UFOs: Investigating the Unknown
Limited Series 2023 · 11 eps · ★ 7.1 · Documentary
Returning Series
The truth behind the U.S. government's secret Pentagon program on UAPs, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, otherwise known as UFOs, is exposed.
Directed by Ricki Stern
Network: National Geographic
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Leslie Kean Self – Investigative Journalist -
Chris Mellon Self – Former Deputy Asst. Secretary of Defense for Intelligence - M Mark Rodeghier Self - Scientific Director, Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS)
- R Robert Powell Self - Former Director of Research, Mutual UFO Network
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Luis Elizondo Self - Former Counterintelligence Agent -
John Podesta Self - Former White House Chief of Staff -
Derrick Pitts Self - Chief Astronomer, The Franklin Institute -
J. Allen Hynek Self - Scientific Advisor to Project Blue Book (archive footage) -
Kirsten Gillibrand Self - Senate Armed Services Committee -
André Carson Self - House Intelligence Subcommittee -
David Fravor Self - Former Navy Pilot - A Alex Dietrich Self - Former Navy Pilot
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