Extraordinary: The Seeding (2019) Review: Unpacking The UFO Mystery | Watch Online

 

Anyone attempting to unravel the UFO phenomenon is left with more questions than answers. Or, to put it another way, the greater the secrets, in the words of ufology historian Richard Dolan.

Dolan is one of the many considerate UFO researchers who appear in the documentary Extraordinary: The Seeding by director Jon Sumple. In a three-part series investigating the possibility of an alien presence on earth, The Seeding is the second installment. This episode focuses on alien abductions and the causes of these extraterrestrial encounters. Sumple interviews people who say they have interacted with extraterrestrial visitors and gathers a variety of UFO experts.

Since the beginning of recorded history, people have claimed to have seen UFOs; however, extraterrestrial abductions are a recent addition to the phenomenon. People began reporting interactions with the craft's pilots not long after the current UFO era started in the 1940s. People who asserted to have interacted with UFO occupants during that time are referred to as contactees. People who have been in contact with aliens who appear and act like humans typically have favorable experiences. Extraterrestrials were described by contactees as cosmic space brothers who travel to earth to issue severe warnings about preserving the planet.

With the advent of alien abductions in the 1960s and 1970s, the alien/contactee encounter took a sinister turn. People began claiming that aliens had taken them aboard vessels without their will, subjected them to experiments, and then brought them back to earth. The experiencers frequently suffered trauma as a result of these abductions. Out of fear of mockery, abductees frequently keep their accounts to themselves. The Seeding treats these interactions as real and concentrates on the reasons for these purported meetings. In-depth interviews with persons who claim they have been abducted by aliens throughout their lives are featured in the film. These abductees' strikingly similar experiences suggest a program of alien/human hybridization.

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The narratives in this documentary resemble those of certain cheesy science fiction films. The interviewees claim that ruthless alien entities took them away in the middle of the night and extracted their genetic material. Women allege that they were conceived by genetically altered eggs intended to develop human/alien hybrid offspring that are aborted at an early stage of pregnancy.

Despite being a lesbian who avoided having intercourse with men, one woman claims to have become pregnant. Another interviewee states that during a prior medical treatment, physicians discovered scarring inside her reproductive systems. The film's subjects all claim that their fetuses vanished from their wombs over night. These popular tales are cited by The Seeding as evidence for an alien hybridization scheme.

In The Seeding, there are plenty of wild tales to choose from. The concept of reality for humanity would change if even one of them were accurate. The issue is that the document doesn't provide evidence to support the subjects' statements and hardly ever presents opposing viewpoints.

Where are the ultrasounds demonstrating the purported impregnated women were pregnant? Where can I get medical studies that exclude fetal resorption? Why doesn't the movie show documents proving that pregnant abductees have common negative effects? One claimed abductee claims to be the mother of 24 alien children, but she only has her vivid memories to support this claim.

The Seeding makes no effort to include viewpoints that contradict the notion of alien abduction. A doctor's informed perspective on potential abduction explanations such sleep paralysis, suppressed trauma, and psychosis would be beneficial to the movie. The truth is that the UFO subject does draw unstable individuals, charlatans, and con artists attempting to fleece believers. By choosing not to look at the flaws in hypotheses of alien abduction, the documentary simply damages its credibility.

Interviewees who aren't ardent believers are occasionally included in the film. Both journalist Alejandro Rojas and astronomer Marc D'Antonio bring their respective points of view to the discussion. They are the kind of people who will wait till there is solid proof before making claims regarding the phenomenon. I've read Rojas' writings and heard him talk on the subject, so it's obvious the movie uses deft editing to skirt past his real views on the majority of abductees' allegations.

The Seeding offers a compelling case for the necessity to show empathy for abductees. Yes, it's simple to dismiss experiencers as looney tunes making improbable claims. However, it cannot be denied that many experiencers think they are having real experiences that bring them real trauma and sorrow.

Even though we know it's false, no one would ever make fun of a person suffering from schizophrenia for claiming to hear Darth Vader speaking to them through their toaster. Even if you disagree with the cause of the experiencers' suffering, The Seeding presents a compelling case for why they should be treated with the same respect.

The debate over whether UFOs exist needs to be put to rest. The United States government acknowledges that the intelligently controlled objects it is observing in the skies defy explanation. These items have been photographed by military planes using a variety of sensors because they defy physics. Since doubters contend that the most cutting-edge tracking technologies in the world are incorrectly classifying balloons, the existence of UFOs is still in some ways up for question. If such is the case, how does the discussion proceed to the next obvious question: who is operating these objects?

Extraordinary: The Seeding cannonballs into the deep end when the mainstream media finally dabs its toes into the hazy waters of the UFO phenomenon. The content is so outside of the mainstream debate that most people won't find it compelling. To say that reptilian beings are here impregnating women is one thing; to believe that aliens are here monitoring us from a distance is quite another.

The Seeding is less out there than most UFO documentaries discussing this subject, despite taking a one-sided stance. One of the most difficult facets of UFO lore is well-explained by Sumple.

The Seeding will give more perspective to a topic most people dismiss, but it won't convert skeptics into believers. To believe in an experiencer's trauma, you don't necessarily have to believe in alien abduction. The Seeding will, at the very least, cause skeptics to pause before making jokes about anal probes in the future.

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