Beyond the Spectrum: Being Taken

As a skeptic of alien abductions generally, I find these kinds of things very entertaining! This one did not disappoint. I've seen many alien abduction conspiracy pieces put together by everything from news magazines down to the lowest levels of YouTube, and this one finds the right level of fun absurdity. I like to find things that make me question my reality more than an any strict belief in alien beings and this definitely had me thinking about why this one specific thing in our society is so popular and perpetual. Thought provoking stuff!

This is a decent doc on the abduction by UFO. Highly entertaining and the funny at times. The compilation of footage from various sources gives its a found footage film effect. If you want to belive, this is one of them...

This is movie that explores the possibly of life on another planet through recorded sightings of UFO and human abductions. When I was done with this film I must say I was quite taken with the level of research and how through said research was done.

It leaves the audience swinging just a little more in the direction human abductions being a real thing. And parts the tone swift form academic to eerie to hypothetical scenarios that are supported by the first hand testimony and experts in the field.

My by far favorite thing are the first person alien abduction testimonies!

In 1977 filmmaking impresario Steven Spielberg gave us "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". At the end of that movie the character played by Richard Dreyfuss is shown entering into a colossal flying ship, which transports him and other humans into the night sky. This is classified in the "ufology" field as a close encounter of the fourth kind, alien abduction.

The documentary "Beyond The Spectrum-Being Taken" investigates several incidents spanning a number of decades in which people claim to have seen, and many actually to have been physically taken (some even insisting they were bodily probed), by alien beings. Among the most prominently publicized of these alleged events, and which this production chronicles, involves the story of New Hampshire couple Betty and Barney Hill in the 1960s. The Hills reportedly recalled in considerable and striking detail their individual and collective abduction experience both before and during clinically conducted sessions of hypnosis.

Okay. So either you believe or you don't when it comes to UFOs and aliens, right? Or, as is alluded to in "Beyond The Spectrum-Being Taken", there exists a third option. A sort of gray area. Not complete acceptance. But not slam-the-door-shut dismissal either.

You'll find me residing there.

Captivating indie sci-fi with nice production value and some unexpected surprises. I really enjoyed it!