UFO Documentary Moment of Contact Investigates a Real-Life X-File

Two years in the past, io9 premiered the trailer for The Phenomenon, a UFO documentary constructed across the “unavoidable fact” that aliens are actual. Now filmmaker James Fox is again with a follow-up that explores that anti-skeptical thesis by way of a extra worldwide lens, delving into “the Roswell of Brazil.” It’s known as Moment of Contact, and io9 is as soon as once more excited to premiere the trailer.

Here’s the official description of the doc: “Moment of Contact, director James Gray’s follow-up to the 2020 hit, The Phenomenon, is an exploration of extraterrestrial encounters centered on a series of events in 1996 when citizens of Varginha, Brazil, reported seeing a UFO crash and one or more strange creatures. Several locals, including a group of girls ranging in age from 14-21, had a close encounter with a being described as about four feet tall, with brown oily skin, a large head. and huge red eyes. The town of Varginha was cordoned off by military and emergency response teams and two creatures were captured. Local military policeman Marco Cherese died under mysterious circumstances after allegedly handling one of the creatures. Fox’s documentary features interviews with key eyewitnesses, experts, and officials, including nuclear physicist and professional ufologist Stanton Friedman, Brazilian Air Force General Jose Carlos Pereira, and Brazilian ufologist Ademar Jose Gevaerd.”

Was it actual, or a mass delusion, or a hoax, or one thing much more unexplainable to account for all these individuals who declare to have witnessed some a part of these occasions? It’s as much as the viewer to determine. With narration by Peter Coyote (who additionally narrated The Phenomenon, and, sure, additionally starred in E.T. the Extraterrestrial), Moment of Contact additionally options interviews with former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent Luis Elizondo, info scientist and ufologist Jacques Valle, and former Deputy Undersecretary for Defense Intelligence Christopher Mellon.

Moment of Contact arrives on digital October 18. Until then, preserve watching the skies!

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