Ignited by a bombshell story revealing the Pentagon had been tracking UFOs for years, the series examines the history of the phenomenon through cultural and political touchpoints, including testimony from eyewitnesses across the country.
Cast: George Knapp, Leslie Kean, Luis Elizondo, John Greenewald Jr., Kevin Day, Harry Reid, Diana Walsh Pasulka, Gary Voorhis
When an acclaimed Harvard psychiatrist began investigating the phenomenon of alien abductions, he proved that these bizarre experiences couldn't be so eagerly dismissed and that the truth might be far more complicated than we can imagine.
As the world reels from revelations of US government interest in UFOs, few dissenting voices suggest apparent interest might actually be a disinformation campaign. Is the US government covering up the existence of aliens or something else?
In 2004, a team of elite Navy pilots and radar operators had one of many military encounters with unidentified aerial phenomena. The government, along with billionaire Robert Bigelow, grow more interested in UFOs and the paranormal.
A story in the New York Times reveals that the Pentagon secretly spent years studying UFOs, casting new light on unexplained UFO sightings in America. Has first contact already been made and why is the government trying to cover it up?