Montauk Chronicles

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Montauk Chronicles
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Directed byChristopher Garetano
Produced byChristopher Garetano
Starring
Music byKrystal Cordero
Production
company
White Phosphorus Pictures
Release date
  • December 23, 2014 (2014-12-23)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Montauk Chronicles is a 2014 documentary film from filmmaker Christopher P. Garetano. The film covers the alleged happenings in the Montauk Project conspiracy. [1]

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Overview

Montauk Chronicles is the story of three men who claim that between 1971 and 1983 secret experiments were conducted deep beneath the surface of the Camp Hero Air Force base.

The film features interviews with Al Bielek, Stewart Swerdlow, and Preston Nichols.

In January 2015 Montauk Chronicles premiered at the Philip K. Dick Film Festival in New York and won the award for Best Feature Documentary/Singularity and Beyond. [2]

In February 2015, Preston and Christopher were featured on the nationwide talk show Coast to Coast AM . [3]

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References

  1. Speigel, Lee (24 May 2012). "Time Travel, Mind Control, Aliens in New 'Montauk Chronicles' Movie". HuffPost .
  2. Clingman, Marlo (20 January 2015). "The 2015 Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival Winners!". Sci-Fi Bloggers.
  3. "Montauk Project". Coast to Coast AM. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-07-19.