Paul Anthony Wallis

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Alan Stivelman has produced a beautiful, hauntingly human movie which pulls us in to a place of deep feeling. The movie begins with intrigue and questions surrounding a boy who at the age of 12 experienced a close encounter - an encounter which altered the course of his life. When we want to dismiss and laugh at reports of close encounters we casually suggest that people make these things up for the sake of 15 minutes of fame. In reality these experiences are profoundly isolating and can take a long time to process and recover from. "Witness to another world" is a powerful case study that allows to enter to this unfamiliar aspect of the phenomenon. In researching my own book "Escaping from Eden," I came to believe that the world's indigenous narratives and hold ancestral memories which speak powerfully to the question of ET contact and our relationship with the universe. I have never seen a movie - documentary or fiction - that has illustrated this as powerfully as Alan Silvestri's movie. Alan's privileged access to Juan - the boy in question, now a man - and the wonderful rapport he built with Juan alongside the world class expertise of psychologist Dr Nestor Berlanda and French Astrophysicist Jacques Vallee creates a journey which we are privileged to share through the narrative of the movie. I can almost guarantee that you will not think or feel the same about ET contact after you have seen "Witness to Another World." Personally I am excited to be interviewing Alan in a few days' time for The 5th Kind TV. Having watched the movie twice now I can't wait to hear even more about this fascinating story. Thank you Juan for your courage in making the journey you did. Thank you Alan for yours in bringing the story to us.