6.4/10134 votes#1 - 101
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?
Director: Mark Monroe, Paul Crowder
Writer: N/A
6.9/1086 votes#2 - 102
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.
Director: Paul Crowder
Writer: N/A
6.5/1078 votes#3 - 103
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?
Director: Paul Crowder
Writer: N/A
6.6/1070 votes#4 - 104
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.
Director: Mark Monroe
Writer: N/A
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Ignited by a bombshell story revealing the Pentagon had been tracking UFOs for years, the series examines the history of the phenomenon through cultural and...
Genre:Documentary
Network:Showtime
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"101" is the best rated episode of "UFO" season 1. It scored 6.4/10 based on 134 votes. Directed by Mark Monroe, Paul Crowder and written by N/A, it aired on 8/8/2021. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "102".