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Post by tafkaga on Apr 6, 2023 11:12:21 GMT -5
I'm looking for a doc that makes me go "wow" but most of them just make me go "what?" Like, I'm not saying Kennedy didn't have Marilyn killed because she knew too much about extraterrestrials, or that those ufologists chirping for hours about government coverups aren't telling the truth, but man it's just too much for my brain. I'm just looking for something that leaves me with "omg there's aliens".
Best I've seen so far is a 40 minute doc on Amazon Prime called "Capturing the Light" which is about a grandmother who captured hundreds of hours of weird lights on footage. It's pretty fascinating, and there's clearly some weird shit going on but it takes a pretty neutral approach and I don't feel like a bunch of nerds are trying to put me in a headlock and going "JUST BELIEVE! BELIEVE!"
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Apr 6, 2023 11:37:17 GMT -5
There was one I saw on TV in the early 80s, I remember it because it had a lot of old film (not video) of classic UFO sightings, and a long bit about Billy Meier, before the truth about him came out.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Apr 6, 2023 13:15:38 GMT -5
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE (1979)
Sunn Classics 1979 TV production. Based on Charles Berlitz's classic paranormal bestseller
on youtube
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Apr 6, 2023 14:19:10 GMT -5
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE (1979) Sunn Classics 1979 TV production. Based on Charles Berlitz's classic paranormal bestseller on youtube Not a documentary but also made by Sunn... "Hanger 18". |
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Apr 6, 2023 15:05:43 GMT -5
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE (1979) Sunn Classics 1979 TV production. Based on Charles Berlitz's classic paranormal bestseller on youtube Not a documentary but also made by Sunn... "Hanger 18". ahh but did yo watch it in the CINEMA? that start shot of the lightships passing in front of the ship was AWESOME!!! seen it in a double bill with ENCOUNTER WITH DISASTER too |
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Apr 6, 2023 15:49:26 GMT -5
The nature of the subject invites sensationalism. The majority of people seeking out a UFO doc are looking for the wackiest shit they can find, so the producers are incentivized to give any crackpot with a degree from Madeup University a platform.
Which is to say, if you find any that take a levelheaded approach, I'd be curious to hear about it.
Personally I think almost all sightings are either mistaken IDs or undisclosed military aircraft, which is an interesting topic on it's own.
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Post by tafkaga on Apr 6, 2023 19:51:33 GMT -5
The nature of the subject invites sensationalism. The majority of people seeking out a UFO doc are looking for the wackiest shit they can find, so the producers are incentivized to give any crackpot with a degree from Madeup University a platform. Which is to say, if you find any that take a levelheaded approach, I'd be curious to hear about it. Personally I think almost all sightings are either mistaken IDs or undisclosed military aircraft, which is an interesting topic on it's own. Just watched one today on Prime called Capturing the Light. It's only 40 minutes, about Dorothy Izatt, who started seeing strange lights and video taped it. The tapes were professionally analyzed and no one could come up with an explanation for how it could have been faked. The doc takes a "show don't tell" approach, which as you say, is not the approach taken by the vast majority. Dorothy definitely believes they are extraterrestrials, but her family and the filmmakers all take more of a neutral investigative approach. Dorothy also struggles with how her encounters can fit into her Catholic worldview, which is one indicator to me that she was sincere. It's not a smoking gun for me, but it's definitely intriguing and the closest I've come to being wow'd. |
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Apr 6, 2023 20:31:23 GMT -5
I wish I could find all the ones from the mid and late 80s that were “specials” remember being scared to death of aliens as a kid
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Apr 7, 2023 2:01:56 GMT -5
When I was a kid, I saw a special on TV about alien abductions. It scared me so much that I spent the night sleeping on the floor in the bathroom with the light on and the air vent on to drown any other noises. Also the bathroom was the only room in our apartment with a lock. To my credit, I didn't get abducted by aliens.  |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 7, 2023 2:10:02 GMT -5
I used to LOVE this shit when I was 13/14, I guess the age most boys get into it. Now, I just find it too hilarious to even take seriously.
I did watch the short, John Was Trying to Contact Aliens on Netflix a few years back, it's like 20 minutes or so and it's a neat little show.
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Post by tafkaga on Apr 7, 2023 8:48:35 GMT -5
When I was a kid, I saw a special on TV about alien abductions. It scared me so much that I spent the night sleeping on the floor in the bathroom with the light on and the air vent on to drown any other noises. Also the bathroom was the only room in our apartment with a lock. To my credit, I didn't get abducted by aliens. or so you say... |
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Post by Hurbster on Apr 7, 2023 9:09:37 GMT -5
Not a documentary but also made by Sunn... "Hanger 18". ahh but did yo watch it in the CINEMA? that start shot of the lightships passing in front of the ship was AWESOME!!! seen it in a double bill with ENCOUNTER WITH DISASTER too Back in the day we had a Bermuda Triangle board game, with a magnetic cloud. |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 7, 2023 9:40:49 GMT -5
I used to LOVE this shit when I was 13/14, I guess the age most boys get into it. Now, I just find it too hilarious to even take seriously. I did watch the short, John Was Trying to Contact Aliens on Netflix a few years back, it's like 20 minutes or so and it's a neat little show. That's kind of the way I feel about Bigfoot shit. I'll still tune into one occasionally to kind of laugh and go : "based on what?" |
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Post by dirtyoldman on Apr 7, 2023 9:57:45 GMT -5
I used to LOVE this shit when I was 13/14, I guess the age most boys get into it. Now, I just find it too hilarious to even take seriously. I did watch the short, John Was Trying to Contact Aliens on Netflix a few years back, it's like 20 minutes or so and it's a neat little show. That's kind of the way I feel about Bigfoot shit. I'll still tune into one occasionally to kind of laugh and go : "based on what?" I remember watching loads of episodes of finding Bigfoot about a bunch of loveable rednecks going to these towns and interviewing locals about their experiences. Then later that night they would go into the forests, make stupid noises and listen for big foot replying (or rather probably the locals taking the piss) |
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Post by Talent Name on Apr 7, 2023 14:19:30 GMT -5
Ariel Phenomenon was great the whole story is fascinating
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Apr 7, 2023 15:19:21 GMT -5
I used to LOVE this shit when I was 13/14, I guess the age most boys get into it. Now, I just find it too hilarious to even take seriously. I did watch the short, John Was Trying to Contact Aliens on Netflix a few years back, it's like 20 minutes or so and it's a neat little show. That's kind of the way I feel about Bigfoot shit. I'll still tune into one occasionally to kind of laugh and go : "based on what?" I used to work at a video store (side note: I'm old), and we had a couple of Bigfoot documentaries on the shelf. One had film of what they said was film of a group of creatures walking over a hillside, shot from a distance, from a shaky camera on a helicopter... I wish I could remember what the name, and I'm sad I didn't swipe it when the store shut down |
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Apr 7, 2023 15:23:27 GMT -5
That's kind of the way I feel about Bigfoot shit. I'll still tune into one occasionally to kind of laugh and go : "based on what?" I remember watching loads of episodes of finding Bigfoot about a bunch of loveable rednecks going to these towns and interviewing locals about their experiences. Then later that night they would go into the forests, make stupid noises and listen for big foot replying (or rather probably the locals taking the piss) Yknow, that reminds me of stories about 'paranormal activity' during filming of "Children of the Corn"... producers asked the schools to warn kids not to hang around the sets while filming, so of course they did and caused a lot of crap that the actors thought was ghosts or something. |
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Apr 7, 2023 16:16:29 GMT -5
arthur c clarkes mysterious world
episode 10
ufos
it's on youtube, listen to the final monologue if you will ...
"you may wonder ... what should you do, if you do meet a visitor from space?
WELL
be very polite
and be prepared for a long journey ..."
*GRINS*
or in my case when i was watching it at the time of broadcast on 4th october 1980 ... poo myself!!!
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Post by Sephiroth on Apr 8, 2023 6:37:59 GMT -5
Unsolved Mysteries and even Monsterquest had some good episodes
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 8, 2023 12:42:54 GMT -5
I'm looking for a doc that makes me go "wow" but most of them just make me go "what?" Like, I'm not saying Kennedy didn't have Marilyn killed because she knew too much about extraterrestrials, or that those ufologists chirping for hours about government coverups aren't telling the truth, but man it's just too much for my brain. I'm just looking for something that leaves me with "omg there's aliens". Best I've seen so far is a 40 minute doc on Amazon Prime called "Capturing the Light" which is about a grandmother who captured hundreds of hours of weird lights on footage. It's pretty fascinating, and there's clearly some weird shit going on but it takes a pretty neutral approach and I don't feel like a bunch of nerds are trying to put me in a headlock and going "JUST BELIEVE! BELIEVE!" Marilyn had her own pharmacy on her bedside table. If governments are covering up alien existence, they are right to do it. It's hard enough to convince people that a virus isn't caused by a mobile phone signal tower. The best argument for life elsewhere in the universe comes from purely scientific documentaries on space on general, like the BBC, which emphasises the sheer number of planets out there with conditions that could be conducive to some form of life. You will not find any convincing argument from UFO 'documentaries' where some guy says he saw a light in a forest. |
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