Ariel Phenomenon
2022 · Movie · 90 min · ★ 6.2 · 95% critics
This documentary revisits a 1994 incident in Africa where more than sixty schoolchildren reported an extraterrestrial encounter. Years later, investigators and former students look back on what they saw and felt, and ask what it means to live with an extraordinary experience that others refuse to believe.
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-05-20
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (5 votes)
About
If you enjoy UFO mysteries built around eyewitness accounts and long-running questions, this should fit, especially if you’ve watched Moment of Contact or The Proof is Out There; Not for you if you need clear conclusions and hard proof.
Pros: intriguing real-life mystery; thoughtful interviews; lingering questions | Cons: few definitive answers; repetitive viewpoints; slow investigative pace
Themes
- ufo
- zimbabwe
- alien encounter
- ariel
- unidentified aerial phenomenon (uap)
Cast & crew
John E. Mack
as Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author (archive footage)
- NC
Natasha Chakaodza
as Self - Ariel School Student
- NC
Nashville Chakaodza
as Self - Ariel School Student
- FC
Francis Chirimuuta
as Self - Ariel School Student
- NC
Nathaniel Coxall
as Self - Ariel School Student
- LF
Lisil Field
as Self - Ariel School Student
- EK
Emma Kristiansen
as Self - Ariel School Student
- RM
Robert Medcalf
as Self - Ariel School Student
- LN
Luke Nel
as Self - Ariel School Student
- CR
Claire Rixom
as Self - Ariel School Student
Directed by Randall Nickerson