Are UFO Sightings Real? Everything You Need To Know About Netflix Docu-Series 'Encounters'
Netflix's Encounters examines reports of alien encounters and other unexplained occurrences on Earth using eyewitnesses and specialists.
A number of high-profile revelations in recent months have increased public interest in UFOs and if you are one of those people who have keen interest in the subject, then the docuseries Encounters might be the one for you.
In the wake of a 2017 New York Times piece that first revealed a shadowy Pentagon program to study what the government officially calls to as UAP, short for unexplained anomalous phenomenon, the docuseries is the most recent one to examine UFOs.
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Each episode of the series, which is produced by Stephen Spielberg's Amblin Television, Boardwalk Pictures, and Vice Studios, is directed by Yon Motskin and examines a new report of a mass sighting in a different region of the planet.
What Is The Docuseries About?
Each episode focuses on a different incident, including an alien encounter with students in Zimbabwe, mysterious lights over a small-town Texas, submersible spacecraft haunting a coastal Welsh village, and reports of non-human intelligence meddling with a nuclear power plant in Japan.
Netflix's Encounters examines reports of alien encounters and other unexplained occurrences on Earth using eyewitnesses and specialists.
Firsthand witnesses narrate the series and use science "to guide believers to answers during a time when the question of whether or not humans are alone in the universe feels particularly urgent," as per Tudum.
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What To Expect - Episode-Wise
The first episode is set in 1977 in Wales, and the titles are listed in chronological sequence.
It continues with a boy group's story of seeing a cigar-shaped spacecraft emerge from the trees. Then, over 450 UFO and extraterrestrial sightings were reported in the Welsh coastal town of Broad Haven.
In the second episode, 62 kids in Zimbabwe in 1994 report seeing spacecraft and humanoid creatures in the playground. In the third episode, citizens of Stephenville, Texas, see a widespread sighting of UFOs in 2008, together with members of the local police force and business community.
Synopsis
The official synopsis reads: ¡°Each cinematic and deeply-researched episode tells a single story: strange lights in the sky over small-town Texas; submersible space crafts haunting a coastal Welsh village; an alien encounter with schoolchildren in Zimbabwe; non-human intelligence reportedly interfering with a nuclear power plant in Japan.
¡°As told from the perspective of firsthand experiences ¨C in the places where the sightings occurred ¨C and guided by cutting-edge scientists and military personnel, the series goes beyond the science to highlight the profoundly human impact of these encounters on lives, families, and communities."
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