NASA’s Unexplained Files
TVPG
Documentary
Science
Paranormal
The filmmaker takes a look at various unexplained sightings of flying objects using footage of NASA’s space missions and interviews with astronauts and scientists.
Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
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Monday, August 18
Planet of the Metal Aliens
Season 6 • Episode 7
Experts investigate if a nearby exoplanet could be the home to an alien civilization.
Tuesday, August 19
Saturn's Moon Monsters
Season 6 • Episode 1
NASA discovers something strange on Saturn's biggest moon; disturbing evidence.
Wednesday, August 20
Did Aliens Nuke Mars?
Season 6 • Episode 8
A discovery by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover reveals a possible war occurred 300 million years ago.
Thursday, August 21
Aliens in the Amazon
Season 6 • Episode 5
After Neil Armstrong's moonwalk, he leads an expedition into the Amazon to find a legendary library.
Friday, August 22
Mystery Space Squid
Season 1 • Episode 7
A NASA astronaut reports seeing a flying saucer in the skies above a U.S. Air Force test range.
Monday, August 25
Saturn's Moon Monsters
Season 6 • Episode 1
NASA discovers something strange on Saturn's biggest moon; disturbing evidence.
Monday, August 25
Pluto's Evil Twin
Season 6 • Episode 4
After NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flies by Pluto, it encounters a strange alien world.
Monday, August 25
Secret Aliens
Season 5 • Episode 4
An astronomer records an unusual radio signal from beyond the solar system.
Tuesday, August 26
Did Aliens Nuke Mars?
Season 6 • Episode 8
A discovery by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover reveals a possible war occurred 300 million years ago.
Tuesday, August 26
Secrets of the Alien Signals
Season 6 • Episode 6
Experts raise questions when NASA begins a strange experiment to communicate with dolphins.
Tuesday, August 26
The Earth Next Door
Season 4 • Episode 4
Astronomers notice a planet in Earth's vicinity capable of supporting life.
Wednesday, August 27
Aliens in the Amazon
Season 6 • Episode 5
After Neil Armstrong's moonwalk, he leads an expedition into the Amazon to find a legendary library.
Wednesday, August 27
The Black Hole Next Door
Season 6 • Episode 3
Astronomers investigate the possible danger of a black hole speeding through the Milky Way.
Wednesday, August 27
Shadow Deathstar
Astronaut Leroy Chiao's spacewalk is interrupted by bright lights flying past.
Thursday, August 28
Rise of the Planet Killer
Season 4 • Episode 2
A mars mission captures an image of a strange structure on the planet.
Thursday, August 28
Planet of the Metal Aliens
Season 6 • Episode 7
Experts investigate if a nearby exoplanet could be the home to an alien civilization.
Thursday, August 28
Black Knight Rises
Season 1 • Episode 4
A piece of the sun seems to have vanished; the Hubble spots an unidentified object.
Friday, August 29
Curse of the Full Moon
Season 4 • Episode 5
Cosmonauts are trapped in a capsule in a frozen lake; a NASA scientist investigates the Hindenburg.
Friday, August 29
The Earth Next Door
Season 4 • Episode 4
Astronomers notice a planet in Earth's vicinity capable of supporting life.
Friday, August 29
Ghosts on the Moon
Season 1 • Episode 6
Spaceships powered by atomic bombs; artificial rings encircle a star; strange lights on the moon.
Monday, September 1
Rise of the Ice Creatures
Season 3 • Episode 3
An Apollo 17 photo seems to show a US military outpost on the Moon.
Monday, September 1
Planet of the Metal Aliens
Season 6 • Episode 7
Experts investigate if a nearby exoplanet could be the home to an alien civilization.
Monday, September 1
CIA's Secret Revenge
Season 5 • Episode 6
When the Soviet Union unveils its own space shuttle, the CIA hatches a secret revenge plot.
Tuesday, September 2
Ghosts on a Comet
Season 3 • Episode 4
The Rosetta spacecraft discovers a comet that appears to be singing.
Tuesday, September 2
Saturn's Moon Monsters
Season 6 • Episode 1
NASA discovers something strange on Saturn's biggest moon; disturbing evidence.
Tuesday, September 2
Curse of the Full Moon
Season 4 • Episode 5
Cosmonauts are trapped in a capsule in a frozen lake; a NASA scientist investigates the Hindenburg.
Wednesday, September 3
Pluto's Evil Twin
Season 6 • Episode 4
After NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flies by Pluto, it encounters a strange alien world.
Wednesday, September 3
Did Aliens Nuke Mars?
Season 6 • Episode 8
A discovery by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover reveals a possible war occurred 300 million years ago.
Wednesday, September 3
Curse of the Red Planet
Season 3 • Episode 6
Three cosmonauts mysteriously die as they re-enter Earth's atmosphere and NASA needs to know why.
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