Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation

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Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation
Genre Docudrama
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes14 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Anthony Lappé
  • Kristy Sabat
  • Mike Stiller
  • Steve Ascher
  • Tom DeLonge
Running time40 minutes
Original release
Network History Channel
ReleaseMay 31, 2019 (2019-05-31) 
August 22, 2020 (2020-08-22)

Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation is a History Channel TV series purportedly exposing the US government's secret programs investigating unidentified flying objects (UFOs). It features former military counter-intelligence officer Luis Elizondo, who directed the Defense Intelligence Agency's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, [1] 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. [2] [3]

Contents

Executive producer Tom DeLonge (Lead guitarist of rock band Blink-182) has claimed that "[DeLonge] is the military's chosen vessel for UFO disclosure". [4] The author of a best-selling book about UFO disclosure, Leslie Kean, 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 green-lit a second season in September 2019 after clips from Unidentified that became popular were confirmed by the US Navy to be authentic footage of unexplained aerial objects. [8] [9]

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 6May 31, 2019 (2019-05-31)July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)
2 8July 11, 2020 (2020-07-11)August 22, 2020 (2020-08-22)

Season 1

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
11"The UFO Insiders"May 31, 2019 (2019-05-31)N/A
22"Raining UFO's"June 7, 2019 (2019-06-07)N/A
33"The Pattern Revealed"June 14, 2019 (2019-06-14)N/A
44"UFO Fleet"June 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)N/A
55"The Atomic Connection"June 28, 2019 (2019-06-28)N/A
66"The Revelation"July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)N/A

Season 2

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [10] Original air date [10] U.S. viewers
(millions)
71"UFO's in Combat"July 11, 2020 (2020-07-11)N/A
82"The Triangle Mystery"July 18, 2020 (2020-07-18)N/A
93"UFO's vs. Nukes"July 25, 2020 (2020-07-25)N/A
104"Planetary Threat"August 1, 2020 (2020-08-01)N/A
115"Airline Encounters"August 8, 2020 (2020-08-08)N/A
126"The UFO Cover-up"August 15, 2020 (2020-08-15)N/A
137"Sightings Surge"August 22, 2020 (2020-08-22)N/A
148"Extraterrestrial Encounters"August 22, 2020 (2020-08-22)N/A

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