PROJECT U.F.O. (1978-1979) – Jack Webb’s Mark VII Ltd. produced this short-lived wonder which dramatized selected cases from the U.S. Air Force’s real-life Project Bluebook, which investigated reports of Unidentified Flying Objects.
Don’t go into this series expecting wild alien races or X-Files-level conspiracies and cover-ups. Typical of Jack Webb productions, the investigations were purely procedural and very dry, with the only fantastic elements coming in the reenactments of what the U.F.O. “witnesses” CLAIM they saw. The investigators could often debunk the sightings in a professional, unemotional way.
The only bone thrown to fringe true believers in alien visitations was when the investigators were stumped and would classify a U.F.O. sighting as “a true unknown.” Simply meaning they could not explain it, not that they were saying that the sighted object was an alien spaceship. Continue reading
