Episodes

• The UFO Whistleblower

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  A whistleblower provides explosive testimony, military personnel describe strange sightings, and the U.S. government must consider a new approach.

  Next Showing

  Wednesday 16 July 1pm

  On National Geographic

• Pilots Speak Out

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  The stigma surrounding UFOs extends beyond the US government. Commercial pilots fear for their jobs after encountering mysterious phenomena in flight.

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  Wednesday 23 July 12pm

  On National Geographic

• Scientists on the Cutting Edge

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  Scientists use AI, precise radar systems, advances in physics and analyses of historical images to try to unravel the mysteries of UFO phenomena.

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  Wednesday 23 July 1pm

  On National Geographic

• The Experiencers Part 1

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  People share stories of close encounters with entities associated with the phenomena, while professionals try to make sense of their experiences.

• The Experiencers Part 2: Mystery of the Alien Abduction

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  Reports from people who say they’ve been abducted are explored. A Harvard psychiatrist who takes them seriously comes under attack.

  Next Showing

  Wednesday 30 July 1pm

  On National Geographic

• Citizen Scientists Tackle the UFO Phenomenon

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  No longer waiting for the government to share data, citizen scientists and private groups amplify the search for answers.

• Secret Pentagon UFO Program

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  For more than five decades, the U.S. government has refused to discuss UFOs. But now, Navy pilots tell of seeing mysterious objects tracking their fighter jets – vehicles unlike anything they’ve ever seen. Government officials, led by former U.S. Senator Harry Reid, demand an investigation. At long last, it looks like the truth about UFOs may finally be revealed.

• Giant UFO In Texas

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  In 2008 in Stephenville, Texas, a local pilot sees lights in the sky over his ranch coming from something huge. He is not alone: hundreds of people saw the craft, and a local reporter makes it her life’s work to tell their stories. From this classic encounter we head back several decades to the beginning of the UFO phenomenon in America and the launch of Project Blue Book to study the country’s growing “UFO problem”.

• Close Encounters at Nuclear Bases

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  Project Blue Book and the investigation into UFOs closes. There is no evidence that mysterious objects represent any threat to U.S. national security. But harrowing incidents of UFO sightings continue, and the unexplained malfunction of U.S. nuclear missiles after an incursion leave the U.S. defenceless. Three former Air Force officers who served at nuclear weapons bases in the 1960s break two decades of silence to tell their story.

• Citizens Take Charge

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  From a 1986 sighting over Alaska by Japanese Airline pilots to a 1997 UAP sighting over Phoenix Arizona, and a flying disc over the Chicago O’Hare airport in 2008, hundreds of witnesses come forward without any official feedback from the U.S. government. Years later, many of the pilots and government officials who witnessed these sightings come together for the first time to share their story in a 2007 press conference.

• Government Breaks Silence

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  In 2015 Navy pilots report having strange encounters with UFOs that have no wings, no cockpit, no exhaust, but somehow can fly with great agility.

  Next Showing

  Wednesday 16 July 12pm

  On National Geographic