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MOVIE REVIEW
On the Trail of UFOs: Night Visitors

Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2022
Runtime: 1h 21m
Director: Seth Breedlove
Writer(s): Seth Breedlove
Where To Watch: Available April 5th, including iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Vudu and FandangoNOW

So I’m supposed to remain unbias while reviewing films. Sometimes that’s far easier said than done; while I believe that we aren’t the only intelligent life in the universe, I don’t believe in UFOs or the other things that traditionally go along with that.

It’s a film that I didn’t dislike and one that I didn’t love. That’s the most challenging part of being honest with my reviews. Some people think that if I give something a 2.5, I’m trashing it because of their preconceived ideas on what a rating means. Ultimately, I ended up at 2.5/5; despite what some people think, a 2.5 is right down the middle for me.

Night Visitors is the follow-up to the 2020 miniseries, On the Trail of UFOs, and 2021’s On the Trail of UFOs: Dark Sky. While I haven’t seen those, I imagine that they’re of equal quality. I usually wouldn’t do this, but I wanted to share the film's entire synopsis; I genuinely feel that documentaries follow a different set of rules than a regular film when it comes to spoilers. “In the 1960s, the cattle mutilation phenomenon became a widespread concern across the American West. Cases erupted around states like Wyoming, South Dakota, and Colorado of livestock being preyed upon in ways that puzzled even established scientists. Today, cattle mutilations are thought to go hand in hand with mysterious objects in the skies (commonly referred to as UFOs or UAPs), and that’s what first brought indie documentary crew Small Town Monsters and investigator Shannon LeGro to the Miller Ranch in southern Colorado.

While filming Night Visitors, LeGro and company found an unusual amount of activity centered around this particular ranch. Everything from odd lights seen in the air and on the ground to unusual sounds, enigmatic government black helicopters, and even specific parts of the property that seemed to invite deadly accidents. At the heart of all this bizarre activity was a series of cattle mutilations that truly call into question what we think we know about the topic of UFOs and little green men from outer space.”

One of the most exciting parts of the film to me was how unbiased they could be throughout it. It was a well-done film from a technical standpoint, but more importantly, the story being told was done in such a way that it lets the viewers experience everything for themselves. I didn’t feel like I was watching a History Channel special; I felt like I was watching a story with a message but wasn’t trying to make you believe it just because it wanted to push an agenda.

Whether you buy into the topic, a documentary succeeds or fails based on how well it was done. One of the best examples that come to mind is ROOM 237, a documentary that dives into theories about some of the deeper meanings in THE SHINING. Most of it is things I find incredibly unbelievable, but like this, it was done in such a way that allows me to learn instead of just ignoring it.

Thanks to Justin Cook Public Relations for allowing me to screen this doc that made me think!

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