If you are here on The Paracast, it is a given you have an interest in paranormal/UFO phenomena. I am about to tell you about a very interesting film that I lucked on to.
This past weekend I watched a film titled "The Objective." I got it because it looked like a military adventure film that takes place in Afghanistan. The plot involved a CIA officer and a Special Forces Recon team looking for a tribal "holy man" that the CIA officer had known a number of years previously. This film takes place very shortly after the events of 9/11/01 and CIA satellites detected what appeared to be a cache of nuclear material perhaps acquired by Islamic terrorists. The cover story told to the Special Forces troopers was that this holy man had information on the nuclear material but he was hiding from the Taliban fighters. They take off into the wild bush to track him down.
I was "hooked" by the plot and as I settled in with my popcorn I never expected what happened next. After an ambush where one Special Forces man was killed and the soldiers returned fire at the Islamic fighters, killing serveral, the troopers discover when they check .. no bodies are found. But wait, there is more .... The truck that they are using was damaged, causing frequent stops so the radiator does not overheat. The sun has set, causing the men to go to their night vision equip. and they see what they think is another truck or vehicle approaching them. Not knowing what to expect ... they get ready to defend themselves. Well, the two headlights approaching suddenly shoot up in the sky ... each light zooming off in a different direction. Scratching their heads ... they have a real WTF moment. But that was only the beginning of this excursion into what becomes horror.
Directed by Daniel Myrick of Blair Witch fame ... (which I did not know at the time), he does IMHO, a fantastic job of ratcheting up the chill and Oh Shit! factor. I found the experience of watching this worth my time and will re-watch it again. All I will say at this point on why I think you all may find this relevant is one word .... vimanas. Vimanas is the key here ... and the CIA knew this before hand and went to great lengths to keep that secret.
So, want to tickle your chill factor? Rent a copy of The Objective and then I would be interested in what you all think.
Decker
This past weekend I watched a film titled "The Objective." I got it because it looked like a military adventure film that takes place in Afghanistan. The plot involved a CIA officer and a Special Forces Recon team looking for a tribal "holy man" that the CIA officer had known a number of years previously. This film takes place very shortly after the events of 9/11/01 and CIA satellites detected what appeared to be a cache of nuclear material perhaps acquired by Islamic terrorists. The cover story told to the Special Forces troopers was that this holy man had information on the nuclear material but he was hiding from the Taliban fighters. They take off into the wild bush to track him down.
I was "hooked" by the plot and as I settled in with my popcorn I never expected what happened next. After an ambush where one Special Forces man was killed and the soldiers returned fire at the Islamic fighters, killing serveral, the troopers discover when they check .. no bodies are found. But wait, there is more .... The truck that they are using was damaged, causing frequent stops so the radiator does not overheat. The sun has set, causing the men to go to their night vision equip. and they see what they think is another truck or vehicle approaching them. Not knowing what to expect ... they get ready to defend themselves. Well, the two headlights approaching suddenly shoot up in the sky ... each light zooming off in a different direction. Scratching their heads ... they have a real WTF moment. But that was only the beginning of this excursion into what becomes horror.
Directed by Daniel Myrick of Blair Witch fame ... (which I did not know at the time), he does IMHO, a fantastic job of ratcheting up the chill and Oh Shit! factor. I found the experience of watching this worth my time and will re-watch it again. All I will say at this point on why I think you all may find this relevant is one word .... vimanas. Vimanas is the key here ... and the CIA knew this before hand and went to great lengths to keep that secret.
So, want to tickle your chill factor? Rent a copy of The Objective and then I would be interested in what you all think.
Decker
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