UFOs: Encounters and Abductions (1996)

Michael Dorn

A genuine modern phenomenon, or just a contemporary manifestation of the fairies of medieval times? "UFOs: Encounters and Abductions" investigates the litany of claims made by people who maintain they... read more  have seen -- or were even kidnapped by -- alien life forms. This program uses provocative photos, frank accounts, and "precise simulations" to persuade viewers that UFOs are not the stuff of science fiction. From an aviator's first report 50 years ago of saucers speeding at 1,200 mph to the alleged spaceship crash at Roswell, Nevada, and the supposed subsequent military cover-up, UFO tales show no signs of fading from the cultural landscape. Believers insist that extraterrestrials are real, and, furthermore, that government officials are up to no good...