Episode 246: The Ariel School UFO Incident - Part 1
Dozens of school children were at play, enjoying the sunshine one September day in 1994. They saw a silver craft and were met by strange looking men who sent messages in their head. When the children told their teachers and adults what happened, they were met with both skepticism and genuine belief. Once a major news organization, an expert in UFOlogy, and an Ivy League researcher got involved, the story expanded well past the school yard. This week’s episode is the Ariel School UFO Incident - Part 1.
SOURCES
"The Ariel Phenomenon" documentary by Randall Nickerson
Website: https://www.arielphenomenon.com/
The Ariel School Phenomenon: What Really Happened When 68 Children Witnessed A UFO?, IFL Science: https://www.iflscience.com/the-ariel-school-phenomenon-what-really-happened-when-68-children-witnessed-a-ufo-63873
The Phenomenon (Documentary): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13095604/
Top 5 Answers from the Ariel School, Zimbabwe UFO Reddit AMA, Texas UFO Sightings: http://www.texasufosightings.com/buzz/top-5-revelations-from-the-ariel-school-zimbabwe-ufo-reddit-ama
I am Randall Nickerson, director of doc on Ariel School UFO sighting, here with Salma, a student witness to the event - ask us anything!, Reddit Ask Me Anything: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/77o49s/i_am_randall_nickerson_director_of_doc_on_ariel/
The schoolkids who said they saw 'aliens', BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-57749238
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The Ariel School Phenomenon: What Really Happened When 68 Children Witnessed A UFO?, IFL Science: https://www.iflscience.com/the-ariel-school-phenomenon-what-really-happened-when-68-children-witnessed-a-ufo-63873
The Story of Children in Zimbabwe Encountering a UFO - Interview with James Fox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TukvVnadRic
Dr. John E. Mack, Psychiatrist, Dies at 74, New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/30/us/dr-john-e-mack-psychiatrist-dies-at-74.html
Kidnapped by UFOs?, PBS Nova: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aliens/johnmack.html
The Ariel School Phenomenon, When Dozens Of Schoolchildren In Zimbabwe Claimed They Met Aliens, All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/ariel-school-phenomenon
EXCLUSIVE: Never-before-seen photos reveal extraordinary wedge-shaped impressions and oval imprints left in a grass field by UFOs during famous 1994 sighting witnessed by more than 60 schoolchildren in Zimbabwe, Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10833597/New-photos-imprints-left-UFO-spotted-Zimbabwe-1994.html
Remembering Zimbabwe’s great alien invasion, Mail and Guardian: https://mg.co.za/article/2014-09-04-remembering-zimbabwes-great-alien-invasion/
The psychiatrist who wanted to believe, The Lancet Medical Journal: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)61655-9/fulltext
Children talk about witnessing the 1994 UFO landing at the Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe, Eye On Cinema: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8pymWSKAPQ&t=1s
“They were running in slowmotion” Children talk UFO landing with aliens at the Ariel school in 1994, Eye on Cinema: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J132DogCUs
Why the Abduction Phenomenon Cannot Be Explained Psychiatrically, John E. Mack Institute: http://johnemackinstitute.org/1992/06/why-the-abduction-phenomenon-cannot-be-explained-psychiatrically/
