruminations, dude!!! I galactically groove on this frequently far-out, cosmically crucial, wormhole wicked, closely encountered, fabulously factoid-engorged 'look-to-the-skies' phantasmagoria!! Right on! And I can righteously testify to it being a Universally Funky Offering, dude! Praise be to wunderkind Von Daniken! Hey!!!!! The Buck Rodgers stops here, man!!...as I believe in space Jebus, baby! It's okay bein' grey, M'kay!!!!!!

I've owned this video many years. I have conversed personally with Stanton on a few occasions. I've conversed with people who new Jessie personally and i've conducted my own research in Roswell. I've been to the proposed crash site in Roswell. I find this documentary to be absolutely truthful and without error. Mind you, I was a total skeptic prior to my investigation but after it was completed, well, I will go to my grave a believer. We are NOT alone in this vast universe. If you know who Paul Lazar is, he too speaks the truth. ( S-4 A51).

This movie scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. I remember watching it alone on TV and not being able to sleep afterward. It seems like a silly, campy movie now but it is still entertaining. The grainy documentary style makes it even creepier. That alien-autopsy video has nothing on this. Another good one is "Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot", along with the old "In Search of..." episodes. Many of these movies that used "real" events were much scarier than scripted horror movies. Not scary, but a good creepy 70's documentary is "F is for Fake" by Orson Welles. I think Oliver Stone borrowed heavily from these styles to make JFK. These tapes may be hard to find at your video store.