What begins as a slickly produced series of interviews, with beautifully shot talking heads, polished B-roll of Washington, DC, and seductive camera movements, eventually reveals itself to be a whole lot of talk that doesn’t go anywhere. The constant droning score tries hard to manufacture unease, but it mostly signals that what we’re watching isn’t entirely sincere.
There’s talk, and then more talk. Yes, some of it comes from important people, but much of the persuasion is driven by members of AATIP, whose interviews form an echo chamber, repeating and reinforcing each other until it all starts to sound like a broken record. A lot of the testimony, especially from Elizondo, sounds heavily scripted, which only makes things even less sincere. Did AATIP fund this film?
Then there’s the secrecy. These people have supposedly seen extraordinary things, from alien crafts to beings, but we’re asked to simply take their word for it because of military-grade NDAs. So what are we talking about? Is there really enough meat on the bones for a documentary?
Once again, there’s no real evidence, and there never has been. And until we have some, it’s going to be hard to take this subject matter seriously.
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