This 1982 "expose" of the UFO phenemenon is the most irritatingly blinkered alleged debunking imaginable. Attempting to portray "scientific" sceptics as truthsayers and ufo witnesses as either hallucinating, confabulating, or simply mistaken, this NOVA episode is victim of its own illogic - what method there is amounts to little more than a one sided ad hominem attack. The veracity of ufo experiencers' accounts is never once acknowledged as a possibility, while the so-called explanations of skeptics is never seriously questioned even when they have nothing ... Read More
Rating: - Fascinating
Are we alone in this universe where billions upon billions of galaxies exist? Probably not, but most people need proof in order to believe it. This video tries to debunk the myths of UFO's, saying that it is mostly our imagination and superstition that causes our belief in UFOs or extraterrestrials. It tires hard to explain some of the UFO sightings, but at the same time, falls short in its explanations.
For example, the story about the forest worker who claimed he was abducted by aliens. The scientist in the video says he had an hallucination, but doesn't explain why he had the "hallucination" ... Read More
Rating: - Interesting, although too one-sided
This is an older Nova episode, from 1982. It's real easy to tell from watching this particular episode, UFOs: Are We Alone, that this is from the early 1980s. Although informative, as in many different topics Nova has covered through the years, my biggest complaint is this the subject covered here is almost completely one-sided, that from the skeptic's point of view. You only get people like Philip Klass and the likes here, but you don't get UFO supporters Stanton Friedman or Budd Hopkins. One example of being so slanted to the skeptics was the UFO sighting in New Zealand near the end of 1978 where the skeptics ... Read More
Rating: - Well-Done, if biased, UFO documentary
One of the problems which exists for people who want to learn more about the UFO phenomenon is figuring out which books and videos are trustworthy on the subject, and which books and videos are done by con artists or "true believers" who are simply looking to make a quick buck. This well-done documentary produced in the early 1980's by the respected PBS-TV science series "Nova" is one of the videos that you can take seriously - up to a point. The video is well-researched and it interviews several of the most famous ufo researchers and debunkers of that era. Additionally, the video also examines several well-known ... Read More
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