UFO Hunters (The History Channel)
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| UFO Hunters | |
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 UFO Hunters title screen |
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| Genre | Documentary Reality television |
| Starring | William J. Birnes Pat Uskert Ted Acworth Jeff Tomlinson |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (as of May 7th) |
| Production | |
| Running time | Approx. 42 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | The History Channel |
| Original run | 30 January, 2008 – present |
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| IMDb profile | |
UFO Hunters is an American documentary television series which premiered on The History Channel on January 30, 2008. It is a spin-off series of the History Channel's UFO Files produced by Motion Picture Production Incorporated.
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[edit] Format
The show follows numerous paranormal investigations headed up by UFO Magazine publisher Bill Birnes, and his team of experts – researcher and scuba diver Pat Uskert, mechanical engineer and MIT researcher Ted Acworth, and investigative biologist intern Jeff Tomlinson.
Each episode, the team checks out reports of strange aerial phenomena where they interview supposed witnesses of UFO sightings, alien encounters, and abductions. They also analyze any evidence collected such as photographs, video, or recovered physical material. They also conduct research with other investigators and scientists in the field in an attempt to find conclusive evidence that a report is real or a hoax. The show also investigates long standing UFO stories such as the Roswell, New Mexico UFO crash incident and other famous sightings throughout history.
The show should not be confused with another show entitled UFO Hunters which premiered the same day and time on the Sci Fi Channel and is from the producers of Ghost Hunters.
[edit] Cast
- William J. Birnes - Producer, Lead Investigator
- Pat Uskert - Associate Producer, Investigator
- Ted Acworth - Investigator
- Jeff Tomlinson- Investigator
- John Tindall - Experiments Producer
- James Lurie - Narrator
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season One
| # | Episode Title | Original Airdate | Investigation |
| 101 | The UFO Before Roswell | January 30, 2008 | Investigation of the Maury Island, Washington sighting which happened two weeks before the infamous Roswell, New Mexico crash. |
| 102 | USOs | February 6, 2008 | Investigation of the Catalina Island USOs (Unidentified Submerged Objects) one of which reportedly caused the crash of a single engine airplane. |
| 103 | Abductions | February 13, 2008 | The team looks back into the famous Betty and Barney Hill alien abduction case and later observes the surgical removal of a supposed alien implant from a man's leg. |
| 104 | Crash and Retrieval | February 20, 2008 | Investigation into the 1974 Coyame, and 2007 Xilitla, Mexico UFO crash cases, where the Mexican and U.S. military reportedly recovered wreckage material. |
| 105 | Military vs. UFOs | February 27, 2008 | Investigations into the famous 1956 RAF Bentwaters and 1980 Rendlesham Forest UFO incidents, and the supposed cover ups that followed. |
| 106 | Cops vs. UFOs | March 5, 2008 | Investigation into a Florida and several United Kingdom police reports involving patrolmen and UFOs. |
| 107 | Reverse Engineering | March 12, 2008 | Investigation into rumors that military aircraft, such as the SR-71 Blackbird and B2 Bomber, were designed by reverse engineering alien technology. |
| 108 | Vortexes | March 19, 2008 | The team looks into New York's Hudson Valley, Sedona, Arizona and Stonehenge, to determine what makes them purported UFO hotspots. |
| 109 | Alien Contact | April 2, 2008 | The team compares the strange encounters of two men, one from Cleveland, Ohio and the other from Suffolk, Virginia, to see if there is evidence that they've had contact with extra-terrestrials. |
| 110 | Invasion Texas: 2008 | April 9, 2008 | The team investigates the January, 2008 mass UFO sightings between Fort Worth and Houston, Texas. |
| 111 | UFO Dogfights | April 16, 2008 | Investigation into an Iranian and a Peruvian fighter pilot's claims of combat engagements with UFOs. |
| 112 | Code Red | April 30, 2008 | The team interviews military air traffic controllers who have come forward about tracking UFOs over restricted airspace and the security alerts that followed. |
| 113 | The NASA Files | May 7, 2008 | The team interviews former NASA astronauts, engineers and scientists, and delves into video footage to see if the space agency knows more about UFOs than it is letting on. |
