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8/10
May the FARCE be with you
Ed-Shullivan14 January 2019
Suspenseful? YES!

Mysterious? YES!

Aliens exist? Maybe...maybe not????

I keep wondering what the world was like back in the century of the 1400's in the time when Christopher Columbus wanted to sail across the vast oceans and find a new world. The majority of the worlds' people believed that the world had to be flat and to sail past the sun's horizon a ship would fall off of the end of the world. More recently in the early 1900's songs were sung about reaching for the moon and who can forget that fateful day on July 20th, 1969, when the entire world was literally glued to their black and white television sets to watch that historical moment when American Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their spacecraft Apollo 11 on the moon's surface. The following day July 21st, 1969, Neil Armstrong took those first steps on the moon's surface and all the world once again watched in awe.

So although the 1960's were the most amazing technical and scientific time to be alive, there were smut papers and science-fiction movies telling us that aliens were real and they were here on earth already in many forms and disguises to blend in with the general population.

This TV series, Project Blue Book is an attempt to provide its viewers some insight into the early days in the mid 1940's and beyond when the U.S. Intelligence and U.S. Airforce were engaged in gathering intel on unidentified flying objects (UFO's), space aliens, real or imagined. Most rational people believed aliens did not exist and the wild stories were all hoaxes, but go back in time in the 1400's when the world was considered to be flat, or in the 1900's when no one believed a man would ever land on the moon, but here we are.

I was taught to believe in Christmas and Santa Claus and I am a better man for it, as are my own children. I for one will be advising my (now) adult children to watch this mysterious TV series Project Blue Book which most likely has been taking great liberties in the factual events of the U.S. Intelligence and U.S. Airforce events, but it makes for great stories and isn't that the main reason we watch television? To be entertained? I look forward to more episodes of Project Blue Book which has captured my imagination once again. I give the series a solid 8 out of 10 rating.
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8/10
A very intriguing and interesting introduction to the best UFO/Extraterrestrial series since X files/
tresm8710 January 2019
When this was announced, I was very excited especially with the fact that Robert Zemeckis was involved, and that it would be an actual series based on true events that looked to have great potential with its production quality. After watching the fantastic first thoroughly ENGROSSING episode, I can confirm that imo this is indeed already the best show we've gotten for UFO/Alien subject matter since the timeless early seasons of The X files. While it is heavily influenced from The X files in its structure, tone, and overall delivery, it stands on its own quite well enough to sustain its own identity. The acting is tremendous so far especially from Aidan Gillen and Michael Malarkey, and you really do become enamored with Dr. Hynek's fascinatingly brilliant character. Overall they did a terrific job portraying the true story it was based on with an extremely captivating first episode full of great twists, turns and solid mystery that keeps you wanting another episode immediately. The production quality is excellent with outstanding camerawork, vast settings, and accurate ambience and atmosphere to fit the late 40's/50's timeframe. A series thats definitely worthy of your time.
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8/10
1948 UFO Incident is More than Meets the Eye
lavatch8 January 2019
Warning: Spoilers
The time is October 1, 1948. The place is Fargo, North Dakota. The community is on edge due to a sighting of a "flying saucer." A young pilot named Henry "Coop" Fuller has had a near death experience while on a routine flight. His plane is caught in a "dogfight" with the forces of light that appear to take over the pilot's controls and communicate to him through music. The plane is damaged, the pilot is in shock, and a zealous Air Force captain wants to calm the fears of the public that have been exacerbated by the widespread attention given to another strange incident at Roswell, New Mexico. This opening episode of "Project Blue Book" is based on the true experience of Lt. George Gorman with the characters' names fictionalized.

J. Allen Hynek, is 37-year-old director at Ohio State University's McMillin Observatory and a professor of astrophysics. Dr. Hynek is recruited to find a scientific explanation for the experience of Coop Fuller.

But from the beginning, Dr. Hynek is skeptical of the story that Captain Michael Flynn wants him to confirm: a weather balloon that was mistaken for the saucer. Dr. Hynek gets the captain's attention when he coins a new term: unidentified flying object (UFO) for the aircraft reported by Coop Fuller.

Dr. Hynek takes the time to listen to Coop's story and has the measured responses of a scientist. As a scientist, Dr. Hynek is intrigued by the damage that Coop's plane incurred. He is also fascinated by the young pilot's story about hearing a song over his headset from his hometown radio KKJH in San Diego. By contrast, Captain Flynn, a nefarious Air Force general, and the Truman administration appear eager to close the case with a weather balloon scenario that will be sold to the public.

Behind the scenes, Dr. Hynek's wife has a new friend that appears to be spying on the Hynek family. Also, the generals would appear to be running a top secret group that takes UFO seriously. Dr. Hynek may be joining the group. He is led to a mysterious site on an abandoned amusement park where hears the reading of a long code of numbers. The quick-thinking scientist memorizes the numbers. The program closes on the young pilot Coop Fuller being neutralized with an injection in the hospital.

The opening episode is successful in raising the question of whether Dr. Hynek will discover some genuine facts to support the accounts of the UFOs or whether he will live in perpetuity as a crank.
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8/10
Enjoyable
Juliancturner11 April 2019
Very good show, obvious parallels with x-files. Only spoilt by the lead actors mumbling their words in several scenes. Look forward to seeing how it develops.
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5/10
The Fuller Dogfight
Prismark106 April 2019
Based on the memoirs of Dr Josef Allen Hynek (Aidan Gillen) who actually did investigate UFO activities in the 1950s.

The first episode comes across like a period piece The X Files, with cold war paranoia.

In the opening episode, Captain Michael Quinn (Michael Malarkey) recruits Dr Hynek to investigate UFO encounters. Hynek is happy to take the job so he can use the money to pursue his own research.

Of course Hynek's job is to debunk any alleged mysterious sightings.

The promotion of this series made big use of Robert Zemecki's name as Executive Producer. However the first episode lacked the verve or style you would associate with his movies. I found the whole thing heavy handed as Hynek and Quinn investigate a military pilot who thinks he was involved in a dogfight with an alien.
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