Chasing UFOs - National Geographic

[Gene Steinberg]

I will eventually, I'm not a big TV person, I prefer to spend my nights reading. I'll echo the sentiments of another poster on here and say I only turn my TV on to fire up my Xbox. That being said the situation that you've presented does sound pretty effing ridiculous. Why in the hell would they do that at night? Even UFO Hunters didn't go for sensationalistic crap like that when it came to their investigations, then again, they got plenty of sensationalism just by having Bill Birnes involved. However, they did have a few interesting episodes where they destroyed some of the debunkers ridiculous claims on classic cases like the Aurora, Texas airship crash and the Rex Heflin photographs. I know it doesn't have anything to do with this particular show but it does go to show that even in a pile of elephant shit you can still find a few gems. Hopefully Chasing UFO's will have a few as well.

Actually, our own Chris O'Brien did a UFO Hunters segment. They moved his "Mysterious Valley" presentation to Sedona, AZ, saying that's where it happened, in order to fit some sort of agenda. Chris is not happy over the way they butchered his material in that fashion.

 

[Muadib]

Actually, our own Chris O'Brien did a UFO Hunters segment. They moved his "Mysterious Valley" presentation to Sedona, AZ, saying that's where it happened, in order to fit some sort of agenda. Chris is not happy over the way they butchered his material in that fashion.

That's interesting, I don't think I caught that episode. My view on the show is that it's crap for the most part, though like I said I think they made some contributions to a few classic cases. Why would they move his presentation like that? What agenda was it that they were trying to further by moving his presentation? I wonder if Chris would be so kind as to explain what he thinks is going on because I'm definitely curious now that you've mentioned it.

 

[Para]

Yes, that is a bit naughty. I wonder why?

 

[trainedobserver]

Just through episode two. Sweet Jesus in a baby-cart. What is with the pregnant pauses? More insane night "investigations" of the ground rather than the sky. They get frightened by strange noises again. They appear to film something strange but do nothing to investigate the area where the thing actually was or what it might have been. This whole production seems so amateurish it is hard to understand how it made it out of the can. I feel bad for everyone involved. I know the finished product didn't turn out as they had hoped.

 

[dyingsun]

I just watched the first episode (don't ask where I got it from). I was about to cancel/turn it off at the rampant 'head nodding' in the 'town hall meeting'.

I'ts just ridiculous.How did they get Alexander on that ?

 

[ALPHA ROMEO UNIFORM]

This where Paracast-Darkmatters TV channel would be professional program maybe called "the investigator "?

Maybe some of those wealthy folks who pop in to read Paracast forums from snooping shops should approach CNN, ABC , Fox should sit down and listen to these two credible radio shows?

 

[Para]

This show seems to be nothing more than a clone of another show but minus the plumbers. I'd say amied at the 12 to 15 age group.

 

[trainedobserver]

Looks like more UFO/Paranormal TV is on the way.

The information section of this youTube video says it is associated with a new reality TV program called "Xperiencers." Here is a solicitation for participants. Apparently they are only looking for non-union experiencers and abductees. No wait, there is no abductee union. This is a call for non-union actors involved in alien encounters to appear on a "reality" TV program on newenglandfilm.com. Oh ...

Note: Ricky G. in the youTube video I linked to above has been on youTube for a while now and has several videos about his experiences posted there. Like Steven Jones, he seems to be relating something that is very real to him. Like all of this stuff, what is really going on there is anyone's guess.

 

[Para]

Stop all this now, It is all getting way too confusing, where's my Gin Bottle.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

Meantime, the first two episodes garnered decent ratings for National Geographic, though not enough to break the Top 100 among cable shows:

Did Aliens Have Anything to do With the East Coast Power Surges and Outages? - Ratings | TVbytheNumbers

Notice that the second episode got a higher rating than the first, which is actually a significant factor, because it means audience interest was sustained. It will also be interesting to see the total rating after rebroadcasts and time-shifting (DVD) viewers are counted.

 

[red_pill_junkie]

Don't.

 

[Goggs Mackay]

This has got to be one of the most ridiculous trailers for a UFO doc I've seen:

When first watching it I was thinking it must be a joke, that at any moment the narrator would chuckle and say, "No, we aren't going to be that kind of show." But it never happened. Gotta' admit though, that girl is hot. But I guess that's the point.

Jeez, I thought the same thing. I actually was 100% positive I was watching some deliberate piss-take show, not a trailer for an actual show, ostensibly serious and not a pisstake. The only way this can be the case is that the show really does suck as bad as the trailer portends and someone, somewhere is actually responsible for this being given airtime.

 

[red_pill_junkie]

I'm really hoping Mr. Fox and the rest of the Nat Geo producers are watching this thread, because there has got to be some major editorial changes to make in future episodes, if they hope to be taken seriously and not just another 'reality TV show'.

Having said that, I'm intrigued about what they'll show in the episode that were shot in Chichen Itza and Brazil. Giving it a more international scope was definitely the right call, and I congratulate Mr. Fox for that.

But please --PLEASE! No more close-up shots showing the amazed reactions from the team while hearing or seeing whatever. They just make you look dumb, and you'll sorely regret it, since I've already shown how easy would be to make Internet memes of you all.

 

[Pararescueman]

Just wow. I listened to Mr Fox's explanations last week on paracast podcast. After watching the show again tonight 6 July 2012, there is no,zero,none redeeming qualities to this show. Aliens in the window? Really? Come on!!! So I guess the aliens are peeping Toms. I would have more respect for Mr Fox if said last week if he said the reason for this NatGeo show was for a job and $$$$. No one can expect this fld to be advanced an inch with this crap. And what is with NatGeo promoting these type of shows, this can cause a credibility issues with NatGeo in general. But then again I am sure NatGeo must be chasing $$$ in this reality Tv show fracas? A little google search shows some issues with Mr Romanek and his peeping Tom aliens IMO.

 

[Muadib]

The episode just makes it even more obvious that what's in that video is most likely a mask imo. I knew something was up because Stan wasn't promoting the fact that he was on the show on his website. One thing you can say about Romanek is he knows how to self promote. I'm still interested in the equations simply because one of the physicists (I think it was Dr. Jack Kashar) said that one of the equations is basically the recipe for element 115 which wasn't discovered until something like 2 years after he presented his equations, which is interesting. However I'm almost positive now that most of the case is a hoax, so who knows, maybe he found it in a science journal or something ala Billy Meier.

 

[Sean Elifritz]

I actually thought the third episode was better than the first two. Yeah, it had hoaxer extraordinaire Romanek on it but at least they were skeptical of him. I wonder what he was thinking when they said they saw an alien face in his window. I'm thinking it might have been something like, "Wtf? I faked that shit! How are you seeing it now?"

Funny that the only thing that happens to those guys on their ghost hunters-like night investigations is nearly getting eaten by wild animals.

With some tweaks this could be an OK show. More than anything else they need to stop trying to be so much like ghost hunting shows. I know UFOs Over Earth was on for only three episodes but the producers should watch that. It was a reality show that was doing it in a way that made sense for UFOs.

 

[Muadib]

I actually thought the third episode was better than the first two. Yeah, it had hoaxer extraordinaire Romanek on it but at least they were skeptical of him. I wonder what he was thinking when they said they saw an alien face in his window. I'm thinking it might have been something like, "Wtf? I faked that shit! How are you seeing it now?"

I think it was pretty telling that when James Fox mentioned that he saw an aliens face in the window, Stan's first reaction was "What? I don't believe you!" Why not, Stan? I thought your house was a magnet for extraterrestrial activity? Why so skeptical? Could it be that the whole thing is bullshit and since you know it's bullshit you couldn't believe it? Stan was probably like "Oh shit, they're real, they're onto me and now they're here! What am I gonna do!?!"

 

[Christopher O'Brien]

Hold on a minute! I didn't see the episode. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the show about the San Luis Valley? Romanek is in Denver, 180 miles north, the Mike Durrant mute cases were near Trinidad, 100 miles east... did they actually ever go to the SLV, or is this another UFO Hunters scenario where they twist the geographic facts for their own convenience?

 

[pixelsmith]

I cant wait to see what South Park does to this show.

 

[dyingsun]

James seems like a nice guy, and I get why he's doing what he does.The show certainly doesn't cater to the more or at lerast somewhat informed (most of us here, I'd like to think) about the subject, probably because it's such a niche in the overall world of tv. I don't blame him for being in it, liked his recent paracast appearance quite a lot actually. They may present 'pseudo facts, action scenes and nutjobs' all they want (because thats what the 'consumer' of the show wants to see, right....sigh), but twisting actual facts is a no-go.Just watching the 3rd at the moment, and at the beginning they said just 'north of the San Luis valley'.At least they don't get a Nielsen rating count from me.