Alien Mysteries is a Canadian UFO documentary series featuring eyewitness testimony that is produced by Exploration Production Inc. for Discovery Channel (Canada). [1] Alien Mysteries showcases the real-life stories of ordinary people who claim to have fallen victim to alien abduction or attack. Alien Mysteries debuted on Discovery Canada on 3 March 2013.
The docudrama has six episodes that each run for one hour. [2]
In March 2013, Destination America, which is Discovery Channel Canada's sister network in the United States, purchased the distribution rights. [3] Alien Mysteries made its debut in the United States in April 2013.[ citation needed ]
Alien Mysteries has six episodes: [4] [5]
No. | Title | Air date | Topic |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Reed Family | 3 March 2013 | Alien abduction |
2 | Lights Over Stephenville | 3 March 2013 | Stephenville, Texas UFO sightings |
3 | Corina Saebels | 10 March 2013 | Alien abduction |
4 | Rendlesham Forest | 10 March 2013 | Rendlesham Forest incident |
5 | Bucks County | 17 March 2013 | 2008 Bucks County UFO sightings |
6 | Kecksburg UFO | 17 March 2013 | Kecksburg UFO incident |
In a positive review, Vinay Menon of the Toronto Star wrote, "Unlike a number of past alien series, which have traditionally suffered from low budgets and high levels of hokey special effects, the CGI and green screen wizardry of Toronto-based Acme Digital Pictures is both sophisticated and restrained." [6]
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