NASA's Unexplained Files

Name: NASA's Unexplained Files
Released: 2012-03-27
Rating: 7.081

2012 · TMDB 7.1/10 (31 votes)

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.

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About NASA's Unexplained Files

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.

Status: Returning Series
TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 31 votes
Seasons: 6
Episodes: 47

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

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Season 6

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S6 E1Apr 11, 201960 min

Saturn's Moon Monsters

When NASA discovers something strange on Saturn's biggest moon, experts investigate if aliens feeding on the electric atmosphere could be the culprit. The disturbing evidence points to a grisly apocalypse if these monsters ever make it to Earth.

S6 E2Apr 18, 201960 min

Aliens vs. Stalin at Area 51

When a former Area 51 insider alleges that the Roswell UFO incident was a nefarious Soviet conspiracy masterminded by Stalin, experts investigate if it was indeed an enemy plot against America -- or if the confession is just another cover-up.

S6 E3Apr 25, 201960 min

The Black Hole Next Door

When astronomers discover a rogue black hole speeding through the Milky Way, they investigate how much danger this cosmic monster poses to Earth, and what would happen if it ever entered our solar system.

S6 E4May 2, 2019

Pluto's Evil Twin

After NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flies by Pluto, it encounters a strange alien world that shuts down the probe's computers, and experts investigate if this mysterious object is an alien spacecraft hiding at the edge of our solar system.

S6 E5May 9, 2019

Aliens in the Amazon

After Neil Armstrong's moonwalk, he led an expedition to the Amazon to find a legendary library that holds all knowledge of an advanced alien civilization. Experts ask if a close encounter on the moon's surface inspired Armstrong's mysterious quest.

S6 E6May 16, 2019

Secrets of the Alien Signals

When NASA begins a strange experiment to communicate with dolphins, experts investigate if it's a prelude to making alien contact. But some fear that such a discovery could have apocalyptic consequences.

S6 E7May 16, 201960 min

Planet of the Metal Aliens

Experts investigate if a nearby exoplanet could be the home to a alien civilization of strange, metallic monsters, after a new discovery confirms that life can thrive on such a strange world.

S6 E8May 23, 2019

Did Aliens Nuke Mars?

A strange discovery by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover suggests the Red Planet was home to an alien nuclear war 300 million years ago. Experts investigate if an extraterrestrial Armageddon transformed an earth-like world into the wasteland we know today.