Holstra Boring, long, and too preachy.

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

patxi1460 When I saw the UFO in the film it immediately reminded me of an odd encounter I had around that time, and Mark Washburn's review on IMDb describes a similar incident around the same time but I was in England. I was walking home from work crossing an unlit field and looked up to admire the stars on a very clear night when immediately above me flew a very large object which, from the way it blocked the stars was clearly triangular, with three white lights. It was moving very slowly, and what amazed me as I watched it was 1, there was no sound whatsoever and 2, it turned and changed direction without any degree of banking as if on a swivel, and then glided silently away. I wondered if it was a Stealth plane but couldn't explain the lack of any engine noise. With regard to the movie, I enjoyed it, although, as other have pointed out, I did question why someone would have kept his helmet on for so long with the camera, and why not look at the creatures for longer? But my strongest impression was that I just wanted Mitch to die; he has to be the dumbest post-adolescent I have ever seen. So annoying! But then if that was how I was meant to feel then, good acting.

milagros-98666 I can't believe the way this movie went. It started pretty good and then he ruin by bringing Hollywood into it. It would have been better as a documentary and letting the audience decide for themselves. This was a waste of my time and a put down to what happen in 1997. It just made laughing stock to the people that actually saw it. I would suggest you spend sometimes in Estrella Mountains so you can see for yourself what is going on there. For someone that said in the interview you believe in UFO, you did nothing for this movie. Next time try to stay on the story and don't let your Hollywood side make a true story into a joke

jimmycartner As soon as this started it was like all those other "true life incidents??" This showed 1 guy who was a super hero and wanted to rescue pilot of a downed F15 but it was an alien craft? WELL! No it wasn't it was nothing the incident never happened this is as far as I got with this as it is the same junk as Blair witch project and all the other Myths of same type of movie/documentary and complete nonsense? However I do suppose there is always one idiot in a group who thinks he is a super hero? I mean come on they run towards a wrecked alien space craft armed with a FLASHLIGHT? The interviews were very poor also as I have never seen colour footage of people being interrogated in a Jail? They do try to make this believable but Fail miserably.

Carlos García I'll begin by saying that I love found footage movies, although most of them are quite disappointing at some point. However, there's fairly good examples of this genre, such as The Phoenix Incident. As the title denotes, this film is based on the Phoenix Lights, the biggest UFO sighting in the USA that took place in 1997. I am a fan of the sighting myself, so when I learned what this movie was about I just had to watch it. It was a pleasant surprise! I love how they mixed the real story, with real footage and real news coverage with the fictional story, which is about the disappearance of four men the exact same night the Phoenix Lights took place. The faux documentary (mockumentary) stile really suits this movie because it kind of makes it feel like it actually happened and we are watching real footage of an alien encounter. Towards the end of the film everything gets a little too repetitive, and for someone who has already seen plenty of found footage movies, this one offers nothing new to the genre. That's why I give it a 6 out of 10. The acting is good though, the special effects are really well worked and the music helps the atmosphere! I don't know, I really liked this movie and I totally recommend it to anyone who's interested either in UFO related stuff or found footage films!