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    NASA's Unexplained Files Season 5 Episode 1 - JFK UFO Conspiracy
    7.8/10(26 votes)

    #1 - JFK UFO Conspiracy

    S5:E1

    A declassified letter written by President Kennedy demands the CIA share its UFO data with NASA. A bizarre pattern on the surface of Mars could be a coded alien message. Investigators are shocked to find a rocket crash-landed in a crater on the Moon.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 5 Episode 3 - The Sun's Evil Twin
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #2 - The Sun's Evil Twin

    S5:E3

    Two suns are photographed in the Indonesia sky -- a trick of the light or a sighting of our Sun's evil twin? Scientists are baffled by ghostly swirls on the Moon's surface. An astronaut disappears during his return to Earth.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 5 Episode 6 - CIA's Secret Revenge
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #3 - CIA's Secret Revenge

    S5:E6

    When the Soviet Union unveils its own space shuttle, the CIA hatches a secret revenge plot. Recent discoveries shed new light on the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. A missing nuclear weapon could threaten a NASA base in the Arctic.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 6 Episode 2 - Aliens vs. Stalin at Area 51
    7.7/10(25 votes)

    #4 - Aliens vs. Stalin at Area 51

    S6:E2

    When a former Area 51 insider alleges that the Roswell UFO incident was a nefarious Soviet conspiracy masterminded by Stalin, experts investigate if it was indeed an enemy plot against America -- or if the confession is just another cover-up.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 3 Episode 6 - Curse of the Red Planet
    7.6/10(33 votes)

    #5 - Curse of the Red Planet

    S3:E6

    Three cosmonauts die mysteriously as they re-enter Earth's atmosphere. A declassified document reveals a CIA plan to use a space disaster as a cover to start war and a NASA rover discovers clues that help solve a murder.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 4 Episode 8 - Mars's Deepest Secret
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #6 - Mars's Deepest Secret

    S4:E8

    British astronomers working for the CIA intercept Soviet photos of the moon. A malfunction on the ISS could poison its crew with ammonia gas. A startling image taken by a NASA probe points to evidence that life could exist on Mars.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 5 Episode 2 - Curse of the Gas Giant
    7.6/10(22 votes)

    #7 - Curse of the Gas Giant

    S5:E2

    Jupiter is far hotter than it should be, and scientists don't understand why. The Curiosity Rover finds something strange on Mars. Could it be a lost spacecraft or something far more sinister? Detectives turn to NASA for help with a murder cold case.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 3 Episode 7 - Red Storm Rising
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    #8 - Red Storm Rising

    S3:E7

    Two astronauts trapped in the vacuum of space face an agonizing death; the first close up images of Pluto reveal an alien landscape, and residents of Houston struggle to explain videos of unidentified flying lights captured above their city at night.

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  9. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 4 Episode 3 - A President's Close Encounter
    7.5/10(25 votes)

    #9 - A President's Close Encounter

    S4:E3

    Geysers are discovered on a frozen moon, and NASA redirects a probe on a daring mission to detect evidence of life. An unidentified object is spotted approaching a near-earth asteroid. A future president is an eyewitness to a UFO.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 5 Episode 4 - Secret Aliens
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #10 - Secret Aliens

    S5:E4

    An astronomer records an unusual signal from a distant star. FBI agents find classified documents at the home of a NASA scientist. When scientists discover strange DNA in the octopus, they examine if their origins could be alien.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 5 Episode 7 - The Moon's Strange Secret
    7.5/10(19 votes)

    #11 - The Moon's Strange Secret

    S5:E7

    The last humans to walk on the Moon discover something strange on the surface. A NASA scientist investigates a strange phenomenon responsible for horrific mass deaths. A landmark NASA mission threatens to destroy the reputation of an American hero.

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  12. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 4 Episode 6 - Did Earth Have Two Moons?
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    #12 - Did Earth Have Two Moons?

    S4:E6

    A discovery suggests the hellish clouds of Venus may be the origin of life on Earth. A bizarre sighting 2,000 years ago raises the possibility that Earth once had two moons. A scientist helps the FBI crack the 1996 Olympic bombing.

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  13. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 4 Episode 7 - Mystery of the Invisible Planet
    7.4/10(25 votes)

    #13 - Mystery of the Invisible Planet

    S4:E7

    A probe carrying a message to aliens malfunctions as it enters deep space. A NASA mission goes disastrously wrong when an imposter breaches Mission Control. Astronomers may have found an invisible planet around a distant star.

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  14. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 6 Episode 8 - Did Aliens Nuke Mars?
    7.4/10(20 votes)

    #14 - Did Aliens Nuke Mars?

    S6:E8

    A strange discovery by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover suggests the Red Planet was home to an alien nuclear war 300 million years ago. Experts investigate if an extraterrestrial Armageddon transformed an earth-like world into the wasteland we know today.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 5 Episode 8 - Saturn's Death Star
    7.3/10(18 votes)

    #15 - Saturn's Death Star

    S5:E8

    A mysterious object is orbiting Saturn, and it looks just like the Death Star. New evidence might shed new light on the mysterious death of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space. When a cuting-edge satellite vanishes, fears of a space war escalate.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 4 Episode 4 - The Earth Next Door
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #16 - The Earth Next Door

    S4:E4

    Astronomers detect a potentially habitable planet tantalizingly close to Earth. A chance discovery at NASA reveals a top secret military space program. The Apollo missions bring back evidence that the moon may be rich in the building blocks for life.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 5 Episode 5 - Stonehenge on Mars
    7.2/10(22 votes)

    #17 - Stonehenge on Mars

    S5:E5

    When NASA spots a something on Mars that resembles Stonehenge, they investigate what could have made this strange structure. Scientists discover a mysterious hole in Saturn's rings. An ancient tribe claims contact with alien visitors.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 6 Episode 3 - The Black Hole Next Door
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #18 - The Black Hole Next Door

    S6:E3

    When astronomers discover a rogue black hole speeding through the Milky Way, they investigate how much danger this cosmic monster poses to Earth, and what would happen if it ever entered our solar system.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 2 Episode 6 - Nazis on the Moon
    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #19 - Nazis on the Moon

    S2:E6

    A Russian probe discovers the lunar soil was disturbed before the US or USSR got there. Did Nazis arrive first? Have scientists detected a laser signal from a planet capable of supporting life? Is there a Bermuda Triangle of Space?

    Director:Unknown
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  20. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 3 Episode 1 - Pluto Under Pressure
    7.1/10(31 votes)

    #20 - Pluto Under Pressure

    S3:E1

    Lost tapes reveal that Apollo astronauts heard unexplained transmissions on the far side of the moon, an amateur astronomer spots a strange disturbance in Martian atmosphere & an unidentified object in Earth orbit starts stalking Russian spacecraft.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 3 Episode 8 - Attack of the Thunderballs
    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #21 - Attack of the Thunderballs

    S3:E8

    Astronauts are evacuated when a mystery object is discovered hurtling towards the ISS, a NASA secret agent goes undercover to recover missing moon rocks & scientists struggle to find answers when they find a huge void at the edge of the solar system.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 4 Episode 2 - Rise of the Planet Killer
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #22 - Rise of the Planet Killer

    S4:E2

    A probe captures an image of a strange structure on Mars. Files from the first Apollo mission record an eerie sighting on the dark side of the Moon. A planet-eating star gives scientists a glimpse of Earth's terrible demise.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 2 Episode 7 - Lethal Weapons
    7.0/10(21 votes)

    #23 - Lethal Weapons

    S2:E7

    How did pictures from the Hubble telescope make the comet of the century look like an alien spacecraft? Has earth already been invaded by alien organisms? What mysterious force is smashing a near-earth asteroid to pieces?

    Director:Unknown
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  24. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 2 Episode 8 - Revenge of the Fireflies
    7.0/10(27 votes)

    #24 - Revenge of the Fireflies

    S2:E8

    Something in space is attacking the brains of astronauts. What is it? Should NASA be worried about the sudden appearance of so-called space fireflies? Who is responsible for the bizarre glowing spiral in the skies over Norway?

    Director:Unknown
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  25. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 3 Episode 4 - Ghosts on a Comet
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #25 - Ghosts on a Comet

    S3:E4

    When a Chinese moon rover breaks down, a NASA scientist points to a mysterious material that seemed to sabotage the Apollo missions, decades earlier. The Rosetta spacecraft finds a comet that appears to be singing.

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Best Episodes Summary

"JFK UFO Conspiracy" is the best rated episode of "NASA's Unexplained Files". It scored 7.8/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/12/2017. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Sun's Evil Twin".