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Knapp started investigating UFO sightings when he interviewed John Lear back in 1987; the aviation expert claimed that he knew that the federal government had alien bodies and technology in top-secret storage somewhere in the Nevada desert. In recent years, the idea that the government has been studying UFOs and alien encounters for decades has gotten more credence, with congressional testimony from decorated military officers on the topic making headlines. Knapp, of course, was at those hearings.
One of the questions he seeks to answer is why are these extraterrestrials coming here? There seems to be evidence that if they are coming, they’re here to observe and study how we live. To that end, Knapp travels to Oregon to investigate reports of cattle mutilations, a phenomenon that has been going on since at least the 1970s. With the help of Doug Laux, a former CIA case officer, Knapp interviews ranchers and a county sheriff who has seen the mutilated cattle up close.
What’s strange is that parts of the cattle, from reproductive organs to facial features, are cut out with surgical precision. But there is no blood spilled, as if the cows are drained of blood before they’re cut up. In one or two cases, the cattle are positioned in a way that would be physically impossible if they just collapsed. Finally, no scavengers approach the body as it decomposes; the flesh melts into the ground and the bones that are left behind are clean and untouched.
Both Knapp and Laux consider all possibilities, including earthly ones that might be plausible, like rival ranchers or people using the cows as ritual sacrifices. But both men see evidence that whatever or whoever did this might be from elsewhere — and we’re not talking the next county over.
One of the big things you need to realize before watching Investigation Alien is that George Knapp is not some crackpot journalist spouting conspiracy theories on an obscure YouTube channel, and he’s not Art Bell, who used to field calls from people who claimed to be abducted by aliens, whether those stories were true or not (ironically, Knapp does host a weekend edition of Bell’s old radio show, Coast To Coast AM). We mentioned his awards up at the top of this review to indicate that Knapp brings journalistic rigor to his work.
We can see that in the first episode. Knapp isn’t exactly skeptical, but he doesn’t immediately buy into whatever claims he’s investigating. He considers all possibilities, even if one of those possibilities leads him down a road that reveals a very earth-bound explanation of a phenomenon. Laux seems to have that same degree of open-minded skepticism, maybe even leaning more towards trying to find earthly explanations than Knapp might.
But it’s that open-mindedness and skepticism that lends the series a legitimate air. Knapp tries to get people who have not gone publicly on record about their sightings in the past, mainly because they didn’t want to be identified with something many think is “crazy”. But because of Knapp’s background and journalistic skills, he’s able to get the reluctant sources to go on camera because he’s providing legitimacy to their testimony.
As we watch Knapp travel to different locales in North America and elsewhere — the second episode sends him to Brazil, for instance — we’ll be able to get a really good view into how he approaches this story, especially when he uses people like Laux to help give him different perspectives. That is what we mean by “journalistic rigor”; he never takes any of these claims at face value, and it’s why he’s been so successful on this beat for 37 years.
