The BEST episodes of UFO (2021) season 1

Every episode of UFO (2021) season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of UFO (2021) season 1!

A four-part docu-series exploring our fascination with unidentified flying objects, and what clandestine influence the American government, lucrative private companies and the military may have in shielding the truth behind extraterrestrial phenomena to further their own agendas.

Last Updated: 10/7/2024Network: ShowtimeStatus: Ended
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7.36
134 votes

#1 - Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/15/2021

UFO 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.

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7.35
181 votes

#2 - Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/8/2021

A 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?

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7.31
117 votes

#3 - Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/22/2021

As 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?

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7.11
113 votes

#4 - Episode 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/29/2021

Even 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.

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