Case 347

Carol, you ready?

I want you to close your eyes

and take some slow deep breaths for me.

- I don't like the camera, Dr. T.

No, I know you don't,

but I need a visual record of your case

so that I can show it to my colleagues, remember?

Okay.

Come on now, close your eyes for me.

There you go.

It's okay.

I'm gonna count backwards from five.

And I want you to remember

you're in a safe place.

Five, clear everything from your mind

except the sound of my voice.

Four, with each breath,

allow your mind to clear and let go of your thoughts.

Three, and you feel the weight of your body

on the chair beneath you.

Two, you're in your car now.

You can feel the seat's cushion beneath your body.

One, you're driving down a desert highway.

It's dark, and there are no other cars in sight.

Your husband's there.

He's asleep in the passenger seat next to you.

I want you to look outside of the car

and tell me what you see.

It's dark.

It's a long dark road.

And there's a light ahead.

Okay, what kind of light?

It's coming from the sky.

It's really bright.

Are you still driving?

- Okay, the light is getting bigger now,

it's closer, it's getting closer now.

- Breathe, keep breathing, just listen to my voice.

It's coming straight at us,

it's blinding, I can't see.

- Try to describe it, you can see.

I'm gonna pull over now.

Dan, wake up.

Dan?

Dan, wake up!

No, I don't know what's happening right now.

What is going on?

Everything, I don't know,

the light, it's all around us, they're everywhere!

I don't know!

This is not happening!

I don't know, something is wrong!

This can't be happening, this isn't real,

we have to get out of here!

Dan, wake up!

Oh my god, where did you go, Dan?

Where did you go?

Oh my god!

Get them off of us!

I'm Dr. Mia Jansen.

This is day one and the fist video log

for my clinical psychology research grant

from California University.

This video journal will serve as both my notes

on upcoming case findings,

as well as supporting documentation

for my research analysis by both myself, Cal U,

and my fellow peers for later evaluation.

The intention of my research is to investigate, interview,

and as often as possible, record individuals

who claim to have experienced encounters

with phenomenon relating to extraterrestrials.

Commonly, UFO sightings, alien visitations,

and in my opinion, most importantly,

alleged alien abductions.

I will attempt to formulate a strong scientific theory

behind this ongoing mass psychological phenomenon

of alien-related self-deception

that have spanned decades, if not longer.

So, with the help of filmmakers Charlie Cera

and Rex McDunn, we aim to create

an accompanying documentary

with the hopes of compiling footage

that paints a clear narrative

of the potential connections of these shared delusions

that affect possibly millions of people

in the United States alone.

Basically, if we can find common personality traits,

disorders, traumas, or even experience-based threads

as to the potential sources of these shared psychosis,

we can begin to explain the similarities

of their common beliefs of varied alien exposures.

And if we can do that,

we can hopefully help a lot of sick individuals

and the people who love them.

- All right, camera is speeding, sound is speeding.

Okay, and action?

All right, Rex, I don't think we need me in this shot here.

All right, Mia, why don't you start the documentary off

by telling us where we're going and what we're doing?

Okay.

We are driving out to one of the meccas of UFO insanity

to document some of the many areas.

- Stop. - What?

- I don't think UFO insanity is the right way

to start this documentary

or a way to paint your research-based analysis

about this, so, serious, restart.

- We are leaving Los Angeles, California,

and heading to Roswell, New Mexico.

Roswell has been a mecca

for UFO and alien encounter conspiracists

since an alleged UFO crash coverup in 1947.

This will be a great place for us to start

our investigation of subjects

who subscribe to these beliefs.

And if we're lucky, we'll get to interview some locals

with personal experiences of their own.

- Sounded good to me, Rex?

Sound good.

All right.

- Just checking out the infrared.

Looks pretty good, man, you wanna take a look?

No.

- How you feeling up there?

You look a little tired.

Wanna try and find a hotel soon?

Yeah.

You getting all this?

Yeah, yep.

Just getting some B-roll.

- Listen man, Mia wants us to stop at her father's house

on the way to Roswell, all right?

This guy was a total UFO nut.

He's the entire reason that we're doing this project,

he's probably the entire reason that she's doing her study.

So, before she mentions it, before we get there especially,

I just wanna give you a heads-up.

Tread lightly, all right?

Copy that.

So, all right.

Do you want anything from the rest area?

- Just some candy or something.

The hell is that?

It's the aliens!

- Jesus fucking Christ, dude.

- What are you staring at?

- Not quite sure, look at this right here.

There's like a circle, a perfect circle,

a ring, you see that?

Yeah, I see it.

What is that?

- I don't know, fireworks?

- Do you hear fireworks going off?

- It's pretty far away.

- I've never seen anything like that from fireworks.

I don't know.

It's just a giant ring, I guess, man.

I don't know, it's just smoke.

Huh.

- Well, I need some money for the vending machine.

- Wow, feels so weird being here.

- Get this light going when we walk in.

- Wait, lemme just put the light on.

- Yeah, Rex, do you wanna set up the other camera,

and just start getting some B-roll?

Mia, do you wanna come back and tell us where we are

and what we're doing here?

- Where do you want me, like in the middle?

- Yeah, that's good, just up in there.

Okay, go ahead.

Okay.

This was actually my dad's house.

I guess, technically my house now.

But yeah, I haven't been back here in years.

Yeah, it doesn't seem like it changed much.

- And the pictures on the mantle, is that you?

Yeah.

My parents.

Tell us about 'em.

- My mom passed away when I was five.

She had cancer.

That's when my father moved us here.

And your dad?

- He's dead, at least I'm pretty sure he is.

- Yeah, tell the story for context.

- He had a study; if there was anything useful to us,

it would be in there.

Shit, it's locked.

Okay, one sec.

- Got that camera going?

Good ol' Dad.

Okay.

Whoa.

Oh shit.

Holy shit.

Wow.

Jesus.

That is some real serial killer shit right there.

This is crazy.