La Mirada Review (cont.)
the money. That was one of the rare times the profit motive behind UFOlogy was mentioned in the movie. It was clear, for example, that Becky and Manuel Escamilla hope to make some money selling videos of the UFOs they have seen — but have indeed seen a lot of very strange things, as have many of their neighbors.
The film hopped from one corner of the state to another, keeping a sense of humor but also slowly becoming more serious as they interviewed many local people and some from adjoining states who we have heard from: Walter Haut (Corona and Roswell), Henry Monteith (government secrecy and abductions), Clifford Stone (documenting government secrecy), Gale Staehlin (cattle mutilations), Gabe Valdez (mutilations, Dulce, and more), David Perkins (research and cattle mutilations)...Tom Adams (from Texas, informative about many facets of the field), Rainbow Eagle (Native American reactions to UFOs), Barbara Glasgow (abductions), and many, many more people.
They even presented a skeptic. While Dave Thomas came off sounding a little silly in contrast to those who were explaining their experiences, he couldn’t help the editing and he also clearly had a sense of humor when they could have portrayed him in a harsh light. I found myself thinking that if he were to experience an unexplainable sighting of some kind (and he would try very hard to explain it logically), he would accept it with good grace. He did a very good card trick, too. (I’m glad he’s a New Mexican.)
I hope all those who appeared in and helped make the film are proud of themselves: they did an excellent job. I want a copy of the film when it comes out on video. Anthony said they want to do that eventually, but now they’re hoping to hit the film festival circuit and already have plans, for example, to show it at the July 1997 Roswell festival…This film should be in the video library of anyone who is interested in the amazing things that have happened in New Mexico.
The film hopped from one corner of the state to another, keeping a sense of humor but also slowly becoming more serious as they interviewed many local people and some from adjoining states who we have heard from: Walter Haut (Corona and Roswell), Henry Monteith (government secrecy and abductions), Clifford Stone (documenting government secrecy), Gale Staehlin (cattle mutilations), Gabe Valdez (mutilations, Dulce, and more), David Perkins (research and cattle mutilations)...Tom Adams (from Texas, informative about many facets of the field), Rainbow Eagle (Native American reactions to UFOs), Barbara Glasgow (abductions), and many, many more people.
They even presented a skeptic. While Dave Thomas came off sounding a little silly in contrast to those who were explaining their experiences, he couldn’t help the editing and he also clearly had a sense of humor when they could have portrayed him in a harsh light. I found myself thinking that if he were to experience an unexplainable sighting of some kind (and he would try very hard to explain it logically), he would accept it with good grace. He did a very good card trick, too. (I’m glad he’s a New Mexican.)
I hope all those who appeared in and helped make the film are proud of themselves: they did an excellent job. I want a copy of the film when it comes out on video. Anthony said they want to do that eventually, but now they’re hoping to hit the film festival circuit and already have plans, for example, to show it at the July 1997 Roswell festival…This film should be in the video library of anyone who is interested in the amazing things that have happened in New Mexico.