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The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
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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.
101Aug 8, 2021 · 52mA groundbreaking 2017 story in the New York Times reveals that the Pentagon secretly spent years studying UFOs, casting new light on decades of unexplained UFO sightings in America — like the 1997 Phoenix Lights encounters and the 2006 Chicago airport sighting. Has first contact already been made, and if so, why is the US government trying to cover it up?
102Aug 15, 2021 · 49mUFO sightings don't just come from crackpots: in 2004, a team of elite Navy pilots and radar operators had one of many military encounters with unidentified aerial phenomena. As evidence mounts, the government, along with alien-obsessed billionaire Robert Bigelow, grow more interested in UFOs and the paranormal — and the conversation around them moves from the fringes to the center of the Pentagon.
103Aug 22, 2021 · 50m · ★ 9.0As the world reeled from the New York Times bombshell that revealed the government's interest in UFOs, a few dissenting voices suggest that what looks like sincere interest might actually be a disinformation campaign. Is the U.S. government covering up the existence of aliens — or are they using the alien narrative to cover up the existence of something else?
104Aug 29, 2021 · 51m · ★ 8.0Even as the New York Times brought credibility and a broad audience to the question of UFOs and extraterrestrial life, other figures challenged whether it might all be a great big lie. But when an acclaimed Harvard psychiatrist named John Mack began investigating the phenomenon now known as 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 imagine.
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.
Leslie KeanSelf - Investigative Journalist
George KnappSelf - Investigative Journalist
Robert BigelowSelf (archive footage)
Brandon HarrisSelf - Contributor, The New Yorker
Harry ReidSelf - Former Senate Majority Leader
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Miniseries2021 · 4 episodes
Luis ElizondoSelf (archive footage)
Harold E. PuthoffSelf (archive footage)
Chris MellonSelf (archive footage)
John E. MackSelf - Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard (archive footage)
Peter FaustSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage)2014
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