I was born in 1951 and was
introduced to UFOs at Leona Theater, the town movie theater in 1956. At that
time, we did not have news casts. We got most of our news from the movie theater.
I saw this UFO Documentary just before one of my favorite movies, "The Day
the Earth Stood Still."
Enjoy this
drama-documentary, based on the experiences of Al Chop, a reporter who served
as press liaison for the Pentagon during its investigation of UFO's from 1947
to the early 1950s. Miller, Soule, and Tremayne provide the voices for the
narrated portions of the film. Although the movie contains only two brief film
clips to serve as photographic evidence of UFO's, the producers build a good
case based on the credibility of certain UFO witnesses (airline pilots,
military personnel, radar operators, etc.).
On a more subtle level,
director Winston Jones pulls off a clever trick; he begins the film as a pure
documentary, but he gradually modifies this approach and focuses on reporter Al
Chop's personal involvement in the UFO investigation. Chop slowly changes from
UFO skeptic to UFO believer The climax is a gripping reenactment of a true
incident which occurred in 1950, when a group of UFO's cruised above Washington
DC for several hours. The voice of Harry Morgan is heard over the radio as an
Air Force pilot whose plane is literally surrounded by UFO's, during which Al
Chop and a group of bewildered military men cluster around the radar scope,
watching in wide-eyed wonder.
Dramatically speaking,
this scene is far superior to its counterpart in `Close Encounters of the Third
Kind'. The most amazing thing about this film is the fact that it was made with
the full cooperation of the United States government, and every scrap of
evidence it presents was made available to any and all scientific agency who
wanted to examine it. Watch it and make up your own mind about UFO's -- but
you'll loose some sleep over it before you do. Note: Some reviews mistakenly
identify the star of `Unidentified Flying Objects' as Tom Powers, a co-star of
`Destination Moon' (1950). The star of `UFO' is actually a Los Angles newspaper
reporter (not a professional actor) named Tom Powers, who portrays the
real-life reporter Al Chop.
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