Product Details

• Actors: Stanton Friedman, Betty Hill, Bruce Maccabee, Jesse Marcel, Wendelle Stevens
• Directors: Ed Hunt
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Group 1 Films
• Run Time: 93.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000AQIILW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,614 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Plot Summary for UFO's Are Real (1979) One of many 1970s UFO documentaries, this one features lots of still photos of alleged UFOs, some UFO motion picture footage, and the usual stock footage and images acquired from government and military sources. Among the many people interviewed are UFO researchers Stanton Friedman and Ted Phillips, UFO abductees Betty Hill and Travis Walton, optical physicist Bruce Maccabee, and retired U.S. military officers Jesse Marcel and Wendelle Stevens. The documentary supports the view that alien visitors regularly come to Earth and have perhaps done so for centuries. Summary written by JHC3

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It was certainly interesting, but it ain't "UFOs Are Real", May 31, 2005

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ccbaxter47 (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flying Saucers Are Real - 2 DVD Special Edition (2004) (DVD)

Because I was led to believe there was a connection (via the IMDB/Amazon link), I essentially bought this double-DVD to replace my worn-out VHS copy of "UFOs Are Real", a much-better-than-it-deserved-to-be documentary about UFOs from the late-70s (that Stanton Friedman was also involved with). Thinking that this DVD would simply be an updated edition, little did I realize upon watching it that, in fact, it wasn't at all! Much of the documentary footage involves Dr. Friedman merely standing in front of retired rockets at the NASA visitors' center and delivering a report on UFO information gleaned to date (the late 90s).

Okay, I'll admit that Friedman's information was interesting enough, yet there was really precious little footage from other sources, particularly from "UFOs Are Real" of which there couldn't have been more than 6 or 7 minutes worth. To be honest, that old documentary is more interesting and thorough and, despite its paltry production budget, it DOES include in-depth interviews with Betty Hill, Travis Walton and several people involved with the Roswell incident, as well as a wealth of UFO photography and movie-footage up to that point in time.

Though Friedman does address more current UFO issues in "Flying Saucers Are Real" (e.g., the Majestic Project documentation, his attempt to obtain UFO-related documents via the Freedom of Information Act, and his debunking of the alien autopsy film), there still isn't a great deal of footage beyond Friedman's ad-libbing in front of an old Saturn V rocket lying on its side. And much of the non-Friedman footage is repeated, sometimes two or three times, throughout the documentary--if I saw the Las Vegas TV news report on Area 51 one more time, I would have screamed. Honestly, you're probably better off trying to find an old VHS copy of "UFOs Are Real" if you still can.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UFO'S ARE REAL, June 10, 2006

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Mr. Michael V. Mcneil III - See all my reviews
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This review is from: UFO's Are Real (VHS Tape)

This is a rare and excellent documentary. I found it to be very informative and exciting. It contains interviews w/ Betty and Barney Hill recorded when they were put under hypnosis. The people in the video appear to be honest, nothing appeared to be staged in my opinion. For the money you can't go wrong, and its easy to transfer to dvd if you run the vcr through the input line of the dvd recorder.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Important Viewing for Truth-seekers!, May 17, 2009

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eThos108 (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flying Saucers Are Real - 2 DVD Special Edition (2004) (DVD)

I must say after reading the other reviews, I don't think most people have really seen very many UFO documentaries other than what they see on television. Also, I don't waist my time writing reviews about films I don't like, I simply don't have the time. Don't believe what the skeptics say. This film presents Stanton Friedman at his best. I purchased this 2-DVD set because I wanted to replace a VHS copy I have so I am well acquainted with this product. I have collected virtually 300 UFO documentaries over the last 20 years and when I look through my collection, this DVD set "Flying Saucers Are Real Part 1 & 2" is bar none, one of the top 10 most important films to see dealing with UFOs and ET contact. Everyone has their favorites but if I was teaching this subject at a college or university, I would rate this 2-DVD set as one of the most important films to see on the UFO phenomenon. The evidence presented here is solid and stands up in the face of the skeptics. Included in this 2-DVD set is the details of how Stanton Friedman and his colleagues using the court system evoked the freedom of information act to request government documents dealing with UFOs. You will see the documents they received including documents that were blacked out do to issues of national security. This DVD product is perfect to recommend to friends.