J.J. Abrams to explore ‘UFO’ mystery in new docuseries
J.J. Abrams latest project is going to take a closer look at the phenomenon behind unidentified flying objects.
The director behind blockbuster films such as Cloverfield, Super 8, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be producing a four-part docuseries aptly titled UFO for Showtime.
As reported by Variety, Abrams’ Bad Robot and Glen Zipper’s documentary project will look at the phenomenon of mysterious objects in the sky and “what clandestine influence the American government, lucrative private companies and the military may have in shielding the truth behind extraterrestrial phenomena to further their own agendas.”
There's so much we don't know about UFOs and so many questions that have gone unanswered...until now.
— SHOWTIME (@Showtime) June 16, 2021
From Executive Producer @jjabrams comes #UFO, a 4-part docu-series, premiering on August 8. pic.twitter.com/FMs7PDPbXx
Abrams is teaming with directors Mark Monroe (Icarus) and Paul Crowder (Riding Giants), to explore the “unsettling theories of a subject that recently reached national headlines, and has historically been the focus of powerful politicians and CEOs, while average citizens pursuing the very same truth have been ridiculed and ostracized.”
According to Showtime: “The series examines the history of the phenomenon through cultural and political touchpoints, including shocking testimony from eyewitnesses across the country. As the conversation grows more bizarre and reaches the mainstream by virtue of credible investigations into alien encounters, UFO confronts the most enigmatic questions of all: Why do we believe what we believe? And what is the elusive truth beyond this decades long mystery?”
The project comes at a time of renewed interest regarding unidentified flying objects, which are closely linked to aliens and extraterrestrial life in pop culture, and have long been a fixture in Hollywood films and television shows.
The news on the docuseries was announced Wednesday (June 16) just as members of the United States House Intelligence Committee were expected to receive a classified briefing on UFO sightings (dubbed “UAP” for Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon). The ongoing debates over UFO sightings have gained traction in recent years after several leaked photos and videos from the US Navy appeared to show mysterious flying objects in American airspace.
All four episodes of UFO will debut on August 8 on Showtime.
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