UFOs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

In fairness, if someone told me they saw a flying object with the letters "UFO" written on it, I'd also laugh derisively

I think we should all take a moment and acknowledge the costume designer who made a bird mascot's facial expression exude pure unfiltered derision. Art. What a time to be alive.

20:38 It kind of blew my mind when I saw this was the pilot who made that video. Years ago PBS did a series on life aboard a Navy aircraft carrier. They filmed inside the USS Nimitz, and that pilot was in the show. He was still stationed on the Nimitz when he used his fighter jets targeting system to lock on and record what people call the Tic Tac, the UFO, in the Pacific somewhere off the coast of Mexico. I immediately recognized him from that show on PBS. He’s a real Navy pilot.

My grandfather was an intelligence officer for the air force during Korea. He once got called-in to debreif a group of pilots that had come back early from some routine flight. He said these were all pilots who'd seen airal combat - they aren't the type to be easily spooked. He talked to each one individually and they were all visibly shaken and all described the same experience of bright metallic objects whizzing around their fighter jets doing sharp turns and reversing mid-flight. no idea if it's aliens, but it's clearly something(s). Also this was early 50s so it can't be the "experimental aircraft" line - if anyone on earth had the tech to make something reverse mid-air and dance around a fighter jet 70 years ago we'd know about it by now.

Having John Oliver talk about something other than the depressing state of the world is a breath of much needed fresh air 😢

6:34 the screams after “deep mouths” are killing me especially with how delighted John looks at them

This is one of those John oliver episodes where I just have to stop to appreciate how well this show is written and made. Absolute gold, god damn :DDDD

see, this is the kind of coverage we need about UFOs. not conspiracy theories about a massive government coverup, nor people laughing at the prospect of UFOs; a genuine consideration and evaluation of what we do and don't know.

Getting vaporized wouldn’t be fun, but having it happen from an Alien labeled “Alien” and Death Ray labeled “Death Ray” would be one of the most hilarious ways to go ever

" my snake looks like that but this is actually a different snake. Someone come get your snake" was a truly hilarious end to that bit

Dude, I was born on the Air Force base where the SR-71 flew from. I learned the word 'airplane' by looking up and seeing this black twin-engined machine carving a path through a summer sky in my backyard. It only got weirder from there. I see a strange bright light in the evening sky, I can't think "Am I being visited by aliens." when my first reaction is "Oh, shit. Someone's gonna get chewed out for radiating their signature..."

I am a retired cop. I have answered the phone inside a police station in the middle of the night and had somebody tell me they saw a UFO. My response was to ask if the UFO had committed a crime or if there was any obvious threat to public safety. The answer was invariably “no” which removed the incident from my area of responsibility. I literally had no way to take a report for a UFO sighting if I wanted to do so. That makes sense because police should not be wasting scarce resources dealing with non-police matters. It does leave me wondering how difficult it must be for somebody who sees a UFO to find a government employee who is willing to take them seriously.

The "I know where my snake is" bit was such good comedic acting, those facial expressions were perfect. All around amazing segment, you can tell when the writers enjoy writing about things that are a little more lighthearted

I now want the words "Believe, shmelieve, what the fuck is that?" on a canvas hanging in my living room. The words are a conversation starter.

I don't consider myself a big "believer" but once you start doing even casual research and looking around, it's very, very difficult to say all those stories, all the pics, all the video, and everything else is all fake. We are not alone, and probably never have been.

I never thought I would see such a fair look at UFOs from John Oliver. Really good work!

I'm glad John Oliver points out at the beginning the fact that the term "UFO" or "UAP" doesn't mean "extraterrestrial", it means we don't know what it is. It doesn't have to be from space for it to be potentially dangerous, and I'm happy that the government if finally starting to try and remove the stigma of reporting this stuff from our service men and women.

Nothing like waking up on Thursday and watching my favorite Brit talk about UFOs.

The Boeing Joke was great! 😅

The audience reaction when he said “Deep mouths”. 🤣🤣🤣