NASA's Unexplained Files

Synopsis

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 to bring to life these voyages that reveal unexplained sightings that have dogged many of NASA’s most famous missions.

First Air Date: 2012-03-27

Last Air Date: 2019-05-23

Number of Seasons: 6

Number of Episodes: 47

Networks: Science

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Seasons

Season 1 (2012) - (7 Episodes)

Season 2 (2015) - (8 Episodes)

Season 3 (2016) - (8 Episodes)

Season 4 (2016) - (8 Episodes)

Season 5 (2017) - (8 Episodes)

Season 6 (2019) - (8 Episodes)

Season 1 (2012)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Pilot (2012-03-27)

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.
Ep. 2: Shadow Deathstar (2014-03-02)

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.
Ep. 3: Alien Death Ray (2014-03-06)

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?
Ep. 4: Black Knight Rises (2014-03-11)

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?
Ep. 5: Interstellar Gold Rush (2014-03-18)

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?
Ep. 6: Ghosts on the Moon (2014-07-20)

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?
Ep. 7: Mystery Space Squid (2014-07-24)

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?