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
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Saturday, May 4
The Moon that Disappeared
Season 3 • Episode 5
Recently discovered documents show NASA's secret plan B for failure of the first moon landing.
Saturday, May 4
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.
Saturday, May 4
Stonehenge on Mars
Season 5 • Episode 5
A NASA probe captures an image of a familiar structure on Mars' surface.
Saturday, May 4
CIA's Secret Revenge
Season 5 • Episode 6
When the Soviet Union unveils its own space shuttle, the CIA hatches a secret revenge plot.
Saturday, May 4
Shadow Deathstar
Astronaut Leroy Chiao's spacewalk is interrupted by bright lights flying past.
Sunday, May 5
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.
Sunday, May 5
Stonehenge on Mars
Season 5 • Episode 5
A NASA probe captures an image of a familiar structure on Mars' surface.
Sunday, May 5
CIA's Secret Revenge
Season 5 • Episode 6
When the Soviet Union unveils its own space shuttle, the CIA hatches a secret revenge plot.
Sunday, May 5
Shadow Deathstar
Astronaut Leroy Chiao's spacewalk is interrupted by bright lights flying past.
Monday, May 6
Life in Hell
Season 2 • Episode 1
UFO crashes in Pennsylvania; NASA makes an unbelievable discovery, frozen water on Mercury.
Monday, May 6
Top Secret Terror
Season 2 • Episode 2
Images of Mercury show spider-like formations; A space shuttle mission almost ends in disaster.
Monday, May 6
Pluto's Stranger Things
Season 4 • Episode 1
Evidence of alien technology around a distant star; speculation about Pluto's surface.
Tuesday, May 7
Revenge of the Fireflies
Season 2 • Episode 8
Something in space is attacking astronaut's brains; space fireflies suddenly appear.
Tuesday, May 7
Hammer of Thor
Season 2 • Episode 3
Burning lights in the skies above Nevada and Utah; mysterious trails on the lunar surface.
Tuesday, May 7
Rise of the Planet Killer
Season 4 • Episode 2
A mars mission captures an image of a strange structure on the planet.
Wednesday, May 8
Did We Nuke Jupiter?
Season 2 • Episode 5
New evidence could finally reveal the truth behind the mystery of the iconic face on Mars.
Wednesday, May 8
Lethal Weapons
Season 2 • Episode 7
Looking at how the comet of the century looks like an alien spacecraft.
Wednesday, May 8
A President's Close Encounter
Season 4 • Episode 3
The discovery of geysers on a moon; NASA's mission to detect life.
Thursday, May 9
Nazis on the Moon
Season 2 • Episode 6
A Russian probe uncovers something has disturbed the lunar; a planet capable of supporting life.
Thursday, May 9
Spacewalk of Doom
Season 2 • Episode 4
An astronaut on a spacewalk begins to drown; an asteroid that's been converted into a spacecraft.
Thursday, May 9
The Earth Next Door
Season 4 • Episode 4
Astronomers notice a planet in Earth's vicinity capable of supporting life.
Friday, May 10
Did Earth Have Two Moons?
Season 4 • Episode 6
A theory of Earth's abiogenesis may have started in the clouds of Venus.
Friday, May 10
Mystery of the Invisible Planet
Season 4 • Episode 7
A probe carrying a message for aliens malfunctions without cause as it enters deep space.
Friday, May 10
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.
Saturday, May 11
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.
Saturday, May 11
The Earth Next Door
Season 4 • Episode 4
Astronomers notice a planet in Earth's vicinity capable of supporting life.
Saturday, May 11
Rise of the Planet Killer
Season 4 • Episode 2
A mars mission captures an image of a strange structure on the planet.
Saturday, May 11
The Moon's Strange Secret
Season 5 • Episode 7
Something strange on the lunar surface; phenomenon responsible for mass deaths.
Saturday, May 11
Saturn's Death Star
Season 5 • Episode 8
An orbiting object looks like the Death Star; the death of Yuri Gagarin; a satellite vanishes.
Saturday, May 11
A President's Close Encounter
Season 4 • Episode 3
The discovery of geysers on a moon; NASA's mission to detect life.
Sunday, May 12
Rise of the Planet Killer
Season 4 • Episode 2
A mars mission captures an image of a strange structure on the planet.
Sunday, May 12
The Moon's Strange Secret
Season 5 • Episode 7
Something strange on the lunar surface; phenomenon responsible for mass deaths.
Sunday, May 12
Saturn's Death Star
Season 5 • Episode 8
An orbiting object looks like the Death Star; the death of Yuri Gagarin; a satellite vanishes.
Sunday, May 12
A President's Close Encounter
Season 4 • Episode 3
The discovery of geysers on a moon; NASA's mission to detect life.
Monday, May 13
Return of the Moon Bugs
Season 3 • Episode 2
NASA tracks an asteroid heading towards Earth but make an incredible discovery.
Monday, May 13
Pluto Under Pressure
Season 3 • Episode 1
Lost tapes show that Apollo astronauts heard unexplained transmissions on the far side of the moon.
Monday, May 13
Stonehenge on Mars
Season 5 • Episode 5
A NASA probe captures an image of a familiar structure on Mars' surface.
Tuesday, May 14
Ghosts on a Comet
Season 3 • Episode 4
The Rosetta spacecraft discovers a comet that appears to be singing.
Tuesday, May 14
Rise of the Ice Creatures
Season 3 • Episode 3
An Apollo 17 photo seems to show a US military outpost on the Moon.
Tuesday, May 14
The Moon's Strange Secret
Season 5 • Episode 7
Something strange on the lunar surface; phenomenon responsible for mass deaths.
Wednesday, May 15
The Moon that Disappeared
Season 3 • Episode 5
Recently discovered documents show NASA's secret plan B for failure of the first moon landing.
Wednesday, May 15
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.
Wednesday, May 15
Saturn's Death Star
Season 5 • Episode 8
An orbiting object looks like the Death Star; the death of Yuri Gagarin; a satellite vanishes.
Thursday, May 16
JFK UFO Conspiracy
Season 5 • Episode 1
President Kennedy demands that the CIA share its UFO data with NASA; coded alien message on Mars.
Thursday, May 16
Mars's Deepest Secret
Season 4 • Episode 8
Soviet photos of the moon are intercepted by the CIA; a malfunction aboard the ISS.
Thursday, May 16
Curse of the Gas Giant
Season 5 • Episode 2
The Curiosity Rover finds something strange on Mars; detectives turn to NASA for help.
Friday, May 17
CIA's Secret Revenge
Season 5 • Episode 6
When the Soviet Union unveils its own space shuttle, the CIA hatches a secret revenge plot.
Friday, May 17
The Sun's Evil Twin
Season 5 • Episode 3
A photograph depicts two suns; Ghostly white swirls on the moon's surface baffle NASA scientists.
Friday, May 17
Secret Aliens
Season 5 • Episode 4
An astronomer records an unusual radio signal from beyond the solar system.
Saturday, May 18
JFK UFO Conspiracy
Season 5 • Episode 1
President Kennedy demands that the CIA share its UFO data with NASA; coded alien message on Mars.
Saturday, May 18
Mars's Deepest Secret
Season 4 • Episode 8
Soviet photos of the moon are intercepted by the CIA; a malfunction aboard the ISS.