The original post: /r/ufos by /u/Suitable-Elephant189 on 2024-12-28 10:43:00.

As I’m sure most of you know, James Fox’s new documentary ‘The Program’ recently came out and features coverage of the Grusch hearing and other old news, as well as comments from some new and familiar faces. I’ve noticed the response on this sub has been quite negative as a lot of the documentary is focused on things we as UFO enthusiasts already know about (the hearings, the UAPDA being blocked, etc).

However, I think people are missing the point. This documentary is not for us. It’s for people who are unfamiliar with the UFO topic. You’ve got to remember that the vast majority of people have no idea who Grusch is, or what the UAPDA is. Most people have no idea that a very compelling photograph of a UAP was taken in Calvine, Scotland.

I managed to convince some family to watch the doc the other day. They are reasonable, skeptical people who up until now were very dismissive of UFOs. The idea that the government was concealing NHI visitations from us seemed nonsensical to them. But after watching the documentary, they were blown away. They admitted that they were wrong and that there is very clearly something to the UFO topic, even if they aren’t 100% convinced yet, as they still want hard evidence. And again, these are skeptical people who are not prone to conspiracy thinking.

Specifically, the parts they found most compelling were: the UAPDA mentioning non-human intelligence and then being blocked (this was pretty clear evidence to them that the government is trying to hide something), the Calvine photograph, Grusch’s testimony and Bill Nelson being disingenuous about it, the footage of the Nellis UAP (they’re skeptical of Sands’s story of meeting the alien piloting it but admit that he does not seem to be lying), and finally the sheer number of credible whistleblowers all saying the same thing (the gov has recovered NHI craft).

So, the point I’m trying to make is that yes, the documentary may be disappointing for us UFO enthusiasts. But for people who know very little about UFOs, I think it is a fantastic introduction to the subject and is very compelling. The fact that my skeptical family members admit they were wrong to dismiss UFOs (my sister is now going to call her Congressman to tell him to pass the UAPDA next year!) makes me think that lots of people who watch this documentary will come out thinking that there really is something to this topic, even if they still want hard evidence before making their minds up.