Review: The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac: The Documentary

I recently watched a documentary by Craig Campobasso titled The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac: The Documentary, originally released in late 2024. This film was based on Campobasso's book of the same name, The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac, published in 2021. I have not read the book, but I've always been interested in what possible alien species are out there in the ether, whether physically or metaphorically encountered. Based on the film's trailer, I got the impression that the documentary would be very sci-fi based. It had a lot of artistic interpretations of alien species and snippets of interviews with "contactees" wearing medallion-like necklaces and speaking in great detail and conviction about their encounters with aliens. I thoroughly enjoy stories about extraterrestrials in any manner, and although I remain skeptical of most, I still like to keep an open mind or at least imagine the possibilities. After seeing positive comments about the documentary under the trailer on YouTube, such as one viewer saying they enjoyed the film when it was presented at the Contact in the Desert convention in 2024, I was compelled to rent the film for $6.99 on Vimeo.

The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac: The Documentary fully served my imagination just as I was expecting. The film jumps right into speaking about the metaphysical connections humans have with extraterrestrial beings and the many species that people claim to have encountered. The pacing is engaging, spending just a few minutes on each alien species that has come to light through the voices of those who have had experiences with them. Pleiadians, Lumerians, Nordics, Grays, Reptilians, Mantis beings, and Ant-like beings are just some of the alien races covered. There is also an enticing segment on the Mothman that only briefly touches on the subject, leaving the viewer wishing for more.

In conclusion, this film, aside from being entertaining and filled with fantastic imagery and special effects, was more of an introduction to the many avenues one can journey into under the subject of extraterrestrials. I would recommend this documentary to those who find fascination in supernatural alien encounters. I would not recommend it to those who are hoping to hear about alien autopsies or more tangible stories such as alien body recoveries from the Roswell crash. This film is basically what the title implies, an almanac of extraterrestrial species, hypothetically speaking. Maybe you or someone you know has had strange dreams, lost time, or a regressed memory connected with a certain alien being. The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac: The Documentary might be able to help you identify what being that is and give you a starting point to further your quest for the truth.

Deathbed Confession From CIA Official: Roswell Alien Was Alive!

A former member of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has broken his silence on UFO's and extraterrestrials. His decision to do so was provoked by his age and declining health. He explains in the video below that his kidney's are failing and if his next treatment does not help him, then he only has a few months to live.

In the video below, the 77-year-old speaks of what he saw during his visit to Area 51 and of a Roswell alien that was still alive during 1958! 

The remarkable testimony was broadcast May 3, on the last day of the week long  Citizen Hearing on Disclosure 2013. 

On the Origins of Life and Extraterrestrials

Illustration by Philip Hood from the book Man after Man 

Just a reminder:  Darwin’s theory of evolution is an idea based on his research and discoveries, but he never claimed that humans evolving from apes was a fact. His findings were noted in his book The Origin of Species, but it never addressed the question of where human’s came from, saying only that “Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.” 

I’m slowly researching these theories and also thinking about some theories of my own. I want to know how the heck humans got here!

Say we come in to contact with intelligent life forms from another planet. The aliens will be thinking WE are aliens OR even crazier, we might be thinking the aliens are humans!

Single cell prokaryotes were found in the oldest ancient fossil on Earth which dated back to 3.5 billions years ago. The fossil also had biomarkers of photosynthesis which means plants were growing around this time as well.

That makes sense; Earth forms in space with space rocks containing life forming cells. Everything begins to grow with the help of Earth’s Atmosphere and it’s place in the solar system. Rocks with cells to microorganisms to plants all seems like a smooth life evolving transition.

So how did reptiles get here all of a sudden? I can’t picture them forming from rocks, or plants, or bacteria that got really large and happen to look like a crocodile, but you never know…

Then after the reptiles come more species of animals and then out of no where a human? Way weird. We still don’t know how ancient reptiles and humans got here, but it’s pretty common sense that all life is coming from the “Universe”. That’s where the first rocks containing life it’s self came from.

All these thoughts came to me as I was contemplating how anyone would think that Earth is the only planet with life on it. The universe is infinite and of course there is life in it! It made Earth!

The ground we are standing on, Earth itself, is the biggest piece of evidence we have to discovering extraterrestrials!

Garry Harp Directing Position For SETI Research

Garry Harp will be taking over the directing position at the Center for SETI Research.  Former director Jill Tarter wants to focus on funding for their research. Here is Dr. Harp speaking about how it can be possible to make contact with E.T.s, if they’re out there…

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