Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation
| Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Docudrama |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Running time | 40 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | History Channel |
| Release | May 31, 2019 – August 22, 2020 |
Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation is a History Channel television series exploring a secret investigation into unidentified flying objects (UFOs) that was conducted by the U.S. government,[1] the existence of which had come to light less than two years prior to airing.[2] It features former military counterintelligence officer Luis Elizondo, who directed the Defense Intelligence Agency's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program,[2] and Christopher Mellon, former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Elizondo says that he resigned after he became frustrated that the government was not taking UFOs, which he considered to be a national security threat, seriously enough.[1][3]
Executive producer Tom DeLonge (lead guitarist of rock band Blink-182) has claimed to be "the military's chosen vessel for UFO disclosure".[4] Leslie Kean, author of the best-selling book about UFO disclosure UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record, suggested that these revelations were actually such disclosure: "Elizondo confirmed that UFOs are real; they exist, and they have been officially documented, answering a question so many have debated and speculated about for decades."[5]
Though initially announced to be a limited miniseries,[6][7] History greenlit a second season in September 2019 after clips from Unidentified, which had gained a certain degree of popularity, were confirmed by the U.S. Navy to be authentic footage of unexplained aerial objects.[8][9]
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 6 | May 31, 2019 | July 5, 2019 | |
| 2 | 8 | July 11, 2020 | August 22, 2020 | |
Season 1
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The UFO Insiders" | May 31, 2019 | N/A |
| 2 | 2 | "Raining UFOs" | June 7, 2019 | N/A |
| 3 | 3 | "The Pattern Revealed" | June 14, 2019 | N/A |
| 4 | 4 | "UFO Fleet" | June 21, 2019 | N/A |
| 5 | 5 | "The Atomic Connection" | June 28, 2019 | N/A |
| 6 | 6 | "The Revelation" | July 5, 2019 | N/A |
Season 2
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [10] | Original release date [10] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | "UFOs in Combat" | July 11, 2020 | N/A |
| 8 | 2 | "The Triangle Mystery" | July 18, 2020 | N/A |
| 9 | 3 | "UFOs vs. Nukes" | July 25, 2020 | N/A |
| 10 | 4 | "Planetary Threat" | August 1, 2020 | N/A |
| 11 | 5 | "Airline Encounters" | August 8, 2020 | N/A |
| 12 | 6 | "The UFO Cover-up" | August 15, 2020 | N/A |
| 13 | 7 | "Sightings Surge" | August 22, 2020 | N/A |
| 14 | 8 | "Extraterrestrial Encounters" | August 22, 2020 | N/A |
Featured incidents
- Pentagon UFO videos
- Canneto di Caronia fires (Season 1, Episode 6, 'The Revelation')
- Black Triangles (Season 2, Episode 2, 'The Triangle Mystery')
References
- 1 2 Patrick Hipes (March 12, 2019). "History Boards Six-Part UFO Docuseries 'Unidentified' Featuring Pentagon Whistleblower". Deadline.
- 1 2 Bender, Bryan (December 16, 2017). "The Pentagon's Secret Search for UFOs". Politico. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- ↑ Peter Sblendorio (May 27, 2019). "UFOs are coming, and rocker Tom DeLonge is ready". New York Daily News.
- ↑ Keith Kloor (June 1, 2019). "The Media Loves This UFO Expert Who Says He Worked for an Obscure Pentagon Program. Did He?". The Intercept.
- ↑ AJ Vicens (December 28, 2017). "Christmas Came Early for America's UFO Community". Mother Jones.
- ↑ Runtagh, Jordan (May 31, 2019). "Aliens Exist: Tom DeLonge on Leaving Blink-182 to Blow the Lid Off the 'Biggest Secret on Earth'". People. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Blistein, Jon (March 12, 2019). "Former Blink-182 Guitarist Tom DeLonge Details UFO TV Series on History Channel". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ↑ Hughes, Josiah (September 19, 2019). "Tom DeLonge's Alien Show Renewed for Second Season After Navy Confirms His UFO Footage Is Real". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ↑ Boucher, Ashley (September 18, 2019). "Navy Acknowledges That UFO Videos Shared by Tom DeLonge Contain 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena'". People. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- 1 2 "Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved June 22, 2020.