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I identify as an open-minded and REASONABLE skeptic on the subject of UFOs/UAP. I've watched all of the James Fox documentaries, read many books on the subject, and have familiarized myself with the best cases. I find some of it compelling, but will not be convinced until I see better evidence. It's important to remain skeptical and not get caught up in confirmation bias.

That being said, there are some ridiculous claims and assumptions being made by the director of this documentary. Early on, he hears from an astrophysicist that it's unlikely that extraterrestrial civilizations could travel the vast distance required to reach us. The director then adds voiceover saying "They can't get here!" How do you go from "unlikely" to "can't"? Another claim he makes is that photos, videos, and eyewitness testimony aren't compelling, and you need to hold something in your hand to believe it. That sort of thinking might lead someone to a belief as abhorrent as Holocaust denial, because we can't stand there and verify it with our own eyes. That is the sort of UNREASONABLE skepticism that this director is guilty of. (Note: I'm not saying he's a Holocaust denier. That's just an extreme example of where unreasonable skepticism can lead.)

He does a good job of exploring problems with some well-known UFO cases. Although, I found it amusing that when an astrophysicist says "unlikely" he takes that to mean "can't", but when an Air Force base serviceman tells him that a power outage is "unlikely" to disable ICBM missiles, he goes on to conclude it "must" have been the cause.

His treatment of the famous Navy UFO videos and their corresponding sightings is mixed. He interviews Mick West and shows his compelling take on them. He then goes on to make the case that the Navy pilots were mistaken in what they saw by interviewing an air traffic controller and a prop plane flight instructor. Seriously. Not a single Navy pilot or instructor is interviewed. You can't discount the dozens of witnesses to the Nimitz encounter without interviewing any of them or, at the very least, a seasoned Navy pilot. He doesn't even address why the Nimitz case is so compelling (dozens of witnesses, multiples radar systems and sensors, including the most sophisticated radar on the planet, and backed up by a video). He merely discounts the video as probably just a plane. That's a straw man if ever there was one.

This is a lazy documentary that mixes some interesting insights-especially the Jimmy Carter UFO sighting-with a lot of assumptions and straw-manning. I welcome and encourage skepticism on this subject and hope that the truth about this phenomenon will be found one day. This director hasn't found it.

It's important to understand the Laws of Creation, but to be rooted in very left-brained thinking keeps you from seeing the bigger picture. Rigid skepticism is not the pathway to truth. Holistic thinking will get you there much faster, regardless of the subject. Using the Trivium and Quadrivium methods are holistic approaches. Science is about discovery and evolving perspectives, not dogmatic rigidity and limitation which is what scientism is and what this documentary is saturated in.

Some of the assumptions about how ETs would behave if they came here are also pretty one-dimensional such as "landing on the white house lawn." Mr. Dunning, what makes you think an evolved species would want to have anything to do with us today? We're far from evolved. We're still children who believe we need a proxy mommy and daddy called "government." A Type 3 civilization capable of interstellar travel would probably keep their distance until we grew up and got over ourselves. We're not even a Type 1 yet.

The only exception would be a species with ill intent, and they're probably already here. Trust me, "they" would have no problem with us seeing this movie. Same with all the overly right-brained speculative fluff. Neither one is a balanced perspective. Neither one will get you to the core of what's really going on.

This documentary says it presents scientific evidence. The presenter eagerly thinks he is debunking with his great logic and scientific evidence. Although he makes some good points, his science is fashioned to support his opinion. He wraps every thing up with a nice bow. "There you have it", "that's all it was". He basically is saying everyone is being hoaxed, or fooled. He is saying everyone who thinks they saw a ufo is too stupid to have considered his explanations. There is no unbiased science in this video! It is totally skewed and every one interviewed is so confident, it's amazing. I feel like I'm watching Mr. Trump take facts and skew them to support his agenda, like he does. I only watched the whole video out of curiosity. If you are looking for any ufo science, don't watch this opinionated waste of time.

This documentary is really something special. Unlike MOST UFO documentary films, this one actually too the time to do real research. The company that made this seem to be more invested in fact checking and going to the source and not making stuff up. Most of what you see on Discovery and History is a what-if. Some of it is clearly made up. This documentary took the time to actually do real research and the truth is way more fascinating than what we might think. Yes there is a conspiracy out there but not what anyone might think. I can't spoil the "plot" but anyone who loves UFO documentaries like me should watch this with a clear sober mind. I hope these guys do Bigfoot next. I want to believe!!!!

I'm convinced by the expert examination of the professionals in this film that the incidents that they've discussed here have now been explained.

I think the documentary subject matter is mostly well covered and researched. I took two stars off for not asking about black holes and such as possibilities of how an interstellar civilization could bypass the time and space problem of space travel.

Also I would like some of the aerial phenomena on Skinwalker Ranch explained. That is still a mystery to me. Though I assume the authors of the documentary would get sued if they could prove that Skinwalker Ranch and other such location phenomena were nothing supernatural or alien.

I hope they make another film and answer some of these questions.

No science here just a biased agenda don't waste any time on this junk . Unfortunately this movie is more about Brian Dunning and what a Clown he is.

Starts off quite even but don't let fool you because pretty soon it becomes clear what this video is all about. He is well known for dismissing clear evidence and attacking anyone who has reported what they have witnessed and this film is like a concentrated 90 minutes of his nonsense. If this video made even a poor attempt at discussing the UFO topic it would be have been worth watching but this doesn't do that so I can only recommend to avoid this.

Shows and documentaries about UFOs and the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence often falls into the predictable "History Channel" type of sensationalized schmaltz. You already know that internet meme... The History Channel guy with crazy hair, (Giorgio Tsoukalos) who answers ALL mysteries with the word, "Aliens".

So it's a rare thing when a UFO movie/doc not only sticks to realistic science but still manages to be exciting and informative without the conspiracy theory / Area 51 nonsense. I see quite a few reviewers here seem to be offended by the realistic science covered in this show. But it's that darn "Theory of Special Relativity" that always rains on the "True believers" parade. True UFO Believers approach the subject with religious fervor simply because it IS a belief system, as opposed to a rigorously tested science. Have many people witnessed the impossible in the skies? Yes! Sure! And who am I to say they didn't?

So would I LOVE to see great evidence of UFOs that simply can't be explained? Darn right, I would!!!

And yes, I was truly impressed with Dave Fravor's personal experience and credentials. But like everyone else, I would love to see that one incredible video. Until such time that it gets published, I'll keep sticking with real science, real scientists and academics who have devoted their lives to the pursuit of Cosmology and Physics.

I thought this was a terrific movie and highly recommend it.

I'm so damned tired of documentaries that lead with question marks or talk about "could have beens." This film shows what we know, and it's actually quite a lot.

If you're serious about UFOs and the idea of slime visitation, you are required to watch this in order to have any credibility at all.

This is a sobering look at several famous sightings, analyzed by witnesses and experts - REAL experts, not Bigfoot chasers who do UFOs on the side.

Curious about the videos Congress is seeing? Wondering how we can know for sure what WASN'T aliens? There are answers here. Seek them. I wish Congress would.

This documentary started in a way that gave you the impression it would be balanced and fair.

Sadly, this did not last long, as the documentary quickly slipped into a 'Passive Aggressive' attack on all research into the UFO/UAP debate/mystery.

This is a great film for those not really interested in gaining a better understanding of the subject, but looking to confirm a Superior based Scepticism.

Hiding behind a fake cloak of 'Scientism' to justify naïve assumption after assumption, just does not work and gives Scepticism a bad name.

I have read long detailed articles about the Rendlesham Forest incident.

The description given in this documentary is clearly aimed at instant debunking and clearly does no justice to the subject.

This pattern is followed for each following case.

No effort is made to get an alternative perspective, such as interviewing an actual pilot whom witnessed one of these strange events.

Some of the science was interesting and would have been far more interesting if presented alongside some different points of view.

Sadly, half way in to the film the agenda becomes so clear, all hope is lost of learning anything new.

To me, the most interesting part of the film was the small part at the end in regards to the detection of the 'WOW' signal.

In Summary,

This film suffers from a lack of imagination/balance, resulting is strawmen arguments being proposed and then knocked down, leaving the film not really going anywhere new.

I am very impressed with the information presented in this documentary. As a professional who has actually made hundreds of documentaries over the past 33 years, I can say that most UFO documentaries are complete BS. It is a VERY easy matter to sway and average person into believing UFOs are real. This documentary lifts the lid on the majority of those other" documentaries. It's a fact that this was made by a non-profit organization and was made to educate, and not to gain money.

There is a conspiracy behind the UFO story. It's not that the government is hiding anything (they cannot successful keep ANYTHING secret these days). The truth of the matter is that low level media organizations and people who PROFIT from selling books and documentaries are the one perpetuating the myth that aliens are visiting in metal machines, and constantly crashing into the desert and buzzing jet fighters for sport.

If you truly live UFOs are real, then you have been duped by media companies who want your money and want your clicks and attention.

But don't believe me, watch this documentary for yourself and then go away and have a good long think before responding angrily. The truth is out there. We all WANT to believe, but sadly reality is way more sobering.

Thank-you to the people made this documentary! Truth is sobering.

Excellently done. Properly researched and backed by real-world science.

Clearly puts "alien UFO"s in the category Science-FICTION.

The only reason I did not give a full 10/10 was I was hoping for even more - another 20 minutes of science-backed skepticism would have earned it 10/10.

The entire setup, writing, and narration was classic yet modernized 2023 narrative and performance.

It is sad that too few will see this - especially our leaders in Congress and other influential positions of power that continue to promote conspiracy and fiction about UFO's, aliens, secret Area 51, and a giant government coverup.

This is just one big sceptic documentary.

The host has already made up his mind. He focuses on a couple of things and ignores a huge amount of data.

Example, the Montana Missile silos. He only talks about one site and never talks about all other sites. Says Bob Salas' memory might be failing after all these years. Says the flight computers rebooted which could have made the missile shutdown. What he didn't say is that the missiles are not serial connected. So if one reboots and shuts down, the rest shouldn't. Yet they did.

And it's not just Malmstrom AFB, ALL nuclear (military) sites have had encounters!

Robert Hastings wrote book about it. He investigated and collected everything Nuclear and UFO related and found a rock solid pattern.

Then they start explaining the UFO away as a Barium cloud. But of course they 'forgot' to mention that the UFO came up close and personal. It wasn't a far away lichtshow anymore. It was right there. It came to them and stopped above them.

This is just 1 example. This is how all his debunking in this goes. Takes a couple of useful facts, twists the wordings a little and conveniently leaves out truckloads of corroborating evidence.

This is no investigation into the UFO phenomena. This is a debunking show. Or hitjob.

Debunkers probably like it.

Anyone who has actual knowledge about UFO sightings sees right through this.

It's sad really. Don't bother watching. The title is enticing and speaks to us (UFO community) but it's a trick title. It's should be called The Great Debunk show or something like that.

Oh and of course the fact that Nick West is in here should keep you away. He does his old tricks but conveniently forgets to mention that the actual manufacturers of the used hardware later explained how his facts were off.

This is a debunking show.

And a hit job.

Not worth your time but feel free to watch it of course. I made I halfway and shut it down, leaving a thumb down on Tubi.

UFOs are real. And yes, 95% of sightings are explainable. Mundane objects or what have you. I don't care about those. I care about the 5%.

UFOs are here, and have been for a long time. What it is and where it's from is unknown. As are the occupants. But we'll get there and the debunkers will have to scratch themselves behind the ears. And find a new hobby.

I joined the local MUFON Virginia chapter in the past, and although I found the meetings mildly interesting, and the members genuinely enjoyable, I never saw much if any push-back by anyone on stories that were shared by guest speakers so I decided not to renew my membership. In my humble opinion, these chapters are social gatherings for many types of people on the spectrum of beliefs, but in the end, they are a business, either for capital gain, camaraderie or otherwise. I have no negative stories to relay about my experience with them. The person in charge will and has made her case against your movie, but in the end, it's all speculative conjecture towards their belief, mostly because there's no rational explanation provided that takes issue with their perspective. For me, it's an enjoyable topic but I too have not been convinced of UFOs. I think I wish I could see one so I could be as excited as others who believe in their existence. My only question is with all of the great cameras that are in existence, there have never been any clear photographs. Why is that?

Only part worth it was Carters sighting in detail.

The intro was long and slow talking about how many planets could have life.. sometimes its better the host stay behind the camera not in front of it.

I wont repeat the 5 star review as he did nail it

but I find it odd anyone would claim over 100 kids and 1 teacher were influenced by whay they watched.. especially now these are much older and all havent said they were NOT sure now.

Sure the UK UFO case had embellishments. But claiming air men seeing a light house daily on the base mistakenly got a UFO wrong for it later.. sounds far fetched and we know military made mistakes and that goes for documenting things too and not coming clean even today.

As for nuke ufos theres FOIAs of reports of UFOs around the sites even if the outages can be explained as normal dont mean it was so.. it helps to be middle ground and not bias when debunking and follow the facts ALL facts not just ones you love.

Overall the documentary was basic..it wasnt worth my time on it.. he could of interviewed people involved.. and gone there and map location of men and checked where beam would be seen.

Also the guy is a convicted criminal that did 1 year in prison for fraud.. google him and read about ebay fbi court case.. he also has been called out on very UFO debunks on his skeptic website.

This is excellent. It starts by giving you the arguments for and against alien visitation to Earth. It's not in any way condescending to the ideas proposed, or the proponents of UFO visits, but carefully looks at them with a respectful approach.

A balanced presentation with careful consideration of any claims made.

The narration is engaging, and goes into the details of many high profile cases, while discussing the possibility of them having mundane explanations.

This is a scholarly look at the subject, while also keeping the viewers interest at all times.

The interviewees are erudite and know their fields. They present their evidence and knowledge in a very accessible way.

This is something that everyone with even a passing interest would be well served to watch.

Looks like Brian is playing both sides of the field. He used to advocate for UFO's. At one time even claiming to have seen a flying saucer In a hanger: while working for a secret government agency. Now he's Mr skeptic. Either he's just trying to make as much money as possible making movies, or someone sat him down and had a serious discussion about the consequences of violating his non disclosure agreement. I'm not saying that his analysis of the UFO sightings in this movie are incorrect, just that his point of view is inconsistent. Personally, I tend to lean toward skepticism myself. It's not that I don't believe in extraterrestrial intelligence, it's just that the evidence for observed visitation is weak. An out of focus picture is proof positive of nothing, other than bad photography, and reverse engineering a technology thousands of years more advanced, is not within the realm of possibility, yet these are what pro UFO movies focus on.

Mr. Dunning does a fantastic job leading us on a fact finding, truth seeking adventure that allows us all to come to our own conclusions about UFOs. Wonderfully crafted and informative. I like how Brian talks to the camera as if he's having a conversation with the viewer; very personable. Thank you for providing us with quality workmanship! You're a cool dude and your presentation and information was easy to follow. This documentary would be a great add on for high school physics curriculum. I think kids would be drawn in by your work not only in regards to UFOs but would also learn how to decipher fact from fiction when presented with scientific information. I'll be on the lookout for a book signing near me!

Watch the account of the 3 women, and male teacher of the Australia school where several spacecraft hovered and landed in I believe was the 1960's. You tell me these people made this up, after hearing their story. You can find it on u tube. Also the Edwin Fuhr account on his farm in Canada, also on u tube. I don't think these people are fabricating anything, but judge for yourself. Denning sites instance's where his findings are plausible, but doesn't bring up many others that cant possibly be explained, as the David Fravor, and his female co pilot's face to face sighting of the tic tac object zipping around them. He really seems credible to me, and I doubt a fabricated story, made up by the two of them, but I guess anything is possible.

The title of this movie is a watch bait. Don't watch it, because the author doesn't believe that UFO's are real. It tries to lure you in initially though. The observations and interviews are taken from the wrong people. For example, instead of interviewing the pilots themselves, they interviewed some random person. If you love UFO's and believe in them, this is not the movie for you. The title is a watch bait. Another example of BS concerns the Redlesham Forest incident. The author had the nerve to debunk one of the greatest event ever told by saying that the officer and the other junior guys witnessed a strobing light from a light house. He stated that these events were just exaggerated over the years by different authors. Really? He purposely left out the part where the officer actually recorded audio of the events and how everything was recorded on paper in great detail. Don't watch this borimg documentary. You will be wasting your time.

...and it's in this movie. True believers will dislike the movie immensely because it reveals how bad the evidence for UFOs really is. Grainy pictures are not proof of UFOs. No matter how many bad pictures are out there, lots of bad evidence still adds up to bad evidence.

For all the cameras people have these days, not one clear picture is available. True believers just need one good movie. But none are seen.

Also, government investigation into a phenomenon does not mean the phenomenon is real. It means that someone got someone else in the government to investigate. Often the reasons are political which as we all know, may not have anything to do with reality.

The movie has many good points. Watch it...and be skeptical.

Unfortunately, this documentary (and it's an actual documentary, unlike the 100% of UFO "documentaries" you'll find on Netflix and the "History" channel) will be seen by very few people because it dares to do something in the early-mid 2020s that (hi, future historians) is frowned upon: tell the truth and bring receipts to the truth without stirring up magical thinking in order to do it.

Why is there a sudden surge in UFO/UAP sightings? Why is Congress investigating? What is happening that is driving all of this? In short, con-artists and news media willing to sell their ethics for a few dollars in order to promote stories they know will draw people in while they think it's fine because it's harmless, right?

Except we know selling magical thinking to people isn't harmless. It drives them to believe more fantastical things until they no longer believe in real things. They seem to question everything EXCEPT the active con game being run on them.

Establishment disinformation campaign at its finest, but the good news is any person with a pulse can see right through the falsity that is this click bait garbage, Brian Dunning and the filmmakers desperately attempting to and failing to debunk anything in this film is actually quite humorous and can actually be considered even more evidence of a very real extraterrestrial presence being hidden from the public, Brian Dunning also puts off big "don't trust anything I say" vibes, dude looks like an alien himself, wearing a rubber human mask, At one point in the film they really try to say the UAPs seen by trained jet pilots were balloons.