It's a good example of how a strong belief is impervious to facts.
Why wouldn't they believe McCasland himself when he said he had nothing to say?
If they made multiple attempts to get him to talk, my money is on him being annoyed, and sharing...
That's not really "apparent", of course, but is the interpretation of Burlison, Grusch, or perhaps Cristina Gomez. Quite possibly McCasland simply had nothing to say on the subject. Burlison is a dedicated UFOlogist, according to his Wikipedia...
ALERT: If someone associated with the production is reading this, please recommend Mick West for a cameo! Although I reckon Mick has enough gravitas to carry the whole film...
ALERT: If someone associated with the production is reading this, please recommend Mick West for a cameo! Although I reckon Mick has enough gravitas to carry the whole film...
Sorry, rant ensuing:
I don't know, as I've gotten older, more cynical and I guess more grumpy, I don't mind seeing some of these overblown, self-important bits of "art" flop hard.
It's an industry based on image and make-believe run by...
I believe the hollywootechnical term for this is "tapping into the zeitgeist". (IMO more like a "resurrection attempt" at this point.)
Yes, it is lazy money in the sense of going back to "big names" for the "big movies" rather than risky...
And I would suspect that at least some of the UFO crowd are thinking that exactly.
"Since WE are the experts on aliens WE will/should be put in charge of interactions with the aliens when they get here."
A chance for power and fame and glory and...
That's great! Also, another good example of the ISS scintillating colors when it's lower in the sky- some people have insisted it's always a pure white light.
I wonder, though, if some of that is a phone camera artifact.
Close Encounters had many UFOlogy/ related tropes, deliberately so. @Todd Feinman mentioned the police cars pursuing a UFO (this has happened several times in the real world).
Small, fast "scoutships" that do the flitting about, and a...
Of all the motivations that might prompt a retired military officer to flee their home with a gun, "possessing secret UFO knowledge" would not be in my top 10, maybe not the top 100.