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Mirage Men film trailer

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Some of the guys at UFO Updates are whining about this film, mainly from this post quoting from David Pescovitz :
While researching the book, Mark and his colleague John Lundberg traveled around conducting video interviews with dozens of characters, from kooky ET enthusiasts to former air force officers whose truths, if you believe them, are far stranger than the fictions you'll get from most UFO books.
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The "kooky" and "fictions" bit really seems to have set them off, but sadly, I think the remarks are accurate. There are UFO enthusiasts who are "kooky", and most UFO books are filled with "fictions". But that's not the main point here.

The book and movie examines that the concept of UFOs has been exploited by the government when it suited their purpose. That seems to be true, but finding out how much and how often is very difficult. It is a significant part of the UFO mystery and it deserves to be examined.
 
Sentry said:
The long-awaited Mirage Men film seems to be coming together.
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I've been looking forward to the Mirage Men documentary for ages...

It looks like the final cut has been made and it will (hopefully) be available soon:

Mirage Men: Film Review - The Hollywood Reporter

Delving into the shadowy hinterland of delusion, deception and paranoia that fuels UFO mythology, this tantalizing British-made documentary has just had its world premiere at the tenth annual Doc/Fest in the northern English city of Sheffield. Mirage Men features testimony from true believers, close-encounter witnesses, airline pilots and highway patrolmen. But it is chiefly concerned with a more prosaic and earthbound conspiracy, which suggests that much key UFO folklore was deliberately fabricated by U.S. military insiders to discredit extra-terrestrial investigators as unhinged cranks, thus defecting attention from their own covert projects.

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Never less than engaging and generally good fun, Mirage Men touches on some accidentally topical material, including the ethics of NSA snooping and secret unmanned drone aircraft. The evergreen theme, eccentric personalities and bizarre anecdotes here are strong enough to guarantee further festival slots following its Sheffield debut. After that, television seems to be the most obvious platform, though the juicy subject matter and high-end production values may well attract niche theatrical business.

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The open-ended finale is also disappointingly flat, leaving only the impression that USAF insider Doty is as slippery and deluded as any tinfoil-hatted UFO conspiracy nut. But Pilkington and his fellow film-makers know their audience well. As with all paranormal myths, nobody really wants conclusive proof that little green men were fakes all along. The Truth is still out there.
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