MEDIA REIVEW: INVESTIGATION ALIEN

For over four decades, George Knapp, a veteran investigative journalist, leads a complex investigation into extraterrestrial phenomena in the docuseries Investigation Alien. His method combines skepticism and curiosity, drawing viewers into a world where each episode raises more questions than answers.The importance of Investigation Alien lies in its relevance to current cultural discussions, especially in light of recent government disclosures that have elevated UFO discussions from fringe narrative to serious public debate. This series taps into societal concerns about secrecy and the unknown, offering a new angle on our place in the cosmos.

The series uses moody cinematography that helps tell the story, a lot like how a well-composed jazz song does. Each shot captures the vastness of the desert and the personal accounts of eyewitnesses, creating a rich audiovisual experience that enhances the narrative. By challenging us to engage with the mysteries it presents, Investigation Alien becomes a cultural artifact in this way.

Unidentified is the word that is key when the question of alien presence on Earth (and close to it) is brought up, as the ever-present (long before the fifties) question of what was in the post-WWII first-dubbed as flying saucers, then morphed into UFOs, and is now UAP - unidentified anomalous phenomena.

The word unidentified brings mystery in itself, so it is no wonder that both the fictional and documentary films and series on UAPs (let’s keep it current) are so popular. As could be expected, the interest value and, at the same time, the quality of those can vary wildly, all depending on the quality of the makers and the research they do when preparing their material.

Netflix is no stranger to such films and series, particularly in recent years - from William Shatner’s Unexplained (2019) to Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified (2021). Recently, Netflix presented another docuseries on this list the six-episode-long Investigation Alien.

I hope there is another season of this series, and George Knapp is one of my favorite UFOologists these days. George brings a sense of journalistic integrity to the UFO phenomenon, and I recommend this show completely...

MY RATING: 9 out of 10