Encounters (2023)
3/10
Mildly Interesting, Nothing Profound
15 October 2023
Mostly interviews of alleged eyewitnesses, hardly any compelling evidence. These are not exactly rational skeptics. We hear from several people who are clearly mentally disturbed, feeling the presence of extraterrestrials in their bedroom at night, hearing alien voices in their head, and even claiming to communicate with them using some language of strange noises.

Nearly all of the interviewees are very religious and/or superstitious, which says a lot about their willingness to believe things on faith without empirical evidence. Throughout the series we're often told that if we believe in angels, demons, and spirits then why not believe in aliens too? What a rationale! Other witnesses endured a natural and nuclear disaster. But I'm sure traumatic events never influence people's perception, right?

Rarely and briefly in this series we do hear from a couple of seemingly level-headed researchers and an eyewitness with an alternate explanation. The best I can say is that a few of the witnesses did see something and simply told their story. But overall, unless you like hearing a mixture of rehashed UFO stories and tall tales of alien abduction from kooky attention seekers, I would not recommend this series.
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