Explore answers to an age-old question: was the universe made just for us? Hear what science has to say about the “anthropic principle,” whether the world was created in a way that compels life to exist, and the possibility of a multiverse.
What if millions of alien civilizations exist… but never meet? The galaxy may be full of life—and still feel completely empty. The real Fermi Paradox might be distance.
Every year countless UFO sightings are reported from thousands of regions around the globe. Many of these sightings are documented and investigated. Most of them can be accounted for by weather patterns, flight schedules or extraordinary imagination. But a select few are still considered unsolved…extra-terrestrial puzzles that police investigators, government officials and even medical communities cannot explain. These are the unique, often untold stories that have captivated UFO experts and researchers imaginations for decades. These are the CLOSE ENCOUNTERS. By combining first-rate dramatic recreations, live action CGI and dynamic expert interviews, each episode of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS is a fast-paced, action-packed and above all, suspenseful look at the intriguing and convincing UFO stories on the planet. From Alberta to Australia, from Texas to Tokyo – every half hour of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS will unpack the incredible details from two stories per episode of the more mystifying and international sightings around the world.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:08 The Filters Before Humanity
5:12 Filter Severity and Compounding Probability
8:36 The Human Oddity Catalog
9:37 Cognitive Oddities
11:49 Emotional & Behavioral Oddities
16:14 Life History & Physical Oddities
18:15 Social & Cultural Oddities
21:27 Tool & Technology Oddities
24:44 Psychological Oddities Tied to Civilization
26:52 Dark Horse Candidates
28:54 Nebula
29:56 Which Oddities Make the Best Filters?
30:42 The Energy and Continue reading The Fermi Paradox: Human Uniqueness and Oddity→
They keep coming back. There are areas around the world that seem to keep attracting UFOs. Objects that return to the skies overhead across the course of years and decades as if taunting the witnesses below. These eyewitnesses don’t need convincing that something may be out there, because they’ve seen it with their own eyes. From incredible crop circles, to bizarre recurring lights over Norway, to vacation spots on the Pacific Ocean buzzing with UFO’s. All have been a draw for the most mysterious of phenomena. The question is: why?
These are the witnesses that have been literally touched by the unknown. Physical contact events that take the shape of nightmares, complete with alien examinations…inexplicable metal implants discovered inside human bodies…lives are changed by this physical brush with our greatest mystery. These eyewitnesses feel chosen, for something they likely never wished for. Do these cases hold the answer to the central questions of UFOlogy: what do these visitors want from us? Are we merely test bodies in what, from space, might be seen as a giant Petrie dish?
Set out on a Navy training mission with a squadron leader who swears he and his colleagues have seen the same UFOs pop up on their radar day after day. See if science can prove that these fast, agile crafts are real and not just an illusion.
