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Ariel Phenomenon

The film follows a BBC war reporter and Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack, whose careers were threatened by the investigation of the incident, as well as a former student who journeys back to the rural Ariel School.

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Randall Nickerson

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String Theory Films

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Or do you say maybe
what I thought was possible - Ariel Phenomenon

Or do you say maybe what I thought was possible

It seems to me it’s clinically
and humanly more honest - Ariel Phenomenon

It seems to me it’s clinically and humanly more honest

What did you say?
What did you tell your mom? - Ariel Phenomenon

What did you say? What did you tell your mom?

I said, "Mummy, I saw
an alien at school." - Ariel Phenomenon

I said, "Mummy, I saw an alien at school."

Yeah? Does that upset you when
your mom didn’t believe you? - Ariel Phenomenon

Yeah? Does that upset you when your mom didn’t believe you?...

And I’ve been looking
to find all my pieces - Ariel Phenomenon

And I’ve been looking to find all my pieces

Right?
It’s not here. - Ariel Phenomenon

Right? It’s not here.

I don’t know why I remember a
huge tree like this down there. - Ariel Phenomenon

I don’t know why I remember a huge tree like this down there...

This is where I kind of remember
it happening. - Ariel Phenomenon

This is where I kind of remember it happening.

So it must be there.
And, yeah. - Ariel Phenomenon

So it must be there. And, yeah.

Yes - Ariel Phenomenon

Oh, my gosh.
You must be kidding me! - Ariel Phenomenon

Oh, my gosh. You must be kidding me!

You can’t see it very nice,
but I’m sure this was the tree. - Ariel Phenomenon

You can’t see it very nice, but I’m sure this was the tree....

Like, like, exactly like this. - Ariel Phenomenon

Like, like, exactly like this.

Oh, my gosh!
With this coming down. - Ariel Phenomenon

Oh, my gosh! With this coming down.

I think
I blocked out a lot, man. - Ariel Phenomenon

I think I blocked out a lot, man.

You remember, and like we keep
saying, like, - Ariel Phenomenon

You remember, and like we keep saying, like,

I really do as well.
Yeah. Holy shit! - Ariel Phenomenon

I really do as well. Yeah. Holy shit!

It’s beautiful.
It’s so peaceful. - Ariel Phenomenon

It’s beautiful. It’s so peaceful.

I think that’s honest, - Ariel Phenomenon

I think that’s honest,

Yeah.
So 20 years later... - Ariel Phenomenon

Yeah. So 20 years later...

But that’s the funny thing,
is, like, I’m adamant - Ariel Phenomenon

But that’s the funny thing, is, like, I’m adamant

If, if somebody’s a staunch
believer that it’s not, - Ariel Phenomenon

If, if somebody’s a staunch believer that it’s not,

But with 60 of us
all saying it together, - Ariel Phenomenon

But with 60 of us all saying it together,

Many of you are going to think
my guests today - Ariel Phenomenon

Many of you are going to think my guests today

He is Dr. John Mack,
who does believe their stories. - Ariel Phenomenon

He is Dr. John Mack, who does believe their stories.

The president’s lawyer said,
"What do you think it’s like - Ariel Phenomenon

The president’s lawyer said, "What do you think it’s li...

Doctor, is the profession
embarrassed - Ariel Phenomenon

Doctor, is the profession embarrassed

Embarrassed for the profession - Ariel Phenomenon

Embarrassed for the profession

Well, John is a man of great
gift and great intelligence, - Ariel Phenomenon

Well, John is a man of great gift and great intelligence,

And this times he’s gone,
yeah, gone too far. - Ariel Phenomenon

And this times he’s gone, yeah, gone too far.

We hope he’ll pull himself
together, come back. - Ariel Phenomenon

We hope he’ll pull himself together, come back.

I sensed that I ought to try
to get ahead of the curl on, - Ariel Phenomenon

I sensed that I ought to try to get ahead of the curl on,

They were putting together
a committee - Ariel Phenomenon

They were putting together a committee

I was asked by the dean
of the Harvard Medical School - Ariel Phenomenon

I was asked by the dean of the Harvard Medical School

His research is
shattering preconceptions - Ariel Phenomenon

His research is shattering preconceptions

He’s studied over 100 people
and is convinced - Ariel Phenomenon

He’s studied over 100 people and is convinced

And the fact that you’re
a professor at Harvard tends - Ariel Phenomenon

And the fact that you’re a professor at Harvard tends

And do you think you could be
seriously misleading people - Ariel Phenomenon

And do you think you could be seriously misleading people

The concern is what is his
relationship to the subjects? - Ariel Phenomenon

The concern is what is his relationship to the subjects?

Is their psychological welfare
being protected? - Ariel Phenomenon

Is their psychological welfare being protected?

And is this a violation of
medical standards? - Ariel Phenomenon

And is this a violation of medical standards?

You know, just after talking
to Ms. Hwacha - Ariel Phenomenon

You know, just after talking to Ms. Hwacha

You tear up.
I’m like, what’s going on? - Ariel Phenomenon

You tear up. I’m like, what’s going on?

But you've got us now.
You’ve got the whole Ariel - Ariel Phenomenon

But you've got us now. You’ve got the whole Ariel

And everybody’s there for you.
Everybody’s looking out for you. - Ariel Phenomenon

And everybody’s there for you. Everybody’s looking out for y...

They forget that there’s a human
being behind all of this - Ariel Phenomenon

They forget that there’s a human being behind all of this

[somber music playing] - Ariel Phenomenon

[somber music playing]

Lisil, Fungai, Grant.
I remember her, too. - Ariel Phenomenon

Lisil, Fungai, Grant. I remember her, too.

There are many people
who probably are not going - Ariel Phenomenon

There are many people who probably are not going

That probably is even
more pronounced in the West - Ariel Phenomenon

That probably is even more pronounced in the West

A lot of the criticism
about John and John’s work - Ariel Phenomenon

A lot of the criticism about John and John’s work

When you go into
subatomic reality, - Ariel Phenomenon

When you go into subatomic reality,

The new findings in physics,
if you take them seriously, - Ariel Phenomenon

The new findings in physics, if you take them seriously,

Old-fashioned physics,
new-fashioned physics, - Ariel Phenomenon

Old-fashioned physics, new-fashioned physics,

I am morally
and virtually certain - Ariel Phenomenon

I am morally and virtually certain

It is inconceivable to me - Ariel Phenomenon

It is inconceivable to me

If they were, - Ariel Phenomenon

Harvard University was
the kind of global champion - Ariel Phenomenon

Harvard University was the kind of global champion

And that he was trying to
propose an alternative worldview - Ariel Phenomenon

And that he was trying to propose an alternative worldview

It’s what allows people to think
they know - Ariel Phenomenon

It’s what allows people to think they know

What’s real in this culture
is completely different - Ariel Phenomenon

What’s real in this culture is completely different

I really think human egoism
in the broadest sense - Ariel Phenomenon

I really think human egoism in the broadest sense

Are we powerful, are we in
charge of our own fate. - Ariel Phenomenon

Are we powerful, are we in charge of our own fate.

Freud said there’s three
big blows to human egoism. - Ariel Phenomenon

Freud said there’s three big blows to human egoism.

And the first was the discovery
by Copernicus and Galileo - Ariel Phenomenon

And the first was the discovery by Copernicus and Galileo

Second was Darwin’s finding that
we’re not particularly different - Ariel Phenomenon

Second was Darwin’s finding that we’re not particularly diff...

We’re far from being
the most intelligent - Ariel Phenomenon

We’re far from being the most intelligent

I think in the broad scheme
of things, - Ariel Phenomenon

I think in the broad scheme of things,

It promotes
the cult of mysticism - Ariel Phenomenon

It promotes the cult of mysticism

They’re, they’re out there
and the government won’t, - Ariel Phenomenon

They’re, they’re out there and the government won’t,

Why should this
be so remarkable - Ariel Phenomenon

Why should this be so remarkable

"Well, we don’t really want
to be identified - Ariel Phenomenon

"Well, we don’t really want to be identified

It’s OK to be identified
with other bizarre views - Ariel Phenomenon

It’s OK to be identified with other bizarre views

Theology is OK,
but extra-terrestrials, no. - Ariel Phenomenon

Theology is OK, but extra-terrestrials, no.

Let’s just sit down
and rationally, - Ariel Phenomenon

Let’s just sit down and rationally,

There’s a lot we worship
in our various religions - Ariel Phenomenon

There’s a lot we worship in our various religions

You can’t just rule stuff
out willy-nilly - Ariel Phenomenon

You can’t just rule stuff out willy-nilly

I’m a Christian in my beliefs, - Ariel Phenomenon

I’m a Christian in my beliefs,

There is a God, but there’s
also other things around - Ariel Phenomenon

There is a God, but there’s also other things around

You know?
It’s, it’s another creature. - Ariel Phenomenon

You know? It’s, it’s another creature.

They teach you there’s
no such things as aliens - Ariel Phenomenon

They teach you there’s no such things as aliens

That’s what I was taught;
that’s what I grew up thinking. - Ariel Phenomenon

That’s what I was taught; that’s what I grew up thinking....

The universe is so big
so I can’t completely say - Ariel Phenomenon

The universe is so big so I can’t completely say

The universe is a beautiful,
strange place - Ariel Phenomenon

The universe is a beautiful, strange place

We may be just exploring
the limited reaches of space. - Ariel Phenomenon

We may be just exploring the limited reaches of space.

Beyond that we absolutely know
nothing in terms of life - Ariel Phenomenon

Beyond that we absolutely know nothing in terms of life

In the beginning of my
going public with this, - Ariel Phenomenon

In the beginning of my going public with this,

There were no particular
advantages to be gained - Ariel Phenomenon

There were no particular advantages to be gained

And there were assaults
from every direction - Ariel Phenomenon

And there were assaults from every direction

Ariel Phenomenon poster

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The film follows a BBC war reporter and Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack, whose careers were threatened by the investigation of the incident, as well as a former student who journeys back to the rural Ariel School.

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Director: Randall Nickerson

Writer: Randall Nickerson, Christopher Seward

Production: String Theory Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 20 May 2022

Awards: N/A

Homepage: http://www.arielphenomenon.com/