The Phenomenon
2020 · Movie · 100 min · ★ 6.3 · 83% critics
This documentary explores unidentified aerial phenomena through testimony from high-ranking government officials and NASA astronauts. Senator Harry Reid argues the evidence makes the incredible feel credible.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-10-06
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (83 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy The Phenomenon if you’re drawn to UFO investigation documentaries with official testimony and NASA involvement; Not for you if you need clear answers or prefer light, purely speculative entertainment.
Pros: credible testimonies; government insights; NASA voices | Cons: limited explanations; unresolved questions
Themes
- flying saucer
- cold war
- nuclear missile
- interview
- alien life-form
- alien
- conspiracy theory
- ufo
- astronaut
- nuclear weapons
- government cover-up
- government conspiracy
- +6 more
Cast & crew
Peter Coyote
as Narrator (voice)
Chris Mellon
as Self - Former Deputy Asst. Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
- DB
Don Berliner
as Self - Aviation Historian
Jacques Vallée
as Self - Physicist / Computer Scientist
James Fox
as Self - Director, The Phenomenon
- GK
Gaylan King
as Self - Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
George Knapp
as Self - Investigative Reporter
John Podesta
as Self - Former White House Chief of Staff
Bill Richardson
as Self - Former U.S. Energy Secretary
Harry Reid
as Self - Senate Majority Leader (2007-2015)
Directed by James Fox
Created by James Fox, Tracy Tormé