Craig Charles is best known for playing the character David Lister
in the TV sci-fi comedy
Red Dwarf,
and his fame in that role has led to others related to space, both fiction and
non-fiction. The latest dish of the latter is the eponymous
Craig Charles- UFO Conspiracies from Sky
History, the same channel that brought us
Project
Blue Book. His co-host is Sarah Cruddas, a space science journalist. The
two are clearly acting the as a typical Mulder and Scully of believer vs
skeptic that we see repeated in many documentaries on the unexplained; here's
another example:
https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2020/08/scarlett-moffatts-critics.html.
This episode is of particular interest because it covers a subject which I
myself was one of the first researchers to take seriously, the Pentyrch
incident. The story of how a gigantic tetrahedral or pyramidal object appeared one
night above a village in
Wales
is told in the background links below. I also recommend the book by Caz Clarke
and Gari Jones, see:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pentyrch-Incident-Greatest-Cover-up-Modern-ebook/dp/B09DZRX2TF/.
The programme is short and covers the basics. Unfortunately because this is
terrestrial TV there are regular advert breaks and so short "coming
up" and recap segments are inserted at the beginnings and ends of these
breaks. Some shots are repetitively overused, especially close-ups of the
presenters faces responding to something a witness says. This indicates the
show has quite a small budget or that it was made in a hurry. Maybe it's a product of this new Covidocracy we
live under, but the entire programme is anchored in their research hub, which
is at an "undisclosed location", in other words, the History studio's
address. Craig and Sarah never visit any of the sites or speak to the witnesses
and researchers face-to-face. Just when you thought it was finally possible to
make a UFO programme without him, they wheel in the inevitable and omnipresent
Popester. Nick Pope vanished from the UFO scene in 2012, at least in
Britain;
but since 2017 he has returned to the fold. He pops up now all over the place.
Source:
https://www.history.co.uk/shows/craig-charles-ufo-conspiracies.
The programme is succinctly factual. It covers the basic
points reasonably well. However it lacks the scope and depth necessary to get
to grips with the richness and controversy of the case; partly because it is
such a short programme. For instance, Sarah claims that if the red jacket
people were part of a crash-retrieval team, nobody would have been allowed
close enough to take photos of them. Not necessarily. They had a cover story
instead and that setting up cordons is not always possible in a populated area;
and can add to the attention levelled at the event. Pentyrch may not be a big
city, but it is not rural
New Mexico
either. The cover story they gave locals changed as well; but the fact is they
were armed. How many Vodaphone engineers go about their business tooled up? The
fact that there are other witnesses is omitted. I've interviewed one of them. A
third one has come forward with interesting photographs and a video. Craig and
Sarah interview Caz and Gari, and also Emlyn Williams of the Swansea UFO
Network. Emlyn talks about the EMF survey he did in Smilog Woods and Sarah
dismisses it, saying Emlyn didn't do it properly. However, I'm sure Emlyn's
interview is edited down. We know the mainstream media do this to confuse and
mislead. Also, when it comes to EMF surveys, why did they not mention Gari's
project in the Pentyrch fields? He has the whole report published in his book,
along with a description in his interviews with me on HPANWO TV and Radio. In
the closing credits, there is a statement: "Since the filming of this
programme Emlyn Williams no longer has confidence that the Pentyrch incident occurred
as described". I'm speaking at a SUFON meeting in a few weeks, see:
https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2021/11/ben-emlyn-jones-live-at-swansea-ufo.html.
I might have a chance to talk to him about it then.
Craig Charles- UFO Conspiracies was not bad. It might have been
better if it had been longer, probably at least twice as long. It would have
had a chance to explain why the Pentyrch incident could not possibly have been Operation
Chameleon, which is what a lot of skeptics claim. There are far more
informative sources in the alternative media. I don't hesitate to blow my own
trumpet and direct you to my own productions on the subject in the background links
below, but also this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJTGpxOqzjA.
I am sure that the Pentyrch incident cannot be explained by any conventional
phenomenon. It was something artificial and not caused by human activity. On
that I stake my reputation.
See here for
background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2019/03/pentyrch-ufo-third-anniversary.html.
And: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2019/02/facing-danes.html.
And: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2021/10/programme-436-podcast-caz-clarke-gari.html.