UFO (2018 film)

UFO is a 2018 American science fiction film written and directed by Ryan Eslinger, and starring Gillian Anderson and Alex Sharp. The story focuses on college student Derek Echevaro's attempts to prove the existence of extraterrestrials with assistance from his mathematics professor, Dr. Hendricks.

UFO
Directed by	Ryan Eslinger
Written by	Ryan Eslinger
Starring	Alex Sharp Gillian Anderson Ella Purnell David Strathairn Benjamin Beatty
Cinematography	Ryan Samul
Edited by	Brendan Walsh
Music by	West Dylan Thordson
Production company	Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
Release date	September 4, 2018 (2018-09-04)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Derek Echevaro believes that, when he was younger, he saw a UFO. A UFO incident at the Cincinnati International Airport in 2017 motivates him to prove the existence of UFOs being of extraterrestrial origin. As a college student he seeks assistance from his friend, Natalie, and mathematics professor, Dr. Hendricks.^[1][2]

Cast

• Alex Sharp as Derek Echevaro
• Gillian Anderson as Dr. Hendricks
• Ella Purnell as Natalie
• David Strathairn as Franklin Ahls
• Benjamin Beatty as Lee
• Cece Abbey as Cecelia Abbey (Young Girl)
• Ken Early as Dave Ellison
• Brian Bowman as Roland Junger

Release

The film was released directly to video on September 4, 2018. Sony released a trailer on "UFO Day".^[3] The film has been described as delving "into math of universe navigation".^[4]

Nigel Watson of Starburst gave the film 5 out of 10 stars stating it was "all done in Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, UFO promotes further study of the fine-structure constant to give us a leg-up in the hierarchy of civilisations and that’s as good as it gets".^[5]

See also

• 2006 O'Hare International Airport UFO sighting
• List of American films of 2018