True Blue TV broadcasts award-winning documentary about UFOs on Nov. 2

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University’s True Blue TV will be broadcasting the award-winning science documentary “The UFO Movie THEY Don’t Want You to See” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2.

Skeptoid Media, the company behind the film, has been a longtime partner of True Blue TV, the university’s hub for video content and live event programming.

Ty Whitaker, senior manager, True Blue TV, Division of Marketing and Communication — Ty Whitaker

“Since 2015, the fine folks at Skeptoid Media have enriched True Blue TV with their excellent short educational series ‘InFact’ and ‘The Feeding Tube,’” said Ty Whitaker, senior manager of True Blue TV Broadcast Productions. “Recently, they graciously opened their library of award-winning documentaries to help further True Blue TV’s educational mission with bright and compelling programming.”

Brian Dunning

While this may be the broadcast premiere of the film, the film has already won numerous awards and attention across several streaming platforms. On YouTube alone, the movie has over 1.1 million views.

“The UFO Movie THEY Don’t Want You to See” is a feature-length indie documentary film produced by Brian Dunning aiming to increase public science literacy by combatting the misinformation, alternative facts and conspiracies surrounding unidentified flying objects, better known as UFOs, as well as explaining the scientific evidence that is true and accurate regarding the phenomenon, according to the film’s website.

In this still, pulled from the documentary "The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See," Brian Dunning speaks with Mick West, a renowned unidentified foreign object, better known as UFO, video analyst, whose work on the videos shown in the film were accepted by the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO. The documentary will be broadcast from Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Middle Tennessee State University’s True Blue TV at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2. (Photo courtesy of the film’s website) — In this still, pulled from the documentary “The UFO Movie THEY Don’t Want You to See,” Brian Dunning speaks with Mick West, a renowned unidentified foreign object, better known as UFO, video analyst, whose work on the videos shown in the film were accepted by the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO. The documentary will be broadcast from Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Middle Tennessee State University’s True Blue TV at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2. (Photo courtesy of the film’s website)

According to the website, the documentary does not feature any UFO popular personalities, but rather teaches astronomy and talks to experts in the following fields:

Physics and relativity
Exobiology
Exoplanetary spectral analysis
Image analysis
Pilot training and air traffic control
Defense

Middle Tennessee State University’s True Blue TV in Murfreesboro, Tenn., will be broadcasting Brian Dunning’s award-winning science documentary "The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See" at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2. (Photo courtesy of the film’s website) — Middle Tennessee State University’s True Blue TV in Murfreesboro, Tenn., will be broadcasting Brian Dunning’s award-winning science documentary “The UFO Movie THEY Don’t Want You to See” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2. (Photo courtesy of the film’s website)

To watch one of the trailers, click here.

Dunning, documentary filmmaker and host of the Skeptoid podcast, produced other recent films including the free educational movie “Principle of Curiosity” (2017) and the award-winning feature documentary “Science Friction” (2022). He is also a member of the National Association of Science Writers.

Some of the noteworthy awards and recognitions of the UFO documentary include winning best documentary at both GeekFestToronto in 2024 and the Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival in 2023 as well as Dunning winning best director at the Los Angeles Sci-Fi and Horror Film Festival in 2023.

Whitaker said True Blue TV is grateful for the partnership with Skeptoid and its library of educational content.

“Many of these exceptional documentaries are seeing their broadcast premieres on True Blue TV. We are truly grateful for Skeptoid and Mr. Brian Dunning’s help and support,” Whitaker said.

About True Blue TV

True Blue TV launched in 1999 as an educational resource channel and is now the premier hub for video content and live event programming from MTSU.

The station broadcasts from MTSU’s Center for Educational Media, a part of the College of Education, from studios and offices located inside the Ned McWherter Learning Resources Center. True Blue TV is operated by MTSU’s Division of Marketing and Communications under a Murfreesboro Cable Television Commission license.

True Blue TV airs on Comcast Xfinity channel 9 and 1096 and channel 9.1 on the MTSU campus cable. It also airs as channel 195 on DTC in Alexandria; digital channel 206 on United Communications in Chapel Hill; and among the PEG offerings found on channel 99 on AT&T U-verse in Middle Tennessee. True Blue TV is also available on Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV. Mobile apps for Apple and Android users are also available.

To learn more about True Blue TV and its programs, schedules and shows, visit https://www.mtsu.edu/truebluetv/.

— Maddy Williams (Maddy.Williams@mtsu.edu)