UFOs: It Has Begun

UFOS: IT HAS BEGUN is an hour-and-a-half exploration of UFO sightings in America, hosted by none other than TWILIGHT ZONE creator Rod Serling. Burgess Meredith serves as some-time narrator, and Jose Ferrer even shows up near the start too.

The format of such feature-film documentaries is quite a straightforward one: there's talking head footage from various experts in the field, interspersed with grainy footage of real-life UFO sightings. The cases featured are noticeably American-centric here, although I did like the way that little-discussed sightings from the 19th century are explored. Plus, cattle mutilations get a look in, which is all for the creepy good.

As ever, this documentary is heavily biased in favour of believers - there's nary a sceptic in sight - but nonetheless it provides a nice time capsule of UFO thought and belief during the 1970s.