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Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs

Dan Aykroyd o UFO

USA | 2005, 100 min.

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Festival edition: 2005

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Dan Aykroyd is not only an actor, but also a well-known researcher and populariser of the paranormal (as we could see in the series PSI Factor, for instance). Aykroyd has decided to share his vast knowledge of things widely discounted in mainstream science. He presents the results of research on UFO’s, conspiracy theory, extraterrestrials, and quantum physics. He also revisits some of the best known paranormal events of our time (including his own personal encounter). He says UFO’s are just the tip of a giant iceberg, and reflects on our position in the world, the universe at large, and the possibility of the extraterrestrial presence.

Director(-s): David Sereda

Born in Edmonton, Canada, in 1961. His first aspiration in life was to become an astronaut. In 1968 he witnessed a UFO along with hundreds of other witnesses. After this experience, he grew up as a UFO enthusiast never living in doubt of the phenomena that has swept the world since the Roswell incident in 1947. He has studied world religion, physics and paranormal psychology for over 25 years.

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2005 Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs

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Producer: David Sereda, John R. Johnston

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