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>> WHEN WE IMAGINE THE
POSSIBILITY OF ENCOUNTERING
EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE FORMS,
TENSES ARE GOOD WE ARE SEING
THEM THROUGH THE EYES OF DOUGLAS
TRIMBLE.
HE IS THE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING
SPECIAL-EFFECTS VISIONARY BEHIND
FILMS LIKE 2001: A SPACE
ODYSSEY, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE
THIRD KIND, BLADE RUNNER, AND
STAR TREK.
>> MY WORK IS A MIXTURE OF ART
AND TECHNOLOGY.
I BUILD NEW CAMERAS, NEW GIZMOS,
STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> IN THE 1990’S, HE ABANDONED
HOLLYWOOD, RETREATING TO A
HILLSIDE COMPOUND IN THE WOODS
OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
A LABORATORY OF SORTS WHERE HE
HAS LAUNCHED AN AMBITIOUS
PROJECT, THE CREATION OF A NEW,
FULLY IMMERSIVE 3D STANDARD FOR
THE FILM INDUSTRY.
>> I AM TRYING TO KICK THE MOVIE
INDUSTRY INTO THE FUTURE.
>> IF REVOLUTIONIZING AN ART
FORM WERE NOT ENOUGH, HE ALSO
MANAGES TO FIND TIME FOR HIS
PERSONAL PASSION.
HE IS A UFO HUNTER.
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>> I KNOW HOW TO MAKE
COMPUTER-CONTROLLED CAMERAS AND
GOOD OPTICS.
AND CAMERA POSITIONING SYSTEMS,
WE USE THAT FOR VISUAL EFFECTS.
THIS IS A NATURAL AT ADAPTING UP
WHAT I KNOW HOW TO DO.
LOOKING FOR A WHATEVER.
>> CALL IT A CASE OF LIFE
IMITATING ART.
LIKE A CHARACTER IN ONE OF HIS
MOVIES, HE EMBARKED ON A HUNT
FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE.
HIS FIRST PROJECT, THE YOU
PHOTOG.
THE NAME, A MASHUP BETWEEN UFO
AND PHOTON.
>> A SHAMUS A LIFE IN THE
UNIVERSE IS ALMOST INEVITABLE.
>> HIS HUMVEE OUTFITTED WITH
MOTION TRACKING CAMERAS.
>> IT WAS A HAMBY WITH A SYSTEM
WITH ALL THESE TESTED -- ALL
THESE TELESCOPES AND HUNT FOR
ANOMALIES IN THE SKY.
>> IT WAS UP MARK’S ALLY, HE
ALWAYS KNEW HE WAS STARSTRUCK.
>> I ALWAYS KNEW I WAS GOING TO
BE AN ASTRONOMER.
WHY DON’T YOU GET A JOB WHERE
YOU MAKE REAL MONEY?
TURNS OUT THEY WERE RIGHT ABOUT
THAT.
>> THEY TRAINED ASTRONOMER, HE
HOSTS A LIVESTREAM TOUR OF THE
NIGHT SKIES ON YOUTUBE.
USING THE OBSERVATORY ON HIS
HILLSIDE PROPERTY IN
CONNECTICUT.
>> I HAVE SUBSCRIBERS FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD THAT COME IN AND
WATCH A LIVE VIEW OF THE
UNIVERSE.
>> HE IS ALSO THE CHIEF VIDEO
ANALYST FOR THE MUTUAL UFO
NETWORK, THE LARGEST
ORGANIZATION TRACKING ALLEGED
UFO SIGHTINGS.
>> THIS WAS A SUBMITTED FILE
FROM A USER.
LOOK AT THAT THING.
I ZOOMED IN ON IT.
>> MOST UFO PHOTOS THAT COME TO
HIS WAY, DO NOT FLY.
>> THIS WAS A BAT TO KITE THAT
HAD LEDS ON IT.
99.9% ARE ORDINARY OBJECTS.
BUT THERE IS THAT 0.1% THAT WE
CANNOT EXPLAIN.
>> THAT IS WHY HE WAS EXCITED TO
LEARN ABOUT DOUG TRUMBULL’S
PROJECT.
HIS MOBILE OBSERVATORY WAS
HITTING SOME BOMBS.
>> IT WAS ONE CAMERA, ONE
TELESCOPE, ONE LOCATION.
IT BECOMES UNTENABLE.
THAT IS WHEN MARK AND I STARTED
TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT
GENERATION.
>> THE RESULT, THE AERIAL
ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM.
>> WE CAME TO THE SAME THOUGHT.
WHY DON’T WE SHRINK THIS DOWN
AND REMOVE IT FROM A VEHICLE,
MAKE IT A PLATTER?
THAT PEOPLE CAN USE AND MAYBE
PUT IN THEIR OWN BACKYARDS.
>> EIGHT CAMERAS, MULTIPLE
SENSORS, TO BE PLACED IN
DESERTS, ON MENTORS ASKED ON
MOUNTAINS, ANYWHERE.
>> WE ARE DESIGNING ONE OCEAN.
>> IF IT SOUNDS OF STARRY EYED,
DOUGLAS TRUMBULL WOULD LIKE TO
REMIND YOU THAT NASA IS FOCUSED
ON THE SAME OBJECTIVE.
>> IT IS ABOUT FINDING LIFE IN
THE UNIVERSE.
THESE MARS PROBES ARE ABOUT
FINDING LIFE ON MARS.
IT IS ALL ABOUT LIFE.
IT IS INEVITABLE AND I WOULD
LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS
BEFORE I AM GONE.
>> WE WILL COME BACK A LATER --
A BIT LATER.
TRUMBULL CONTINUES TO WORK ON AN
AERIAL ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM.
THAT IS THE NEW NAME FOR THE
SMALLER UFOTOG.
THEY FELT A NAME SIMILAR TO UFO
COULD BE A TURNO
