Out of the Blue - The Definitive Investigation of the UFO Phenomenon
by James Fox
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Actor: Peter CoyoteDirector: James Fox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 155 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Hannover House
DVD Reviews of Out of the Blue - The Definitive Investigation of the UFO Phenomenon
DVD Review: Oh, my, what a lark!
Summary: 1 Stars
First of all, this "documentary" parades several people who say they were in the military and "saw something" and were "sworn to secrecy and to never discuss it again". Well, here they are running their mouths off telling it all. Doesn't that suggest something is wrong? Yes, it does.
Second of all, this "documentary" shows some of the most bogus looking home movies that are so obviously fake plus fuzzy light photos that could be anything.
Third of all, they discuss the Phoenix Lights of 1997 as though it was a mystery. It is not. They were flares and been proven over and over to have been flares.
This movie decides that UFOs are being flown by creatures from other worlds and that is all they will discuss. No opposing views are shown and no other explanations are discussed. This is tripe of the worst kind.
DVD Review: Interesting....
Summary: 5 Stars
This documentary, like many others, is trying to prove that UFOs do exist. It covers many events and incidents of UFOs seen and reported. The difference between this documentary and many others is that it relies on official reports more than reports made by the public, making this documentary more credible and authentic.
I also liked how this film added animated simulation describing the several incidents reported by the public so that the veiwer could really imagine what was actually seen.
UFO reports at Phoenix, the UK, France, and several other significant places were covered and analysed in this film.
Good documentary of the UFO phenomenon.
DVD Review: Outstanding UFO Documentary
Summary: 5 Stars
Maybe the best UFO documentary I've ever seen. Can't wait for the upcoming sequel.DVD Review: Straightforward and Compelling
Summary: 5 Stars
I like the straightforward tone and I appreciate the highly-credible individuals interviewed in this film. DVD Review: A good recent overview of the UFO phenomenon...
Summary: 4 Stars
As you can probably tell by reading most of the previous reviews, this documentary (like most everything associated with UFOs) inspires a "love it/hate it" attitude. Most skeptics dislike this documentary because it takes a "pro-UFO" approach - while it carefully avoids stating that UFOs are alien spacecraft, the documentary does argue that UFOs are a "real", physical phenomenon and aren't simply hoaxes or people seeing swamp gas, stars, meteors, etc. Believers may not like the documentary because it doesn't claim that UFOs are from outer space, only that the phenomenon can't be dismissed as bunk and a sham. As a longtime UFO buff, and as someone who takes an "open-minded skepticism" towards the topic, in my opinion this documentary, while flawed, is nevertheless a high-quality, well-made effort to look seriously at the phenomenon. As a previous reviewer noted, the documentary consists mostly of "talking head" interviews with people who claimed to have seen UFOs, and with scientists debating whether or not travel between the stars is even possible. I thought "Out of the Blue" did a good job of showing that many credible scientists believe that interstellar travel is a possiblility, and that the common dismissal that UFOs can't exist because space travel is "impossible", is increasingly inaccurate. Several of the scientists interviewed - and they are all credentialed scientists in their fields - offer some intriguing theories as to how interstellar travel may be possible within the next few centuries (and if it could become possible here, who's to say some other intelligent life form hasn't already discovered how to do it?). In addition to the scientists, the documentary features interviews with pilots, astronauts (such as Gordon "Hot Dog" Cooper, an original Project Mercury astronaut), retired military officers, and ordinary citizens talking about their own UFO experiences. Some of these people will be familiar to UFO buffs, and their credibility varies. One of the most dubious people interviewed is Philip Corso, a former U.S. intelligence officer who claims that he was an "insider" on a massive government coverup of UFOs. Corso's often wild claims have come under considerable criticism from not only UFO skeptics but even from many believers, and a number of his claims have been proven to be false. A number of prominent skeptics have even used Corso's presence in this documentary to dismiss its credibility entirely. And that's a shame, because the documentary also offers interviews with other, much more credibile, witnesses. Among them is Robert Jacobs, a former military officer who in 1967 was assigned to film a missile launch in California; he claims that his film clearly showed a strange object shooting down the missile. His claims were verified by his commanding officer; the documentary shows copies of the letters verifying Jacobs' story. Overall, I found "Out of the Blue" to be a well-made and persuasive argument for the notion - not that UFOs are alien spacecraft - but rather that not all UFO incidents can be dismissed as hoaxes or misidentified natural phenomena and that some of them are still "unsolved" and are worthy of serious study. Recommended for any UFO buff or anyone with a passing interest in the phenomenon.
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