Moment of Contact

Oct 18, 2022

1h 47m

★ 6.3

The Roswell of Brazil.

Overview

An exploration of potential extraterrestrial encounters centered on a series of events in Varginha, Brazil in 1996. Residents reported seeing one or more strange creatures and a UFO crash.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

1091 Pictures

Moment of Contact Trailers

Cast

Narrator (voice)

Peter Coyote

Self - Nuclear Physicist, UFO Researcher

Stanton Friedman

Self - Psychiatrist, Harvard University (archive footage)

John E. Mack

Self - Editor, Brazilian UFO Magazine

A.J. Gevaerd

Self - Director/Filmmaker

James Fox

Self - Brazilian Researcher

Marco Aurélio Leal

Self - Psychologist

Cinthya Covo Leão

Self

Carlos de Sousa

Self - Brazilian Researcher

Marco Antonio Petit

Marta Tavares

Self (archive footage)

Roger Leir

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0.0

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No overview available.

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