Out of this World BBC 1977

Posted on April 7, 2024April 7, 2024 by UFOs-Disclosure

Out of this World
BBC 1977

From the Radio Times, May 1977: ‘Hugh Burnett talks to some of the people who have seen strange things and others who have been puzzling over what, to them, is a very alarming phenomenon.’

A gloriously sedate BBC documentary from Tuesday 10 May 1977 in which Hugh Burnett meets people who are a part of the UFO experience.

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/iHJFwP7LLjQ?si=vRF8dsPaLnuMYY7Z

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