The BEST episodes of Project Blue Book

Every episode of Project Blue Book ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Project Blue Book!

A tough US Air Force officer and a skeptical scientist investigate UFO and alien conspiracies as Cold War paranoia spreads.

Last Updated: 1/24/2024Network: HistoryStatus: Ended
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Operation Mainbrace
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8.16
646 votes

#1 - Operation Mainbrace

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/24/2020

Hynek and Quinn face the tremendous pressure of preventing possible third world war when a series of unidentified flying and submersible objects are discovered during a largescale naval exercise that takes place near Russian waters.

Directors: Loni Peristere
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The Washington Merry-Go Round
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7.90
891 votes

#2 - The Washington Merry-Go Round

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2019

Washington D.C. is invaded by UFOs, and Hynek and Quinn must uncover the true nature of the threat before it's too late.

Directors: Alex Graves
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Broken Arrow
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7.80
630 votes

#3 - Broken Arrow

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/17/2020

When a strange plane goes missing in the Canadian wilderness, Hynek and Quinn set off to find it and retrieve its missing cargo, but they encounter several potential dangers along the way to ensure the cargo is never found by outside people.

Directors: Norma Bailey
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The Roswell Incident (2)
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7.77
762 votes

#4 - The Roswell Incident (2)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/28/2020

Quinn and Hynek nearly reach a potential culprit, which could take them to just where they need to be to discover the truth behind the famous Roswell incident.

Directors: Deran Sarafian
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Area 51
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7.75
780 votes

#5 - Area 51

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/4/2020

Hynek and Quinn investigate reports of a soldier who was allegedly taken inside a flying saucer at a remote military base in Nevada, where they subsequently learn about the several reasons why the secrets contained in Area 51 should not be released.

Directors: Pete Travis
Writer: Alec Wells
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Operation Paperclip
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7.75
1059 votes

#6 - Operation Paperclip

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2019

A bizarre UFO encounter with a commercial airliner leads Hynek and Quinn to a top-secret program involving ex-Nazi scientists in Huntsville, Alabama, known as Operation Paperclip, which has a mysterious agenda all its own.

Directors: Pete Travis
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What Lies Beneath
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7.71
675 votes

#7 - What Lies Beneath

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2020

Hynek and Quinn investigate the theft of sensitive material taken from Gens. Harding and Valentine, but they soon discover that their potential culprit resides close than they imagined in addition to conclusive evidence of an alien conspiracy.

Directors: John Scott
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The Roswell Incident (1)
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7.69
821 votes

#8 - The Roswell Incident (1)

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/21/2020

Quinn and Hynek visit Roswell, N.M., with Gen. Harding as an unknown local citizen makes threats to reveal the evidence associated with an extraterrestrial crash-landing that took place six years ago and make its existence known to the world.

Directors: Deran Sarafian
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Foo Fighters
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7.66
1040 votes

#9 - Foo Fighters

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2019

Hynek and Quinn follow a series of strange clues leading them to a secret group who not only claim to have witnessed strange lights during combat called "Foo Fighters", but also claim to know a way to contact them.

Directors: Norma Bailey
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The Men in Black
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7.65
697 votes

#10 - The Men in Black

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/18/2020

The mysterious Man in Black kidnaps Hynek, which sends Quinn on a mission with the CIA to follow him and rescue Hynek.

Directors: Wendey Stanzler
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Abduction
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7.64
908 votes

#11 - Abduction

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/2019

Hynek is drawn into a case from which he literally can't escape when a man arrives at Blue Book headquarters with his wife. The man claims he was abducted by aliens, and he plans to hold Hynek and Quinn hostage until he learns the truth.

Directors: Alex Graves
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The Scoutmaster
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7.63
960 votes

#12 - The Scoutmaster

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2019

After a Scoutmaster vanishes when he and his troop witness a strange craft hovering in the woods, Hynek is sent to investigate for Project Blue Book, while Quinn is pulled into a rogue mission for General Harding.

Directors: Thomas Carter
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Close Encounters
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7.62
689 votes

#13 - Close Encounters

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/25/2020

Hynek visits the set of the film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' while he reflects on his various experiences dealing with the Robertson Panel and a peculiar extraterrestrial contactee whom he was willing to risk everything for.

Directors: Wendey Stanzler
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The Lubbock Lights
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7.60
1152 votes

#14 - The Lubbock Lights

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2019

When the citizens of Lubbock, Texas, witness a mysterious V-shaped craft in the night sky, Hynek and Quinn are brought in to investigate the mass sighting.

Directors: Pete Travis
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War Games
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7.60
930 votes

#15 - War Games

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2019

When a film emerges documenting an Army platoon under UFO attack, the Generals send Hynek and Quinn in to investigate, where they find the soldiers not only suffer from physical effects of war, but psychological ones as well.

Directors: Thomas Carter
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The Flatwoods Monster
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7.58
1304 votes

#16 - The Flatwoods Monster

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2019

Dr. Hynek and Captain Quinn investigate a West Virginia case of a woman and her two children who witnessed a flying saucer crash near their farm and an alien being emerge from the fiery wreck; based on the Flatwoods Monster case.

Directors: Robert Stromberg
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Hopkinsville
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7.55
733 votes

#17 - Hopkinsville

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/11/2020

A supposed alien invades a rural home in Kentucky, which prompts the CIA to give Hynek and Quinn access to their top-secret program known as MK Ultra, which asserts that the alien attack has the potential to be the beginning of a larger plan.

Directors: Pete Travis
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The Green Fireballs
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7.55
989 votes

#18 - The Green Fireballs

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2019

After mysterious green fireballs nearly cause nuclear disaster during a weapons test, Hynek and Quinn must investigate how this could have occurred, each with altering theories as to what's really going on.

Directors: Norma Bailey
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Curse of the Skinwalker
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7.50
662 votes

#19 - Curse of the Skinwalker

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/3/2020

Hynek and Quinn visit a ranch in Utah to learn more about a young family's peculiar claims about an inconceivable and potentially harmful phenomenon.

Directors: Norma Bailey
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The Fuller Dogfight
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7.45
1533 votes

#20 - The Fuller Dogfight

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2019

Ohio State astrophysicist Dr. Allen Hynek is recruited by the Air Force into their top-secret program investigating UFOs called Project Blue Book. Partnered with Captain Michael Quinn, they investigate the case of a military pilot who survived a dogfight with an alien craft. Based on the "Gorman Dogfight" case.

Directors: Robert Stromberg
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