The Library
Every film, every broadcast, every long-form conversation, and every news article we have catalogued on the subject — sorted onto four shelves.
The Documentary Library
A curated, searchable index of feature documentaries and docuseries covering UFO and UAP history — from early surveys to the post-2017 modern disclosure era. Each entry links out to a primary streaming source; previews stream from YouTube where an official upload exists.
- Dir. Dan Farah
The Age of Disclosure
SXSW 2025 premiere assembling on-record interviews with 34 senior U.S. officials — senators, admirals, and intelligence directors — speaking to UAP and alleged legacy programs.
#sxsw#modern-era#disclosure 
20242h 21mDr. Steven GreerBattle for Disclosure
Greer's third Disclosure Project film, surveying alleged unacknowledged special-access programs, recovered craft claims, and the political fight inside Washington over UAP transparency. Treat advocacy framing critically.
#greer#disclosure-project#advocacy- DOCUMENTARYFiles of the UnexplainedNetflix20248 episodes · ~30 min ea.Netflix
Files of the Unexplained
Netflix anthology covering UAP incidents alongside other unexplained phenomena, including episodes on the Travis Walton abduction and the Berkshires UFO case.
#series#netflix#walton#berkshires - DOCUMENTARYUFOs: The Conclusive EvidenceTMX / FilmRise20241h 28mTMX / FilmRise
UFOs: The Conclusive Evidence
Recent compilation documentary covering Tic Tac, the Schumer-Rounds amendment, and Grusch's House testimony.
#2024#grusch#compilation 
20234 episodes · ~50 min ea.Netflix · Steven Spielberg / AmblinEncounters
Four-part Netflix docuseries on global UAP encounters: Stephenville, Texas; a fishing village in Wales; a school in Zimbabwe; and pilot encounters off the U.S. coast.
#series#netflix#stephenville#ariel-school
20236 episodes · ~45 min ea.National GeographicUFOs: Investigating the Unknown
Nat Geo docuseries that follows scientists, pilots, and journalists working the modern UAP beat in the post-2017 era.
#series#natgeo#modern-era
20231h 59mDr. Steven GreerThe Lost Century: And How to Reclaim It
Greer argues that anti-gravity and zero-point energy technologies derived from recovered craft have been suppressed for a century. Advocacy documentary.
#greer#energy#advocacy
20232 seasons · ~45 min ea.History ChannelBeyond Skinwalker Ranch
Spinoff visiting other reportedly anomalous sites across the U.S. — Stardust Ranch, Bradshaw Ranch, the Hessdalen lights region — applying the Skinwalker investigative template.
#series#history-channel#field-study
20221h 41mDir. James FoxMoment of Contact
Investigation of the 1996 Varginha, Brazil incident, with first-time interviews of military personnel, civilian witnesses, and medical staff who treated reported entities.
#varginha#brazil#witnesses#fox
20221h 33mDir. Caroline CoryA Tear in the Sky
Documentary of a scientific expedition off the Catalina Channel — where the USS Nimitz Tic-Tac incident occurred — using radar, infrared, and high-speed cameras to attempt UAP capture.
#nimitz#scientific#field-study- Dir. Randall Nickerson
Ariel Phenomenon
Investigation of the 1994 Ariel School incident in Ruwa, Zimbabwe, where 60+ schoolchildren reported seeing a craft and small beings during recess.
#ariel-school#zimbabwe#witnesses - DOCUMENTARYUFOs: Investigating the UnknownNat Geo2022Series — 6 episodesNat Geo
UFOs: Investigating the Unknown
National Geographic series with embedded scientists investigating Navy footage, abduction reports, and historical cases.
#natgeo#series#scientific - DOCUMENTARYWe Are Not AloneBBC202255 minBBC
We Are Not Alone
BBC documentary on the international scientific search for life beyond Earth, including SETI, biosignature, and UAP-instrumentation programs.
#bbc#seti#astrobiology - DOCUMENTARYAriel PhenomenonDir. Randall Nickerson20221h 33mDir. Randall Nickerson
Ariel Phenomenon
Investigation of the 1994 Ariel School, Zimbabwe mass-witnessed encounter, with first-time interviews of the now-adult witnesses.
#ariel-school#zimbabwe#witnesses - DOCUMENTARYUFOShowtime · J.J. Abrams / Glen Zipper20214 episodes · ~50 min ea.Showtime · J.J. Abrams / Glen Zipper
UFO
Showtime docuseries examining U.S. government UAP programs, Bob Lazar's claims, the Pentagon videos, and the rise of AATIP and AAWSAP.
#series#showtime#aatip#lazar - Netflix
Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified
Netflix series examining declassified government UFO investigations across the U.S., U.K., France, and the Vatican.
#series#netflix#global#declassified 
20211h 53mDir. Jon Sumple · j3FILMSExtraordinary: The Revelations
Sequel to The Seeding. Experiencers and whistleblowers from military and intelligence programs go on the record about contact, hybrid programs, and decades of secrecy.
#experiencers#whistleblowers#sumple#sequel- DOCUMENTARYUFO WitnessDiscovery+ · Ben Hansen20213 seasons · ~45 min ea.Discovery+ · Ben Hansen
UFO Witness
Former FBI agent Ben Hansen investigates witness cases, FOIA documents, and military encounter reports across the U.S.
#series#discovery#investigation - DOCUMENTARYUFO (Showtime Docuseries)Showtime · Exec. Prod. J.J. Abrams20214 × 1hShowtime · Exec. Prod. J.J. Abrams
UFO (Showtime Docuseries)
Four-part Showtime series tracing the modern UAP story from Roswell through AATIP, the Tic Tac, and the To The Stars era, with on-camera interviews of Mellon, Elizondo, and DeLonge.
#showtime#docuseries#ttsa#aatip - DOCUMENTARYThe Cosmic Hoax: An ExposéDir. Michael Mazzola · Dr. Steven Greer20211h 27mDir. Michael Mazzola · Dr. Steven Greer
The Cosmic Hoax: An Exposé
Greer's 2021 follow-up arguing that recent Pentagon UAP disclosures are part of a controlled narrative campaign.
#greer#narrative#policy - Dir. James Fox
The Phenomenon
Feature documentary tracing 70 years of unidentified aerial phenomena, with interviews including former senator Harry Reid, ex-AATIP director Lue Elizondo, astronaut Edgar Mitchell, and Cmdr. David Fravor.
#theatrical#fox#aatip#nimitz 
20201h 59mDr. Steven GreerClose Encounters of the Fifth Kind: Contact Has Begun
Greer's CE-5 framework, presenting field protocols for human-initiated contact alongside witness testimony from the Disclosure Project archive.
#greer#ce5#contact- 20205 seasons · ~45 min ea.History Channel
The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch
Ongoing investigative series at the Utah ranch tied to AAWSAP's Bigelow-era research. Mix of field instrumentation, anomalous-event documentation, and ranch lore.
#series#history-channel#skinwalker#aawsap - DOCUMENTARYProject Blue Book ExposedHistory / A&E archival20201h 30mHistory / A&E archival
Project Blue Book Exposed
Archival deep-dive into the U.S. Air Force's official 1947–1969 UFO investigation, drawing on the declassified case files now in the National Archives.
#blue-book#usaf#archive - DOCUMENTARYClose Encounters of the Fifth KindDir. Michael Mazzola · Dr. Steven Greer20202h 4mDir. Michael Mazzola · Dr. Steven Greer
Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind
Greer's argument for consciousness-based contact, with witness testimony and CE-5 protocol explanation.
#greer#ce-5#consciousness - DOCUMENTARYAlien WorldsNetflix2020Series — 4 episodesNetflix
Alien Worlds
Netflix speculative-science docuseries applying Earth biology to imagined exoplanetary ecosystems — the science backdrop to the UAP question.
#netflix#astrobiology 
20191h 44mDir. Jon Sumple · j3FILMSExtraordinary: The Seeding
Investigates alleged alien hybridization and reproductive-experiment experiencers. Centers the emotional and psychological impact on contactees rather than lights-in-the-sky evidence. Features Whitley Strieber commentary.
#abduction#experiencers#hybridization#sumple- 20192 seasons · ~45 min ea.History Channel · To The Stars Academy
Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation
Docuseries built around Lue Elizondo, Chris Mellon, and the TTSA team's post-AATIP investigation of Navy encounters, recovered materials claims, and historical cases.
#series#history-channel#ttsa#elizondo 
20181h 36mDir. Jeremy CorbellBob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers
Profile of physicist Bob Lazar and his claims of reverse-engineering recovered craft at the S-4 facility south of Area 51 in the late 1980s.
#lazar#area-51#corbell
20181h 17mDir. Alan StivelmanThe Witness of Another World
Argentine documentary revisiting Juan Pérez, a gaucho who claims a 1978 close encounter, and his psychological reckoning forty years later.
#argentina#case-study#psychology- DOCUMENTARYHunt for the SkinwalkerDir. Jeremy Corbell20181h 33mDir. Jeremy Corbell
Hunt for the Skinwalker
Corbell's film adaptation of Colm Kelleher and George Knapp's book on the Bigelow / NIDS / AAWSAP investigation of Skinwalker Ranch.
#corbell#skinwalker#nids#aawsap - Dr. Steven Greer
Unacknowledged
Greer's follow-up to the Disclosure Project, arguing for the existence of unacknowledged special-access programs related to recovered craft. Treat claims critically.
#greer#disclosure-project#advocacy 
20171h 11mDir. Jeremy CorbellPatient Seventeen
Follows surgeon Dr. Roger Leir as he removes alleged implants from a self-described abductee. Anecdotal; presented as character profile.
#corbell#abduction#case-study- DOCUMENTARYUFOs: The True History of the United StatesHistory Channel2017Series — 4 episodesHistory Channel
UFOs: The True History of the United States
Four-part History Channel series walking through the U.S. government's UFO history from Kenneth Arnold to Project Blue Book.
#history#series#arnold#blue-book - DOCUMENTARYUnacknowledgedDir. Michael Mazzola · Dr. Steven Greer20171h 43mDir. Michael Mazzola · Dr. Steven Greer
Unacknowledged
Steven Greer's follow-up to 'Sirius,' arguing that an unacknowledged special-access program controls UAP-derived technologies.
#greer#disclosure-project#saps - DOCUMENTARYAlien Contact: Outer SpaceDir. Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell20171h 5mDir. Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell
Alien Contact: Outer Space
Jeremy Corbell's early film investigating cosmic-scale evidence with researchers and ranchers, a precursor to his Bob Lazar work.
#corbell#cosmology - DOCUMENTARYPatient SeventeenDir. Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell20171h 20mDir. Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell
Patient Seventeen
Corbell follows surgeon Dr. Roger Leir as he removes alleged implants from an abductee, with full chain-of-custody.
#corbell#implants#leir - DOCUMENTARYUFOs: The Lost EvidenceScience Channel / IMG2017Series — 2 seasonsScience Channel / IMG
UFOs: The Lost Evidence
Episodic series re-examining classic cases (Phoenix Lights, Stephenville, JAL 1628) with photogrammetric and radar reanalysis.
#science-channel#series#reanalysis 
20151h 17mDir. Jennifer W. SteinTravis: The True Story of Travis Walton
Documentary revisiting the 1975 Snowflake, Arizona abduction case with Travis Walton and the six logging-crew witnesses, forty years on.
#walton#abduction#case-study
20151h 23mDir. Michael MadsenThe Visit: An Alien Encounter
Sundance-premiered thought experiment staging the official response to a first-contact event, drawing on actual UN, ESA, and military protocol experts.
#theatrical#first-contact#protocol- DOCUMENTARYThe Visit: An Alien EncounterDir. Michael Madsen20151h 23mDir. Michael Madsen
The Visit: An Alien Encounter
Sundance documentary built around interviews with the actual UN, ESA, and military officials who would manage humanity's first contact response.
#contact#policy#esa - DOCUMENTARYTravis: The True Story of Travis WaltonDir. Jennifer W. Stein20151h 25mDir. Jennifer W. Stein
Travis: The True Story of Travis Walton
Documentary revisiting the 1975 Travis Walton Snowflake, Arizona abduction case with all surviving witnesses.
#walton#abduction#arizona - 20142 seasons · ~45 min ea.History Channel · MUFON archive
Hangar 1: The UFO Files
Series built on the MUFON case archive in Cincinnati. Sensational framing; useful as an index of well-known cases.
#series#history-channel#mufon 
20141h 41mDir. Jose EscamillaBeyond the Spectrum
Compilation of infrared and ultraviolet-spectrum footage purporting to show otherwise-invisible aerial objects. Methodologically contested; useful as a sample of the 'sky-fish' / non-visible-light corpus.
#infrared#escamilla#contested- DOCUMENTARYThird Phase of Moon — Open FilesThird Phase of Moon (YouTube channel)2014SeriesThird Phase of Moon (YouTube channel)
Third Phase of Moon — Open Files
Long-running YouTube documentary channel cataloging citizen-recorded UAP footage from around the world.
#citizen#footage#series - DOCUMENTARYHangar 1: The UFO FilesHistory Channel / MUFON2014Series — 2 seasonsHistory Channel / MUFON
Hangar 1: The UFO Files
History Channel series built around the Mutual UFO Network's case files going back to 1969.
#history#mufon#series - Dirs. John Lundberg, Mark Pilkington, Roland Denning
Mirage Men
Investigation of how the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations seeded UFO disinformation in the 1980s — featuring Richard Doty and Paul Bennewitz.
#disinformation#doty#afosi#skeptical - DOCUMENTARYSiriusDr. Steven Greer · Dir. Amardeep Kaleka20131h 51mDr. Steven Greer · Dir. Amardeep Kaleka
Sirius
The first Disclosure Project feature, including the Atacama humanoid analysis and witness testimony from former military, intelligence, and aerospace personnel.
#greer#disclosure-project#atacama - DOCUMENTARYMirage MenDir. John Lundberg, Mark Pilkington, Roland Denning20131h 27mDir. John Lundberg, Mark Pilkington, Roland Denning
Mirage Men
Mark Pilkington's investigation of U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations disinformation campaigns targeting UFO researchers in the 1980s.
#disinformation#afosi#doty - DOCUMENTARYAlien EncountersDiscovery Science2012Series — 2 seasonsDiscovery Science
Alien Encounters
Discovery Science series asking how human institutions would respond to first contact — interviews with SETI's Seth Shostak and exopolitical scholars.
#discovery#seti#first-contact - DOCUMENTARYRussian Roswell — The Dalnegorsk IncidentDiscovery Science201145 minDiscovery Science
Russian Roswell — The Dalnegorsk Incident
Investigation of the 1986 Dalnegorsk crash in the Soviet Far East, including recovered metallic fragments analyzed by the USSR Academy of Sciences.
#dalnegorsk#ussr#crash-retrieval 
20101h 36mDir. Terje Toftenes · New Paradigm FilmsThe Day Before Disclosure
Norwegian survey documentary collecting interviews with Edgar Mitchell, Stanton Friedman, Jacques Vallée, and Nick Pope on the case for imminent governmental disclosure.
#survey#mitchell#vallee#pope- DOCUMENTARYAncient AliensHistory Channel2010Series — 20+ seasonsHistory Channel
Ancient Aliens
Long-running History Channel docuseries exploring the ancient-astronaut hypothesis. The cultural gateway documentary for millions of viewers regardless of one's view of its claims.
#history#series#ancient-astronaut - DOCUMENTARYThe Day Before DisclosureDir. Terje Toftenes20101h 41mDir. Terje Toftenes
The Day Before Disclosure
Norwegian-produced disclosure documentary featuring Robert Hastings (nuclear-sites incidents), Stanton Friedman, and Jacques Vallée.
#disclosure#nuclear#international - Dir. James Fox · History Channel
I Know What I Saw
Earlier James Fox documentary collecting testimony from military pilots, generals, and government officials including the 2007 National Press Club witnesses.
#fox#history-channel#witnesses - DOCUMENTARYI Know What I SawDir. James Fox20091h 40mDir. James Fox
I Know What I Saw
James Fox's earlier documentary featuring testimony from Apollo astronauts, generals, and the Phoenix Lights witnesses — a key pre-2017 mainstream UAP film.
#fox#phoenix-lights#astronauts - DOCUMENTARYCaptured: The Betty and Barney Hill StoryEastland Films20071h 47mEastland Films
Captured: The Betty and Barney Hill Story
The definitive documentary on the 1961 Betty and Barney Hill abduction case, drawing on the original Boston Hospital hypnosis tapes.
#abduction#hill#new-hampshire - Dirs. James Fox, Tim Coleman
Out of the Blue
Early survey documentary including Cmdr. Graham Bethune, Gordon Cooper, and footage of the Phoenix Lights and Belgian wave.
#phoenix-lights#belgium#cooper#fox - DOCUMENTARYOut of the BlueDir. James Fox & Tim Coleman20031h 32mDir. James Fox & Tim Coleman
Out of the Blue
Foundational James Fox / Tim Coleman documentary featuring Gov. Fife Symington, Gen. Wilfried De Brouwer (Belgian Air Force), and Apollo 14's Edgar Mitchell.
#fox#coleman#belgian-wave - DOCUMENTARYOut of This World — The Rendlesham Forest IncidentSci Fi Channel20031h 30mSci Fi Channel
Out of This World — The Rendlesham Forest Incident
Definitive documentary on the December 1980 Rendlesham Forest incident with Lt. Col. Charles Halt and witness reconstructions.
#rendlesham#uk#usaf 
20011h 49mMartyn Stubbs · UFO TVThe Secret NASA Transmissions
Compilation of footage and analysis of STS shuttle downlinks recorded by Canadian cable engineer Martyn Stubbs in the 1990s.
#nasa#space-shuttle#archival- DOCUMENTARYThe Secret NASA TransmissionsUFO TV / Martyn Stubbs Archive20011h 50mUFO TV / Martyn Stubbs Archive
The Secret NASA Transmissions
Compilation of Space Shuttle STS mission tether-incident footage and Martyn Stubbs' decade-long NASA broadcast archive.
#nasa#shuttle#tether 
19891h 43mDir. Philippe Mora · Whitley StrieberCommunion
Dramatized adaptation of Whitley Strieber's 1987 memoir of alleged abduction. Cultural touchstone for the modern abduction narrative.
#strieber#abduction#dramatization