The space suit – it is essential for humans to survive the harsh environment of space. Without it, a human can die in less than a minute. Many experts believe the Earth has been visited by aliens for thousands of years. But if we can’t survive space travel without a protective suit, how can they? Alien Files Unsealed s4e1: Second Skin, History 2015
Algeria, 1933: A French soldier walking through a mountainous region of the Sahara stumbles upon one of the 20th century’s most prized archaeological finds. Sandstone cave walls covered with over 15,000 engravings and paintings dating back 10,000 years. ibid.
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, August 21st 1955: Strange lights in the sky and what looks to be a flying saucer lands in the nearby forest. Emerging from the edge of the trees is a strange-looking humanoid creature, short in stature, with large pointy ears. When another creature appears around the corner of the house, Lucky turns and fires. 11 family members including children are terrorised half the night by the creature. ibid.
In the spring of 1952 something extraordinary happens – UFO sightings go off the charts. For years the US government has told the post-war public that UFOs do not exist. But secretly, US Air Force commanders are divided. Alien Files Unsealed s4e2: The 1952 Wave
Throughout the spring and summer of 1952 there are more UFOs sightings in the US than at any other time in history. ibid.
The 1952 UFO wave – a spike in sightings so extreme that the US government is forced to confront the UFO phenomenon head-on. ibid.
UFOs invade the capital of the United States, and the Air Force is powerless to stop them … On July 19th 1952 an air traffic controller at Washington National Airport picks up 7 objects on radar. He later describes them as completely radical compared to ordinary aircraft. Headlines the next day read ‘Saucers Swarm The Capitol’! On July 26th a National Airlines flight reports more UFOs. Andrews Air Force base tracks them on radar. Witnesses describe the lights as travelling faster than any shooting star. ibid.
In 1969 the United States’ government officially announces it will stop investigating UFOs, but trust in the government is about to hit rock bottom. The 1972 Watergate scandal opens the door for a 1974 amendment to the Freedom of Information Act granting the public unprecedented access to secret government files. They reveal that while US Department of Defense may have closed its public investigation into UFOs, hundreds of well-documented sightings still defy explanation. The declassified documents also reveal that multiple government agencies have been hiding important UFO sightings for decades. Alien Files Unsealed s4e3: The Freedom of Information Act
China, Russia and the US are caught in a new high-tech space race. Alien Files Unsealed s4e4: The Space Race
Since the jet-age, fighter pilots have been scrambled to intercept UFOs in our skies. But what happens when pilots are sent with a shoot-down order? Fighter pilots are forced to confront something they have never trained for and officially does not exist. And when they encounter UFOs, their mission automatically becomes classified. Alien Files Unsealed s4e5: The Shoot Down Order
For decades governments around the world have investigated UFO sightings. But just how are these top-secret studies conducted? Who is called upon to analyze the evidence? And why do many of these governments deny that they study UFOs? Alien Files Unsealed s4e6: Seeing is Believing
The United States’ government, among others, has formed many UFO investigative units dating back to the 1940s. After an unprecedented wave of UFO sightings in 1947, which includes the infamous Roswell incident, the US created investigative bodies: Project Sign, Project Grudge, and ran Project Blue Book until it was cancelled in 1969. ibid.
The Belgium Wave, Eupen, Belgium, November 1989: A host of triangular UFOs appear in the night sky. 30 different sets of witnesses and 3 separate groups of police officers allegedly see black triangular UFOs in the skies above Belgium. ibid.
The initial sightings becomes a wave with over 1,000 sightings reported from November 1989 through the spring of 1990. ibid.
We can picture them from the outside but what do they look like on the inside? Who has been up there? And what did they see? Alien Files Unsealed s4e7: Inside UFOs
No subject is as controversial or riveting as alien abductions. Alien abduction is the only type of encounter in which eyewitness testimony can reveal details anout the inside of unidentified flying objects. ibid.
Alien abduction evidence suggests that UFO motherships may be hiding in our orbit and sending scout ships to examine our planet. ibid.
Many experts believe aliens may have visited Earth before and will inevitably descend upon us in the future. But more unsettling is the possibility that aliens are already here and that they are using us for their own benefit. Alien Files Unsealed s4e8: Unwelcome Visitors
But why are UFOs here? And what do they want? ibid.
If aliens exist, how do they navigate the vast regions of space? And if they have visited Earth, did they leave behind any clues about where they came from? Alien Files Unsealed s4e9: Alien Journeys
If extraterrestrials are here, how do they find us? Where did they come from? And how did they cross such an unfathomable distance? ibid.
The hunt for intelligent life in the universe has never been more urgent. Rapid advances in science and technology have given mankind unprecedented access to distant galaxies that could harbour life. Alien Files Unsealed s4e10: Finding Aliens
And if extreterrestrial life exists, where is it? ibid.
Have you ever seen a UFO, and if you suddenly did, would you have the presence of mind to take a picture of it before it disappeared? But what makes photographic evidence reliable? And how can you tell a real UFO photo from a hoax? Alien Files Unsealed s4e11: UFO Photos
Where do UFOs come from? From distant galaxies? Wormholes? Other planets in our own solar system? Or are they coming from somewhere even closer? Are they coming from Earth? Alien Files Unsealed s4e12: UFOs From Earth
Governments around the world may be secretly developing advanced aircraft with alien technology. ibid.
What are UFOs? Where do they come from? And when did governments begin to study them? In 1947 a series of American UFO sightings triggers an unprecedented analysis of the UFO phenomenon. Alien Files Unsealed s4e13: Summer of Saucers
The UFO phenomenon is about to descend on to the world stage. ibid.
A series of sightings at an important US Air Force Base has the government on high alert: The Muroc Incident. ibid.
UFO sightings happen almost every day. But not all sightings are equal. In the court of public opinion the most credible witnesses come from the military and law enforcement. Men and women trained to observe and investigate. Alien Files Unsealed s4e14: Police Sightings
The Zamora Incident, April 24th 1964, Socorro, New Mexico: Police office Lonnie Zamora is in hot pursuit of a speeding can when something catches his attention. Zamora breaks off his pursuit, and is concerned the roaring sound in a local dynamite shack exploding. But then he sees an object above him. ibid.
‘He describes it as this white in colour with a spherical or saucer-shaped craft. It definitely landed on the ground. And then hs sees bodies actually exit the craft, walk out into the field, and as he approaches, whatever these beings were, he describes it as like he startled them or kind of scared them. And then they got back into the craft and took off.’ ibid. Greenwald
But why are UFOs here? And what do they want? ibid.
If aliens exist, how do they navigate the vast regions of space? And if they have visited Earth, did they leave behind any clues about where they came from? Alien Files Unsealed s4e9: Alien Journeys
If extraterrestrials are here, how do they find us? Where did they come from? And how did they cross such an unfathomable distance? ibid.
The hunt for intelligent life in the universe has never been more urgent. Rapid advances in science and technology have given mankind unprecedented access to distant galaxies that could harbour life. Alien Files Unsealed s4e10: Finding Aliens
And if extreterrestrial life exists, where is it? ibid.
Have you ever seen a UFO, and if you suddenly did, would you have the presence of mind to take a picture of it before it disappeared? But what makes photographic evidence reliable? And how can you tell a real UFO photo from a hoax? Alien Files Unsealed s4e11: UFO Photos
Where do UFOs come from? From distant galaxies? Wormholes? Other planets in our own solar system? Or are they coming from somewhere even closer? Are they coming from Earth? Alien Files Unsealed s4e12: UFOs From Earth
Governments around the world may be secretly developing advanced aircraft with alien technology. ibid.