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Showtime premieres the docuseries 'UFO' from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot

When: 8 Aug 2021
Sources: 2 public sources

J. J. Abrams, whose Bad Robot produced the Showtime series UFO Montclair Film Festival, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Showtime debuted 'UFO', a four-part documentary series from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot and Zipper Bros. Films directed by Mark Monroe and Paul Crowder. It covered cases such as the Phoenix Lights and O'Hare, the Pentagon's AATIP study and the leaked Navy videos.

Sources

PressTVLine Items: J.J. Abrams' UFO Doc, RHOC Cast Shake-Up And More (opens in a new tab)TVLine / 2021-06-16
PressShowtime's Compelling UFO Docuseries Deserves to Be on Your Radar (opens in a new tab)Paste Magazine / 2021-08-05

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How the story came out

This reports on Phoenix Lights (13 Mar 1997), O'Hare Airport sighting (7 Nov 2006) and Pentagon UFO-related program (AAWSAP/AATIP) funding ends (2012).

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