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The Best Episodes of NASA's Unexplained Files Season 1

Every episode of NASA's Unexplained Files Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NASA's Unexplained Files Season 1!

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Dive into the mysteries of some of NASA’s most curious missions and explore stories of engineering achievement and human endurance. Each episode offers first hand testimony from astronauts, NASA mission footage, plus beautifully rendered CGI

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    NASA's Unexplained Files Season 1 Episode 4 - Black Knight Rises
    6.8/10(37 votes)

    S1:E4

    A chunk of the sun appears to have vanished. An ominous dark craft beneath the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Hubble spots thousands of unidentified objects traveling faster than light. Are we being watched?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 1 Episode 2 - Shadow Deathstar
    6.7/10(20 votes)

    S1:E2

    Astronaut Leroy Chao’s spacewalk is interrupted by bright lights flying past. A flying saucer photographed from the Apollo capsule, dark shapes caught on camera shadowing the shuttle. The ideas are science fiction, but the incidents are science fact.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 1 Episode 5 - Interstellar Gold Rush
    6.5/10(38 votes)

    S1:E5

    A distant planet shows evidence of an Earth-like atmosphere, while a mysterious light suggests an atmosphere on the Moon. Have we found evidence of a crashed alien ship in the asteroid belt? Why are there "blueberries" on Mars?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 1 Episode 6 - Ghosts on the Moon
    6.5/10(16 votes)

    S1:E6

    Could spaceships be powered by atomic bombs? Can artificial rings encircle an entire star? why was Neil Armstrong’s transmission feed cut off when he spotted strange lights on the Moon? And how can lightning talk to itself?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 1 Episode 3 - Alien Death Ray
    6.3/10(44 votes)

    S1:E3

    The Viking Lander may have found life on Mars, so why don’t we know about it? What is the most destructive force in the universe? How could a starship be seen in the Aurora Borealis? And what are NASA’s mysterious Moon Pigeons?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 1 Episode 7 - Mystery Space Squid
    6.3/10(12 votes)

    S1:E7

    What could make a NASA astronaut report seeing a flying saucer in the skies above a US Air Force test range? How have the swirling gases of Saturn formed a perfect Hexagon that has hovered above the planet’s pole for 30 years?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. NASA's Unexplained Files Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    5.9/10(30 votes)

    S1:E1

    Strange flying objects have been caught on NASA’s cameras and astronauts have reported seeing UFOs. Some can be identified; others remain a mystery. We’ll reveal NASA footage and interview the astronauts and scientists.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Black Knight Rises" is the best rated episode of "NASA's Unexplained Files" season 1. It scored 6.8/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/11/2014. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Shadow Deathstar".